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Twitter reacts: Typical for Roberto Soldado, typical for Tottenham

Liam Happe

Updated 28/08/2015 at 21:26 GMT

Roberto Soldado's second Liga contest after leaving Spurs was an even better performance than his first. Tottenham fans should have seen it coming.

Roberto Soldado celebrates scoring for Villarreal against Espanyol

Image credit: AFP

The North Londoners cut their losses on the Spanish striker this summer and fans were immediately wary of the problem perhaps not being Soldado, but the club.
He got off to a great start with his side's goal in the opening day 1-1 draw at Real Betis, and essentially guided the Yellow Submarine to victory against Espanyol from a goal down.
After Felipe Caicedo put the visitors up after just six minutes, it took Villarreal an hour to respond but did so with a fine finish from the striker.
He then set up Cedric Bakambu not once, but twice in the dying stages to snatch all three points.
Tottenham have just signed Son Heung-min from Bayer Leverkusen, but their fans couldn't help but groan when another signing did the business for everyone except them:
The instant reaction to the official Villarreal account's proclamation of the equaliser was also Spurs-heavy, and you can check that out
- we won't embed it all here, due to some colourful language!
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