Tottenham swept Leicester in the rhythm of Son and is the co-leader

Tottenham are provisional Premier League co-leaders, tied on points with Manchester City, after embarrassing bottom side Leicester in a devastating 6-2. Harry Kane scored a goal, Rodrigo Bentancur starred in a great match, but the hero of the afternoon was Heung-min Son, who achieved a hat trick and ended the drought that has haunted him this season .

While Tottenham remain undefeated after 7 games and Arsenal’s injury retakes the lead tomorrow by defeating Brentford, Leicester have only added one point and the continuity of their coach, Brendan Rodgers, is seriously compromised.

The emotional tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, with a minute’s silence and the interpretation of the English anthem, gave way to a truly great match, full of alternatives on the scoreboard from the first whistle.

Tielemans, from a penalty in the second attempt, made it 0-1

In the 4th minute, left-back James Justin came into the area and Davinson Sánchez brought him down on the line. Hugo Lloris saved Youri Tielemans’ penalty kick, but VAR ruled that the French goalkeeper had acted too early and the Belgian midfielder was unforgiving on his second attempt (6′).

The reaction of Tottenham, who lost on Tuesday against Benfica in the Champions League (1-2), was immediate. Just two minutes later, Dejan Kulusevski found the best position after a short corner kick to place a superb cross from the top of the box to the far post and Harry Kane headed into the net from close range. .

Kane, Leicester’s black beast

No other player has scored more goals against Leicester (20 in total, 18 in the Premier) than Kane, with six in 7 games and combined, with 189, as the third all-time top scorer in the English championship .

Surprisingly, Tottenham did not go for 2-1 but, as their coach Antonio Conte would have liked, thought to leave the initiative of the game. But Leicester have an endemic problem, set pieces, and with another corner, this time taken by Ivan Perisic at the near post, central defender Eric Dier crosses the ball to the other post, which is turned his head (21′).

Maddison drew in a thrilling first half

Leicester didn’t budge and continued to prowl the poor ‘spurs’ defence. Patson Daka escapes but he rushes in a low shot from the edge of the box that doesn’t faze Lloris (29′). Before the break, James Maddison did beat the Frenchman, crossing with a good dribbling shot early on a ball centered from the right by Timothy Castagne (41′).

The first part of this madness still has time for two stops. The first was replaced by Danny Ward’s hand to deflect a Davison Sánchez header onto the crossbar after Perisic’s free kick (43′). And on the stoppage Lloris blocked a shot to break Maddison with his body.

Bentancur stole Ndidi’s wallet

In the second half, the match was decided in favor of Tottenham after the quick goal of an outstanding Rodrigo Bentancur, who stole the bag of Wilfried Ndidi on the balcony of the area, alone and fixed his shot on the post (47′).

The ‘spurs’ pressed higher, but Leicester still had a chance to equalize with a Daka header that Lloris took with a fantastic lunge (57′).

Tribute to Isabel II and Son recital

In the 70th minute, in conjunction with the number of years of Elizabeth II’s reign, the Tottenham stadium offered an ovation to the deceased monarch. And a few seconds later the celebration began with Heung-min Son, who entered through Richarlison.

The South Korean is yet to score in the Premier and ended his losing streak with a stunning hat trick. He made it 4-2 after another steal from Bentancur in the middle and ended his gallop with a whiplash into the top corner (72′).

The child touched the ball 17 times!

Son got the fifth after receiving from Kane with another howitzer, this time crossed, from outside the area (83′) and made it 6-2, confirmed by VAR, on the offside limit to a Pierre Hojbjerg pass just left to him against Ward (85′). The South Korean handled the ball 17 times, shot 4 on goal and scored 3 goals. Demolition Man!

The party took the stands of Tottenham Hotspur, while Leicester, champion in 2016, fell in the table with one point, still without a win and his coach, Brendan Rodgers, hanging by a thread.