Tottenham boss Antonio Conte felt his facet’s potential to capture the large moments plus the skill of Son Heung-min made the difference in Sunday’s victory over Leicester.
Spurs wanted all 3 factors to transport above Arsenal and back into the top 4. And they duly brought, with Harry Kane beginning the scoring on 22 minutes. The England captain discovered the internet with a near-post header from Son’s nook. And it become the South Korea ace who made sure of the points in the 2d duration.
The creation of Dejan Kulusevski made a difference and Son became accessible to hearth domestic on the hour mark. But he stored his satisfactory until final, with a amazing curling effort on 79 mins that gave Kasper Schmeichel no risk.
Kelechi Iheanacho notched a comfort in stoppage time however Spurs claimed the spoils. Conte became extremely joyful with the end result in opposition to a aspect capable of beating maximum teams on their day.
“It became a very good performance against a without a doubt top group and no longer an easy recreation, however you realize in England there are by no means any easy games – mainly against Leicester who've a good squad,” he told BBC Sport.
“Despite making eight modifications the Leicester crew changed into precise and robust so for this reason we need to be delighted we were given 3 factors. It become of vital importance to us to stay on this race.”
And the Italian heaped praise on his Tottenham squad for the manner they've endured to war for the pinnacle four.
“No-one could have imagined after I arrived in November we will be in this race nevertheless. But those players are deserving to combat for such an essential vicinity,” he delivered. “It isn't always smooth to qualify for the Champions League in England.”
Son netted his 18th and 19th pinnacle-flight dreams of the marketing campaign against the East Midlanders. He is a critical a part of Spurs top-4 hopes.
Conte hailed the 29-yr-vintage’s contribution and defined how he made one of these distinction.
