Son shines the brightest as Spurs sink Huddersfield
SON HEUNG-MIN starred as Spurs moved five points clear of fifth-placed Chelsea with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield.
The Korean found the net either side of half-time as Harry Kane had a frustrating afternoon at Wembley, with Terrors goalkeeper Jonas Lossl keeping out the England striker.
Son opened the scoring on 27 minutes as Dele Alli carved open the visiting defence.
The 25-year-old felt he was hard done by when referee Kevin Friend failed to award him a penalty as he grappled with Terence Kongolo.
Tom Ince then went close to an equaliser but Hugo Lloris proved a match for the wide man’s header.
But Son would wrap up the three points on 54 minutes, heading in from Kane’s cross.
‘The pass from Harry was very good for me, it made it easy to score,’ said Son. ‘Harry is one of the best players in the world.’
Swansea sealed a seventh consecutive home win with a 4-1 thrashing of West Ham.
Goals from Ki Sungyueng, Mike van der Hoorn, Andy King and a Jordan Ayew penalty secured victory before Michail Antonio hit a consolation for the Hammers.
There was further bad news for David Moyes as Winston Reid was stretchered off in a neck brace following ten minutes of treatment.
Burnley came from behind to beat Everton 2-1.
Cenk Tosun gave the Toffees the lead before second-half strikes from Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood completed the turnaround.
Riyad Mahrez’s stoppagetime free-kick rescued a point as Leicester drew 1-1 at home to Bournemouth. Josh King’s penalty had given the Cherries a first-half lead.
Watford talisman Troy Deeney struck 13 minutes from full-time to leave West Brom bottom of the table in a 1-0 win.
Southampton and Stoke could not be separated as they played out a 0-0 draw.