Son scores hat trick off bench as Spurs beat Leicester 6-2

Sat, Sep 17, 2022
Soccer News (AP)

LONDON (AP) - Son Heung-min ended his goal drought this season by scoring a hat trick after coming off the bench in Tottenham's 6-2 win over last-placed Leicester in the English Premier League on Saturday.

The result left Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers' job under serious threat after six straight losses for his team.

Son was rotated - or was he dropped? - for the game after a run of poor performances and entered in the 59th minute with the score at 3-2. The South Korea forward curled two shots into the top corner and completed his 13-minute hat trick in the 86th with a strike under Leicester goalkeeper Danny Ward. The goal needed to be confirmed by video review.

Harry Kane and Eric Dier scored following corners as Tottenham responded to conceding in the sixth minute to Youri Tielemans' penalty, which needed to be retaken because Hugo Lloris was off the line when he saved the first kick.

James Maddison equalized before halftime only for Leicester to fall behind again when Wilfred Ndidi was dispossessed by Rodrigo Bentancur, who drove forward to curl home.

It was a second consecutive heavy loss for Rodgers - after a 5-2 at Brighton two weeks ago - to ensure Leicester remained bottom of the league and winless.

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