London (AFP)
A sharp defeat at the worst time: Leicester, present in the Top 4 since the end of August, lost against Tottenham (3-0) Sunday during the 37th day of the English Championship, leaving the possibility to Manchester United to dislodge qualifying places for the Champions League.
It is confirmed, the Leicester-Manchester United clash, on July 26 during the final day, will be a "final" for 4th place. But the team of Brendan Rodgers (4th, 62 points) may approach the shock in a worse position than expected, pending the match of the Red Devils (5th, 62 pts) against West Ham, and Chelsea (3rd, 63 pts) against Liverpool next Wednesday.
From the start, Tottenham, which is relaunching its race for Europe (6th, 58 pts), took the advantage thanks to Son. Perfectly launched in depth by Kane, the South Korean winger took advantage of Bennett's slide and the deflection of Justin in his own camp to give the advantage to his own (1-0, 6th).
Jose Mourinho's plan, to leave the ball to his opponent to work against, continued to be perfectly executed by his players, Harry Kane at the head.
The English international, who took advantage of a Leicester ball loss following a badly played corner, doubled the bet on an imperial service from Lucas (2-0, 37th). In the process, Kane offered himself the double on an individual feat.
Eccentric on the left side, the Spurs' N. 10 managed to open the way to the goal by transplanting into the surface to arm an unstoppable coiled strike (3-0, 41st).
In the second half, Hugo Lloris 'saves, in great shape, enabled the Spurs to maintain their comfortable lead despite the Foxes' assaults.
In the other game of the day, Southampton prevented Bournemouth from breaking out of the depths of the standings by winning 2-0 on the field of their opponent.
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