Southampton 0-5 Tottenham Hotspur: Son-Heung min & James Maddison shine for Spurs

After a very noisy week at Tottenham, it must have been nice for Postecoglou to see the spotlight turned on his opposite number.

The Spurs boss openly questioned some of his players on Thursday, specifically Timo Werner, after a difficult night against Rangers in the Europa League.

He doubled down on his criticism on Friday and made five changes for this game, albeit some of those enforced due to suspensions for midfield pairing Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur.

Indeed, Tottenham have lost three and drawn one of the four Sunday games they have played after Thursday matches, but they got off to a hot start and never looked back on the south coast.

In many ways, Southampton played into their hands – more open than a shopping centre at Christmas time – but the Spurs attackers took full advantage.

On this form, a forward line of Maddison, Kulusevski, Son and Dominic Solanke is one of the best in the Premier League and they feasted on the space afforded to them.

They are second top scorers in the Premier League with 36 goals in 16 games and have an impressive +17 goal difference, while Son’s two assists here moved him level with Darren Anderton as Tottenham’s joint-leading provider in their Premier League history at 68.

Putting to bed inferior opponents in this fashion will go a long way towards helping improve their league position.

After all, they are only five points off the top four.