Gary Lineker praised Dejan Kulusevski for being ‘the difference’ during Tottenham Hotspur’s 4-3 win over Leeds United in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Match of the Day pundit posted on Twitter that it was a ‘belting game’ between Antonio Conte’s previously-struggling Spurs and Jesse Marsch’s indifferent Leeds.
To say that Spurs have missed Kulusevski this season is an understatement.
After Harry Kane, it could be argued that the 22-year-old is the first name on the team sheet and during his last two league games, he has proven why.
He caused the Whites all sorts of problems yesterday, including providing the killer assist for Rodrigo Bentancur, who scored the winning goal of the game seven minutes from time and the Swede was praised by Lineker.
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What a signing the Sweden international has been, when an impact he is making, his link-up play with Kane is immense and his numbers are simply staggering.
He has played only nine Premier League games this term, yet he has five assists to his name and he has only played 90 minutes twice during those matches.
Kulusevski is perfectly suiting Antonio Conte’s style and the Juventus loanee is proving to be one of the standout performers of 2022.
Given that he only recently returned from injury, the Spurs faithful will be glad that he won’t be going to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup and will be pretty fresh when domestic football returns on Boxing Day.
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