It looked for all intents and purposes that the weekend’s Wembley clash for Tottenham Hotspur against Newcastle United would end in one of those rare things for manager Mauricio Pochettino – a draw.
In 25 Premier League matches so far in the season of 2018/19 we are drawn the sum total of zero and having largely dominated the game, certainly chances overall, it turned into another late victory as Spurs did things a more ugly way.
Son Heung-Min’s late 83rd minute winner decided the points and the South Korean inevitably came in for plenty of praise following the fulltime whistle.
Statistics website Whoscored certainly appreciate his late showing as they gave him their star man award from the game with a player rating of 7.97.
With eight players in total receiving a rating of seven-plus, the top five places on the day were taken by Jan Vertonghen (7.82), Erik Lamela (7.57), Christian Eriksen (7.52) and Davinson Sanchez (7.51).
Kieran Trippier, Hugo Lloris and Toby Alderweireld were the others in sevens.
Onto the next one now with a week off to recharge.