Soccer- Powerful Son keeps Spurs on the rise

* Visitors Tottenham beat Middlesbrough 2-1 * Son Heung-min scores twice before the interval * Korean equals his goal tally for last season * Boro travel to West Ham next; Spurs home to Manchester City MIDDLESBROUGH 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 Sept 24 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur made light of the absence of Harry Kane as two goals from Son Heung-min brought a deserved 2-1 win at Middlesbrough on Saturday to move the unbeaten visitors back to second place in the Premier League. Although Ben Gibson clawed a goal back for Boro in the second half, the game was effectively settled by Son's two early strikes. That took his tally to four in three games - as many as he managed in the whole of last season. On seven minutes the Korean fooled keeper Victor Valdes with a double feint after a one-two with Vincent Janssen. Son's second, on 23 minutes, was even better as he wriggled free from a seemingly impossible position out wide and bent a shot past the keeper. Christian Eriksen and Janssen both went close for the visitors before Gibson struck half-way through the second half, heading home Stewart Downing's cross. (Reporting by Neil Robinson, editing by Ed Osmond)