LIFE AND SEOUL OF THE PARTY
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Ward ............................................... 5 Castagne ........................................ 5 Faes ................................................ 6 Evans .............................................. 5 Justin ............................................. 5 Ndidi ................................. 4 Maddison ......................................... 7 Tielemans ....................................... 6 Dewsbury-Hall ............................... 6 Barnes ............................................ 5 Daka ................................. 5
Vardy (Daka 74) .............................. 5 Iheanacho (Dewsbury-Hall 74) ...... 5 Soumare (Ndidi 85)
TOTTENHAM have scored more headed goals than any other side in the Premier League this season, with their seven such goals in seven games this term just one fewer than they netted in the whole of 2021-22.
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Arsenal (away) ............ PL Frankfurt (away) ......... CL Brighton (away) .......... PL
N Forest (home) .......... PL Bournemouth (away)..PL C Palace (home) .......... PL
IN A crazy episode of Six and the City, hat-trick hero Heungmin Son shared a long hug with Tottenham’s “killer” fitness coach.
Move over, Sarah Jessica Parker. This was proper prime-time.
Although Spurs won’t win the title with such scatterbrain defending, at least their born-again South Korean striker is back where he belongs — as the life and Seoul of the party.
Son’s stunning impact from the bench after being dropped didn’t just steal the show.
After 118 days without a goal for Tottenham, along came three in the space of 13 minutes after throwing off his superhero’s cape. Brilliant, but ridiculous.
He celebrated his treble with silver fox Gian Piero Ventrone, head coach Antonio Conte’s sergeant-major who is nicknamed the ‘Marine’ because his gruelling fitness drills, bordering on torture, leave players collapsed and throwing up after 42 lengths of the pitch.
Killer
“He’s a killer,” said Son. “But I have a really good relationship with Gian Piero. Obviously his English isn’t perfect and sometimes he comes with his phone to translate into English from Italian.
“It means a lot.
Not just football-wise, but life-wise he gives me so much advice and I am grateful for that.
“I always give him a big hug, even in tough times. He’s always been next to me at every stop.
“Even today, before we left the hotel, we had a couple of minutes and a nice conversation which made me comfortable and grateful.”
Son had cut an increasingly frustrated figure after struggling to open his account for the season.
According to Premier League trainspotters, his previous 17 goal attempts this season had all drawn a blank. The last four now read goal, goal, blank, goal.
“I’m born loving football and I am still in love with football,” he admitted. “I’m an attacking player and when I’m not scoring, I’m not happy.