- Spurs third team this season to reach 60 points
- Foxes play well, but finish six points off seventh
- Son scores again, Eriksen bags beauty
Heung-min Son’s 11th goal of the season put a cap on Tottenham Hotspur’s action-packed 3-1 defeat of Leicester City at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
Davinson Sanchez and Christian Eriksen also scored for Spurs -- Eriksen’s a true spectacle (above) -- who sit five points back of leaders Liverpool and meet the Reds on March 31.
Son’s 11 goals have come in his last 13 league matches dating back to Nov. 24. Crucially, he’s been red-hot in the absence of Harry Kane and Dele Alli.
Jamie Vardy scored his 100th senior goal after missing a penalty with his first touch of the game for Leicester City, who remains 12th on the table.
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Harry Maguire nodded a long free kick on frame, and Hugo Lloris had to slap it over the bar in the name of safety. The ensuing ninth minutes corner was popped over the frame, and Spurs were off the hook.
Harvey Barnes pulled a Leicester shot wide of the far post off a James Maddison feed moments later.
The other side saw a penalty shout become a yellow card to Heung-min Son for simulation after Maguire got a piece of his ankle in the box and Son hit the deck. If it would’ve been awarded, you’d say Son embellished but the contact was sloppy. Shoulder shrug emoji.
Danny Rose continued a fine run of form in the early stages, and had an 18th minute run and shot foiled by Kasper Schmeichel’s right arm.
A designed set piece allowed Spurs to break through in the 34th, as Christian Eriksen spotted a just onside Sanchez for a 33rd minute header. The goal was the Colombian’s first for Spurs.
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16 - Only Harry Kane (20) has scored more Premier League goals for Spurs at Wembley than Son Heung-Min (16). Composure.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 10, 2019
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Leicester’s second half was much improved, with Ben Chilwell getting a left-footed shot on target.
That’s when Jamie Vardy got his final instructions, but he wasn’t introduced until after James Maddison won the Foxes their penalty after coming together with Jan Vertonghen.
Vardy came on for Gray, and Maddison gave him the ball. His first touch of the game came from the spot, and Lloris saved the effort!
Three minutes later, Ricardo Pereira’s clearance skills doomed Leicester for a second-straight week. His effort his Oliver Skipp and wound up on the boot of Eriksen, who ripped a classy long strike past Schmeichel.
Here’s a stat!
20 - Christian Eriksen has scored 20 Premier League goals from outside the box - more than any other player since his debut in September 2013. Spectacular.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 10, 2019
Lloris then stopped a hard Barnes drive at the other end, as the Foxes did not quit.
And Vardy got his goal anyway, sliding in front of Toby Alderweireld to get onto the end of a Pereira cross from the right.
Just as Leicester seemed prepared for stoppage time heroics, Son dribbled the better part of 60 yards after meeting a Moussa Sissoko clearance. He beat Schmeichel 1v1 from outside the 18 to close out the win.