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Soccer Football - Premier League - Sheffield United v Tottenham Hotspur - Bramall Lane, Sheffield, Britain - January 17, 2021 Tottenham Hotspur's Tanguy Ndombele celebrates scoring their third goal Pool via REUTERS/Laurence Griffiths

SHEFFIELD (Reuters) - Tanguy Ndombele's transformation from expensive midfield misfit to a player beginning to look worth the 55 million pounds Tottenham Hotspur paid to sign him from Lyon in July 2019 was encapsulated in one magical moment on Sunday.

The 24-year-old conjured a magnificently-improvised lob with his back to goal to score Tottenham's third goal in a 3-1 victory over Sheffield United -- only his fifth league goal for the club in a difficult year and a half.

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