Lucas Moura loves the emotion of scoring goals for Spurs - and wants to feel it even more.
The Brazilian flyer plundered his fifth goal in 14 appearances in the Premier League this season - his sixth in 20 in all competitions - as we toppled Southampton 3-1 at Wembley on Wednesday night. Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son joined him on the scoresheet as we moved back up to third.
“It’s always amazing to score,” he said. “I wanted to score tonight because I don’t remember my last goal (it was at Wolves on 3 November) and the game was difficult, I didn’t touch the ball a lot and when I scored, I can’t explain the emotion. I cannot explain the feeling.
“I’m so happy and like I always say, I believe in my team-mates, I believe in my team and the most important thing is to win every game and to stay at the top, that’s our objective.”
Put to Lucas that he’d contributed well with his five goals in the Premier League so far, he responded: “I’m a striker! I’m not like Harry Kane, he’s scored a lot of goals, but I’m a striker and I know everyone wants to see goals from me.
“It’s my job. First, I work to help my team but I know it’s important to score. The feeling when I score is unbelievable, so I need to work to score and to help my team.”
Lucas agreed that three points was key after Sunday’s derby disappointment.
He added: “It’s always difficult to lose, even more against Arsenal. But that’s football, it happens. We did very well against Chelsea and after, not so good against Arsenal.
“This was a difficult game but we deserved to win. We conceded a few chances but we enjoyed the chances we had, I scored, I’m happy, we won - the most important thing is to win. We’ll keep working and keep believing.”