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It's kind of weird but Tottenham literally always overperform xG basically since it became a stat. Part of it was Kane, but Son is actually statistically a better finisher.
It's an interesting counter for people who say that xG tells you who 'should' win a game, because this is more than a trend it's almost an inevitability. In theory it's no different to a team that has great creativity and crap finishing, but one will show up as a great team on xG and one won't.
Son is now overperforming his xG for the 8th season in a row, safe to say that he's just that great.