A wonder goal from SONALDO!
Nice one Son! 12 touches in 13 seconds on a 90-yard solo run to score
A DOZEN touches inside 13 seconds, a blistering sprint with the ball across 90 yards, topped with a clinical finish clipped over the diving goalkeeper.
Nice one Sonny does not really do justice to one of the finest solo goals ever scored — a goal fit for a £1billion stadium as Tottenham destroyed Burnley at White Hart Lane.
There were two more wonderful strikes by Harry Kane who now has 25 goals in 26 appearances for club and country this season.
There was another for Moussa Sissoko who has two in eight days after failing to find the net for two years, while Lucas Moura grabbed the other. But it was Son Heung-min who stole the show in the 32nd minute.
Think Diego Maradona. Think George Weah. Think Lionel Messi. Jose Mourinho thought of the original Ronaldo because his son Jose Junior has already nicknamed Tottenham’s Korean striker Sonaldo.
For Spurs fans of a certain vintage, it will have triggered flashbacks to the golden age of Jimmy Greaves. Or for a younger generation to the destructive speed across the turf of Gareth Bale.
Whichever of the great dribbling goals spring to mind, this one deserves to be filed away alongside it. No-one present will forget what they witnessed.
Son collected the ball a yard outside his own penalty area as it rolled his way from James Tarkowski and set off towards the Burnley goal, accelerating as he went with a small mob of claret shirts in pursuit.
None of them ever got close enough to make a tackle. Erik Pieters flew past in a blur at one stage without threatening to take the ball or the player with him.
Sean Dyche muttered about naivety afterwards and about his players being deficient in the department of the ‘technical foul’ at which other teams seem to excel. Son was still beaming with delight at half time and explaining to team-mates how he had done it as they headed for the tunnel with a three-goal lead.
At the end, referee Kevin Friend gave him the match ball as a souvenir although Mourinho came onto the pitch, took it from him and gave it to teenager Troy Parrot, who came on as a late substitute to make his Premier League debut.
Son was left empty handed to soak up the adoration of the home crowd. It was certainly a good reaction to the defeat at Manchester United on Wednesday. Mourinho demanded anger from his players and they came out in furious fashion.
A long pass from Toby Alderweireld was nursed by Son to Kane, Ben Mee decided not to close the space and the England captain unleashed a thunderous drive which dipped and wobbled as it flashed past
Nick Pope.
It set the tone. Spurs were on the front foot and stretched their lead when Moura added the second goal.
Son dribbled into the box and fired at goal from a tight angle. Pope saved with his feet but the ball spun into the air. Dele
Alli leapt high to beat the keeper and his flick was nudged over the line from close range by Moura.
There was a concerned hush as the replays were checked for a
possible foul by Alli as he competed with
Pope before the goal was confirmed and Tottenham were 2-0 up with less than 10 minutes played.
Still they poured forward. Sissoko rattled a post and Tarkowski made a last-ditch tackle to deny Alli.
Burnley, weakened by injuries, simply could not get a grip on the game until the tempo eased midway through the first half.
Robbie Brady headed against the bar and Jay Rodriguez headed straight at Paulo Gazzaniga. Had they converted one of these opportunities there may have been a way back from Sean Dyche’s team.
Rodriguez headed wide when unmarked in front of goal but by this stage they were trailing by three after Son’s sensational goal.
Kane’s second came early in the second half and shortly after treatment for a twisted ankle.
He forged into the penalty area with the ball, cut past Tarkowski onto his right foot and beat Pope with the power of his shot.
Sissoko scored the fifth and another heavy defeat extends a worrying run for Burnley of six defeats in eight games. They conceded four against both Chelsea and Manchester City. Now this.
For Spurs, it was a third win in four Premier League games since the managerial change and a little more ground closed on the top four. There is discernible progress and Mourinho enjoyed this one. He probably enjoyed the clean sheet most of all.