Kane bags a brace as Jose’s Spurs make light work of Clarets
Jose Mourinho has dubbed Heung-min Son “Sonaldo” after comparing the Tottenham forward to former Brazil striker Ronaldo.
South Korea star Son raced from one box to the other for a stunning solo goal as Tottenham thrashed Burnley.
Harry Kane fired a brace, with Lucas Moura and Moussa Sissoko both on target too as Mourinho’s men romped to victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Spurs boss Mourinho likened Son’s wonder goal to Ronaldo’s mazey effort for Barcelona against Compostela in 1996, before praising the 27-year-old’s work ethic.
“Even before this goal my son calls him Sonaldo, and today he was Sonaldo Nazario,” said Mourinho.
“The only thing that came to my mind was a goal where I had the honour to be sat next to Sir Bobby Robson, in 1996, and Ronaldo Nazario scored a goal against Compostela from behind the halfway line and scored a very similar goal.”
Asked if Son is a manager’s dream, given his humility and hard graft, Mourinho continued: “From the outside I had that feeling. I had a feeling, and the experience, not my experience, but of some colleagues; I even remember speaking with Sir Alex Ferguson about Ji-sung Park.
“It’s probably a cultural thing, that players from that part of the world are very coachable; they like to learn and are very humble.
“I met his parents yesterday, and I understood also where it comes from. The kid is fantastic and I am so happy.”
Captain Kane conjured two hugelyimpressive goals but still wound up having a top-level performance overshadowed by Son’s star turn.
Mourinho was quick to praise the skipper’s allround showing however, admitting he is already
struggling for accurate accolades.
“It’s not just the goals, it’s the combination play, it’s what he does between the lines, it’s what he does in the defensive process and it’s what he does at a leadership level,” Mourinho said.
“Incredible. Again, top, top, top player and person. I cannot find any more words to describe him.
“I cannot have a bad feeling with these guys. I’m here to help them.
“So if I can help them to be better then that’s what I want.”
Burnley boss Sean Dyche was left to lament a frustrating afternoon, especially in his side’s slapstick defending in the lead-up to Son’s goal.
“I’m actually annoyed at source, that’s where we didn’t deal with it,” said Dyche.
“And then there’s also time for a technical foul, which we didn’t do.
“It’s very naive and just the detail of the work we do, just not to stop it at source and then not to go for a technical foul.
“We gave the ball away for fun today; five goals from five giveaways, key giveaways, sloppiness, details.
“We don’t normally turn it over that easily. In balance we had two key chances at one-nil and two-nil down.”