Posetoglou delighted with Spurs goalscorer Bentancur

Tottenham boss Ange Posteocoglou had special praise for midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur this weekend.

The South American put in a solid display and scored a vital goal in a 2-2 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

After the Premier League game, Postecoglou admitted to his delight at seeing Bentancur back fit and firing again.

He told reporters: Yeah outstanding. It does. He's another one who, the initial diagnosis he should still be out from what we looked at as a recovery time. He came to me a couple of weeks ago and said 'look I want to help, I need to play, I need to help these guys'. He could see we were going through a rough time.

It is a testament to his character. He is an outstanding person. Part of the reason I made him skipper in the last game was just to reward him for the person he is and again he was outstanding today I thought.

When we needed to get on the ball and show some composure he was outstanding and again he's nowhere near the fitness levels or the level he wants to be, but he will get there and when he does he'll be a fantastic asset for us to have in the team."