Tottenham vs Leicester LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Son Heung-min hits hat-trick
Antonio Conte’s side move joint-top as Brendan Rodgers faces up to a run of six straight defeats
Son Heung-min ended his scoring drought in stunning fashion with a sublime hat-trick as Tottenham Hotspur crushed Leicester City 6-2 to move joint top of the Premier League on Saturday.
Rodrigo Bentancur’s first goal for Tottenham was separating the sides in an entertaining tussle but Son, who started on the bench, exploded back to form with three goals in 13 minutes.
The South Korean, the Premier League’s joint-top scorer last season, had not scored in Tottenham’s first eight games.
Leicester took an early lead with a twice-taken penalty by Youri Tielemans but Tottenham hit back quickly with Harry Kane powering in a header at the far post.
Tottenham went ahead in the 21st minute as defender Eric Dier marked his return to the England squad with a glancing header from a corner.
Bottom-placed Leicester were lively in attack though and James Maddison’s superb finish sent them in level at halftime.
Bentancur seized on a mistake to restore Tottenham’s lead in the 47th minute but Son went on to steal the show.
After coming on in the 59th minute, he curled an unstoppable right-footer into the top corner in the 73rd minute, then curled a left-footer into the opposite side 11 minutes later.
Son then completed his hat-trick after running on to a Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg through ball.
Penalty to be retaken!
Tottenham 0-0 Leicester
5 mins: The penalty has to be retaken as Lloris is judged to have encroahced before Tielemans took his shot! Leicester have a reprieve!
SAVED! Lloris denies Tielemans!
Tottenham 0-0 Leicester
4 mins: Youri Tielemans is up for Leicester to take the penalty. He fires it across to the goalkeeper’s right but Hugo Lloris leaps across and palms it wide!
Penalty to Leicester!
Tottenham 0-0 Leicester
3 mins: Early drama! James Maddison sends a crossfield pass over to James Justin who’s bombing it down the left wing. Justin carries the ball to the edge of the box where Davinson Sanchez lunges in and takes out the man.
There’s a VAR check but this isn’t getting overturned.
Kick off: Tottenham 0-0 Leicester
Leicester get the match underway and possession quickly changes hands. There’s a couple of quick forays into each other’s penalty areas but neither side gets the chance for a shot on goal.
Tottenham vs Leicester
This will be Tottenham’s seventh league match of the season and the sixth to be played in London.
Antonio Conte tells Tottenham squad ‘no players are undroppable’
Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has warned his squad no one is undroppable but believes they will provide a positive reaction at home to Leicester this weekend.
Spurs saw their seven-match unbeaten start to the new season end on Tuesday after they suffered a 2-0 loss away to Sporting in the Champions League.
Despite Conte’s side enjoying a strong opening six weeks to the campaign in terms of results, Son Heung-min is yet to find the net and Harry Kane struggled in Portugal, which led to the Italian sending out a message to his players.
Antonio Conte tells Tottenham squad ‘no players are undroppable’
Spurs lost to Sporting in midweek while Son Heung-min went an eighth game without a goal
Landmarks for Vardy
Jamie Vardy is set to make his 277th Premier League appearance if he comes off the bench tonight. He would surpass Kasper Schmeichel as Leicester’s record appearance maker in the competition.
Vardy is also one short of scoring 100 Premier League goals since turning 30.
Conte vs Leicester
Antonio Conte is unbeaten in eight Premier League matches as a manager against Leicester, winning seven of those games and drawing the other one.
Leicester keep dropping points
The Foxes have dropped 24 points from winning positions in the Premier League in 2022, eight more than any other side. That includes a league-high eight points this term.
Struggling Foxes
A sixth consecutive league defeat for Leicester would be their worst run since a similar streak between November and December 2014.
They are in danger of failing to win any of their opening seven top-flight games for the first time since 1983/84, when their winless start extended to 10 matches.
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