Kulusevski promises to ‘be humble and keep living my dream’ at Tottenham

Dejan Kulusevski produced a dazzling display to help Tottenham defeat Southampton 4-1 in their Premier League opener, then promised to get even better.

The quality of the Swedish international helped Spurs respond quickly after going behind early on against the Saints with his fine left-footed cross able to pick out Ryan Sessegnon, who headed home the equaliser in the 21st minute.

Kulusevski continued to be tormentor in chief for the visitors throughout and concluded the scoring in the capital with a wonderful curled effort after 63 minutes to follow up Eric Dier’s first-half header and a Mohammed Salisu own-goal.

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Boss Antonio Conte decided against starting any of the club’s six summer signings but the increased competition for places already appears to have had an impact.

“All my goals come from this area, or three or four metres back. I have to keep scoring these but also keep evolving my game and score different goals,” Kulusevski told Spurs TV.

“The players that came in are amazing, I think they will help us a lot and it is very important all 20 players are ready to play.

“For me, I have to grow. I have to get better in every way. I want to become a better football player so I have got to keep listening to my fantastic coach, be humble and keep living my dream.”

January arrival Kulusevski was a big reason behind Spurs’ strong finish to the 2021-22 season where victory