Dejan Kulusevski made Premier League historical past with a decisive show for Tottenham Hotspur in the course of the membership’s 3-0 thrashing of Manchester United in September.
The Sweden worldwide created 9 probabilities for his teammates, essentially the most of any opposition Premier League participant at Previous Trafford since Opta started recording this detailed knowledge in 2003. Chelsea’s Florent Malouda is the one different participant within the final twenty years to have teed up greater than six photographs on the iconic venue.
In line with Kulusevski, setting a brand new landmark on this spectacular – if area of interest – statistical class was a aware goal. “There was a file there that I broke,” the 24-year-old instructed the Swedish publication Aftonbladet in the course of the October worldwide break. “It was my plan all alongside to do it and I am glad I did. When the staff performs properly, I play properly.”
Regardless of his record-breaking artistic figures, none of Kulusevski’s 9 key passes had been transformed into objectives. The previous Juventus ahead did discover the online himself, making it 2-0 three minutes into the second half by tapping in Brennan Johnson’s deflected cross past Andre Onana.
Spurs performed greater than half of the competition with the higher hand after Bruno Fernandes was despatched off for lunging at James Maddison. However as boss Ange Postecoglou rightly identified post-game, the guests “most likely ought to have been out of sight by that stage”.
Kulusevski created half of the 12 photographs which Tottenham rattled off whereas United had a full complement of gamers. The hosts, by comparability, had been capable of muster simply three efforts collectively. Fernandes was essentially the most prolific creator within the Premier League final season, per FBref, however is barely chargeable for six key passes this season – lower than Kulusevski’s tally in opposition to the Crimson Devils alone.
“It was nice enjoyable to play in a legendary area and I performed precisely as I wished,” Kulusevski grinned when wanting again on that hefty victory. “And [we] performed soccer that not solely I wish to play however the entire staff.”
United’s Victor Lindelof watched the carnage unfold from the Previous Trafford substitutes’ bench. The Swedish centre-back put membership loyalties apart to hail his compatriot as a “position mannequin for a lot of” forward of the nationwide staff’s UEFA Nations League fixtures this month.
“I believe Dejan is a fantastically gifted footballer,” Lindelof continued. “He runs as a lot as he desires. It’s a deal with to see him play soccer and that he’s right here. These gamers additionally get to see what it takes to play on the highest degree.”
