Antonio Conte’s men were looking for a victory at home that would lift them up the table and make them beat Arsenal in the fight for a place in the next Champions League. On the other hand, those of Brendan Rodgers they wanted to add the three points to cut points with the top of the table and get closer to the ‘Europe zone’.
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Tottenham
You cry; E.Royal, Romero, Dier, B.Davies, Sessegnon; Bentancur (H.Winks, 81′), Hojberg; Moura (Kulusevski, 55′), Son (Bergwijn, 82′) and Kane.
leicester
Schmeichen; Castagne, D. Amartey, Soyuncu, L. Thomas; Albrighton, Soumaré (L.Brunt, 67′), Mendy, Ayoze Pérez (Tielemans, 76′); Iheanacho and Daka (J.Vardy, 67′).
goals
1-0 M.22 Harry Kane, 2-0 M.60 Son Heung-Min. 3-0 M.79 Son Heung-Min, 3-1 M.91 Iheanacho.
Referee
Jonathan Moss. TA: Ben Davies (26′), Albrighton (47′), Bentancur (58′), D.Amartey (63′), L.Thomas (66′).
Incidents
Matchday 35 of the Premier League played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in front of 59,842 spectators.
Tottenham started the game dominating, however, the first clear opportunity was for Leicester. After a large center Soumare, Hugo Lloris managed to deflect the accurate shot of Patson Daka.
The ‘Spurs’, when they were having the worst time, managed to get ahead on the scoreboard after a set piece play. harry kane totally finished only the center of Heung Min Son from the corner kick. The goal gave a lot of peace of mind to a Tottenham team that had gone two games without scoring and without even shooting on goal.
After the initial goal, Leicester once again became the dominator of the game, although they did not manage to equalize despite the continuous chances and attempts to Kelechi Iheanacho, ayoze perez Y Patson Daka.
The second half started in a very tight way, with many interruptions and few chances. After a great interception of Christian Romero and good support Kulusevskyit would be 2-0 for the locals. Heung Min Son He took advantage of the ball that the Swedish winger left him and defined to perfection after a good movement in the area.
The Korean forward saw the door again after a powerful shot from the edge of the area that entered through the left corner of the goal of kasper schmeichel. Leicester, who was trying hard to close the gap on the scoreboard, made it 3-1 after a great shot from Iheanacho from the front that hit the post and ended up at the bottom of the net.
With this victory and at the expense of what Arsenal does against West Ham, Tottenham occupies fourth position and steals the last place in the Champions League from the Gunners. Leicester extends its poor run of results and there are now four games without a victory.
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