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Evening Standard
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Dan Kilpatrick

Tottenham: Struggling Heung-min Son must step up as Spurs enter crucial period

Familiar off night: Heung-min Son did not play well against Arsenal despite scoring Tottenham’s only derby goal - (REUTERS)

Heung-min Son put his finger to his lips to shush the Emirates Stadium crowd as he celebrated opening the scoring for Tottenham in Wednesday's north London derby.

Son is Spurs’ captain and feels the fixture more than anyone in Ange Postecoglou's squad (five of the starting XI were making their first appearances against Arsenal) but, as he wheeled away towards the corner, perhaps the South Korean was also thinking of the doubters who have questioned his form.

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