Tottenham signed Arnaut Danjuma this week. And Son Heung-min took that personally...
Is Heung-min Son back? The smile and deftness of touch certainly was at Preston.
This evening, against Championship opposition, was one of those occasions, with Kane primed on the bench if required. During a first-half that made anyone watching question their Saturday night choices, it looked as if the England striker would have to be summoned. That wasn’t for a lack of effort on Son’s part. He was given the left flank with Ivan Perisic initially asked to serve as Kane’s stand-in, which didn’t work. Spurs probed as the hosts sat deep but North End kept the Premier League side at bay with worrying ease. Son stung the palms of Freddie Woodman in the home goal, and he looked as busy as we’ve seen him since the World Cup. Even that was encouraging given his recent fortunes, but it was all graft and no guile.
Son seemed to channel all that frustration five minutes after re-emerging from a dressing room that we have to assume was a lively place to be – certainly more so than the pitch in the first-half if Spurs’ intensity was any measure immediately after the break. Taking a pass from Japhet Tanganga, Son smashed a shot from 25 yards that was beyond Woodman before he moved. Not that the keeper was unsighted. Son somehow hit the shot with both maximum speed and swerve.
Of course Son needed that. The celebration, in front of 5,000 travelling Spurs fans, demonstrated as much and the forward immediately looked lighter having scored in a game for only the fourth time this season.
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