Son helps Spurs thrash West Ham in thrilling derby

Son Heung-Min was on target as Tottenham Hotspur secured a 4-1 victory over city rivals West Ham in a thrilling Premier League encounter on Saturday.

With a 1-1 draw from the first half, a spectacular second half-display saw Tottenham run out dominant winners of the game in north London.

Hammers winger Mohammed Kudus turned in the opening goal of the game in the 18th minute before midfielder Dejan Kulusevski got Spurs a deserved equaliser on 36 minute.

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In the second half, Spurs went ahead for the first time as Yves Bissouma arrived to finish Destiny Udogie’s cutback.

Son, who had been pulling the strings for the other goals, then saw his shot saved by Alphonse Areola but his parry deflected off Jean-Clair Todibo and into the goal.

The Korean scored five minutes later by tucking in a finish on the hour mark to put Spurs beyond reach.

West Ham then finished the game with 10 men after goalscorer Kudus was shown a red card after pushing both Sarr and Micky van de Ven in the face, following an intervention from VAR.

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