Son Heung-min says he ‘learned a lot from Harry Kane’ after scoring a penalty during Tottenham’s win over Newcastle – as Michael Dawson says Kieran Trippier will have ‘nightmares’ after Spurs star’s display on the wing

• Son Heung-min dominated from the left in Tottenham’s 4-1 win over Newcastle 
• He scored a penalty and assisted two goals – but was humble in his interview
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Son Heung-min credited Harry Kane for his development as a footballer after he turned in a sparkling performance and scored a penalty against Newcastle.

The forward assisted twice and scored a penalty as Spurs ran rampant against a despondent Newcastle side. 

Son started on the left flank in a tactical switch-up from Ange Postecoglou, with Brennan Johnson playing on the right wing.

While he insisted that he learned a lot from Kane, Spurs’ former captain who left for Bayern Munich in the summer, pundits waxed lyrical about him after the match.

Son told Sky Sports: ‘I thought today was fantastic. I hope we can continue to perform like this and stay humble.

Son Heung-min claims he learned a lot from Harry Kane after scoring a penalty against Newcastle – the old responsibility of Spurs’ former striker

Pundits were amazed at his shining performance and Michael Dawson praised him for taking on more responsibility

Kane and Son shared a good relationship but as the striker and Hugo Lloris departed in the summer, Son has assumed the armband 

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‘We said we had to be more ruthless. We were ruthless today and were creating chances. To beat Newcastle 4-1 is not easy. They are a very strong side, so credit all the players and fans.

‘We have to demand more and more from each other. It’s never enough. Those amazing teams always keep going. It should be a habit for us. If we continue to be strong like this, we will be a very good side.

About taking a penalty, he said: ‘Shall we call Harry [Kane] back? I practiced all the time, even when Harry was here. And I learned a lot from him.’

On the left side of the pitch, Son caused particular trouble for Kieran Trippier, who was tasked with marking him.

For both of Spurs’ first-half goals, Son beat the Newcastle right-back with a step over in the box before fizzing a pass across goal, which Destiny Udogie and Richarlison duly lapped up.

Richarlison would net again in the second half before Son scored from the penalty spot to condemn the Magpies to a heavy defeat, albeit one uplifted by a late Joelinton consolation.

After the match, Michael Dawson and Jamie Redknapp were overawed by Son as well as Postecoglou’s inverted full-back strategy, which involves asking the right-back and left-back to effectively act as central midfielders while one’s team are in possession. 

Dawson said: ‘He [Son] is definitely taking more responsibility. There’s no denying that everyone always looked to Harry [Kane] to get Spurs out of trouble. And he did that nine times out of 10, scoring goals. But now he is not playing, he has left.

‘Son puts a smile on your face when you listen to him now, but you listen to him on Thursday when they got beat, and for me didn’t deserve two mistakes.

‘That can happen in football but they certainly got the best today and they were absolutely magnificent from start to finish.’

Redknapp said: ‘They started the game you felt that Son might come and play on this left-hand side now that’s certainly where the first goal come from as well.’

Dawson praised the inverted full-back system which has helped Spurs get on the front foot in a different way 

Jamie Redknapp pointed to Son’s move over to the left wing as the source of Spurs’ first goal

Destiny Udogie burst into the box from a central area to tap in from Son’s cross, while Kieran Trippier struggled to contain Spurs’ left-winger

Dawson said: ‘Yeah, I mean, look, you said about Kieran Trippier having nightmares thinking of Son tonight after he played with him and it caused him a hard afternoon. I mean, you look at [Destiny] Udogie and Pedro Porro. I thought Pedro Porro was absolutely magnificent, his passing.

‘Combined together, two inverted full-backs, it’s mind blowing the way the player doesn’t just get the ball, but what Udogie does, he gets it in the middle of the field.

‘Do you think he’s not yet actually left-back when he picks it up? He didn’t just stand still –  he runs, he gets in the box. And when you’ve got someone, someone who’s on the ball, yeah, 100 per cent, you see him there, I think we said we’re off-air. That’s a midfielder when last season he was a left-back. 

‘It doesn’t go with him and it’s poor defending from Newcastle’s point of view but fantastic from Son to pick him [Udogie] out.’

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