Micky's Dutch treat sends Spurs fourth

MICKY VAN DE VEN is as Dutch as windmills, tulips or Edam.

- Mike Walters

And Tottenham’s 6ft 4in centre-back was the big cheese in town as Spurs moved back into the top four above Aston Villa.

Van de Ven’s rocket was the catalyst as the hosts, hesitant in the first half, commanded the second. At 34.5million, he has been the rock on whom Ange Postecoglou has built Angeball in north London.

On the final whistle, he was serenaded with the chorus from singalong classic Give It Up after being given a chasing by Forest striker Chris Wood at first then seeing off the in-form Kiwi.