PRESTON: Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min returned to shape with two objectives of their 3-0 defeat of second-tier Preston North End within the FA Cup fourth spherical, with debutant Arnaut Danjuma additionally not off course at Deepdale on Saturday.
The South Korean Son has persevered a lean season however made the variation with two very good objectives after the ruin because the guests moved conveniently via to the following spherical.
Five mins into the second one part the ball used to be performed to Son out of doors the penalty house and he struck an unstoppable curling left-foot pressure low into the nook of the web.
It used to be simplest his moment purpose since mid-October however 19 mins later he struck once more, turning easily at the fringe of the field from Ivan Perisic’s cross and firing previous Preston goalkeeper Freddie Woodman.
“I needed those goals for my confidence. It was really important. It was the kind of position I like to shoot,” stated Son, who has 8 Spurs objectives in all competitions this season.
“In the first half I had a couple of chances to shoot but the keeper made a good save.
“As a striker or as an attacking participant, the vital factor is that you simply get that purpose. It’s vital that I may just assist the staff cross to the following spherical,” he instructed the BBC.
Apart from a short lived spell in between Tottenham’s objectives, Preston infrequently stricken the away facet who didn’t even want to carry main scorer Harry Kane off the bench.
Kane used to be sick all the way through the week having scored the winner at Fulham to develop into the membership’s joint all-time most sensible scorer with 266 objectives, matching the tally of Jimmy Greaves.
Dutch ahead Danjuma, who signed for Spurs on mortgage from Spanish membership Villarreal this week, got here off the bench to attain his facet’s 3rd with a close-range end past due on.
The South Korean Son has persevered a lean season however made the variation with two very good objectives after the ruin because the guests moved conveniently via to the following spherical.
Five mins into the second one part the ball used to be performed to Son out of doors the penalty house and he struck an unstoppable curling left-foot pressure low into the nook of the web.
It used to be simplest his moment purpose since mid-October however 19 mins later he struck once more, turning easily at the fringe of the field from Ivan Perisic’s cross and firing previous Preston goalkeeper Freddie Woodman.
“I needed those goals for my confidence. It was really important. It was the kind of position I like to shoot,” stated Son, who has 8 Spurs objectives in all competitions this season.
“In the first half I had a couple of chances to shoot but the keeper made a good save.
“As a striker or as an attacking participant, the vital factor is that you simply get that purpose. It’s vital that I may just assist the staff cross to the following spherical,” he instructed the BBC.
Apart from a short lived spell in between Tottenham’s objectives, Preston infrequently stricken the away facet who didn’t even want to carry main scorer Harry Kane off the bench.
Kane used to be sick all the way through the week having scored the winner at Fulham to develop into the membership’s joint all-time most sensible scorer with 266 objectives, matching the tally of Jimmy Greaves.
Dutch ahead Danjuma, who signed for Spurs on mortgage from Spanish membership Villarreal this week, got here off the bench to attain his facet’s 3rd with a close-range end past due on.