Bergwijn makes instant impact on Tottenham debut to get fans off their seats

Don't expect too much was the message from Jose Mourinho ahead of Steven Bergwijn's Tottenham debut.

'He's a player for the future,' said Mourinho. 'He's a young boy, let's not try to put him under the pressure that he has to arrive and perform, has to score, has to be man of the match, has to start the game.

'We are not on this level of pressure. But he is a player that sooner or later the fans are going to love.'

All of which he is sure to insist will still apply afterwards but Bergwijn has made quite an impact.

Little more than an hour had gone and Tottenham had yet to muster a shot at goal when Lucas Moura clipped a pass into a crowded penalty area.

Bergwijn shifted onto the ball and controlled it with his chest.

There was very little space in which to operate but he was able to bring it down sharply and unleash a volley.

He didn't try to smash too hard but struck the ball sweetly and his aim was true.

His effort fizzed low into the bottom corner and 17,500 in the South Bank erupted.

Much was made of this enormous single-tier stand when the new stadium opened last year, about how it would provide a wall of noise akin to the home end at Borussia Dortmund.

In truth, they have not had a great deal to shout about this season but this moment delivered as Tottenham took the lead against Manchester City and Bergwijn sprinted towards them in euphoric celebration.

The 22-year-old Dutchman was the big addition to the Spurs squad in Mourinho's first transfer window at the club.

Signed for £27million from PSV Eindhoven, he had the confidence to take Christian Eriksen's shirt number and soon endeared himself to the home crowd when he took the ball from Manchester City's former Tottenham full-back Kyle Walker.

There were promising flicks and twists although often too far from the City goal to cause a great deal of excitement.

Then again, this was Spurs: lurking in the deep, massed at the back, on the back-foot with a strategy similar to the one they deployed when Liverpool visited.

Moura toiled up front in between Son and Bergwijn with Dele Alli for support but they did not threaten Ederson in the City goal.

Ederson's only involvement in the first half was to dash from his goal to retrieve a through ball and was almost caught out by the spin on the ball.

Otherwise he was comfortable and well-protected.

Tottenham opened on the back-foot as they had done against Liverpool, content to let Manchester City have the ball, hoping for a mistake by the visitors as they over-indulged at the back or a flash of inspiration from one of the attacking unit.

They survived as City missed a glut of opportunities, including a first half penalty, saved by Hugo Lloris, and seized their moment when Oleksander Zinchenko was dismissed on the hour for a second yellow card.

Pep Guardiola was lining up a substation when Bergwijn struck from Tottenham's first effort at goal.

He had the home fans off their seats again 10 minutes later when, felled by cramp he was replaced and forced to trudge back to the bench from the other side of the pitch.

Bergwijn was basking in the applause as he hobbled behind Ederson's goal as Son scored the second.