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Dominic Solanke's scorpion kick aside, Xavi Simons' influence was key to our 2-2 comeback draw with Manchester City as he achieved a Premier League best passing stat across the 2025/26 season to date.

The creative talent helped drag the team back into the game with a superb trivela pass in behind the defence to set Dom free and the striker applied the finish to halve the deficit eight minutes after half-time.

And that defence-splitting pass to break the opposition's backline was one of five our number seven made during the contest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which is the most of any player in a single Premier League game so far this term.

As our number 19 went on to steal the headlines with his goal of the season contender to equalise in the 70th minute, Xavi's overall midfield numbers underline his importance on proceedings as the Dutch international ended with the most touches (84), most duels won (10), most possessions won (seven), most successful dribbles (five), most successful take-ons (four), most chances created (four) and most fouls won (four).

Having delivered a Player of the Match performance in our 2-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Champions League one game prior, the in-form midfielder was excellent once again and came so close to the winner when Gianluigi Donnarumma tipped over his deflected effort on 75 minutes.

Now 29 appearances into his Spurs career, Xavi played the full match for the seventh game running in all competitions and has been the heartbeat of the side in recent weeks with some eye-catching and committed displays in Lilywhite.

Watch - Xavi's all-action display against Man City

George Abbott has joined League One side Mansfield Town on loan for the remainder of the season.

A product of our Academy, the 20-year-old defensive midfielder spent the first half of the campaign on loan at Wycombe Wanderers, making 15 appearances and scoring once in all competitions.

Having made his Premier League debut for us at Leeds United on the last day of the 2022/23 season, he won the Under-17 and Under-18 Premier League Cup double with our Academy before captaining our Under-21s to the Premier League 2 title in 2023/24.

He enjoyed a full season on loan at Notts County last term, scoring six goals in 44 games, and now links up with fellow Academy product Oliver Irow at Mansfield for the rest of 2025/26.

Alfie Dorrington has joined League Two side Salford City on loan for the remainder of the 2025/26 campaign.

The 20-year-old centre-back, a product of our Academy, spent the first half of the season on loan at Aberdeen, having previously had an initial loan spell with the Scottish Premiership outfit last term, where he helped them lift the Scottish Cup. He made 30 appearances across his two stints at Pittodrie, scoring once.

An Under-17 and Under-18 Premier League Cup and Premier League 2 winner with our Academy in recent years, Alfie made his senior debut in our colours during our Premier League victory at Southampton in December, 2024.

He now links up with Salford, who are third in League Two and chasing promotion to the third tier.

Luka Vuskovic was back on the scoresheet on Saturday night, heading past Manuel Neuer to earn Hamburger SV a 2-2 draw against Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich at Volksparkstadion.

The 18-year-old scored his fourth goal of the season to draw his side level at 2-2 after Bayern had turned the game on its head following Fabio Vieira’s 34th-minute opener from the penalty spot.

It was our legendary former forward Harry Kane who had initially equalised for the league leaders, converting from close range with three minutes left in the first half, before former Liverpool man Luis Diaz put Bayern in front within 43 seconds of being introduced as a half-time substitute.

Bayern’s lead lasted just 7 minutes, however, as Vuskovic timed a move into the box perfectly and headed Hamburg level, scoring his second goal since the Bundesliga returned from its winter break.

Vuskovic was spotted making a run into the penalty area by William Mikelbrencis, who moved the ball to his weaker foot and hit the Croatian perfectly as he reached the six-yard box, with the 18-year-old pushing a downwards header past Neuer.

The defender has impressed in the German top flight, ranking near the top of the league for both duels and aerial duels won and being voted the Bundesliga’s Player of the Season so far at the midway point of the league season.

Vuskovic, who also won the league’s Goal of the Year award - scoring a scorpion kick against rivals Werder Bremen - has scooped up a pair of Rookie of the Month awards and has been ever-present since signing for Hamburg two games into the season.

Olivia Holdt has claimed your HSBC Player of the Match after her stunning goal earned us a 2-1 win over West Ham United in the Women’s Super League.

The Denmark international was back at her very best and on the scoresheet once again to earn us an important victory in the London derby and, in a poll run exclusively on the Spurs Official App, Oli grabbed the majority of your votes to take the crown for the sixth time this campaign.

Back to winning ways in the league, we had to produce a superb second-half comeback to overcome the Hammers at Chigwell Construction Stadium after the home side took the lead in the first period through Shekiera Martinez.

Having had it all to do after the break, we came out fighting and, nine minutes into the second period, Matilda Vinberg got us back on level terms with a sensational strike from distance into the top right corner.

Then, on 74 minutes, Oli got in on the act and treated us with another stunner in the contest, rifling home from range, which proved to be enough to win us the game and see us return to winning ways in England’s top flight.

That goal against our London rivals sees our number 11’s goal involvement tally to nine goals in all competitions – six goals, with four of those in the WSL, and three assists in total.

Herbie James has joined League One side Cardiff City on a permanent transfer.

James, who arrived in 2023 from Manchester City, moves to south Wales with the Bluebirds sitting atop the League One table.

The Macclesfield-born forward, who can play both out wide and as a number nine, played 20 times for our Academy sides, scoring five goals.

We wish Herbie all the best for the future.

Conor Gallagher certainly played his part as we came from 2-0 down to secure a point against Manchester City on Sunday - and he praised the fans for playing their part, as well.

