Son likens Tottenham teammate to ‘Superman’ after Villa heroics

Tottenham forward Heung-min Son was high in praise of “superman” Hugo Lloris after his terrific display in the 4-0 win at Aston Villa.

Son took the headlines after a superb hat-trick, along with Dejan Kulusevski’s fine strike, to send Spurs three points clear of Arsenal, making them favourites for Champions League qualification.

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But they were indebted to Lloris’ heroics in the first half as after Son’s early opener Villa laid siege on Spurs’ goal.

The Frenchman made seven saves in the opening 45 minutes, including a wonder stop from Jacob Ramsey, which was the most by a Spurs keeper since data collection began.

That allowed their lethal front three, with Harry Kane again notching two assists, to run riot in the second half.

“What can I say? He saved us. We are scoring goals but if Hugo wasn’t there we were probably 3-1 or 4-1 down,” Son said of his captain.

“Because Hugo saved us in a tough time when we needed him, he was turning like a superman, like a cat. It is insane, when he made the first save (from Ramsey) it was really close to him and the shot came really he just had them. He was like a cat. Hugo saved us.

“It is a really special day for the team. It is a really hard place, we showed great personality, great character, especially after the first half.

“Some teams are going to lose this situation because they can’t deal with it. We turned up in the second half