The Portugal international led by example with a tireless performance, helping create Fred's opener before curling home a killer second, and was only denied another goal by a marginal offside decision.
At the heart of much of our creative work, the no.8 posted a league-high nine key passes, according to Opta's stats. In other words, he managed nine final passes before a team-mate mustered a shot on goal, the most of anybody in a single 2022/23 game in the division.
For context, Spurs produced nine of these in total on Wednesday and the last player to register more in a Premier League match (10) was the man himself, during last September's clash with Aston Villa.