After a tough first half, trailing 2-0 at the break, Conor helped drive us forward in the second half as Dominic Solanke's goal back on 53 minutes signalled a momentum shift in the game.

The midfielder was then key to one of the most magical moments in the stadium so far - he made the ball his bursting between Nico Gonzalez and Nico O'Reilly on the right before delivering the cross for Dominic's scorpion kick to level the scores.

Gianluigi Donnarumma was forced to make saves from Wilson Odobert and Xavi Simons, and the same pair almost combined to find a third, Wilson couldn't quite get to Xavi's low cross in front of goal.

Speaking to us afterwards, Conor reflected: "It was a brilliant second half. I thought we showed great character and personality to come back from 2-0. I think all the credit goes to the boys and we really put in the work. I'm just really happy it came out in a good result in the end.

"I understand the crowd's frustration at times. All we want to do is win games and do what we can to win the game. As soon as we do something good at the start of the second half and the crowd's there with us, it makes all the difference. That's a big reason why we were able to come back from two goals today. I thought the crowd were brilliant in the second half."

In terms of tactics, Conor said the team went 'back to basics' in the second half with the tightrope of needing to get back into the game with the threat of City's dangermen up front adding a third...

He added: "We kind of went back to basics a little bit in the second half, went to a 4-4-2 defensive shape and just made sure we were really organised and made sure they didn't break us down.

"When we pressed, we went together as a team and I thought we won the ball back a lot more in the second half and were able to create a lot more chances, which was the reason why we got a couple of goals."

Aaron Maguire has joined National League South side Hampton & Richmond Borough on loan for the remainder of the 2025/26 campaign.

The 21-year-old goalkeeper has been a stalwart of our Under-21s squad in recent seasons after coming up through our Academy system and featured four times in our Premier League 2 title-winning run in 2023/24.

He’s made three appearances at Development Squad level so far this term while, on the international stage, he represents Republic of Ireland Under-21s.

Dominic Solanke was at the double to scoop your HSBC Player of the Match following our comeback 2-2 draw with Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday.

The striker returned to the starting line-up after scoring off the bench against Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek and bagged both goals as we recovered from a two-goal deficit at the break to salvage a spirited point at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

After welcoming Dom back from a four month injury lay-off in January, our number 19 has been amongst the goals in the UEFA Champions League in recent weeks and opened his league account to spark our fightback eight minutes after the restart in only his second top-flight start in five appearances so far this term.

Trailing 2-0 at the break to strikes from Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo, the England international latched onto Xavi Simons' defence-splitting trivela pass before shrugging off Abdukodir Khusanov and got a touch on the ball as a recovering Marc Guehi tried to intervene to send it past Gianluigi Donnarumma.

If there was some slight doubt surrounding his first goal - initially down as a Guehi own-goal but then rightly credited to Dom - there could be no doubt around his quite sensational second when he produced yet another Spurs contender for goal of the season with a scorpion kick to equalise on the 70th minute.

Following great work from the industrious Conor Gallagher, who tenaciously won the 50/50 in midfield and sent a whipped cross from the right, Dom pulled out the acrobatics to back heel the ball from behind him and divert it over an outstretched Donnarumma to send supporters into a frenzy.

The 28-year-old was replaced by Jun'ai Byfield - making his Premier League debut - on 90 minutes and his effort, work-rate and battling performance was summed up by his grass stain-covered Lilywhite shirt as he exited the field to a huge ovation from the Spurs faithful.

In an exclusive vote held on the official Spurs App, Dom edged out the superb Xavi to pick up his first award of the campaign.

Watch - Solanke's goal of the season contender

Dominic Solanke watched his 'scorpion kick' loop into the net upside down on the floor - quite apt as he turned Sunday's thriller against Manchester City on its head with two goals to haul us back from 2-0 down to secure a 2-2 draw.

There were gasps from the fans as we replayed Dominic's equaliser on the big screens at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The striker heard that reaction, but hadn't seen the goal back until he watched it with us pitchside on SPURSPLAY. "It's great work from Conor, as soon as he went I thought, 'this is my moment'," he said. "It was a crazy feeling watching it go in. I'm doing a roly-poly as I see it going into the back of the net!

"It's a very rare goal to score. We don't see many of those go in. Obviously, it's nice to try it, but when it works, it's one in a million. It's definitely one of the best goals I've ever scored. It's a goal that I'm going to watch back a lot for sure."

It looked like a mountain to climb at half-time with City 2-0 up and we then lost skipper Cuti Romero, who had battled against illness in Frankfurt last week, and again on Sunday.

That made it 12 players missing - but the team found something, no doubt sparked by that first goal from Dom on 53 minutes, and then went into overdrive chasing the win following his spectacular equaliser on 70.

Asked how it felt at the time, Dom added: "It was a mix of emotions really. We were chasing the game. It was a goal to equalise. It would have been better if it was a goal to go one up. It's one of those goals where you try it and you never know if it's going to come off, but to see it come off was so good.

"The stadium was bouncing after that, a lot of noise when the goal was up on the screen. That's what we love when we're on the pitch and the crowd's bouncing, behind us. That's the feeling you love as a footballer, especially when we started playing some great football in the second half. It was a joy to be out there. We were trying to win the game. It was a great feeling and that's what we love when we're out there."