Go on, how many times have you watched it? Up to a million yet? I've got Gary Neville's "oh, he's done it" ingrained in my soul.
Mathys Tel wrote his name into Tottenham Hotspur folklore by becoming just the third player to score for the club in a Premier League victory at Stamford Bridge. The maligned Frenchman joins Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli in the club, after they inspired a 3-1 victory in west London eight years ago.
Outsiders will never quite grasp just how significant a win this was for Spurs. With this fixture on the horizon, so many of us were hesitant to suggest that last week's triumph over Coventry City would ignite the club's campaign. However, we're now wondering just how far Roberto De Zerbi can take the Lilywhites in his first full season, having overseen a 2-0 victory at a ground where Tottenham's dreams have died for the past 36 years.
A comical Mike Penders own goal got the ball rolling before Cole Palmer saw red and Tel scored superbly with a determined carry and strike. It was the Frenchman's first goal of the season as De Zerbi offered him a surprise start.
Now, the boss is demanding Tel to build on his special moment.
De Zerbi tells Tel where he must improve to fulfill potential
Once lauded a generational talent when he moved to Bayern Munich from Rennes as a 17-year-old, Tel has merely flashed such potential in N17. Plenty had sold their stock after a discouraging opening two months of the season, and there may well have been an eye roll or three when his name was read out in Saturday's starting lineup.
But there's something there with Tel. That cannot be denied. His issue isn't the talent; it's that he doesn't know who he is. He's not a touchline winger, but not an outright centre-forward either. He's somewhere in between.
Tel was imperfect on Saturday, too. Bright at times but often frustrating, I wouldn't have known what to make of his showing until he did what he did to seal our victory.
“He has to push, to push, to push, to keep going, because he's a talent," De Zerbi said about the 21-year-old after Saturday's triumph (via Chris Cowlin). "He has to clean the last 30 metres, the last decision, the last pass, the shot. He has an unbelievable shot."
De Zerbi's not wrong there. Tel, as we saw against Leeds United twice last season, is an excellent striker of the ball—not too dissimilar to Omar Marmoush.
“I believe in Mathys, maybe more than he believes in himself. I think it's a journey of this club. I think Tottenham is lucky, and me as a coach, I'm lucky, because we have a great group of players, as a quality, but also as people," De Zerbi continued.
This has to be the moment Tel builds on. If he can't seize upon the momentum gained from helping Spurs to a Premier League win at Stamford Bridge, Tel won't ever deliver in N17.
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