Tottenham came from behind to defeat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 on a frantic night of Champions League action, with Son Heung-min continuing his resurgent season to lead Spurs to victory despite missing a chance to net a first-half hat trick.
Frankfurt created the first half-chance despite a shaky first few minutes when Daichi Kamada sliced a Jesper Lindstrom cross, though replays suggested any goal may have been disallowed for a foul on Ryan Sessegnon in the build-up.
Tottenham didn’t trail for long, though, as Son Heung-min dribbled in behind a strong Frankfurt defence, met Harry Kane’s perfectly weighted through ball, and slid the ball past Trapp to tie the game.
Kane managed to dribble past three defenders before being slammed to the ground by Kristijan Jakic, which led to a VAR review that resulted in a penalty for Spurs. The England captain took a step forward and fired past Trapp to give the home team the lead.
After Lindstrom quickly took a fierce shot from a tight angle in an attempt to equalise, Lloris was forced into a low save at his near post, and Trapp made a comparable save to keep Son out at the end of a quick Spurs breakaway.
The South Korean, however, volleyed in a Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg cross emphatically moments later, and the German goalkeeper was helpless to stop him.
Son received a pass from Sessegnon from behind, but this time Trapp’s toe prevented him from scoring a hat-trick.
With his final touch of the first half, Cristian Romero came close to opening his account for the year, but Trapp reached out to tip his header away.
Kane played Sessegnon in for a goal just seconds after the restart, but Frankfurt narrowly avoided scoring when Sessegnon slipped while cutting onto his right foot.
The former Fulham player was right back in the action after Richarlison survived Evan N’Dicka’s challenge and rolled the ball to the far post, but Trapp once more saved Frankfurt by keeping Sessegnon out.
Tuta received two yellow cards for twice manhandling Son in the span of three minutes, which reduced Frankfurt to ten men (though the referee wasn’t initially aware that it was the same player receiving the bookings until he checked his notebook).
