James Maddison hits out at critics after first Tottenham goal of the season --[Reported by Umva mag]

James Maddison hopes that his first goal of the season ‘shuts up a few people’ after completing the scoring in Tottenham’s 3-1 win over Brentford on Saturday.

It was a good day for Spurs as they put last weekend’s defeat to Arsenal behind them and picked up a second victory over the campaign.

Summer signing Dominic Solanke also opened his account for Tottenham, while Brennan Johnson scored the second of their three goals.

Maddison was delighted with his and the team’s performance and hopes that his critics were watching as he found the back of the net.

Arsenal legend Paul Merson was among those critics after the 1-0 defeat to the Gunners last Sunday, saying Maddison needed to ‘step up’ from recent performances.

Maddison said after the Brentford win: ‘The team is always the most important. I would have been happy with my performance and how I played regardless of whether I got the goal.

‘It obviously helped us in the game because we got that little cushion. It kind of shuts up a few people in the background who think the goals and assists do matter more than what they probably do.

‘I am an attacking player who has always scored goals and always got assists, that’s my job.

‘So when you are not doing that and even if you feel like you are playing well personally, helping the team, the gaffer is happy with what I’m doing, for some games you have it where I feel like I play really well in the build-up and help the team progress but you don’t get a goal or assist to show for that.

‘And then people start questioning the numbers, so sometimes you have to take the outside noise with a pinch of salt, but on the other hand I love scoring goals and it was a nice feeling.

‘I think I had to blow the dust off the old darts celebration because it has been a little while, but it felt so good in front of the South Stand to score.’

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