{"id":16784,"date":"2022-05-01T12:01:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/01\/tottenham-star-singled-out-for-special-praise-vs-leicester-city\/"},"modified":"2022-05-01T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T16:01:16","slug":"tottenham-star-singled-out-for-special-praise-vs-leicester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/01\/tottenham-star-singled-out-for-special-praise-vs-leicester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham star singled out for special praise vs Leicester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>One Tottenham star has been singled out for special praise during the Lilywhites\u2019 match with Leicester City on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham played host to Leicester in a Premier League clash, well aware that they needed a win to leapfrog Arsenal, who take on West Ham shortly.<\/p>\n<p>And, after a slow start, Tottenham would run out 3-1 winners on the day. Harry Kane fired Tottenham into the lead after 22 minutes, being set up by long-time partner, Heung-min Son.<\/p>\n<p>Son then went from provider from to goalscorer in the second half, smashing in Tottenham\u2019s second of the day on the hour mark to kill the game off before adding a second late on.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1670456\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":765961,\"brand_name\":\"Bet365\",\"offer_text\":\"New customers bet u00a310 and get u00a350 in free bets!\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/165x165_Bet365-squareLogo.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Bet365 Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">New customers bet \u00a310 and get \u00a350 in free bets!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #008061\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">BET NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">Open Account Offer. 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UK &amp; ROI residents only<\/div>\n<h2>Cristian Romero praised<\/h2>\n<p>But whilst Son has had a hand in all of Spurs\u2019 goals vs the Foxes, it is another Tottenham star who has been singled out for special praise.<\/p>\n<p>That man is Cristian Romero, who has been influential as both ends of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine commanded Tottenham\u2019s defence whilst also playing a key role in Spurs\u2019 second goal, stepping out of defence to put in two crunching tackles, which led to Dejan Kulusevski taking the ball and setting up Son.<\/p>\n<p>Now, following Romero\u2019s heroics on Sunday, the Argentine has been singled out for praise online, with just some of the reaction shown below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Romero wins the ball and then finds Son with an inch-perfect pass. He\u2019s been so good again today, everything he does is on point. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/THFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#THFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Eccleshare (@CDEccleshare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDEccleshare\/status\/1520759535064989702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cristian Romero. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the tweet. ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sgGd8Lwh2B\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/sgGd8Lwh2B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@MLMachiavelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLMachiavelli\/status\/1520769944459300864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Romero is the best 1v1 defender in open space I\u2019ve ever seen<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US\u00b3 (@USTrequartista) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USTrequartista\/status\/1520769852558000128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s not anymore a question.<br \/>\nRomero IS our player of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jaco\u2122 (@JacoCats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacoCats\/status\/1520769648379285504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Can\u2019t praise Romero much more, he\u2019s simply world class<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex (@xAlexTHFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xAlexTHFC\/status\/1520769923378814976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Romero is such an incredible player.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mac (@Tweetgood_Mac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tweetgood_Mac\/status\/1520770121421279232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOTLEI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOTLEI<\/a> Romero appreciation tweet, this boy right here!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/omwMhb8EGk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/omwMhb8EGk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ubbf8\ub0b3 (@twofourr__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twofourr__\/status\/1520770198143447042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">romero you are different gravy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ?? 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Tottenham played host to Leicester in a Premier League clash, well aware that they needed a win to leapfrog Arsenal, who take on West Ham shortly. 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