delivered a clinical display at the back alongside against themopping up every loose ball and ensuring that the away side got absolutely no joy in open play.
However, the Dutchman’s best moment arguably came at the other end of the pitch as he carried the ball from the edge of his own box to the edge of Everton’s in the 77th minute before playing on goal, with the Spurs captain turning the ball home to net his second of the game and Tottenham’s fourth.
Van de Ven confessed that he decided to turn on the afterburners as soon as he saw space open up in the middle.
He told about his assist to Son: “I just decided to keep running, hopefully, nobody could stop me, and nothing happened. I knew Sonny was on my left so I kept driving at the centre back and at the right moment I played Sonny in and he made a good finish.
“I think they [the fans] loved the moment. When I was dribbling with the ball you could sense everyone in the stadium was getting really hyped and, yeah, it went off.”
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