Dominic Solanke's scorpion kick aside, Xavi Simons' influence was key to our 2-2 comeback draw with Manchester City as he achieved a Premier League best passing stat across the 2025/26 season to date.
The creative talent helped drag the team back into the game with a superb trivela pass in behind the defence to set Dom free and the striker applied the finish to halve the deficit eight minutes after half-time.
And that defence-splitting pass to break the opposition's backline was one of five our number seven made during the contest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which is the most of any player in a single Premier League game so far this term.
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