maintained their perfect start in the with a , decided by Richarlison’s second-half penalty. The Brazil forward made no mistake following an animated discussion with over who should take the spot-kick, awarded when Lucas Bergvall was brought down. Here are three Spurs talking points from the game.
Moore hype train continues on difficult night for Werner produced to justify the hype and take a decisive step in front of in Ange Postecoglou’s pecking order. For 25 minutes from the start of the second half, Moore was outstanding after switching to the left flank following Postecoglou’s decision to replace the wasteful Werner with Brennan Johnson at the interval. The 17-year-old repeatedly demanded the ball, and AZ struggled to contain him as he wove inside and out.
Within minutes of the restart, he picked out Johnson at the far post with an outstanding pass, shortly before whipping in an inviting cross which evaded Richarlison, Bergvall and the upright. Moore also sent a fierce effort narrowly wide of the base of the post and tested the goalkeeper after driving inside on his right foot. His performance was all the more impressive because he might have hidden after missing a glorious early chance to open the scoring, sending Werner’s brilliant cross wide with a glancing header from five yards.
For Werner, that was as good as it got as the German’s difficult run in front of goal continued. He twice wasted good chances in the first half, tamely shooting at the goalkeeper f.
