Tottenham left it late at the Stadium of Light, winning it through a Ryan Mason goal in the 82nd minute.
Sunderland created more chances in the first half but Spurs turned it on creatively towards the end of the game. A wonderful Ryan Mason goal – the result of 15 passes – was enough to take all three points back to north London.
Andros Townsend and Erik Lamela were especially impressive as substitutes. Eric Dier won the Man of the Match award and Mason deserved his goal.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the goal and the result…
What a glorious goal! #COYS
— Chris Miller (@WindyCOYS) September 13, 2015
WHAT A MOVE. WHAT A FUCKING MOVE. AT LAST!!!!!
— Paul O Keefe (@pokeefe1) September 13, 2015
Superb goal, in the worst game of football the world has ever seen. #COYS
— Hunter Millar (@moller18) September 13, 2015
Great play for Mason's goal. Mason has been our best player so well deserved #SUNTOT
— Harry Charalambous⚽️ (@TransitionTHFC) September 13, 2015
What a ball and what a finish that is.
— Ben Alfrey (@InsideN17) September 13, 2015
terrific goal, entirely out of keeping with the game
— Adam Powley (@adampowley) September 13, 2015
Much deserved goal for Mason. Been our best player. #HatersGonnaHate
— Bankrupt (@bankruptspurs) September 13, 2015
Amazing goal!!! Well done @RyanMason ????????
— Roberto Soldado (@R9Soldado) September 13, 2015
What a fucking pass from Lamela. That's why he needs to play in the middle!
— Ian M. Walker (@ForgottenLibero) September 13, 2015
All one / Two touch football can't defend against it when it's Done that Quickly great Goal ?
— Glenn Hoddle (@GlennHoddle) September 13, 2015
Beautiful goal. Great to see Mason cap a superb performance today. Another assist for Lamela for everyone to ignore as well. #COYS
— tehTrunk© (@tehTrunk) September 13, 2015
Standard PL away performance for us. Home side sat back and hit us on the break, our fitness showed and opened them up with our creativity.
— Nikhil Saglani (@Nikhil_Saglani) September 13, 2015
Not pretty. But gritty. #COYS
— Theo Delaney (@theodelaney) September 13, 2015
We're gonna win the league
— The Fighting Cock (@LoveTheShirt) September 13, 2015
WE ARE STAYING UP
— Billie (@Billie_T) September 13, 2015
Andros Townsend changed the game today, gave us the urgency and directness in attack we desperately needed. #COYS
— Ross. (@RossTweeting) September 13, 2015
#thfc There's the much-needed first win, courtesy of another clean sheet and a fine team goal. Townsend & Lamela made good impacts as subs.
— Ben Pearce (@BenPearceSpurs) September 13, 2015
Dont forget we were missing Eriksen and Rose today so im very pleased with that result
— steven dobbie (@shanobie7) September 13, 2015
