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Tottenham 3-1 Leicester: Kane & Son net but Spurs' top 4 bid suffer Arsenal blow

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Tottenham kept their top four dream alive thanks to a 3-1 win over Leicester at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.

2021/2022 Premier League

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Match Report

Spurs briefly went into fourth, before rivals Arsenal won 2-1 over West Ham, but the win means they are still in contention for Champions League qualification for next season.

England captain Kane escaped his marker to head Son's corner beyond Kasper Schmeichel for his 19th goal in 18 appearances against the Foxes in the 22nd minute.

Spurs had survived a scare by then, Patson Daka hitting a post with a low strike for the visitors.

Brendan Rodgers's side were left to rue that misfortunate when Son added to the scoresheet after an hour.

Dejan Kulusevski cut inside, entered the penalty area on the right and supplied Son, who turned a clinical low finish past Schmeichel and into the far corner of the goalkeeper's net.

The best was to come from Son. Eleven minutes from time, the striker curled a glorious strike into the far corner of the net from outside the penalty area on the right, leaving the field to a deservedly rapturous ovation shortly afterwards.

Kelechi Iheanacho drilled in an eye-catching consolation for Leicester in added time, beating Hugo Lloris with a low effort from just outside the penalty area.

Fourth-placed Spurs are a point clear of the Gunners, who play their game in hand at West Ham later on Sunday afternoon.

The north London neighbours will then each have four games of their Premier League seasons remaining.

Match Events

0' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?

13' OFF THE POST! Daka nearly scores

16' CLOSE! Romero makes timely block

21' GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Leicester (Kane)

42' MISS! Kane's shot wide out

55' Sub! Lucas replaced by Kulusevski

59' GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Leicester (Son)

62' Yellow Card! Amartey booked

78' GOAL! Tottenham 3-0 Leicester (Son)

91' GOAL! Tottenham 3-1 Leicester (Iheanacho)

92' CLOSE! Kane's shot over the bar

Line-ups

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Son, Lucas, Kane, Hojbjerg, Ben Davies, Dier, Bentancur, Romero, Sessegnon, Aparecido

Subs: Winks, Sanchez, Gollini, Bergwijn, J. Rodon, Kulusevski, H. White, Matthew Craig, D. Scarlett

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Albrighton, Nampalys Mendy, Amartey, Ayoze Perez, Castagne, Iheanacho, Soyuncu, P. Daka, Soumaré, L. Thomas

Subs: Vardy, Ward, Tielemans, Lookman, Justin, Choudhury, Barnes, W. Fofana, L. Brunt