SPURS ON THE SPOT FOR FAVOURITE SON

Euro hero sees penalties from Kudus and Simons sink Czechs

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TOTTENHAM made it back-to-back wins for the first time since mid-September as Son Heung-min watched on like a proud father.

The returning Europa League-winning skipper, back in N17 for the first time since his emotional £20million transfer to LAFC, must have wished he was back out on the pitch as Spurs ripped through Slavia Prague with relative ease.

An own goal plus penalties from Mohammed Kudus and Xavi Simons saw Thomas Frank's side take another important step towards a top-eight finish.

But the triumph was soured by Micky van de Ven's cheap first-half yellow card that now rules him out of the crunch clash with Borussia Dortmund on January 20. To stand a realistic chance of bypassing the awkward knockout playoff round, Spurs must beat both Dortmund and fellow Germans Eintracht Frankfurt.

Attack with similar conviction and they will certainly stand a chance providing they shore up their shaky-looking backline.