Tottenham got back to winning ways with a 5-0 win over sorry Southampton on Sunday to lift the mood ahead of their crunch fixtures against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup quarter-final and Liverpool in the Premier League. James Maddison's double and goals from Heung-min Son, Dejan Kulusevski and Pape Matar Sarr earned Ange Postecoglou's side their biggest win of the season and prompted Saints to dismiss head coach Russell Martin straight after the match.
Here are five things you may have missed from Tottenham's weekend:. Djed Spence politely declined to speak to the media after the game because he wanted to meet up with his mum, who was part of a small entourage at St. Mary's to support the full-back on his first Spurs start.
Lucas Bergvall, who also started in the Premier League for the first time, did spare a minute for reporters outside the team bus and revealed his dad was also in the ground. "I don't think he even knew [I was starting] but he always supports me," said Bergvall, 18.
Spence took just 36 seconds to set up the opening goal for Maddison, while Bergvall was composed at the base of Spurs' midfield. Bergvall's first League start, another appearance for Archie Gray, 18, at centre-half and the late introductions of 19-year-olds Alfie Dorrington and Will Lankshear meant Spurs became the first Premier League club to have four teenagers on the pitch simultaneously this season.
Dorrington, a homegrown centre-half, made his senior debut as Spurs strolled through the final 15 minutes, while Lankshear made his fourth appearance of the campaign. It was telling that the striker was the fourth most experienced player on Postecoglou's bench, which also included academy graduates Brandon Austin, Malachi Hardy, Maeson King and Callium Olusesi.
