Tottenham’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in the Champions League marred by injury to Harry Kane

Son Heung-min filled the void left by Harry Kane’s injury-enforced departure by giving Tottenham a 1-0 win over Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

Harry Kane lies on the pitch after being taken out by Fabian Delph

Son Heung-min filled the void left by Harry Kane’s injury-enforced departure by giving Tottenham a 1-0 win over Manchester City on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.

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Twenty minutes after Kane hobbled off with an apparent left ankle injury, Son netted in the 78th minute to give quadruple-chasing City its first loss in any competition since January.

After receiving a pass on the right from Christian Eriksen, Son’s poor first touch nearly put the ball over the byline, but he just kept it in play.

The South Korean then cut the ball back and skipped past Fabian Delph’s challenge before striking a low shot under goalkeeper Ederson.

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Son also scored in Tottenham’s first game at its new stadium last week and he now has 18 goals in a season that has seen him miss spells to go on South Korea duty at the Asian Games in August and the Asian Cup in January. If Kane faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines, Son has already shown he can deputize for the 24-goal striker.

Kane missed seven games across six weeks with damaged ligaments in his left ankle across January and February - a spell when Son scored four goals. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris prevented Tottenham from conceding its first goal at the new stadium when he saved a penalty in the 13th minute from Sergio Aguero after a sliding Danny Rose was adjudged to have blocked Raheem Sterling’s shot with his hand.

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In an intense game, the Premier League gulf between the sides was not apparent. City is challenging for the title in second place, 16 points ahead of a Tottenham side clinging on to fourth place and the final Champions League spot for next season.

This was Tottenham’s first quarterfinal in European football’s elite competition in eight years - the last time a Champions League game was staged on this site in north London before the team was forced to play at Wembley while a new home was built.

Harry Kane came off second best in a big 50/50 challenge with Fabian Delph

Son Heung-min stepped up when Spurs needed him most

City reached the last eight last season but was knocked out by Liverpool. Juergen Klopp’s side is trying to reach a second straight final and beat Porto 2-0 at Anfield in the night’s other first leg.

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