Tottenham were not at their real madrid beating best, but son heung-min 's strike was enough to see of crystal palace. Paulo gazzainga who made his debut played an unlikely hero act for tottenham, repelling adogged crystal palace before son struck to secure a 1-0 win at wembley. Gazzainga had not played in the EPL league since december 2015 and overcame a rocky start to deliever a clean sheet and earning the team 3 points.
Son Heung -min is now the all time highest asian goalscorer in EPL league history with 20 goals. Four points from their 11 games marks crystal palace joint worst start to a top fight campaign, though they finished in 11the other time it happened in 2013 -14.