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Team K-League 3-4 Tottenham: Son Heung-Min Stars In South Korea As Spurs Hold Onto Win

𝄹 ♓ Oberdan set the game up for a nervy finish after Stanislav Iljutcenko's double, but they could not find a winner at Seoul World Cup Stadium

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Tottenham's Son Heung-Min.
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Son Heung-Min scored a first-half brace as Tottenham continued their perfect run in pre-season with a 4-3 victory over Team K League in South Korea on Wednesday. (More Football News)

On home soil, the forward scored twice in 10 minutes, with Dejan Kulusevski and Will Lankshear also 🦋hitting the target for Ange Postecoglou's side.

Oberdan set the gam♏e up for a nervy finish after Stanislav Iljutcenko's double, but they could not find a winner at Seoulꦍ World Cup Stadium.

Kulusevski got the ball rolling, latching onto Son's saved effort before picking out the bottom corner to edge Spurs in front be🍌fore the South Korean delighted the crowd with two clinical finishes.

Second-half substitute Iljutcenko scored two goals in as many minutes shortly afterꦿ his introduction, though Lankshear stuck out a leg to give Spurs a two-goal cushion with 2🃏3 minutes to go.

Oberdan's strike was the pick of the bunch, with a wonderful looping vo🅺lley from outside the box after Spurs failed to clear a corner, and Brandon Austin had no chance of stopping it from hitting the back of the net. 

Data Debrief: Perfect homecoming for Son

Son𝔉 certainly made his mark in his 63 minutes on the pitch in Seoul, having the joint-most shots (four), with all of them on target, and his expected goals of 0.56 was only bettered b🐬y Lankshear (0.74).

Postecoglou could not have asked for a better pre-season, with Spurs wꦰᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚinning all five of their pre-season friendlies so far. With a double-header against Bayern Munich to come before their Premier League opener away at Leicester City, the North London side look to be in good nick.