Tottenham things you might have missed: Maldini links, a title admission, loan stars and more

Tottenham's 4-0 triumph astatine Manchester City was the communicative of the play successful the Premier League, arsenic Spurs produced their champion show nether Ange Postecoglou to widen the champions' losing streak.

The triumph implicit City was each the much awesome due to the fact that Spurs were missing a drawstring of cardinal players.

Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Rodrigo Bentancur, Richarlison, Wilson Odobert and Mikey Moore were each absent, and determination were 5 teenagers connected Postecoglou's makeshift bench.

Among them were academy brace Callum Olusesi and Malachi Hardy, who made a elder matchday squad for the archetypal clip (ahead of the unfortunate Sergio Reguilon, who remains frozen out).

Olusesi, 17, is an England younker planetary midfielder who is highly-rated astatine Spurs, tipped by galore to beryllium the adjacent academy subordinate to interruption into the first-team squad aft Moore.

Hardy, meanwhile, is conscionable 16 but already towers implicit galore players his senior. He is the England Under-17 skipper and considered a existent prospect.

Brennan Johnson has made a wont of scoring astatine the backmost station this play and his latest extremity - Spurs' 4th of the evening - was mostly down to Timo Werner's burst past Kyle Walker and fantabulous shot crossed goal.

But Johnson deserves recognition for a lung-busting tally to get connected the extremity of the German's cross. When Jack Grealish carelessly mislaid possession, Johnson was heavy wrong his ain half, level with Yves Bissouma and Pedro Porro, and with 4 Spurs players - including Werner - good up of him.

The Wales winger, though, instantly sensed the accidental and sprinted afloat pelt for the acold post. Johnson could easy person decided against making the tally fixed the scoreline and clip successful the game, but his sprint epitomises Postecoglou's 'we ne'er stop' approach.

It was besides a large play for immoderate of Spurs' on-loan players. Manor Solomon scored doubly successful Leeds' 3-2 triumph astatine Swansea to kick-start his spell astatine the Championship promotion hopefuls, portion Bryan Gil was successful sensational signifier for Girona, opening the scoring and adding 2 assists successful their 4-1 location triumph implicit Espanyol.

Dane Scarlett besides scored again for Championship broadside Oxford and Alfie Devine opened his relationship for Belgian nine Westerlo with a double, successful a crippled successful which 16-year-old Luka Vuskovic, who volition articulation Spurs adjacent year, started astatine centre-back.

Liverpool's comeback triumph astatine Southampton moved them 8 points wide astatine the apical of the array (they tin widen their pb implicit City by beating them astatine Anfield adjacent weekend), but Arne Slot insisted afterwards helium is "not getting carried away".

And the Liverpool brag namechecked Spurs arsenic a imaginable rubric rival, presumably aft watching them dismantle City.

"Arsenal, City, Chelsea oregon Tottenham, who were large yesterday, tin triumph truthful galore games successful a row. It’s bully to person this presumption but we are decidedly not getting carried away," Slot said.

Ben Davies was outstanding connected his archetypal Premier League commencement of the play astatine the Etihad, helping Spurs to a cleanable expanse and playing retired superbly.

His show did not spell unnoticed by antheral of the lucifer James Maddison, who was speedy to stock a mocked-up representation of Davies' caput connected the assemblage of legendary Italian centre-back Paolo Maldini connected societal media aft the game.

“What a displacement yesterday from Mr Reliable,” commented Maddison.

To beryllium fair, similar Maldini, Davies plays astatine left-back oregon centre-back, and seems to beryllium ageing similar a good wine, truthful possibly the examination is not wholly wild.