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Goals from Davinson Sanchez, Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min helped Tottenham Hotspur overcome Leicester City 3-1 in an entertaining English Premier League match at Wembley Stadium yesterday.
Tottenham went ahead through Sanchez, who scored his first goal for the London club, by meeting Eriksen’s whipped cross with a diving header in the 33rd minute, although Leicester players complained he was in an offside position.
Leicester missed the chance to equalize on the hour mark when substitute Jamie Vardy’s penalty — his first touch after coming on — was pushed away by Hugo Lloris after Jan Vertonghen was adjudged to have fouled James Maddison in the box.
“Lloris saved us a few times and we were lucky that he took out the penalty which gave us confidence. You felt that in the whole stadium, and we’re happy to have Hugo,” Eriksen said.
Tottenham doubled its lead three minutes later as Eriksen collected the ball on the edge of the penalty area and unleashed a fierce shot past goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Vardy made up for his earlier miss by tapping in from close range 14 minutes from the final whistle after a well worked move allowed Ricardo Pereira to drill in a cross from the right.
After a sustained period of Leicester pressure, Son settled the nerves of the home supporters by slotting in Tottenham’s third with a solo run from the halfway line.
Victory took title contender Tottenham to 60 points from 26 matches, five points behind leader Liverpool and two adrift of champion Manchester City, which was hosting Chelsea later yesterday.
Eriksen said Tottenham had showed plenty of character to see off a determined Leicester, a quality that could help it in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League last-16 first leg clash against Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund.
“We didn’t make life easy for ourselves,” the Dane said. “The last three games we won in the last 10 minutes, which shows the character of the team and we did that again today. It’s going to be the same on Wednesday.”
Leicester boss Claude Puel bemoaned his side’s finishing.
“Throughout the game we had a feeling we can score... we had chances and half chances,” the Frenchman said. “It’s difficult to accept with all the good intention to go without the reward.
“We need a little more conviction and a clinical edge.”
On Saturday, Liverpool returned to winning ways and to the top of the EPL table while Manchester United climbed into fourth place as English football paid tribute to the late Emiliano Sala.
First-half goals from Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum together with Mohamed Salah’s 48th-minute effort saw Liverpool to a 3-0 win over Bournemouth at Anfield.
Victory meant Liverpool, which had been second on goal difference, leapfrogged City by three points.
United’s revival under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continued with an equally comfortable 3-0 win away to Fulham.
An emotional week for Cardiff City ended with a dramatic 2-1 win away to Southampton that saw it climb out of the relegation zone just days after the death of transfer-window signing Sala was confirmed without him having played a game for the Welsh club.
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