Tottenham vs Southampton

Tottenham vs Southampton recap: Spurs fell behind early but scored the next four goals to open the 2022-23 Premier League season with a win in north London.

Son and Kulusevski are most dangerous in the channels and running off Kane, but they’re both equally willing to stretch the field to put someone else into a dangerous area. Spurs’ first two goals came via crosses from very wide areas, with Kulusevski and Son doing as much creating out wide as combining in the middle. Typically, Kane and Son gorge themselves on goals and assists in that scenario, but perhaps this season they’ll be a bit more balanced and multi-faceted in their approach.

Mohammed Salisu scored a disastrous own-goal in Southampton's Premier League opener against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday afternoon.

“Salisu is running back to his goal, left-foot, heels it and it goes in the back of the net! Emerson runs all the way from the right to the left, Son plays him in and he just scuffs the ball across the box with his left-foot. Salisu has had an absolute shocker, He will not want to see this again… Ralph Hasenhuttl, no wonder you’ve got your head in your hands. It’s going to go nowhere…’ “What has happened?!

Here are five things we spotted in Tottenham's 4-1 Premier League win against Southampton on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.

He was a constant menace down Tottenham's right wing, causing problem after problem for the Saints defence as he looked to wreak havoc in the final third. It was a rather one-sided affair at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with the hosts having plenty of opportunities to extend the scoreline. Seconds after not taking his opportunity, the ex-Fulham man made sure he got the better of Walker-Peters this time around to get on the end of Kulusevski's cross. Bentancur had swung in a lovely cross on his right foot, with Sessegnon electing against attacking the ball in the six-yard box as Kyle Walker-Peters cleared unchallenged. Perisic did come on for his Tottenham debut in the 66th minute, replacing Ryan Sessegnon, who received a standing ovation for his performance. Clement Lenglet also missed out on the XI as Ben Davies got the nod in the back three after his recent ankle injury, with Fraser Forster and Djed Spence taking up two more spots on the substitutes' bench.

Antonio Conte continues to put his stamp on Spurs as the squad steps up in a comeback win.

They will be another test for Conte to pit his team against a top side, but it certainly helps that they passed the pre-test with flying colors. The goal gave the team believe that they could play through Southampton and Son drew a corner that led to the second goal. He found a diving Eric Dier for the finish -- his first goal for the club in three years -- but it was the ability of the team to keep the play alive that was particularly impressive. Conte was able to flex his impressive depth with Ivan Perisic, Clement Lenglet, and Yves Bissouma all getting debuts from the bench after no new starters appeared in the starting 11. Little did Hasenhüttl know that the goal would be the last of the joy for the away side. James Ward Prowse had the opener for Southampton while Ryan Sessegnon, Eric Dier, Dejan Kulusevski, and a Mohamed Salisu own goal saw Spurs run up the score.