Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates on Sunday. (Reuters photo)
LONDON: Son Heung-min proved there is life at Tottenham Hotspur without Harry Kane as his goal earned the north London club a surprise 1-0 win over champions Manchester City in an absorbing Premier League opener on Sunday.
All the talk beforehand was whether Tottenham’s goalscoring talisman Kane, strongly linked with a big-money move to City, would be involved.
The England skipper was duly left out of the squad, having only just returned to training, but it was his usual strike partner Son who gave Tottenham’s new manager Nuno Espirito Santo a perfect start to his reign in front of a capacity crowd.
Tottenham were a constant threat on the counter-attack against a City side boasting new 100…
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