Son double sends Spurs second

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Heung-Min Son bagged a first-half brace as Tottenham secured a 2-1 win at Middlesbrough to remain unbeaten and go second in the table.

The Londoners were without last season’s Golden Boot winner Harry Kane but their attacking threat was undiminished in a first half when they produced some sumptuous football.

The visitors were less inspired after the break and an improved Boro side pulled one back through Ben Gibson, but they could not find an equaliser and Spurs are off to their best ever start to a Premier League season.

Vincent Janssen deputised for Kane and made a good impression, linking well with Son, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli.

Meanwhile, Premier League new boys Boro have now lost three in a row, but showed plenty of fight in the second-half, buoyed by the introduction of Adama Traore.

The onslaught on the Boro goal began early on, Victor Valdes doing well to keep out a long-range piledriver from Alli.

However, Eriksen got on the ball after the resulting corner was cleared and fed it through to …

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