Sports Writing, March 20 The South Korean Heung Min Son pulled Tottenham to win against West Ham (2-1) and fuel the European aspirations of the ‘spurs’, already installed in fifth place ahead of Manchester United, who It is one step away from being left out of the continental zone of the Premier. The Asian’s faith was enough to defeat David Moyes’ team, Sevilla’s executioner last Thursday in the round of 16 of the Europa League. The clash between two teams that are bidding to find a place at the top of the Premier was summed up in the first part. The home team opened the scoring after nine minutes when an action by Harry Kane from the right ended with a cross where Son was. The South Korean gave the ball, deflected by Kurt Zouma who confused the Polish goalkeeper Lukas Fabianski who could not prevent the ball from entering the net. The second was in minute 24. With a great pass from Kane into space that Son received on the run. He got to the area and fired. He outplayed Fabianski to make it 2-0. West Ham, who ended up suffering from the effort of the duel against Sevilla, which had an extension, recovered their options before intermission. A corner kick shot was headed in by Craig Dawson and the ball landed at the feet of Algerian Said Benrahma who beat Hugo Lloris. Moyes’ team tried to balance the clash, which deflated as the minutes went by and the threats of their rival who threatened Fabianski’s goal again and again with quick counterattacks. The win puts Tottenham in fifth, three points behind Arsenal, who have one game in hand. West Ham is seventh, outside Europe, two behind Manchester United.
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