Alan Shearer has warned Newcastle - and number nine Joelinton - not to drop below the "standard" they set against Spurs.

The Magpies bounced back from their Brighton debacle with a far better display against Jose Mourinho's men, who had the carrot of jumping into the top four if they'd won.

But Joe Willock's late leveller - which was the minimum Newcastle deserved - changed the narrative on Tyneside for the time being.

Speaking on Match of the Day Shearer said it was the "performance" Steve Bruce needed and that the players could not let their attitude and levels drop now.

"It was much improved, particularly going forward, from Newcastle. Their attitude was much better than it was a couple of weeks ago," Shearer said on Match of the Day.

"They got men forward, they were passing forward and got balls into the box. They got men into the box and I thought they did enough to win the game. A point was the least they deserved and they probably should have got all three.

"They created chances against I thought a very, very poor back four for Tottenham. They created chances because Tottenham made so many errors and didn’t pick up players.The first goal was unbelievable from Tottenham, they had three opportunities to get rid of it.

"It was good from Longstaff, a good pass and a good finish from Joelinton. Willock did a good job when he came on, that’s what his job was, to get into the box and finish things off. A point was the least they deserved.

"It was the performance they needed. They had 17 shots in the box and that’s the most they’ve had under Steve Bruce in the Premier League but they’ve set a standard now.

"That’s the standard they have to keep from now until the end of the season."

United's number nine Joelinton scored and played a part in the equaliser and Ian Wright's message to Bruce was simple: retain him in this role, while never dropping Matt Ritchie or Jacob Murphy.

Wright said: "When you look at Joelinton and what he was involved in, for me, seeing Matt Ritchie and Jacob Murphy starting was brilliant because he played a role where he was the nuisance guy and holding the ball up.

Joelinton of Newcastle United scores a goal to make it 1-0 during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur

"He showed an intention that he was in and around it. I’d keep him up there: (tell him) stay up there and get the ball. We saw how poor Tottenham were but he was in the middle of the box and that’s where I’d keep him, especially if you’ve got Matt Ritchie and Jacob Murphy playing.

"That’s what I’d be working on with Joelinton if I was Steve Bruce. Matt Ritchie will always make my Newcastle side, especially with the predicament they find themselves in, and Murphy roasted Reguilon.

"Put the ball in the box, you’ve got someone like Joe Willock who wants to get in the box - for me, he starts.

"Joelinton was very difficult to deal with and, if you get close to him, we saw one bounce off his knee and went to Dwight Gayle.

"Just getting himself in there to cause problems in that third of the pitch."

Shearer concurred, saying: "Very much like a lot of the team, Joelinton’s now set a standard he has to keep as well as I thought that was his best game in a black and white shirt.

"He got in there, scored his goal - he should have scored another couple of goals but it was a good all-round performance, I thought."