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Tottenham kept themselves in the Premier League title race with a 3-1 win over Leicester, who saw Jamie Vardy miss a penalty with his first touch of the game.<\/p>\nTottenham kept themselves in the Premier League title race with a 3-1 win over Leicester, who saw Jamie Vardy miss a penalty with his first touch of the game.<\/p>\n
Goals from Davinson Sanchez, Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min inspired a fourth successive victory which ensures Spurs will finish the weekend within five points of top spot.<\/p>\n
Vardy, who was dropped to the substitutes\u2019 bench amid rumors of a bust-up with Claude Puel, missed the chance to equalize as his spot-kick immediately after coming on was saved by Hugo Lloris, though the former England striker atoned for it later by turning home to give his side a glimmer of hope.<\/p>\n
But Spurs made the game safe at the death when Son scored a breakaway goal, which gave them a 20th win of the campaign and kept them hot on the heels of title rivals Liverpool and Manchester City.<\/p>\n
For Leicester it was a fifth defeat in six games in all competitions and the pressure continues to mount on Puel, who will have questions to answer about Vardy\u2019s omission.<\/p>\n
It might have been different had the 32-year-old forward been on the pitch from the start as they wasted a fine chance to go ahead.<\/p>\n
Harvey Barnes shrugged off some shirt-tugging by Kieran Trippier to go through on goal but the youngster put his shot wide of the post.<\/p>\n
After Son had been booked for diving when he looked to have been fouled by Harry Maguire, Leicester were soon relying on goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel to keep the scores level.<\/p>\n
Spurs cut their visitors open and Son fed Danny Rose, who got himself into a fine position but his right-footed shot was palmed away by the Leicester keeper.<\/p>\n
That had been the home side\u2019s best moment until they took a 33rd-minute lead.<\/p>\n
Trippier\u2019s corner was played short to Eriksen, who floated in an inviting cross for Sanchez to power home a diving head for his first goal in a Spurs shirt.<\/p>\n
Before Tottenham\u2019s goal Barnes had missed another fine chance as he shot wide of the target and after the break Leicester passed up three good opportunities to level.<\/p>\n
Demarai Gray had two of them as he headed straight at Lloris and then again found the Spurs keeper with a low shot before the decisive period of the match.<\/p>\n
Another Leicester attack saw James Maddison knocked over by Jan Vertonghen with Michael Oliver pointing to the spot.<\/p>\n
The Foxes were ready to make a substitution as Vardy was preparing to come on for Gray and they pressed ahead with it and the striker ran straight over to take the spot-kick.<\/p>\n
But his first kick of the match was brilliantly saved by Lloris, who got down well to his right to keep out the penalty.<\/p>\n
Vardy and Leicester\u2019s misery was compounded three minutes later as Spurs doubled their lead.<\/p>\n
Oliver Skipp charged down Ricardo Pereira\u2019s clearance, Fernando Llorente fed Eriksen, who added to his earlier assist by sending a low shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n
Vardy bounced back from his penalty miss to make a game of it when he turned in Pereira\u2019s cross from close range and they were pressing for an equalizer and the striker drilled another effort over.<\/p>\n
But Spurs made sure of the points in the 90th minute as Son scored a breakaway goal, racing clear from the halfway line and coolly converting his 15th of the campaign.<\/p>\n