Conte’s favourite Son does everything he can to help keep the Italian boss at Tottenham Stadium next season (and Kane chips in as well)

TOTTENHAM

22, Son 60, 79 LEICESTER

90+1

3

1

BY TONY BANKS HEUNG-MIN SON seems to be conducting a oneman campaign to persuade Antonio Conte to stay at Tottenham.

The Italian refuses to commit his future to Spurs beyond the end of this season, even though he has a contract for next year, saying first they must concentrate on their target of getting into the top four and qualifying for the Champion League.

Only then he will meet with the board to find a “solution”.

Son’s two goals yesterday, the second a brilliant strike, took his league tally for the season to 19 – his best for the club – and if that does not help nudge Conte towards a future here, it is hard to see what will.

It was a comfortable win, after Harry Kane had given Spurs the lead, despite a nervy start, but it was the result they needed after a recent wobble.

Leicester, who made eight changes from the Europa Conference League clash with Roma last Thursday, should have been ahead early on.

Manager

Brendan Rodgers was clearly prioritising this Thursday’s second leg of the semi-final but his side still showed plenty of invention.

First, Ayoze

Perez got away but then hit the side netting, then

Leicester claimed a penalty when the ball appeared to hit Son’s hand.

They went even closer when Boubakary Soumare got away and crossed and Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris did superbly to get a touch on Patson Daka’s shot to tip it on to the post.

There were more jitters as Cristian Romero dived in with a goal-saving tackle after Ben Davies blundered.

Then, out of the blue, Spurs were ahead and again it was down to Leicester’s vulnerability from set pieces which has plagued them all season.

Son swung in a corner and Kane evaded his marker at the near post to stoop and nod in for his first goal since March 16 – and his team’s first shot on target in 221 minutes of football.

Kane almost had another when he pounced on a poor Caglar Soyuncu back pass, but Kasper Schmeichel dashed out to foil him. The Spurs talisman then saw his chip drop just over.

Tottenham added their second goal just after the hour but there was an element of controversy about it. Romero seemed to win the ball off

Soyuncu with a studs-showing tackle, but referee Jonathan Moss played on.

Substitute Dejan Kulusevski played in Son and he turned to slot the ball home. Leicester fumed, but the goal stood.

Rodgers brought on Jamie Vardy and Youri Tielemans to give them some game time before Thursday.

Son finished them off though with a beauty of a goal. Picking the ball up again from Kulusevski, the Korean swerved inside and curled the ball beautifully into Schmeichel’s top corner.

Leicester notched a consolation goal in the last minute when Kelechi Iheanacho’s shot beat Lloris to skid home off the post.