The Spurs manager must have known this victory was just as much down to the heroics of Hugo Lloris. The France goalkeeper produced an early contender for save of the season to deny Sako less than three minutes before Tottenham’s goal, having earlier saved the Palace winger’s first-half free-kick. But as a sea of fans sporting Son’s No7 shirt thronged outside the car park to celebrate their victory, Pochettino revealed the extent to which their new signing had gone to ingratiate himself with his new team-mates.
“You can see that Son’s a very friendly boy and this week he brought some Korean food into the training ground. It’s very good – like Chinese or Japanese. I like a lot. I had a big dish,” said the manager. “He was fantastic. The energy that he showed was amazing and for that I think the supporters were very happy with him. Son is a player that we have followed for a long time. He can play No9, No10, No7 or No11 – all the different positions up front. When a new player arrives the expectation is always very big but he has settled in very well.”
Just as the Tottenham squad were tucking into their lunch on Friday, Palace’s hopes of recording a ninth win in 11 Premier League away games under Alan Pardew suffered a blow when the defender Scott Dann picked up a calf strain in training. The partnership of Brede Hangeland and Damien Delaney coped manfully with the initial onslaught, with Harry Kane still struggling to replicate last season’s blistering form as he wasted a couple of decent opportunities on the rebound.
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