🚨 Son on the double as Spurs sink West Ham, Leicester edge Brighton

Tottenham Hotspur picked their second Premier League win in a row after they edged West Ham 3-1 in a London derby performed on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday night. 

Buoyed by their 2-0 win away at Brighton final day trip, Antonio Conte’s costs acquired off to a flying begin at house in opposition to their London rivals, taking a ninth-minute lead when Kurt Zouma scored an personal objective. 

The defender tried to dam the ball after a cross, however as a substitute, despatched it contained in the left put up of his personal objective.

The 2 sides created two fast probabilities after the objective, however Michail Antonio and Heung-Min Son couldn’t discover the goal. 

The hosts then went two up halfway by means of the primary half when Harry Kane confirmed nice imaginative and prescient to ship a neat move to Son, who in flip confirmed sensible composure contained in the field to bury the ball into the highest proper nook. 

West Ham stored preventing and managed to lastly get a objective within the thirty eighth minute when Stated Benrahma fired the ball into the again of the web following a intelligent Craig Dawson flick. 

Spurs continued with the identical tempo within the second half, and Kane got here near including a 3rd simply earlier than the hour-mark, however Lukasz Fabianski made an excellent save to disclaim the England worldwide. 

Kane got here shut once more with 10 minutes to go, however flashed his shot simply over the bar. 

They nevertheless go the third objective with two minutes to go when Kane slipped the ball by means of to Son who darted into the field to unleash a powerful shot into the underside left nook. 

The win moved Spurs to fifth spot on the standings with 51 factors, three forward of West Ham. 

In one other match, Leicester Metropolis moved tenth on the desk with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Brighton on the King Energy Stadium. 

The hosts began the match with actual intent and have been rewarded for his or her efforts as Timothy Catagne scored after simply 20 minutes to provide them the lead. 

James Madison made it 2-0 simply after the half-hour mark to provide his aspect the much-needed cushion going into the break. 

Brighton put up a spirited combat within the second half and managed to halve the scores with 5 minutes to go as Yoane Wissa discovered the again of the web.

It nevertheless proved to be only a comfort as they may not discover the equaliser, dropping a fifth consecutive match.