Tottenham Hotspur head coach Antonio Conte has shared what he said to Son Heung-min after he scored a stunning second-half hat-trick against Leinster City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday, as quoted in The Daily Mail.
Conte dropped Son from the Tottenham starting lineup against Leicester.
The 30-year-old South Korea international forward came on as a substitute in the second half.
And he scored a hat-trick.
Tottenham won the Premier League match against Leicester 6-2.
Conte has disclosed what he told theTottenham star immediately after his hat-trick heroics against the Foxes.
Antonio Conte on Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min
The Tottenham boss said: “I am really happy for Sonny today, you know what I think of the player.
“I said to him if you’re going to score three goals in 30 minutes maybe we can repeat this experiment, but I was joking.”
What a response!
Son Heung-min has not been in great form for Tottenham Hotspur this season.
Until now.
Conte was right in dropping Son from the starting lineup against Leicester.
After all, the South Korea international forward had not been producing.
And Conte now has options in attack.
Son gave the perfect response to being dropped.
And now that he has scored a hat-trick, Son is pretty much guaranteed a place in the Tottenham starting lineup against Arsenal in the North London derby after the international break.
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