Gary Lineker has taken to Twitter to give his reaction to Son Heung-min scoring a hat-trick for Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur against Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League today.
Son came on as a substitute for Tottenham in the second half of their match against Leicester.
The South Korea international forward scored a hat-trick.
Tottenham won 6-2.
It was a superb display from Son, who showed why Conte should keep faith in him and should continue to start him.
Lineker is a former Tottenham and Leicester striker.
Now, while the BBC Match of the Day presenter always wishes well for Tottenham, he is a Leicester fan.
And, as you can see from his tweets below, the former England international striker is disappointed that Son scored a hat-trick against Leicester.
Lineker has said that he wishes that Son had waited until next week to get back info form.
Son was dropped from the starting lineup against Leicester today because of his lack of form.
Until now.
It will be hard for Conte to drop Son from the Tottenham starting lineup against Arsenal in the North London derby after the international break.
Gary Lineker on Son Heung-min scoring hat-trick for Tottenham v Leicester
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