Son boosts Spurs bid for top-four

– Son Heung-min (above) fired Tottenham to a crucial 3-1 win against West Ham as the South Korean’s double lifted his side within three points of the Premier League’s top four on Sunday.

Antonio Conte’s team went in front through Kurt Zouma’s own goal before Son doubled their lead.

Said Benrahma reduced the deficit, but Son struck again in the second half to give Tottenham a fourth victory from their last five league games.

Tottenham move up to fifth place and sit just three points behind their north London rivals Arsenal in the race to qualify for next season’s Champions League via a top-four finish.

Although Tottenham have played a game more than Arsenal, they are firmly in the hunt with a clash against the Gunners still to come later this season.

“Today we played really well. We dominated the game from the start until the end. I’m very delighted,” Conte said.

“It’s a pity it is the international break now because we are in great form. My team is improving in many aspects.”

After the high of beating Sevilla to reach the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday, this was a major setback to West Ham’s hopes of clinching a topfour berth.

David Moyes’ men are seventh and trail Arsenal by six points, with the Gunners holding two games in hand.

Tottenham had lost five of their previous seven Premier League London derbies this season.

Son did not have to wait long to get on the scoresheet as he latched onto Kane’s defence-splitting pass and lifted a clinical finish past Lukasz Fabianski in the 24th minute.

It was a landmark moment for Kane and Son, who have combined for 38 Premier League goals with 19 assists each, the most of any duo in the competition’s history.

In Sunday’s other match, Timothy Castagne and James Maddison produced stunning strikes as Leicester earned a 2-1 win over Brentford at the King Power Stadium.

Brendan Rodgers’ side made it three victories from their last four Premier League games thanks to Castagne’s Goal-of-theSeason contender and a fine freekick.

Leicester climbed to 10th place as they bounced back from successive defeats. –