English Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City, 2021-22 English Premier League

· English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
  • 22': Harry Kane
  • 60': Son Heung-Min
  • 79': Son Heung-Min
FT
3 - 1
Leicester City
  • 90'+1': Kelechi Iheanacho

Kane, Son goals hand Tottenham critical win in bid for Champions League

Tottenham claimed a critical win in their bid for a top four finish with a 3-1 win over Leicester on Sunday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Son Heung-Min with a cross following a corner.
  • 5': Foul by Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 5': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Kane tries a through ball, but Son Heung-Min is caught offside.
  • 7': Foul by Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 7': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luke Thomas.
  • 9': Foul by Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 9': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 14': Attempt saved. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Boubakary Soumaré with a cross.
  • 14': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 14': Foul by Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 17': Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 17': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 20': Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City).
  • 20': Foul by Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
  • 20': Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
  • 21': Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
  • 21': Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 21': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Çaglar Söyüncü.
  • 22': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Leicester City 0. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Son Heung-Min with a cross following a corner.
  • 24': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Daniel Amartey.
  • 26': Foul by Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 26': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 26': Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 28': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Çaglar Söyüncü.
  • 31': Foul by Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
  • 31': Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 35': Foul by Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 35': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Patson Daka.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 39': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Eric Dier.
  • 41': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Marc Albrighton.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur with a cross.
  • 42': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg tries a through ball, but Harry Kane is caught offside.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Sessegnon with a cross.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Leicester City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Tottenham Hotspur 1, Leicester City 0.
  • 47': Foul by Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 47': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 47': Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
  • 47': Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Lucas Moura.
  • 58': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 58': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
  • 59': Foul by Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
  • 59': Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Foul by Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City).
  • 60': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Leicester City 0. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski.
  • 63': Foul by Daniel Amartey (Leicester City).
  • 63': Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Daniel Amartey (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Davies.
  • 65': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ryan Sessegnon.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg with a cross.
  • 66': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Patson Daka.
  • 67': Substitution, Leicester City. Lewis Brunt replaces Boubakary Soumaré.
  • 69': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
  • 70': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Son Heung-Min with a cross.
  • 76': Substitution, Leicester City. Youri Tielemans replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  • 79': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 3, Leicester City 0. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski.
  • 82': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  • 82': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Steven Bergwijn replaces Son Heung-Min.
  • 86': Foul by Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 86': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Timothy Castagne with a cross.
  • 90': Foul by Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 90': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+1': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 3, Leicester City 1. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 90'+3': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Daniel Amartey.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 3, Leicester City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 3, Leicester City 1.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 13
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 1
60.7 Possession 39.3
6 SHOTS 13
2 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
542 Accurate Passes 325
627 Passes 404
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 6
21 Crosses 17
0.2 Cross % 0.4
39 Long Balls 49
17 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 14
16 Tackles 20
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
6 Interceptions 15
10 Effective Clearances 22
10 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 59,482

Premier League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 34 +38 73
2 Manchester City 33 +37 70
3 Manchester United 33 +13 58
4 Liverpool 34 +13 58
Full Table

Line-Ups

TOT Tottenham Hotspur (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Hugo Lloris (GK)
15 Eric Dier
33 Ben Davies Yellow Card
4 Cristian Romero
5 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
30 Rodrigo Bentancur Yellow Card
19 Ryan Sessegnon
12 Emerson Royal
10 Harry Kane
7 Son Heung-Min
27 Lucas Moura
Tottenham Hotspur Substitutes:
Harry Winks, Matthew Craig, Harvey White, Joe Rodon, Dane Scarlett, Pierluigi Gollini, Dejan Kulusevski, Steven Bergwijn, Davinson Sánchez.

LEI Leicester City (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
18 Daniel Amartey Yellow Card
4 Caglar Söyüncü
27 Timothy Castagne
17 Ayoze Pérez
42 Boubakary Soumaré
24 Nampalys Mendy
33 Luke Thomas Yellow Card
11 Marc Albrighton Yellow Card
29 Patson Daka
14 Kelechi Iheanacho
Leicester City Substitutes:
Lewis Brunt, Hamza Choudhury, James Justin, Jamie Vardy, Wesley Fofana, Youri Tielemans, Ademola Lookman, Harvey Barnes, Danny Ward.

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