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Graham Roberts reacts on Twitter to Victor Wanyama display, makes a joke

Tottenham's Victor Wanyama during training (Reuters)
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Victor Wanyama featured in Tottenham Hotspur’s win against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

Tottenham's Victor Wanyama scores their first goal

Graham Roberts has taken to social networking site Twitter to give his reaction to Victor Wanyama’s performance for Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday evening.

Wanyama, who joined Tottenham from Premier League rivals Southampton in the summer transfer window, featured in the Champions League Group E game against CSKA Moscow away from home.

The Kenya international defensive midfielder started the match and played for the entire 90 minutes, as Spurs won 1-0.

Son Heung-min scored the only goal of the game at Stadion CSKA Moskva in the 71st minute.

Former Tottenham defender Roberts was following the match, and he was impressed with the performance of Wanyama in the second half.

The former Rangers man has also made a joke about the 25-year-old and spaghetti, referring to his tweet from 2012.

Tottenham's Victor Wanyama during training

Tottenham's Victor Wanyama celebrates scoring their first goal

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Over the course of the 90 minutes at Stadion CSKA Moskva on Tuesday evening, hosts CSKA had just 33% of the possession, took nine shots of which only two were on target, and earned four corners, according to BBC Sport.

Visitors Tottenham had 67% of the possession, took 22 shots of which just two were on target, and earned eight corners, according to BBC Sport.

Tottenham's Victor Wanyama in action with Everton's Ross Barkley