Son sparkles to lift Tottenham into third

Son Heung-Min struck twice as Tottenham Hotspur's test for Champions League football next season proceeded with unabated with a standard 2-0 prevail upon Huddersfield at Wembley on Saturday.

Goads jump Liverpool, who have Newcastle later (1730GMT), into third in the Premier League, yet more essentially open up a five-point lead over fifth-set Chelsea in the fight for a best four wrap up.

Son was the superstar as the South Korean took his count for the season to 15 with a couple of quiet completes either side of half-time to broaden Tottenham's unbeaten keep running in all rivalries to 17 diversions.

By differentiate, Huddersfield offered scarcely any assaulting risk as a tenth annihilation in 15 away association diversions leaves David Wagner's men only three focuses over the assignment zone in fifteenth.

Regardless of the ghost of a tremendous Champions League most recent 16, second leg with Juventus to go ahead Wednesday, Mauricio Pochettino named his most grounded accessible side.

Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen were among those reestablished to the beginning line-up from Wednesday's 6-1 decimation of third level Rochdale in the FA Cup.

What's more, that trio ought to have put Spurs outside of anyone's ability to see of a constrained Huddersfield in the initial 45 minutes.

Alli just couldn't extend to turn home Kane's driven cross inside three minutes previously the on-shape Son's decreased for Kane delivered a fine spare from Jonas Lossl.

Eriksen at that point saw a diverted free-kick return off the post and hit a savagely struck low drive that constrained Lossl enthusiastically again. Son was in his very own class throughout the evening and it was little astonishment he indicated more balance than his colleagues before objective to at long last open the scoring 27 minutes in.

Alli's fine pass split the Huddersfield barrier totally open and Son set aside his opportunity to round Lossl before opening into a void net.

It took Huddersfield 53 minutes to represent a treat when substitute Tom Ince hooked onto a long ball in behind the Spurs safeguard and saw his well-struck exertion beaten away by Hugo Lloris.

Be that as it may, seconds after the fact the diversion was over as a challenge when Son stooped to head home at the back post.

Kane may have neglected to score for a 6th straight amusement, yet the England striker merited a large portion of the credit for Son's second, however, as his magnificent cross selected his partner impeccably.

Son was prevented the shot from securing a cap trap as he was supplanted 20 minutes from time by Erik Lamela as Pochettino looked forward to Juventus with Moussa Dembele and Alli additionally pulled back.

What's more, Kane's inability to proceed with his scoring streak was the main negative of an agreeable evening for the hosts as he skewed wide when totally unmarked from an Eriksen corner 10 minutes from time.