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Son scores stunning brace to keep Spurs’ top four hopes alive
Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min celebrates

Tottenham 3-1 Leicester
By Hugo Katz
At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium


ANTONIO CONTE’S Spurs started the final month of the season off on the right foot as they comfortably beat Brendan Rodgers’s lacklustre Leicester side — who did have their moments — by three goals to one.

Leicester are always a tricky opposition for Spurs, who were desperate to recover from their recent poor performances to establish their position in the hunt for top four.

Leicester went into the game very much focusing on their campaign in the Europa Conference League with a weakened side, while Spurs made just the one change, with Lucas Moura coming in for Dejan Kulusevski.

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