The reaction from Tottenham fans in the 90th minute of their 4-3 Carabao Cup win over Manchester United said it all. It was also a moment Djed Spence has waited so long for in a Tottenham shirt.

Nearly 30 months on from his transfer from Middlesbrough, Tottenham are finally starting to see why exactly the right-back was brought to the club in the first place. Spence has enjoyed an incredible week in a Tottenham shirt and the hope from all will be that it continues.

Outstanding in his game time at Southampton last Sunday and deservedly getting an assist, the 24-year-old retained his place in the side with Destiny Udogie in no position to play after coming off injured in the first half at St Mary's. Just as he did four days earlier, Spence more than played his part in a Tottenham victory and added yet another assist to his tally.

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Starting off in positive fashion and looking to attack at every opportunity as he linked up with Son Heung-min, the ex-Nottingham Forest loanee proved crucial early in the second half as he had a hand in Tottenham's second and third goals of the contest. For Dejan Kulusevski's goal that arrived 48 seconds after the restart, Spence had driven infield with the ball and managed to retain possession after seeing a pass cut out.

Duly taking a touch and spreading the ball out wide to Son, the Spurs captain linked up with James Maddison and the move finished with Kulusevski finding the corner of Altay Bayindir's goal. Spence's play for the goal may get overlooked but that cannot be said about his assist for Dominic Solanke's second of the evening.

Picking the ball up on the left flank, the defender saw his teammate point towards a gaping space ahead of him and he did the rest with a wonderful lofted ball that set the summer signing free. Solanke's finish was that of a true No.9 as he cut inside Lisandro Martinez before arrowing an unstoppable drive into the bottom corner.

Solanke was congratulated for his finish and Spence also came in for acknowledgement from his teammates, with Son seen with his arm over the full-back's shoulder as they walked back to the centre circle. Even more applause was to come Spence's way in the dying minutes of the contest as he was replaced by Sergio Reguilon.

Appearing to be holding the back of his leg as the 90th minute approached, the former England Under-21s international had to exit from the far side of the pitch due to his position at left-back. That in turn allowed him to receive the acclaim of the Tottenham supporters as he made the long way back to the dugout.

Just as he was walking off the pitch, Son could be seen with his arms raised high above as his head as he applauded his teammate. Tottenham fans also made their feelings to the defender perfectly clear as he was given a rousing standing ovation as he walked around the stadium.

He was also to get a hug from Postecoglou as they embraced in the technical area seconds before he took his seat in the dugout. Spence was quite rightly hailed by all and it was a moment he would not have wanted to come to an end as he soaked it all in.

Postecoglou namechecked the right-back in his post-match press conference and revealed that Spurs are getting "some real enormous growth in this period that maybe won't be evident until down the track".

"Pretty much yeah. I mean I don't roll up to game day looking for good news, let me tell you, so yeah, it's just incredible," he said when asked about Spurs' luck after seeing Timo Werner miss out through illness. "Like I said this is 10 players off a senior list, and it's just ridiculous and the fact that we're still putting in these levels of performance with guys, Archie, Djed, these kind of guys, I mean.

"We're getting, I believe, some real enormous growth in this period that maybe won't be evident until down the track, but I just think there's there's so much sort of good stuff in there at the moment, even though it's a tough period still."

Appearing to be in a rather bleak situation at Tottenham when he returned to Hotspur Way in the summer following three loan spells away from N17, Spence has put in the hard work to rescue his Spurs career. All connected with Tottenham cannot wait to see what comes next for the right-back.

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