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Lucas Moura’s place in Tottenham history was assured two years ago by his hat-trick against Ajax in the Champions League semi-finals. And yet neither Mauricio Pochettino, his manager then, nor José Mourinho, his manager now, have ever seemed comfortable with making the Brazilian an automatic first choice in the fashion Son Heung-min fulfils as Harry Kane’s main supporting act. Mourinho ought to be a little more appreciative after the Brazilian’s contribution to a victory that, for the moment, has quietened any talk of Daniel Levy wielding the axe. It was Moura’s alertness that set up Carlos VinÃcius’s goal when seizing on Emi MartÃnez’s error. An exchange of passes with Harry Kane set up his fellow Brazilian for a tap-in. Mourinho’s previous preference for the far more functional Steven Bergwijn can appear mystifying when Moura supplies such magic. Perhaps alone amid Tottenham’s current malaise is Moura rising fully to the occasion. John Brewin
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