Son Heung-min has showed his true colours despite missing Tottenham Hotspur's superb 3-0 win vs Manchester United. Dominic Solanke was on-target for Spurs as they stormed past Erik ten Hag's men at Old Trafford to leave the former Ajax manager under considerable pressure.
Brennan Johnson fired Spurs ahead inside the opening minutes, before Dejan Kulusevski doubled the lead shortly after the break. Then, in the second half, Solanke put the final nail in United's coffin, netting the third of the match and his third for Tottenham - including two in the Premier League.
After the game, the 27-year-old striker was one of several players, including Pedro Porro, to mark the victory with a celebratory post on social media. Tottenham captain Son - who missed the victory due to injury - shared their posts via his Instagram story.
"This is my guy [football and white heart emoji]," wrote the South Korea international under a picture of Porro with Solanke. In that image, Solanke performed an Anime-inspired celebration while Porro, stood by his side, channelled his inner Son by performing his captain's trademark camera pose.
Spurs are now eighth in the Premier League. They've won each of their last four games in all competitions.
Son has played a crucial role in Ange Postecoglou's side in recent times, so the skipper was quick to show support for his teammates, despite his absence. Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, the Tottenham boss explained why he was left out of the matchday squad.
Postecoglou claimed that Son 'just wasn't right'. He said: "Short turnaround obviously from Thursday night and he just wasn't right for today [Sunday] so we're going there without him.
"We've had to sort of suffer those things a fair bit during my time here, with key players missing out. We just have to learn to cope without him."
Cope without him, they did. However, that wasn't enough to stop Son from getting in on the action.