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.Son scored the second goal for José Mourinho’s team after a Harry Kane penalty opened the scoring at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
South Korean forward Son Heung-min, who plays for Tottenham Hotspurs. Image: Twitter @SpursOfficial.
LONDON – South Korean striker Son Heung-min admitted he was “proud” to have scored his 100th goal for Tottenham in a 3-0 win over Leeds that led his team to the race for the Premier League title on Saturday.
Son scored the second goal for José Mourinho’s team after a Harry Kane penalty opened the scoring at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Reaching his goal-scoring century with Tottenham was a historic moment for Son, who is the 18th player to score 100 in all competitions for the North London club and the first outside of the UK and Ireland.
Since arriving from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015, the 28-year-old has established himself as one of Tottenham’s key players and maintaining his good form will be key to their hopes of a title fight.
“I am very happy and grateful for my teammates. I am not doing it alone. I need a lot of help for this great achievement,” Son said.
“Scoring 100 goals with one team is a great thing. I’m very proud. It’s a great way to start the new year.”
It was the thirteenth time Kane and Son had combined for a goal this season, equaling the Premier League record set by Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton for Blackburn in 1994-95.
“We are working hard and working on it for a long time. I’m a little sad that I couldn’t help ‘H,” Son said.
“He knew I was there. Sometimes he’s telepathic, sometimes we talk about it.”
Mourinho is reaping the rewards of that telepathic partnership and said: “Of course the understanding is good and against Leeds it was important to have that ability in attack. That move by Harry Kane and Sonny in the final positions fitted well.”
“I think in the Premier League there are a lot of good players everywhere, even in clubs where you don’t think they can have great players. But I have to say that Sonny and Harry are doing special things this season.”
Toby Alderweireld scored Tottenham’s third goal as they climbed to third place.
The only frustration for Mourinho was a red card in injury time for Matt Doherty after the Republic of Ireland right-back received a second caution.
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