Steven Bergwijn was never going to be ordinary. He’s one of the few Amsterdam-born boys who abandoned Ajax’s academy to sign for one of their rivals, PSV Eindhoven. A falling out with the youth coaches was the reason the young footballer took a winding path to success.The Dutch forward joined Spurs two years ago but has hardly made himself one of the big guns for the North London club. However, his epic injury-time double at Leicester City made everyone take notice of the player that seemed on his way out of the club.Omg, what an amazing final 2 minutes of the game. This is uncut by the way. So so clutch by Bergwijn.pic.twitter.com/C11KxunkV9— FPL Zh0u 🇲🇾 (@ZhouFPL) January 20, 2022 The Dutchman’s future at Tottenham has looked in doubt amid interest from old club Ajax and Sevilla ahead of the January transfer window. Spurs even rejected a bid from Ajax. Even though coach Antonio Conte preferred Heung-Min Son and Lucas Moura to partner Harry Kane, he still didn’t want to get rid of the 24-year-old.”In the past when someone asks me about Steven Bergwijn, I was very clear. I said that for me he is an important player because he has characteristics that in our squad we don’t have many creative players. I think he’s an important player and you know very well the player has to be happy and I think the player is happy to stay with us and play for Tottenham.”Friday, 23.00: (2.20) Watford (3.40) Norwich (3.60)Two goals Bergwijn scored in space of just 80 seconds will surely ensure a place in Spurs’ fans forever. It’s the stuff of legends, the club’s folklore. For many years to come, there will be songs sung about Steven – even when he leaves the club. Bergwijn showed a lot of passion to help his team on Wednesday night. He was even booked after showing Leicester defender Caglar Soyuncu after a denied penalty claim. The Former Ajax schoolboy was only introduced as a 79th-minute substitution, but he made sure he was remembered by both sets of supporters at King Power Stadium.”This is a boy’s dream, to turn around a game like this. I’m so happy. It was a fantastic game. We played really well and deserved it. We created a lot of chances. When I scored to make it 2-2, I didn’t celebrate. I wanted to take the ball and go for 3-2.”##EDITORS_CHOICE##It’s the never-say-die attitude that Conte wants to instil in his team and it seems that Bergwijn is the kind of character that will take to the Italian’s philosophy.”To arrive in added time losing 2-1 was honestly a great, great disappointment. In the end, my players showed great resilience, great desire. Don’t give up. This must be our philosophy, don’t give up and fight until the end. They showed me great desire. When we had equalised, we got the ball and we wanted to restart the game and to try to win. I think it was good for me to see this type of attitude from my players.”Bergwijn bags a stoppage-time brace for a sensational 3-2 win at LeicesterTottenham’s dramatic win took them above rivals Arsenal to fifth in the Premier League table with Conte yet to taste defeat in charge of the Cockerels.
