Heung-min Son had a goal and an assist on Lucas Moura’s spectacular opener as Tottenham Hotspur scored a decisive 3-0 win over Norwich City in North London.
Davinson Sanchez also scored for Spurs, who got strong games from Ben Davies and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is delivering Tottenham into fifth.
Spurs are two points back of West Ham and have a match-in-hand (against Burnley) on the Irons.
Norwich City is one of three teams on 10 points, but the lowest one in tiebreakers. Watford has 13 points, three clear of the Canaries, Newcastle, amd Burnley.
Harry Kane is still waiting to show his very best form to Antonio Conte, but Heung-min Son and Lucas Moura will have reminded the Italian of some of the finest finishers he’s managed in his day with their goals. Moura and Son traded the ball a bit on Moura’s goal, which included intricate work, hustle, trickery, and a vicious finish, while Son’s goal was helped by a very strong Ben Davies and was fired through a sea of bodies to make it 3-0.
For all the heart Norwich will draw from better defensive performances under Dean Smith, they’ll know the chance they missed to beat 10-man Newcastle and now the gulf between them and the richer talents of the league. It was reinforced at most turns on Sunday. There were a handful of encouraging spells for Norwich, but the opportunities that came the Canaries way were not turned on goal with any conviction, and the three-team, 10-point muck across the bottom three with Newcastle and Burnley could well be the relegation zone in May.
There’s no doubt Tottenham outclassed Norwich City but that’s happening for plenty of Canaries opponents this season. The worry is that Spurs will be without Cristian Romero for some time and Eric Dier did not look too good as the heart of a back-three. Maybe Davinson Sanchez could be a better option there and Ben Davies was very good at left center back, but Dier needs work to be a Conte-level starter.
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