Son Heung-min struck twice in Tottenham Hotspur's latest continental victory, pushing his club closer to the knockout phase. Son grabbed a brace in Tottenham's 3-2 win over the German side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in their seventh league-phase match of the UEFA Europa League at PreZero Arena in Sinsheim,

Heung-min Son scored twice with James Maddison also finding the net on another tricky evening for injury-hit Spurs in Germany

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a last-gasp winner to secure a 2-1 victory over Rangers in the Europa League group stage on Thursday and Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min struck twice in his team's 3-2 win at Hoffenheim.

Ange Postecoglou had five teenagers on the pitch at the end of Tottenham's Europa League win away to Hoffenheim with 14 players missing as he praised captain Son for steering the ship

Heung-min Son had the privilege of sharing a dressing room and playing with Ruud van Nistelrooy during his time at Hamburg SV. Son has become a top player at Tottenham, signing for the English giants all the way back in 2015. But Heung Min-Son first made his way to Europe by joining Hamburg from FC Seoul in 2008.

Spurs started the brighter of the two sides and were ahead three minutes in after Maddison controlled Pedro Porro’s long ball and fired past Oliver Baumann in the Hoffenheim goal. Maddison then turned provider as his pass sent Son through on goal and the South Korean chipped the ball past Baumann via a deflection to double the lead.

Son doubled the lead in the 22nd minute after James Maddison had opened the scoring in the third. He got his second to make it 3-1 in the 77th. Son was making his 436th appearance for the club — moving up to 10th on Spurs’ list.

Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min scored in each half to earn his side a 3-2 victory at Hoffenheim in the Europa League on Thursday.

Heung-Min Son has been named your HSBC Player of the Match after he bagged a brace to see us to a 3-2 win over Hoffenheim on Thursday evening.

"We wanted to be a bit more aggressive and that is when Madders [James Maddison] is at his best. In the context of the game, we kind of knew if we could score early and put some pressure on them then it would give us a good foothold in the game.

Son Woong-jung and Eun Ja Kil are the parents of Tottenham's Hotspur legend Son Heung-min.