Match Report – Tottenham 3 – 1 Leicester

Reporting and highlights as Tottenham have nine goals over Manchester United, fourth

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Goals from Davinson Sanchez, Christian Eriksen and Heung-Min Son allowed Tottenham to narrow the gap with the Liverpool leader with a 3-1 win over Leicester at Wembley on Super Sunday.

Sanchez 's first goal in the Premier League – an instinctive diver' s head – gave the hosts the lead in the 33rd minute to give Spurs the lead.

Hugo Lloris saves Jamie Vardy's penalty

Jamie Vardy was out of the bench in the second half. Hugo Lloris scored his first-try penalty (60) shortly before Eriksen offered a 2-0 lead to hosts outside the box in the 63rd minute.

Vardy scored a goal for Claude Puel's players in the 76th minute, as he met Ricardo Pereira's center. the first two of the Premier League.

This result means Tottenham are nine points clear of Manchester United, fourth on 60 points. Leicester, meanwhile, remains 12th with 32 points.

Harry Maguire fired the first warning shot in the eighth minute, as he escaped his marker, Fernando Llorente, to score the goal of the header, forcing Lloris to pbad over the bar. A minute later, Harvey Barnes was trailing away from the French goalkeeper's left post.

In the 16th minute, Son was engaged in controversial circumstances after entering the area under a challenge from Maguire and Leicester continued to gain confidence as Rachid Ghezzal came closer with a curved foot shot in the 28th minute. Barnes had another opportunity just after the half-hour mark, but the 21-year-old failed to produce a net shot.

Barnes was disappointed by Sanchez who opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Kieran Trippier 's corner, played short in front of Eriksen, was tipped to the Colombian international, who plunged to open his Tottenham Premier League account.

Five minutes into the second period, Demarai Gray missed a good opportunity to tie up the visitors as he met Pereira's center with an untamed head shot into the penalty area and comfortably overtaken. by Lloris.

Time was critical when Vardy came off the bench and took Leicester penalties a few seconds after Jan Vertonghen tripped James Maddison in the box. He chose to attack Lloris's right, but the winner of the World Cup France read the free kick and parried it.

Christian Eriksen celebrates victory against Leicester

Tottenham reacted quickly through Eriksen, who snapped a diving goal that dominated Kasper Schmeichel, but Vardy had brought Leicester back into the match 13 minutes later.

In added time, with Leicester pushing the players forward, Son sealed Tottenham's win with an incisive finish of a quick counterattack for his 11th goal at his last 13 appearances.

Opta Stats

• Tottenham has won 20 league games this season. It was only during the campaign of the title winner in 1960-1961 that they won more after their first 26 matches of a season (22).
• Leicester City is now without a win in their last five Premier League matches (D1 L4), its longest run in the division since May of last year (also five).
• Tottenham vs. Leicester City has now joined the Sheffield derby as the most-played leading match without ever recording a 0-0 draw (84 games).
• Only Fulham and Huddersfield Town (both 20) have fallen behind in more Premier League matches this season than Leicester City (19).
• Leicester City boss Claude Puel has now lost five Premier League games against Tottenham, his biggest defeat against a single team in the competition.
• Davinson Sanchez is the 147th different player to score in the Premier League for Tottenham, while only West Ham United has the same (also 147).
• Christian Eriksen has scored 20 goals in the Premier League out of the box, more than any other player since his debut in September 2013.
• Leciester City's Demarai Gray (22-224) has played in his 100th Premier League game in this game against the Spurs. Only Emile Heskey (21-114 d) played his 100th game with the Foxes earlier in the competition.
• Since the start of the 2014-15 campaign, Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has lost 15 Premier League games in which he has scored more than any other player in the competition.
• The Spurs have booked four bookings for the Premier League simulation this season, the biggest total of the competition alongside their rivals North London, Arsenal.

Managers

4:44

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino was particularly pleased with the character and fighting spirit of his team in the 3-1 win over Leicester.

Mauricio Pochettino: "I'm very proud, I think it was a fantastic result.

"It was a tough game and Leicester played so well, you always have to fight to the end to get great things.

"We had a bit of luck today and we deserved it because we fought in. More often, I have to congratulate my players because I thought they were fantastic."

5:12

Claude Puel said his Leicester side had more than enough chances to win against Tottenham, but they just could not get them.

Claude Puel: "It's disappointing and, again, we do not have a very positive feeling, we should have had the game in our hands with a lot of chances.

"We created a lot of good moves with a lot of good intentions and we did not find a good finish and we had every chance of winning this match but we could not finish.

"It leaves me mixed feelings because we showed good quality, but I am very hurt with all the chances we had."

Man of the match – Christian Eriksen

Eriksen produced a typically chic performance against Leicester and was rewarded for his efforts with a goal and badistance.

His precise center allowed Sanchez to score his first Tottenham goal in the Premier League, while the goal of the Danish international in the second half proved decisive as he showed his technique. superior with a deviated strike.

And after?

Tottenham will face Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the Champions League round of 32 in Wembley on Wednesday night. Leicester, meanwhile, hosts the Crystal Palace at 17:30 on Saturday evening in the Premier League.

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