Late Son winner seals crucial victory for Tottenham over Luton

PREMIER LEAGUE

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 (Kabore og 50, Son 86) 

LUTON TOWN 1 (Chong 3) 

TOTTENHAM left it late again, but Heung Min Son's 86th minute winner was a well deserved reward for Ange Postecoglou's side, who had to come from behind and are closing in on a top four finish.

Tahith Chong had given Luton an unlikely early lead before his team-mate Issa Kabore equalised for Spurs with an own goal soon after half-time. Son's 14th goal of the season secured all-three points, which was enough to take Tottenham back above Aston Villa, who were playing Wolves in Saturday's late kick-off.

Although it was a return to winning ways for Spurs, who'd lost 3-0 at Fulham a fortnight ago, they again made hard work of what should have been a more comfortable victory over relegation strugglers.

Spurs dominated in terms of possession and chances, but are missing the clinical finishing of Harry Kane. Fortunately for them his former partner in crime Son is as hungry as ever.

Luton took the lead in the third minute and it originated after a Tottenham attack broke down. Dejan Kuluseveski had acres of the space on the right when Alfie Doughty slipped, but as he bore down on goal, instead of shooting or crossing low into the penalty area, he tried cutting the ball back across the penalty area. Andros Townsend, back at the club where his career started, won the ball back deep in his own half, ran to the opposite end and crossed low towards Carlton Morris, who waited and then weighted his pass across goal perfectly for Chong to shoot into the far corner of goal.

It served as a wake-up call to Tottenham, and they went forward relentlessly in search of an equaliser, only for the end-product to lack quality. Timo Werner was guilty of a bad