Son Heung-min plays strong 1st half, Tottenham reach Europa League knockouts with win

Son Heung Min Plays Strong 1st Half, Tottenham Reach Europa League Knockouts With Win

Tottenham's Son Heung-min, left, and Elfsborg's Gottfrid Rapp, centre, challenge for the ball during the Europa League opening phase soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Elfsborg at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, Jan. 30. AP-Yonhap

Tottenham’s Son Heung-min, left, and Elfsborg’s Gottfrid Rapp, centre, problem for the ball throughout the Europa League opening part soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Elfsborg on the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, Jan. 30. AP-Yonhap

Captain Son Heung-min seemed harmful in his 45 minutes as his Tottenham Hotspur clinched a knockout berth at a continental match with a victory at residence.

Spurs defeated the Swedish facet IF Elfsborg 3-0 of their last league-phase match of the UEFA Europa League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Thursday (native time).

By enhancing to 17 factors on 5 wins, two attracts and one loss, Spurs completed the league part in fourth place and grabbed a ticket to the spherical of 16 as a seeded staff.

The Europa League did away with a conventional group stage setup this season and as a substitute ranked 36 golf equipment in a joint group and randomly assigned them eight opponents every. The highest eight groups will advance on to the spherical of 16. Groups ranked from ninth to twenty fourth will find yourself within the playoffs for the knockout part, with the groups from ninth to sixteenth seeded for the draw. Golf equipment ranked from twenty fifth to thirty sixth shall be eradicated.

Son obtained the beginning on the left wing and was subbed out for Dejan Kulusevski at the beginning of the second half. Son completed the league part with three objectives, tied for the membership lead with Brennan Johnson.

Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur is in action during the UEFA Europa League match between Tottenham Hotspur and IF Elfsborg, in London, Jan. 30. EPA-Yonhap

Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur is in motion throughout the UEFA Europa League match between Tottenham Hotspur and IF Elfsborg, in London, Jan. 30. EPA-Yonhap

Though Son did not issue right into a aim in Thursday’s win, he was Tottenham’s greatest participant within the first half, as he continuously beat his man on the left flank to create alternatives for his teammates.

Within the eighth minute, he drew a free kick after getting fouled by Simon Hedlund on the left flank. Then within the twenty third minute, Son created area with nifty footwork on the left and fed the ball to Pedro Porro, whose header was stopped by goalkeeper Isak Pettersson.

Ten minutes later, Son as soon as once more labored the ball in from the left, and his deflected cross discovered Pape Sarr, who compelled a strong save by Pettersson together with his left-footed try.

Spurs could not put one previous Pettersson regardless of making an attempt 11 pictures within the first half. Dane Scarlett broke the ice for the house facet within the seventieth minute, earlier than Oyindamola Ajayi doubled the lead within the 84th minute.

Mikey Moore rounded out the scoring 4 minutes into stoppage time.

It was a much-needed victory for Spurs, who’ve gone winless of their previous seven Premier League matches — a skid that features 4 straight losses — and are caught in fifteenth place with 24 factors, solely eight factors above the relegation zone with 15 matches remaining. (Yonhap)

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