Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Goodison Park to face Everton on Sunday in our final pre-Christmas Premier League clash gave every fan an early present.
Although we fell behind on the day, Son Heung-Min and Harry Kane helped themselves to a brace and we saw solo goals from Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen to give us an emphatic 6-2 victory on the day.
With such a comfortable and comprehensive victory statistics website Whoscored were rightly complimentary in their player ratings.
With two goals and an assist 26-year-old Sonny stole the show with a rating of 9.91 immediately post-game, and our top five best performers on the day were completed by Kane (8.74), Kieran Trippier (7.82), Eriksen (7.66) and Moussa Sissoko (7.64).
Special mentions for Alli, Erik Lamela, Davinson Sanchez and Harry Winks who also helped themselves to seven-plus scores from the game.
For those who watch the stats – Spurs under manager Mauricio Pochettino have now won 18 games and 70 points from losing positions – more than any other side in the top tier and Alli is a lucky charm when he scores as we haven’t lost in 36 Premier League games when he’s got on the scoresheet.
Bring on Bournemouth!