Son Heung-min eventually found the net for Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday night.
Speaking to Tottenham Hotspur’s official website, Dele Alli has praised team-mate Son Heung-min for eventually finding the net against Chelsea on Saturday.
Tottenham thrashed the previously-unbeaten Blues 3-1 at Wembley to move third in the Premier League table.
Alli and Kane fired Spurs into a 2-0 half-time lead, but the advantage could and should have been a lot greater at the midway point.
The South Korean fluffed a number of excellent chances during the opening 45 minutes, before finally adding a third for Mauricio Pochettino’s side early in the second half.
Alli admits that Son was blatantly disappointed with himself at the break, but lauds his attitude to put the profligate first-half display behind him.
“I could see on his face at half-time that he was disappointed,” Alli told Tottenham’s website. But he was a real threat and to keep going and score a goal like that shows what an amazing player he is.”
Son is a hugely popular figure among Tottenham players and fans, but he must kick on now. The former Bayer Leverkusen attacker has only managed three goals in all competitions which, for a player of his calibre, is too low.
It has, to be fair, been a stop-start season for Son, who missed a number of Lilywhites matches earlier in the campaign due to Asian Games commitments, but it’s time that he replicates his free-scoring form of the past two seasons.
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