WELL DONE MY SON
South Korean steps up with a hat-trick to see off Lions after Kane hands Poch major scare
SPURS fans were left not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Heung-Min Son’s stunning hat-trick sealed a semi-final place and silenced the moronic Millwall fans’ racist abuse.
Harry Kane, however, could be out for the season.
The absence of the in-form England striker would be a hammer blow to the league and cup ambitions of Mauricio Pochettino’s high-fliers.
Yet if the nightmare scenario is confirmed, the South Korean’s scintillating form here at least gives Spurs a lifeline.
Son’s treble was a stunning riposte to the idiots in the away end who targeted him with chants of “DVD” and “Three for a fiver”. Hilarious. Tottenham’s £22million forward lampooned as the bloke who sells DVDs down the market.
Or yet another example of fans who believe there is nothing wrong with mocking a player because of his ethnicity.
Critics of the Spurs’ fans description of the Millwall supporters as ‘Pikeys’ would be entirely justified.
The FA would be right to take a look at matters off the pitch. On the pitch Son had the last laugh. Three for a fiver? Son’s answer came in the shape of three in Spurs six-fer. His strikes were also a reminder Tottenham have others who know where the goal is.
It looked bleak when Kane limped off after eight minutes. He had blasted an effort at keeper Tom King and, as the Millwall rookie beat it out, defender Jake Cooper’s challenge left Kane on the deck.
White Hart Lane held its breath and the worst fears of the home contingent were realised when the highly-prized marksman signalled he could not continue.
Pochettino later confirmed he had injured the same right ankle that had kept him out for seven weeks during the first half of the season.
Back then Tottenham struggled, crashing out of the Champions League because of their lack of firepower.
Here they were simply too good. Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli also filled their boots while even Vincent Janssen weighed in for his first goal from open play in 30 attempts since signing for £17m last summer.
The question is whether they can all continue producing for Spurs to keep dreaming of more Champions League football and winning the FA Cup.
Eriksen opened the scoring with his second goal in his last four games, a first-time strike into the bottom corner on 31 minutes as Alli was attempting to bring the ball under control.
Son curled a magnificent second beyond King and then hit Tottenham’s third from just inside the box on the volley.
Millwall, undefeated in all competitions since December 17, were punch drunk. Their impressive defensive record – one goal conceded in their last 10 – was in pieces.
Neil Harris’s team had seen off three Premier League clubs but this step up in class was a bridge too far.
Worse was to come. Alli rammed in Eriksen’s ball across the six-yard box to make it four.
Then substitute Janssen – the man who had forgotten how to score from open play since his arrival from Alkmaar last summer – got in on the act.
Son shaped as if to burst into box but instead squared it to the Dutchman who hit it firsttime into the bottom corner.
Fittingly the last word lay with Son. Eriksen raced down the left, crossed into the box and King looked to have held Son’s first-time volley.
Instead he fumbled and the ball bounced through his legs.
The FA Cup semi-final berth is a just reward for Tottenham’s campaign. You would have fancied them for more, however, with Kane fit.
Without him you’d worry.