Heung-Min Son, brought in for Erik Lamela after he played for Argentina in midweek, scored with two first-time finishes either side of the interval and England internationals Dele Alli and Harry Kane, both of whom scored doubles back in April, then found the net for the first time this season.
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STOKE (4-3-3): Given 7; Cameron 5, Shawcross 6, Martins Indi 7, Pieters 6; Whelan 5 (Bojan 67, 6), Imbula 6 (Adam 71), ALLEN 8; Walters 6, Arnautovic 5, Bony 6.
They had been unconvincing in beating Crystal Palace 1-0 at home on August 20, were fortunate to take a point from Liverpool in a 1-1 draw before the worldwide break and appeared disjointed during the early stages against Stoke. They were better from the beginning, [but] it helped a lot when Son scored and second half we were much better.
“I don’t know if it’s a matter of changing how we approach games against certain teams”.
Onomah made his debut at White Hart Lane after coming on as a substitute in a 4-2 FA Cup replay victory against Burnley on January 14, 2015, and went on to make 19 first team appearances that season, mostly coming off the bench.
Harry Kane is another who is still looking for his first goal this season.
Goalkeeper Shay Given said: “Sometimes we do feel unfairly treated but we can’t feel sorry for ourselves”.
Although the team is still playing its Premier League matches at home, Tottenham will move to Wembley for the Champions League.
Former Argentina and Tottenham midfielder Ardiles heaped praise on Son following the South Korean striker’s performance in the north London side’s 4-1 win against Stoke.
The opening goal came minutes after Stoke City boss Mark Hughes was sent to the stands by referee Anthony Taylor following his angry response to a Marko Arnautović booking for an alleged dive.
– Stoke have won just one of their last seven Premier League matches at home (D2 L4).
Two strikers who have a point to prove.
Son finished last season on a low after he was hauled off at half-time in Spurs’ humiliating 5-1 defeat at Newcastle on the final day but the 24-year-old now has four league goals in his last four starts. Alderweireld threatened to get in on the act, before Alli bagged his first goal the season.
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He is one short of becoming the fourth player, after Teddy Sheringham (98), Jermain Defoe (91) and Robbie Keane (91), to score 50 Premier League goals for Spurs.
