James Maddison compares Mikey Moore to Neymar after Europa League display
Tottenham Hotspur continued their winning run in the Europa League with a 1-0 victory over AZ Alkmaar tonight, but the top story of the night is Mikey Moore’s incredible performance. James Maddison discussed the youngster after the game, and even compared him to Neymar.
Another star performance from Mikey Moore
The young winger was handed another start in the Europa League by Ange Postecoglou tonight, after an impressive full debut against Ferencvaros on matchday two.
Starting out on the right wing, Mikey Moore found himself a little frustrated by a solid AZ Alkmaar defence, but in the second half, after switching to the left side, the teenager exploded.
Moore terrorised the Alkmaar defenders from his more favoured left-hand side, taking players on, sending balls into the box, and dictating the flow of the game.
The 17-year-old was unlucky not to have created a goal from one of his many marauding runs and dangerous balls, but comes away from the game seeing his stock rise yet again.
Mikey Moore is just like Neymar
Speaking to TNT Sports after the game, captain for the night James Maddison heaped praise on his young teammate, and drew comparisons between Mikey Moore and Brazil icon, Neymar.
He said: “From minute 45 to 65 I thought we had Neymar on the left wing. He was brilliant, demanding the ball, fearless, with that young fearless mentality and you never want to take that away from him.
“He’s a young kid, a brilliant lad, and a boy who takes on a lot of information. He’s got bags of ability so I’ll be there as an older player to hopefully pass on some wise words to help him along the way, but he has got all the ability.”
Climbing the pecking order
If that performance tonight isn’t enough to help Mikey Moore jump ahead of Timo Werner in the pecking order at Spurs, I don’t know what it will take. Werner has shown once again that he is simply not good enough, while Moore is clearly flourishing.
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