Tottenham vs Leicester City: How Son Heung Min hattrick help Tottenham thrash Leicester City

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Son Heung-min end im goal drought with one ogbonge 13-minute hat-trick as Tottenham ruthlessly punishe Leicester latest defensive horror show.

Di South Korea striker respond to Antonio Conte decision to drop am to di bench after a barren start to di season by coming on to curl home two fantastic strikes and slot home one late third.

Spurs trail to Youri Tielemans early penalty but take advantage of di Foxes failings at set-pieces as Harry Kane and Eric Dier nod home from corners to turn di game around.

Na James Maddison fabulous first-time finish briefly draw Leicester level again, but Wilfried Ndidi mistake allow Rodrigo Bentancur steer Tottenham back in front before substitute Son come steal di show.

Dis victory maintain Spurs unbeaten start to di Premier League season as dem climb to second, level on points wit leaders Manchester City.

Leicester, meanwhile, remain at di foot of di table, still searching for dia first win, despite say dem lead in four of dia seven matches so far.

As at all Premier League games dis weekend, fans observe one minute silence for di late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and 70th-minute round of applause in honour of her 70-year reign.

FIRST HALF

1 min KICK-OFF- Match don dey start for final Premier League game of the day.

1 min Both teams don manage to visit opposition penalty area but both defences deal with am.

4 min PENALTY TO LEICESTER Crazy defending by Davinson Sanchez.

Leicester James Justin run down di wing and cut in and just as e dey on di line of the box – nowhere near di goal – Sanchez hack am down.

5 min’ PENALTY SAVED

Oh no. Youri Tielemans step up and Hugo Lloris guess di right way and save am.

6 min’ PENALTY TO LEICESTER

Hugo Lloris dey off im line so dem go retake di penalty.

6 min’ GOAL

Youri Tielemans go di same direction but lift am higher and e go over Hugo Lloris, who go di right way again. Leicester lead.

8 min’ GOAL

Spurs don level up almost immediately.

Dejan Kulusevski play di corner short and get am back before swinging a cross into di back post.

And Harry Kane head am in from close range.

12 mins’ Like Matty Upson says, story of Leicester’s season (seasons?). Spurs are on top now and pushing for a second.

18 mins’ Patson Daka find James Maddison, wey long-range shot chop blocking.

21 mins’ GOALLLLLLLLLL

Ivan Perisic whip one corner in and Eric Dier get free near di post before flicking one header over Danny Ward into di far corner.

26 mins’ Leicester overdo one attack and miss di chance. Youri Tielemans find James Maddison, wey play am back. Tielemans dey space now in di box but backheels am… to one Spurs player.

28 mins’ DISALLOWED GOAL

41 mins’ GOAL

James Maddison don equalise for Spurs

45+2 mins’ Patson Daka find James Maddison for space in di box but im low drive dey saved by di legs of Hugo Lloris. One big chance.

SECOND HALF

KICK-OFF

Di second half don begin.

47 mins’ GOAL

Woeful defending again by Leicester and Spurs lead dey again.

Jonny Evans give di ball to Wilfried Ndidi, wey dey face im own goal near di centre circle.

Ndidi no properly control am and Rodrigo Bentancur take di ball off am before racing towards di edge of di box and shoot am into di bottom corner

61 mins’ YELLOW CARD

Leicester dey close again. Same duo as di last chance. James Maddison cross for Patson Daka wey head am wide.

Daka actually use im arm and get booked.

67 mins’ Leicester get only dia first or second corner of di day but Spurs fit defend am and Clement Lenglet head am away.

70 mins’ SUBSTITUTION

Spurs final change as Yves Bissouma replace Dejan Kulusevski.

73 mins’ GOALLL

Son Heung-min get im first goal of di season after coming off di bench earlier in im game. And what a goal!

84 mins’ GOAL – Spurs 5-2 Leicester

Son Heung-min again!

Just like di old days aka last season.

Harry Kane finds Son Heung-min, who cuts in and curls home a beauty from 25 yards. That’s two goals for the season for Son.

86 mins’ GOAL

Son Heung-min hat-trick

E don happun

FULL-TIME

Son Heung-min enter a close game and score im first three goals of di season.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Tottenham don win seven out of nine of dia most recent Premier League meetings.

Dem fit win four consecutive league matches against di Foxes for di first time.

Leicester don lost four of dia past five top-flight fixtures away to Spurs, dem don chop at least three goals for each defeat.

Tottenham Hotspur

Spurs don win six successive Premier League home games, dia run for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

A seventh consecutive home league win go be dia longest streak since a sequence of 14 victories for White Hart Lane between November 2016 and May 2017.

Dis go be Tottenham seventh league match of di season and di sixth one dem don play for London.

Antonio Conte dey unbeaten in eight Premier League matches as a manager against Leicester, e don win seven.

Leicester City

A sixth straight league defeat for Leicester go be dia worst run since one similar run wey dem bin get between November and December 2014.

Dem dey in danger of failing to win any of dia opening seven top-flight games for di first time since 1983-84, when dia winless start bin extend to 10 matches.

Leicester don drop 24 points from winning positions for Premier League for 2022, eight more than any oda side.

Jamie Vardy dey set to make im 277th Premier League appearance, e go pass Kasper Schmeichel as Leicester record appearance maker for di competition.

Line Ups

Tottenham Hotspur

1 H. Lloris

34 C. LengletC

15 E. Dier

6 D. Sánchez

19 R. Sessegnon

30 R. Bentancur

5 P. Højbjerg

14 I. Perišić

9 Richarlison

21 D. Kulusevski

10 H. Kane

Leicester City

1 D. Ward

2 J. Justin

6 J. Evans

3 W. Faes

27 T. Castagne

25 W. Ndidi

7 H. Barnes

22 K. Dewsbury-Hall

8 Y. Tielemans

10 J. Maddison

20 P. Daka