Tottenham started new Premier League season with a confident home victory against Southampton.

It was the visitors who went ahead after just 12 minutes with the goal by James Ward-Prowse, but Ryan Sessegnon levelled it up with his first Premier League goal, than Eric Dier glanced home a near-post header from a Heung-Min Son centre 10 minutes later.

Emerson Royal was the creator of two more Tottenham goals in a second half, the first when Mohammed Salisu got his feet in a muddle and diverted Royal’s cross into his own net before the Brazilian right-back found Kulusevski, who curled home in style from 15 yards out to make it 4-1.

2022-23, England - Premier League

Tottenham - Southampton 4:1 (2:1)
Goals: Ward-Prowse, 12 (0:1); Sessegnon R., 21 (1:1); Dier, 32 (2:1); Salisu, 60 (own goal) (3:1); Kulusevski, 63 (4:1)

Tottenham: Lloris; Emerson Royal (Doherty, 87); Dier; Romero C.; Davies (Lenglet, 86); Bentancur (Bissouma, 86); Hojbjerg; Sessegnon R. (Perišić I., 66); Kulusevski (Lucas Moura, 86); Son Heungmin; Kane
Bench: Forster F.; Spence D.; Davinson Sanchez; Gil B.
Yellow Cards: Sessegnon R. 23; Bentancur 75; Bissouma 88

Southampton: Bazunu; Salisu; Bednarek; Valery (Stephens, 46); Walker-Peters (Redmond, 92); Lavia Roméo; Ward-Prowse; Oriol Romeu (Diallo Ib-a, 75); Aribo; Djenepo (Perraud, 72); Armstrong A. (Armstrong S., 46)
Bench: McCarthy A.; Bella-Kotchap; Adams C.; Elyounoussi M.