Mauricio Pochettino says Erik Lamela is “easily” recovering his best form and can become an even better player for Tottenham.
The Argentinian forward put in a Man of the Match display and scored his first goal of the season in our 2-0 FA Cup fourth-round replay win over Newport.
The Argentine returned after more than a year out with injury earlier this season and Mauricio Pochettino hailed the player’s mentality to recover from such a difficult time in his career
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“It was great for him to score tonight and complete 90 minutes,” Pochettino told the assembled press.”It’s important because he’s an important player for us.It was a massive problem that he was more than one year out. Never it’s easy to come back to the level of performance he was at before.
He added: “But he is easily going to recover his previous level, or even improve, because he’s more mature.In a tough moment you learn a lot, no doubt. I think his mentality is fantastic.”
Lamela finished a terrific move orchestrated by Heung Min Son for out second goal before half-time after a Dan Buttler own goal had put us ahead, with a trip to Rochdale awaits us in the next round.
Pochettino said: “It was a professional performance. The job is done. It was an important win and important for many players to have possibility to play.”
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