Son Heung-min: Tottenham's hat-trick hero at Burnley leading by example on and off pitch

If Tottenham fans were wondering wherever the goals were going to travel from aft past month's departure of Harry Kane, they whitethorn present person their answer.

It was the South Korean's 4th Premier League treble - his 5th wide - and his archetypal since Spurs' 6-2 triumph implicit Leicester successful September past year.

Son had failed to find the nett successful Tottenham's opening 3 league games of the campaign, but his ruthless show against Vincent Kompany's broadside suggests the forward's goalscoring instincts stay firmly intact aft an underwhelming 2022-23 season.

"It's a precise peculiar infinitesimal due to the fact that it's not easy, scoring 3 goals successful the Premier League," Son told BBC Match of the Day aft the game. "I'm precise blessed to get 3 points successful a hard place."

"Sonny was outstanding," manager Ange Postecoglou added of his skipper. "He led our property contiguous - past helium had the prime to instrumentality his chances.

"I'm truly pleased for him."

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Leading from the front

As Postecoglou alluded to successful his post-match debrief, determination was much to Son's prolific show than conscionable his goals.

Spearheading Tottenham's precocious press, the 31-year-old recorded much sprints than immoderate of his Spurs colleagues (27), portion lone Dejan Kulusevski and Destiny Udogie registered much intensive runs than the frontman (288).

He besides applied much pressures (49) than immoderate different subordinate connected the pitch, with 11 of those resulting successful turnovers successful possession.

Son, arsenic is his style, was successful humble temper aft the game, complimenting his team-mates and expressing his vexation astatine Spurs' dilatory commencement to the contest.

"Away from location we can't concede a extremity [inside] 10 minutes, but the mode we responded was fantastic," helium said. "Everyone was involved.

"We privation to person the ball, everyone was moving successful the close direction. It looked similar we had a batch of abstraction but we were creating the space.

"I'm the skipper but I person large players astir me. They assistance a batch - my occupation is truly easy."

Son's hat-trick was his archetypal since Tottenham's 6-2 triumph astatine location to Leicester past season

Feelgood origin backmost astatine Spurs

It was by nary means mendacious modesty from Son, who was not the lone Spurs subordinate to drawback the oculus astatine Turf Moor.

Twenty-year-old Udogie was outstanding yet again astatine left-back, recovering the shot successful the build-up to respective goals and mounting up James Maddison's magnificent third.

Maddison, arguably Spurs' standout performer truthful acold this term, forced a good prevention retired of James Trafford earlier beating the Burnley goalkeeper with his curling finish, portion Yves Bissouma and Manor Solomon impressed too.

Yet the aforementioned quartet and their team-mates could hardly privation for a amended skipper successful Son, who leads by illustration connected and disconnected the pitch.

"He's been an outstanding leader, with the mode helium presents himself each time successful training," Postecoglou continued.

"He's got each the characteristics. He tin play successful immoderate system, but the mode we play he's ideal."

Postecoglou's fast, attacking benignant is surely bearing effect truthful far, helping rediscover a feelgood origin that had ebbed distant nether erstwhile managers Nuno Espirito Santo, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.

"There's a batch of unit playing successful a Premier League team," added Son. "But sometimes you hide however important happiness is, that you bask your football."

"I effort to beryllium an example, effort to grin and instrumentality work connected and disconnected the pitch.

"But we inactive privation to determination guardant and effort to improve."

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