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Below-par Tottenham labours to victory

| Updated: November 09, 2017 19:25:00


Below-par Tottenham labours to victory

Son Heung-min’s winner against Crystal Palace gave Tottenham a laboured victory on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.

Mauricio Pochettino's side looked weary after their Champions League exertions over Real Madrid in midweek, but Son's effort from the edge of the area on the hour mark proved enough to secure three points against the bottom-placed team.

Palace's best chance fell to Wilfried Zaha in the second half, but the winger missed an open goal after going around stand-in goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, who was making his Spurs debut, reports BBC.

The Argentine, in for injured first and second choices Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm, palmed away Scott Dann's header with a full-stretch save and also made crucial stops to deny Andros Townsend's low strike and Luka Milivojevic's point-blank header.

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