Ryan Sessegnon played a starring role as Tottenham kicked off their 2022/23 Premier League campaign with a 4-1 triumph over Southampton. Given the nod at left wing-back with new signing Ivan Perisic still not fully fit, the 22-year-old scored Tottenham's first of the afternoon with a brilliant header from Dejan Kulusevski's inswinging cross.
Having a goal ruled out at the start of the second half and denied another following a brilliant Kyle Walker-Peters tackle, Sessegnon fully deserved his standing ovation when he made way for Perisic on 66 minutes. The two players may be fighting it out for the left wing-back role but that hasn't stopped the experienced Croat passing on some valuable advice to his competitor.
"He is a great, great player. He won a lot of titles but he is also a great person," explained the ex-Fulham player. "He has helped me a lot straight away already. It can only be good for us to both be challenging for that left-wing spot.
