Tottenham Hotspur were left stunned on Sunday evening as they threw away a three-goal lead against local rivals West Ham United in the Premier League.

Jose Mourinho's men went into the break looking the likely victors after Heung-min Son and Harry Kane combined once again to make it 3-0 within 18 minutes, the South Korean bagging in the very opening minute.

But the Hammers fought back with a quickfire trio of goals themselves, all of which came in the final eight minutes with Manuel Lanzini's last-second scorcher the pick of the bunch.

Despite all of the negativity that'll come from throwing away two points, many in N17 must be encouraged by the display of club-record signing Tanguy Ndombele.

A lot was made of the Frenchman's future throughout the back end of last season and into the summer. It's thought that Daniel Levy was keen to keep his mega-money star at the club whilst Jose Mourinho had doubts, as per Football Insider.

And after this showing, it appears the Spurs chairman was bang on the money as Ndombele proved his toughest critic wrong with a fine performance.

Per FotMob, the 23-year-old made eight recoveries, won six of nine duels and also recorded two dribbles, two tackles and made 40 passes at an accuracy rate of 85%.

The €50m-rated (£45m) maestro is starting to finally adapt to the conditions and pace of Premier League football and now that he appears to be fully fit, he's producing energetic and creative displays like this one.

Levy has been fully vindicated with his stance on Ndombele and whilst credit has to be given to Mourinho for starting and trusting him this season, he was clearly premature in his thoughts to offload the £200k-per-week midfielder after an average debut campaign.

If there's any positive to take from this 3-3 draw aside from Kane, then it should absolutely be Ndombele. He could become a huge player as the season rumbles on.

AND in other news, £63.5m-rated Spurs lightweight badly let Mourinho down vs West Ham...