Tottenham sink Arsenal

It was a wonder goal from Son that put Spurs in front in the 13th minute. Freed down the left by Kane, the South Korean cut inside and curled a brilliant 25-yard (meter) strike into the top corner.

London: Son Heung-min and Harry Kane combined again as they both scored for Premier League leader Tottenham in a 2-0 victory over Arsenal in the north London derby.

It was a wonder goal from Son that put Spurs in front in the 13th minute. Freed down the left by Kane, the South Korean cut inside and curled a brilliant 25-yard (meter) strike into the top corner.

Son returned the favor to tee up Kane to smash in from close range off the underside of the crossbar in first-half stoppage time as Tottenham returned to first place.

Son and Kane have now combined for 11 goals this season.

“Harry and Sonny are world-class players and, on the top of what they do, they have a very good sense of the team,” Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho said.

“They have a very good sense of the balance that they need and they also do incredible tactical work for the team when the team doesn’t have the ball. So top players, amazing.”

While Tottenham is unbeaten in 10 games since an opening-day loss, Arsenal has lost six times and is 11 points behind the leaders in 15th place.

“We need to score goals — it is not sustainable,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said as the club endured its worst league start since 1981.
Salah strikes

Mohamed Salah scored his ninth goal in 10 Premier League games as Liverpool eased to a 4-0 win over Wolverhampton to keep pace with Tottenham at the top of the table.

Fans were at Anfield for the first time with Liverpool as the defending league champion. Liverpool put together a composed game for the 2,000 supporters, and free of the defensive jitters which have marred some performances this season, to deny Wolves any real chance at the points. Wolves is 10th.

Salah seized on a mistake from Wolves defender Conor Coady to put Liverpool ahead soon after. Coady spent too long watching the ball as he prepared to control a high ball with his chest, and Salah stole it from him and scored past Rui Patricio.

Coady was awarded a penalty just before halftime when it appeared he had been hit by Sadio Mane as the Liverpool forward tried to clear with an overhead kick. A video review showed there was no contact, however, and the decision was overturned.

Georginio Wijnaldum scored the second goal on the counterattack in the 58th, bearing down on the Wolves penalty area before hitting an unstoppable curling shot into the top-right corner from just outside the box.

Joel Matip tightened Liverpool’s hold on the game with a towering header at a free kick. The fourth came when Wolves’ Nelson Semedo turned Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross into his own net as he tried to block Mane.