Newcastle United supporters have hailed Christian Atsu's performance in their win over Tottenham Hotspurs on Sunday.
The Ghanaian winger began the game against Tottenham on the bench but was quickly introduced into the contest after Allan Saint-Maximin had to be replaced early on after sustaining an injury.
The Magpies took a shock lead during the first half, and it was Atsu who provided the assist for Joelinton.
The former Chelsea and FC Porto winger produced a lovely pass into the striker's path, and the club-record signing took full advantage by driving the ball home.
Atsu's other particularly significant contribution came just before the break as he seemingly managed to do enough to put Lucas Moura off when the goal was gaping after Martin Dubravka could not quite deal with a cross into the six-yard box.
It was a huge win for Newcastle after they had lost both of their opening two games of the new campaign.
And it was a performance from Atsu that seemed to catch many supporters by surprise judging by the response to his message on social media after the game.
Atsu did not contribute a single assist in 28 league appearances last season.
But some fans are clearly hopeful that this is going to be the winger's year after what has arguably been an underwhelming spell at St James' Park to date.
Here is Atsu's tweet, as well as some of the best responses from the Newcastle fans...
What a way to win @NUFC ⚫️⚪️ pic.twitter.com/8OI31rBVRT
— Christian Atsu (@ChristianAtsu20) August 25, 2019
Great performance Christian, Ghanaian Messi. ??
— Mark ⚫️⚪️ (@MarkMazzocchi) August 25, 2019
Mate you where outstanding best performance in the shirt please enjoy it
— steverob (@stevertaxis) August 25, 2019
Probably the best I have seen you in a Newcastle shirt, fantastic performance and a cracking assist. Keep it up. Hwtl
— Anthony Main (@m14ny0) August 25, 2019
You were fabulous mate, brave on the ball and worked so hard off the ball for the team.
— Gary Simm (@StJamesMecca) August 25, 2019
Absolute top class from you today. Well done
— Adam Gradwell (@thepodcaster80) August 25, 2019
Well done buddy you were awesome and a brilliant assist ???⚫️⚪️
— Lee Pattinson (@LeePattinson6) August 26, 2019
Well done buddy you were awesome and a brilliant assist ???⚫️⚪️
— Lee Pattinson (@LeePattinson6) August 26, 2019