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Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-min scored in his return to Premier League action Saturday.

Son scored his third goal of the season in a 4-1 victory against West Ham United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Following a fast break at the hour mark, Son took a pass from Pape Sarr on the left side of the box and scored off his left foot to give Spurs their fourth goal.

About a minute later, Son struck the right post with a right-footed shot. In the 55th minute, Son had a hand in an own goal by Alphonse Areola that gave Spurs a 3-1 lead.

Son had missed the past three Spurs matches, including two in the Premier League, after suffering a hamstring injury during a UEFA Europa League match Sept. 26.

Son was also dropped from the South Korean national team for World Cup qualifying matches against Jordan and Iraq this month. Without their captain, South Korea defeated Jordan 2-0 in Amman on Oct. 10 and then Iraq 3-2 at home five days later.

Spurs improved to 13 points after eight matches, good for sixth place with all five clubs above them scheduled to play their eighth matches later on the weekend. (Yonhap)

Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur has begun his 10th Premier League campaign with a goalless showing in a draw against newly promoted Leicester City.

A dominant first half yielded just one goal for Spurs at King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, on Monday (local time), with Pedro Porro putting the visitors on the board in the 29th minute.

Jamie Vardy equalized for Leicester City in the 57th minute, as wasteful Spurs settled for a point.

They held a 71-29 edge in possession and a 7-3 advantage in shots on target.

Son, who started on the left wing alongside Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson, missed the target with a left-footed shot from outside the box in the 18th minute. And just before the half-hour mark, Son fed the ball to James Maddison, whose cross from outside the box set up Porro's header.

But Vardy, the 2019-2020 Golden Boot winner as the Premier League's top scorer, leveled for the home side with a header in the second half for his ninth career goal against Tottenham.

Son was subbed out for Richarlison during stoppage time.

Leicester City won the 2015-2016 Premier League title in a Cinderella season but suffered relegation to the second-tier English Football League Championship after the 2022-2023 campaign. They won the second division title last season to earn promotion to the big league.

Spurs finished the 2023-2024 season in fifth place, just two points out of the UEFA Champions League spot after starting the campaign with a 10-match undefeated run.

This is Son's 10th season in the top English league and second as the captain of Spurs. He has scored in double figures in each of the past eight seasons, including his Golden Boot-winning campaign in 2021-2022, when he had a career-high 23 goals.

Last season, Son scored 17 goals in 35 matches to lead his club and rank eighth overall in the league. (Yonhap)

Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min has scored his first Premier League goal in two months.

Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min has scored his first Premier League goal in two months.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou hailed 'world-class' Son Heung-min after the Korea star capped a hectic week by inspiring his club's dramatic 2-1 win against Brighton, Saturday.