Eric Dier joined Tottenham to play in matches like Saturday’s London derby victory over West Ham, but did not expect to be the man scoring the last-gasp winner.

The England Under-21 inter­national moved to White Hart Lane from Sport­ing Lisbon over the summer and made an instant impact as he grabbed the only goal of the game against their local rivals.

Dier appeared on the edge of the West Ham box in added time to secure three points for the visitors after both sides had been reduced to 10 men. The defender was delighted with his start at Spurs and was happy to be involved on the opening day of the new Premier League season.

“I was just really happy to play to be honest and to score on top of that, well, I never imagined it,” he said.

“I saw the keeper coming out in the corner of my eye and I wanted to touch the ball around him and put it in.

“It all happened really quickly. I didn’t get any time to think about it and that was probably a good thing.

“I really enjoyed it and it’s why I wanted to come here, to play in games like this.

“I’m really happy to be here.”

Most would have been surprised to see Dier appear on the edge of the West Ham box in stop­page time but Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino believes it shows how his side want to play this season.

“This is a picture of what is our philoshopy, our style,” he said. “It is important as it shows our ambition and our philoso­phy to try and win.

“He was brilliant, but not only him, the whole team.