Tottenham 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt: Son scores twice as Spurs hold on to win

Harry Kane and Son Heung-min person present assisted 1 different to people 50 times for Spurs successful each competitions

Son Heung-min scored doubly arsenic Tottenham bushed 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt to determination apical of Champions League Group D.

England skipper Kane past scored from the punishment spot and Son's thumping volley made it 3-1 earlier half-time.

Frankfurt's Tuta was shown a 2nd yellowish paper for bringing Son down aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional but Faride Alidou's header made it 3-2 with 3 minutes remaining to marque for a tense ending for Spurs.

Kane missed a 2nd punishment successful stoppage clip but Tottenham held connected for a deserved win.

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Tottenham looked backmost to their champion astatine times and could person won by a greater margin, but sloppy mistakes kept Frankfurt successful the game.

The visitors mostly struggled to woody with Spurs' onslaught but goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was forced to extremity implicit an effort by Jesper Lindstrom and determination was immoderate hopeless defending arsenic Frankfurt had chances precocious on.

Antonio Conte's hosts threatened passim with Son, Ryan Sessegnon, Richarlison and Cristian Romero among those to travel close.

It was a frantic finale but triumph means Tottenham beryllium apical of the radical with 2 wins from 4 matches, portion Frankfurt driblet to the bottommost of the array with 4 points.

Tottenham adjacent big Sporting Lisbon connected 26 October.

Spurs' onslaught successful potent mood

Son Heung-min scored his 5th Champions League brace

Frankfurt dominated aboriginal connected and pressed and harried Spurs, starring to a mistake from Dier and the opening extremity from Kamada, who had already travel adjacent erstwhile conscionable failing to link with Lindstrom's curling cross.

But it did not instrumentality agelong for Tottenham to capitalise connected the gaping spaces near successful down by Frankfurt.

Kane and Son were connected form, linking up fluently and causing havoc arsenic Richarlison worked tirelessly to make abstraction for his team-mates to tally into.

The ratio of Spurs' attacking line-up was excessively overmuch for Frankfurt and it was lone a substance of clip earlier the hosts turned things around.

Kane won and converted a punishment erstwhile helium was bundled implicit successful the container by Kristijan Jakic little than 10 minutes aft helium had acceptable up Son for the equaliser.

Son, who came disconnected to a lasting ovation, capped disconnected a superb show with a thumping volley earlier half-time.

Kane and Son person present linked up 50 times to people for Tottenham successful each competitions and Richarlison's summation to the squad has added further attacking threat.

The Brazilian astir acceptable up Sessegnon with a superb curling transverse aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional and was unfortunate not to people erstwhile helium headed inches wide successful the opening period.

Tottenham should person finished with a comfy triumph but the precocious header from Alidou gave mode a chaotic fewer minutes arsenic Spurs substitute Bryan Gil missed a diving header, was past fouled successful the container to gain a punishment and Kane uncharacteristically fired it implicit the bar.

The assemblage roared with urgency arsenic Tottenham threw bodies successful beforehand of the shot to artifact a precocious onslaught from the visitors but they hung connected to assertion victory.

It was a affirmative nighttime for Tottenham wide arsenic they besides welcomed the instrumentality of Lucas Moura, who came connected arsenic a substitute for his archetypal quality since August owed to injury.

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