It was a special occasion for our number 10 who had waited almost 18 months since starting in a Spurs shirt and soon became even more memorable when he whipped the opener into the top left corner from just outside the box on 14 minutes.
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Returning to our starting XI for the first time in 17 months for Monday's meeting with Coventry City, the midfielder made his mark almost immediately, curling home our opener in sumptuous style on 14 minutes as we went on to run out 3-1 winners.
Kylian Mbappé sparked debate earlier this year when he was asked what the easiest role in football is.
"In my opinion, it's centre back. You're covered from all sides, you can even play in a back three," he responded.
The central defender produced a typically calm, assured display alongside Micky van de Ven as goals from James Maddison, Omar Marmoush and Ben Davies saw us home.
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