Tottenham Hotspurs victory over West Ham United in the midweek EFL Cup tie, saw a few youngsters get their opportunities in manager Mauricio Pochettino’s first team setup.
First-team debut ☑️
Win at West Ham ☑️What a moment for Oliver Skipp! 🙌#COYS pic.twitter.com/UV4yfyFoYH
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 1, 2018
Taking a 3-1 victory on Wednesday night with a brace from Son-Heung-Min and a solo strike from Fernando Llorente, the 84th minute of the game saw youngster Oliver Skipp onto the pitch as Christian Eriksen’s replacement to make his maiden senior bow for the club.
Skipp has been highly regarded and hugely rated in our underage setups for a while now and many fans thought it would only be a matter of time before Poch gave him a taste of real football and he didn’t let us down – if Eriksen had got his way he’d have ran onto the pitch wearing the armband I think (a few others did as well).
Eriksen was trying to put the armband on him ????
— Musa (@Musathfc) November 1, 2018
Should have thrown on the armband too
— CH 5 (@CH5thfc) November 1, 2018
Good energy from the lad
— Jack (@usspursfan) November 1, 2018
Really like this guy.COYS
— Shivvy10 (@shivfurlong10) November 1, 2018
The fact the eriksen jokingly tried to give him the armband says so much about what the first team think about him! I can't wait to see him in the team again!
— Ben Barker (@BenBark49597593) November 1, 2018
Everything about Skipp shows promise.
— Norman Goldner (@nlygo) November 1, 2018
High hopes for Skipp,whenever I’ve seen him he does everything correctly.
— spw….esq. (@WallisEsq) November 1, 2018
It was obviously a proud moment for the 17-year-old and it would’ve been a noticeable step up for him following his technical senior bow in the EFL Trophy as our Under 23 side faced full League One and Two opposition in that competition and it’ll be the first of many to come I imagine.
Question is how long does he have to wait for his full debut now?
🗣️ "I'm just delighted."
Oliver Skipp reflects on his first-team debut and last night's win at West Ham.#COYS pic.twitter.com/pUzM74BuiX
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 1, 2018
And yes, I will get a new image of him, that one is a little unfortunate but it was in the library!