Mauricio Pochettino was full of superlatives for Son Heung-min in the wake of Sunday's clash between Tottenham and Crystal Palace.

Spurs defeated their London rivals at White Hart Lane thanks to a 68th-minute goal from summer signing Son who opened his Premier League account with the strike.

Son scored twice in Thursday night's 3-1 win over over Qarabag in the Europa League and Pochettino was pleased to see him frank that form in the crunch league clash with the Eagles.

"Son scored twice in the week and now again, the performance was fantastic, the energy he showed was amazing and for that I think the supporters are very happy with him," Pochettino said of the South Korea international.

"Son is a player that we followed for a long time, he can play No 9, 10, 7, 11, all different attacking positions, when you sign a player like this it is big. I'm happy because he scored three goals now in two victories and I'm very pleased with him.

"Maybe you can't see, he is a very friendly guy, after one week with the team he brought very good korean food to the training ground, and showed he is a humble, friendly guy. He also had some Japanese, Chinese. I had a big dish, I liked it a lot."

He added: "His character is to run a lot, I wanted to sign him because of his profile, he has energy, can press high with a high tempo."