The Dutch playmaker, who swapped Leipzig for north London in the summer, made his first league start since the beginning of March when Roberto De Zerbi drafted him in for the visit of our Head Coach's former side - and Xavi produced one his best displays in a Spurs shirt.
Playing just off the left but with the freedom to pop up in pockets across the pitch, the creative midfielder was everywhere for us and looked to make something happen every time he was on the ball.
It was no surprise that he ended up being involved in both of our goals - assisting the first with a delightful clipped ball over the top of the defence for Pedro Porro to head us in front in the first half, before he curled home from range to restore our lead in the second.
Our number seven could have even had another goal to his name in the first half had his precise effort shortly after the opener clipped the other side of the post.
Barely able to move come the end of the game as he tightened up with cramp, it was evident just how much he had given to the team across the 90 minutes.
So it was no surprise that he romped home with your votes for the Player of the Match crown in an exclusive poll ran on tottenhamhotspur.com and the our official app.
Taking 71 per cent of the vote, the Netherlands international stormed to the top of the chart, with Antonin Kinsky (eight per cent) and the returning Rodrigo Bentancur (seven per cent) his closest challengers.
In both scoring and assisting in the game, Xavi became our first player to complete that feat in multiple games in the Premier League this season.
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Player of the Match | 2025/26
Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Spurs - Micky van de Ven
Spurs 3-0 Burnley - Richarlison
Manchester City 0-2 Spurs - Joao Palhinha
Spurs 0-1 AFC Bournemouth - Guglielmo Vicario
West Ham 0-3 Spurs - Lucas Bergvall
Spurs 1-0 Villarreal - Lucas Bergvall
Brighton 2-2 Spurs - Mohammed Kudus
Spurs 3-0 Doncaster Rovers - Joao Palhinha
Spurs 1-1 Wolves - Joao Palhinh
Bodo/Glimt 2-2 Spurs - Micky van de Ven
Leeds United 1-2 Spurs - Mohammed Kudus
Spurs 1-2 Aston Villa - Joao Palhinha & Mohammed Kudus
AS Monaco 0-0 Spurs - Guglielmo Vicario
Everton 0-3 Spurs - Micky van de Ven
Newcastle 2-0 Spurs - Brennan Johnson
Spurs 0-1 Chelsea - Guglielmo Vicario
Spurs 4-0 FC Copenhagen - Micky van de Ven
Spurs 2-2 Manchester United - Wilson Odobert
Arsenal 1-4 Spurs - Richarlison
PSG 5-3 Spurs - Randal Kolo Muani
Spurs 1-2 Fulham - Mohammed Kudus
Newcastle 2-2 Spurs - Cristian Romero
Spurs 2-0 Brentford - Xavi Simons
Spurs 3-0 Slavia Prague - Xavi Simons
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Spurs - Randal Kolo Muani
Spurs 1-2 Liverpool - Djed Spence
Crystal Palace 0-1 Spurs - Archie Gray
Brentford 0-0 Spurs - Micky van de Ven
Spurs 1-1 Sunderland - Ben Davies
Bournemouth 3-2 Spurs - Mathys Tel
Spurs 1-2 Aston Villa - Joao Palhinha
Spurs 1-2 West Ham - Cristian Romero
Spurs 2-0 Dortmund - Xavi Simons
Burnley 2-2 Spurs - Cristian Romero
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Spurs - Xavi Simons
Spurs 2-2 Man City - Dominic Solanke
Manchester United 2-0 Spurs - Guglielmo Vicario
Spurs 1-2 Newcastle - Archie Gray
Spurs 1-4 Arsenal - Randal Kolo Muani
Fulham 2-1 Spurs - Richarlison
Spurs 1-3 Crystal Palace - Archie Gray
Atletico Madrid 5-2 Spurs - Pedro Porro
Liverpool 1-1 Spurs - Richarlison
Spurs 3-2 Atletico Madrid – Archie Gray
Spurs 0-3 Nottingham Forest – Archie Gray
Sunderland 1-0 Spurs – Antonin Kinsky
Spurs 2-2 Brighton – Xavi Simons
Player of the Match awards | 2025/26