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Alasdair Gold

Tottenham supporters love remarkable and unexpected Son Heung-min moment in South Korea match

Son Heung-min may have scored a perfect free-kick against Chile on Monday but a moment of peacekeeping he was involved in has got all of the Tottenham fans talking.

The 29-year-old Tottenham star was leading South Korea in his 100th appearance for his country and with his team 1-0 up in the friendly against Chile on Monday afternoon, Son stepped up with a curling free-kick into the top right corner of goal to make sure of the victory in the 91st minute.

However, there was another moment during the game that has been doing the subject of plenty of focus on social media because Son appears to be sorting out some of the South American opposition's problems for them.

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There was a moment during the friendly when Chile centre-backs Benjamin Kuscevic and Paulo Diaz began to argue and the international team-mates had a coming together on the pitch, with the latter pushing his shoulder into the other. Korea captain Son stepped in between the two and shoved Diaz away before ushering Kuscevic in the opposite direction.

Son's counterpart, Chile captain Gary Medel, then came over and delivered a rebuke to the duo but the Tottenham attacker had already done the job required.

More than 2.2m people have watched a clip of the incident that has been shared around Twitter and Son has received plenty of praise for his role in the incident.

Son had a season to remember with Tottenham, winning the Premier League Golden Boot with Mohamed Salah as both scored 23 goals, although the Spurs man did it without a single penalty to his name. His goals helped Antonio Conte's men finish the season in fourth place to qualify for next season's Champions League.

On top of that, Son was honoured in Seoul last week with the Cheongnyong Medal, the highest sports merit award in South Korea, for his achievements in football.

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