Tottenham signing Son Heung-min scores hat-trick for South Korea
Friday 4 September 2015 08:21, UK
New Tottenham signing Son Heung-min showed his goalscoring prowess with a hat-trick in South Korea's World Cup qualifying thrashing of Laos.
Son, who joined Spurs from Bayer Leverkusen for £22m last week, starred in an 8-0 rout in Hwaseong on Thursday to earn his country a second win in as many games.
The 23-year-old converted a cut-back in the 17th minute, before lashing a second in the 74th minute and completing his first international hat-trick a minute from time with a tidy run and finish.
The Koreans travel to Lebanon on Tuesday as they bid to stay top of a group that also contains Kuwait and Myanmar.
Only the group winners in the pool, which also serves as the qualifiers for the 2019 Asian Cup, are guaranteed a spot in the next round of matches in the continent's long road to Russia 2018.
Son, who scored 29 goals in 87 appearances for Leverkusen, will wear the No 7 shirt at Spurs.
"I'm looking forward to going there and performing for the Spurs fans as soon as possible," he said after sealing his move to the Premier League. "Bold and daring - this is how I like to try to play."
