Solanke scorpion kick caps Player of the Match performance against Man City

Dominic Solanke was at the double to scoop your HSBC Player of the Match following our comeback 2-2 draw with Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday.

The striker returned to the starting line-up after scoring off the bench against Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek and bagged both goals as we recovered from a two-goal deficit at the break to salvage a spirited point at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

After welcoming Dom back from a four month injury lay-off in January, our number 19 has been amongst the goals in the UEFA Champions League in recent weeks and opened his league account to spark our fightback eight minutes after the restart in only his second top-flight start in five appearances so far this term.

Trailing 2-0 at the break to strikes from Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo, the England international latched onto Xavi Simons' defence-splitting trivela pass before shrugging off Abdukodir Khusanov and got a touch on the ball as a recovering Marc Guehi tried to intervene to send it past Gianluigi Donnarumma.

If there was some slight doubt surrounding his first goal - initially down as a Guehi own-goal but then rightly credited to Dom - there could be no doubt around his quite sensational second when he produced yet another Spurs contender for goal of the season with a scorpion kick to equalise on the 70th minute.

Following great work from the industrious Conor Gallagher, who tenaciously won the 50/50 in midfield and sent a whipped cross from the right, Dom pulled out the acrobatics to back heel the ball from behind him and divert it over an outstretched Donnarumma to send supporters into a frenzy.

The 28-year-old was replaced by Jun'ai Byfield - making his Premier League debut - on 90 minutes and his effort, work-rate and battling performance was summed up by his grass stain-covered Lilywhite shirt as he exited the field to a huge ovation from the Spurs faithful.

In an exclusive vote held on the official Spurs App, Dom edged out the superb Xavi to pick up his first award of the campaign.

Watch - Solanke's goal of the season contender

Player of the Match | 2025/26

Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Spurs - Micky van de Ven

Spurs 3-0 Burnley - Richarlison

Manchester City 0-2 Spurs - Joao Palhinha

Spurs 0-1 AFC Bournemouth - Guglielmo Vicario

West Ham 0-3 Spurs - Lucas Bergvall

Spurs 1-0 Villarreal - Lucas Bergvall

Brighton 2-2 Spurs - Mohammed Kudus

Spurs 3-0 Doncaster Rovers - Joao Palhinha

Spurs 1-1 Wolves - Joao Palhinha

Bodo/Glimt 2-2 Spurs - Micky van de Ven

Leeds United 1-2 Spurs - Mohammed Kudus

Spurs 1-2 Aston Villa - Joao Palhinha & Mohammed Kudus

AS Monaco 0-0 Spurs - Guglielmo Vicario

Everton 0-3 Spurs - Micky van de Ven

Newcastle 2-0 Spurs - Brennan Johnson

Spurs 0-1 Chelsea - Guglielmo Vicario

Spurs 4-0 FC Copenhagen - Micky van de Ven

Spurs 2-2 Manchester United - Wilson Odobert

Arsenal 1-4 Spurs - Richarlison

PSG 5-3 Spurs - Randal Kolo Muani

Spurs 1-2 Fulham - Mohammed Kudus

Newcastle 2-2 Spurs - Cristian Romero

Spurs 2-0 Brentford - Xavi Simons

Spurs 3-0 Slavia Prague - Xavi Simons

Nottingham Forest 3-0 Spurs - Randal Kolo Muani

Spurs 1-2 Liverpool - Djed Spence

Crystal Palace 0-1 Spurs - Archie Gray

Brentford 0-0 Spurs - Micky van de Ven

Spurs 1-1 Sunderland - Ben Davies

Bournemouth 3-2 Spurs - Mathys Tel

Spurs 1-2 Aston Villa - Joao Palhinha

Spurs 1-2 West Ham - Cristian Romero

Spurs 2-0 Dortmund - Xavi Simons

Burnley 2-2 Spurs - Cristian Romero

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Spurs - Xavi Simons

Spurs 2-2 Man City - Dominic Solanke

Player of the Match awards | 2025/26

5 - Micky van de Ven, Joao Palhinha

4 - Xavi Simons, Mohammed Kudus

3 - Cristian Romero, Guglielmo Vicario

2 - Lucas Bergvall, Richarlison, Randal Kolo Muani

1 - Dominic Solanke, Mathys Tel, Ben Davies, Archie Gray, Djed Spence, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert