What a massive player Rodrigo Bentancur is becoming for Tottenham Hotspur.
The Uruguay international pounced on Saturday with a last-minute winner to give Spurs a 3-2 victory at Bournemouth.
In doing so, Bentancur scored his second goal of the week after also finding the net in a Champions League visit of Sporting Lisbon.
With that goal being scored with his head, compatriot Luis Suarez poked fun at the fact he very rarely scores these type of goals.
And the former Liverpool hitman was quick to respond to Bentancur’s Instagram post on Saturday once again.
This time, he wrote: “Crazy thing! Two goals in a row? Congrats Rodri!”
This was the 25-year-old’s third goal of the campaign for Tottenham and it’s clear to see that he’s enjoying a more attacking midfield role that Antonio Conte has afforded him.
Longer term though, the Italian manager needs a proper goalscorer at number 10.
Talented as the former Juventus midfielder may be, he isn’t a natural playmaker and the sooner that Conte finds one of those, the better it’ll be for the Lilywhites.
On Saturday against the Cherries, Conte played Yves Bissouma, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Oliver Skipp in midfield, all three of whom could be considered more defensive-minded players.
That summed up the North Londoners’ need for someone like Christian Eriksen – particularly on occasions like Saturday when Harry Kane and Son Heung-min struggled to find the net.
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