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Marcus Edwards

The 18-year-old has been flying under the radar in recent months, following the ankle injury which kept him out for months, and the need to have his tonsils removed.

The sparkling 15-minute cameo against Gillingham in the EFL Cup last September is the only bit of action most Spurs fans have seen of the player dubbed 'Mini Messi' around the club's training ground.

He scored on his comeback in a Premier League 2 defeat at Liverpool last month, but after becoming a regular fixture in the first team training set-up has played in neither first team nor youth matches.

He returned to action at Stevenage for the match against Reading and, despite long periods where he was on the fringes of the match, he still managed to show his class with a couple of clever dribbles and passes into team-mates' runs.

One exchange with Josh Onomah almost resulted in a brilliant goal, but his team-mate shot wide.

Edwards proved he can take a mean set piece as well with his second half corner headed home by Shilow Tracey to make it 4-0.

He made a couple of trademark jinking runs late in the game with that low centre of gravity serving him well, but he ultimately lost the ball each time.

Managed to get 90 minutes in his legs which will serve him well in the coming weeks if he does get a chance to take his place on the Spurs bench and potentially return to the White Hart Lane pitch.

Josh Onomah

The Spurs midfielder can't get a game at senior level right now, Mauricio Pochettino won't loan him out and he is far too good for U23 football.

The 19-year-old bossed the game at times, looking like an adult among children. He was constantly driving through the centre and one such run ended with his shot squeezing under the body of the flapping Reading goalkeeper Luke Southwood to make it 2-0.

He almost doubled his tally with another run and clever one-two with Edwards, but he screwed his shot across the face of goal.

Onomah was lucky to stay on the pitch in the second half though. He received an early yellow card for tugging back on a player on the edge of the Spurs box and then did exactly the same a couple of minutes later in the Reading half but escaped with just a talking to from the referee.

Also got 90 minutes in his legs which he desperately needed and Pochettino will receive good reports on his young midfielder.

Cameron Carter-Vickers

The big defender launched himself into two spectacular diving headers in the first half which summed him up perfectly.

The 19-year-old flung himself at a corner in the Reading box and headed just wide among a mass of bodies, although the referee blew his whistle for a foul on a Reading player.

Then a little later at the other end he put his head in where it hurts to guide away a Reading corner and got a boot to the head for his troubles.

After a minute or so of treatment he shook it off and kept on battling. The USA youth international formed an effective partnership with big defender Christian Maghoma and made some big blocks in the box in the second half.

Yet to make his Premier League debut but as Pochettino rates him as having the potential to "become the best defender in England" it won't be long before it arrives.

Pau Lopez

The on-loan Espanyol goalkeeper put in another impressive performance between the sticks to show that he has settled well into English football even if first team chances have been non-existant.

While the 4-0 scoreline, with goals from Ryan Loft, Onomah, Tracey and Jaden Brown, would suggest Spurs dominated the encounter, it was far from being a comfortable win and Lopez was called upon to make a string of fine saves.

He was tipping over efforts from distance, holding on to close-range shots with reaction saves and proved that his handling from crosses and strikes is excellent under pressure.

His kicking also on the whole wasn't too bad, barring an early wobble when he tried to chip the ball over a Reading player only for it to hit the player's head but fortunately it bounced to safety.

A permanent deal for Lopez seems to be on the way and matches like this will only help his acclimatisation to the English game.

Not to forget the other players

The two loan boys, Loft (Stevenage) and Will Miller (Burton Albion) were both impressive at times, with Loft taking his goal well and showing great composure. Miller showed quick feet on a number of jinking runs.

Maghoma played well alongside Carter-Vickers, while Brown will be happy with his goal although it needed a big helping hand from the goalkeeper Luke Southwood.

Tracey's header was excellent for his goal while Joe Muscatt and skipper Filip Lesniak showed the required physical edge to keep Reading at bay.

A good performance all round that will have pleased boss Ugo Ehiogu.