Spurs bounce back as Son sinks Brentford

Son Heung-min helped Tottenham get back on track as the South Korean’s first Premier League goal since October sealed a 2-0 win against Brentford on Thursday. Antonio Conte’s side were last in action seven days ago for an embarrassing 2-1 defeat against Slovenian minnows NS Mura in the Europa Conference League. Rocked by that chastening […]

Son Heung-min helped Tottenham get back on track as the South Korean’s first Premier League goal since October sealed a 2-0 win against Brentford on Thursday.

Antonio Conte’s side were last in action seven days ago for an embarrassing 2-1 defeat against Slovenian minnows NS Mura in the Europa Conference League.

Rocked by that chastening loss, Conte this week admitted the Tottenham job was “the biggest challenge for me. The club, in the last years, has been slipping”.

While Tottenham remain very much a work in progress under the Italian, Conte could take heart from the most convincing performance of his brief reign.

A Sergi Canos own goal gave Tottenham the lead in the first half and Son wrapped up their second successive Premier League win after the interval.

It was Son’s 75th top-flight goal since joining the north Londoners from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015.

Tottenham are up to sixth place after extending their unbeaten league run under Conte to three matches since he replaced the sacked Nuno Espirito Santo in November.

After Sunday’s game at Burnley was called off an hour before kick-off due to heavy snow in Lancashire, Tottenham were finally able to get back in action.

In their first league meeting with Brentford since 1949, Tottenham came close to an early opener when Lucas Moura’s rising drive was tipped over by Alvaro Fernandez.