Tottenham Hotspur won the match against Leicester City in the 2021/2022 Premier League match.
Tottenham vs Leicester City match ended with a score of 3-1. This victory also brought Antonio Conte’s team to the top four.
Entertaining Leicester at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Sunday (1/5/2022), The Lilywhites were under pressure at the start of the match.
Son Heung-min became the hero of the home team by scoring two goals in this match.
The tempo of the game shown by both teams was relatively slow at the beginning of the match. Both Tottenham and Leicester are both trying to appear pressing despite being careful in their attacks.
But Tottenham was able to show a better quality of attack.
The Lilywhites also managed to take the lead in the 22nd minute after Harry Kane was able to take advantage of a corner kick from Son Heung-Min. Tottenham also lead 1-0.
After falling behind, Leicester continued to strive to be able to score an equaliser.
However, the various efforts that have been made have not yielded results so the position is still 1-0 for Tottenham’s advantage.
Until the end of the first half, there were no significant changes that were able to be created by both teams.
As a result, the score 1-0 for The Lilywhites advantage continued to last until the first half ended.
After the break, Leicester tried hard enough to catch up and make a quick attack. But Tottenham’s defense is still too tight and difficult to penetrate.
In the 60th minute, Tottenham were actually able to double the position created by Heung-Min who got a good pass from Kulusevski. Now, Tottenham are even ahead of Leicester with a 2-0 position.
After getting left behind, Leicester continued to strive to strengthen their defense from the onslaught of Tottenham’s attacks. However, the Foxes still find it difficult to cover Tottenham’s increasingly fierce players.
In the 79th minute, Son Heung-Min managed to score an additional goal for Tottenham using Dejan Kulusevski’s pass which put the Lilywhites ahead to 3-0.
Even so, Leicester managed to reduce the gap in the 90+1 minute after Youri Tielemans was able to provide a good pass to Kelechi Iheanacho.
The score 3 – 1 for Tottenham’s advantage lasted until the game ended.
