“Better than Aurier” – Many Spurs fans swoon over “amazing” £40m star who played “a blinder”

Tottenham Hotspur showed genuine signs of that Jose Mourinho grit as they came out on top in the North London Derby earlier this afternoon.

A recent string of poor performances had put the pressure on the Portuguese boss but they bounced back with a 2-1 victory over Arsenal to leapfrog them into eighth, just three points from the league’s top six.

Arsenal took the lead early in the first half as Alexandre Lacazette scored a thunderbolt past Hugo Lloris but it lasted merely three minutes as Heung-min Son dinked an exquisite chip over the visiting goalkeeper.

Toby Alderweireld clinched all three points with a pinpoint header just nine minutes from time with the South Korean forward turning provider.

Lucas Moura had a decent game out wide and many of the Spurs faithful watching from home were left drooling over his display.

Per SofaScore, the 27-year-old recorded a whopping ten tackles, had three successful dribbles and won a massive 16 duels.

Some asked other supporters to put some respected on the £40m-rated winger’s name whilst others called him “excellent” and “amazing”.

Here’s the rest of the reaction…

Put some respect on Lucas’s name man

— A 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Albie_thfc) July 12, 2020

Lucas Moura btw 👏🏻 He can be so so frustrating, but was excellent today. End product a lot better. Not a bad game to return to form #thfc

— George Sessions (@GeorgeSessions) July 12, 2020

Lucas was class today,does not deserve the disrespect for what he has done for our club at all

— DK (@Dnovxn_THFC) July 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/Chris_Hotspur/status/1282362187068186624?s=20

Lucas Moura has been head and shoulders above any other #THFC player today! Brilliant going both ways.

— Phil Boddy (@Doddsy0723) July 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/AndyTHFC_/status/1282361911875698695?s=20

Lucas is having a blinder

— Denz (@DenzTHFC) July 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/Enwagboso/status/1282357100446920706?s=20

Lucas proved he is better than Aurier at RB

— Joel (@heliosnj) July 12, 2020

Lucas Moura was amazing today. Put in a hard shift, made things happen from that left side, so much better than on the right. Let's appreciate him and what he brings to the team. He isn't a starter but a good option to have. Hard working.

— Alpha (@AlphaMourinho) July 12, 2020