Son Heung-min: Red Star Belgrade goals helped after 'really tough few days'

Son Heung-min’s double against Red Star Belgrade helped put a ‘really tough few days’ behind him.

The Tottenham star was involved in the initial tackle which caused Andre Gomes to suffer a fracture dislocation to his ankle on Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Everton.

He was visibly left distraught by the tackle on Merseyside, almost immediately bursting into tears before he was sent off by referee Martin Atkinson.

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But Son struck twice in four minutes during Spurs’ Champions League victory on Wednesday night to help end a difficult week on a positive note.

And the South Korean star added his friends and team-mates’ support helped him through a tough time.

He told BT Sport 2: “It was a really, really tough few days. I realised how lucky I am to have the supporters, my friends, my team-mates – everyone gave me such strong messages. Of course I still feel really, really sorry about this accident and this situation.

“I had to focus for the team. I had to keep going. I had to keep working hard. I think this is my right answer to all the people who support me.”

Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino, meanwhile, was pleased to earn his side’s first away win in 14 attempts - and their first of the season.

He told BT Sport 2: “We are happy. We are so pleased for the performance of the team. It is a difficult place to play.

“Different teams last year like Liverpool or Paris St Germain or Napoli didn’t win here. We expected a very tough game but I think the approach from the team was fantastic.

“We need to get our confidence and I think this type of game will help us stay all together and now we need to keep going. It is only a game and we need to win three points more to qualify for the next stage.

“But that is a good feeling after today and we need to keep going in this way.”

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