Son’s lone strike gives Tottenham victory over Palace

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Son celebrates his goal

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga performed “fantastically well” on his debut as Spurs laboured to victory against the Premier League’s bottom club Crystal Palace.

The north London side looked weary after their Champions League victory over Real Madrid in midweek, but Son Heung-min’s superb curled shot from the edge of the area on the hour mark secured three points.

Roy Hodgson’s side remain at the foot of the table but they were disciplined and sufficiently industrious going forward to create several chances at Wembley.

Deputising for the injured Hugo Lloris and ill Michel Vorm, Gazzaniga thwarted Palace with a sequence of fine saves – and on the occasion he was beaten, Wilfried Zaha screwed his shot wide of an open goal after rounding the 25-year-old.

Pochettino said: “I am so happy for the different…

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