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Leicester City 0 Tottenham 2: Son masterclass sends Spurs through to fourth round

Son Heung-min scored one and set up another as Tottenham eased into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a convincing 2-0 victory over Leicester City in the third meeting between the two sides in the space of 10 days.

The South Korea international opened the scoring with a blistering effort 39 minutes in, before turning provider for Nacer Chadli midway through the second half.

Leicester were poor throughout a first half of few chances and it was Spurs who took a deserved lead courtesy of Son's outstanding strike.

Claudio Ranieri's side, unbeaten in their three meetings with Tottenham this season prior to Wednesday's third-round replay, started sharply in the second half and would have been level had Michel Vorm not pulled off a fine save to deny Demarai Gray a first Leicester goal.

For all the hosts' pressure, however, they were undone once more shortly after the hour mark, Son slipping a neat throughball into Chadli, who coolly converted Tottenham's second.

Tottenham should have taken the lead 10 minutes prior to the interval in the first true chance of the game, when Ben Davies' excellent cross was met by Erik Lamela, but the winger was unable to direct his header goalwards.

Ranieri turned to Shinji Okazaki - who netted when the sides drew 2-2 in the first FA Cup encounter - at half-time in order to add some energy to a lacklustre display.

That change almost paid dividends as Okazaki won possession high upfield before laying it off to Andy King, who teed up Gray, but Vorm was equal to the youngster's curling effort.

At the other end, Schmeichel could do nothing to prevent Chadli extending Tottenham's advantage soon after, the Belgian sliding home a neat finish from close range after being set up by Son.

Mauricio Pochettino introduced Kane on the hour mark and the England striker got through on goal with just under 20 minutes remaining, but he was unable to squeeze a finish past Schmeichel.