‘Fearless on the ball’: Tottenham star compared to Neymar after dazzling display

Tottenham Hotspur continued their brilliant form in the Europa League by recording a hard-fought 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar on Thursday night.

Spurs stayed perfect in the Europa League with a third consecutive victory after Richarlison’s 53rd-minute penalty. However, it was youngster Mikey Moore who impressed with his performance.

17-year-old Moore caught the eye after moving to his favoured left-wing position at the start of the second half. The youngster immediately burst past a handful of AZ defenders before he set up Brennan Johnson and regularly raced beyond Seiya Maikuma during a terrorising spell.

Moore’s performance has now seen him receive accolades from James Maddison who compared the youngster to Neymar.

“From minute 45 to 65, I thought we had Neymar on the left wing! (Moore) was brilliant,” Maddison told TNT Sports.

“Demanded the ball, fearless. That young fearless mentality, you never want to take that away from him.

“He’s a young kid, a brilliant lad. He’s a lovely boy, takes on information and he has got bags of ability. So, I will be there as an older player, hopefully with some wise words, to help him along the way. He has all the ability. It is about knuckling down and keep working hard which he does to be fair to him.”

Moore could have marked his first home start with a goal after five minutes but headed wide from a fine Timo Werner cross.

The Spurs academy graduate will be eager to continue his impressive form as he aims to stake a place in Ange Postecoglou’s team.