Son shines as Spurs boost top four hopes
SON HEUNG-MIN 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 (Mar 20).
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 moved 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 topfour 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.
Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1-0 on Saturday thanks to Bukayo Saka’s first-half goal.
“We are there with 10 games to go,” said Gunners boss Mikel Arteta. “We have this feeling that we really want it, you can sense it and we're going to give it a go.”
A run of 10 wins from their last 13 league games has propelled Arteta’s men to the front of the race to join Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in the top four after getting off to their worst start to a league campaign in 67 years.