For Tottenham fans, a lot of festive joy would be brought by the sight of a fit-again Micky van de Ven and James Maddison. The influential duo bring so much to Ange Postecoglou's side, as we saw from the unbeaten start to the season. With both summer signings in the starting XI, the boys from N17 really were top of the tree.
The tall, rapid and cultured left foot of the elegant Dutch defender allows Spurs to not only play out from the back and beat the press with his strength and composure, but also allows them to push their other players forward knowing that Micky has exceptional recovery pace to deal with any counter-attacks.