Tottenham have lodged an appeal to overturn a red card shown to Son Heung-min during the defeat against Chelsea on Sunday.

South Korea striker Son was dismissed for aiming a retaliatory kick at Antonio Rudiger after he had been tripped by the German defender.

It was his third red card of 2019 – although the second of them was later rescinded – and he is facing a three-match ban for violent conduct which will rule him out of fixtures against Brighton, Norwich and Southampton.

Heung-min Son was sent off after VAR adjudged that he had kicked out at Antonio Rudiger

Rudiger went down clutching his ribs following the kick from Son and the decision went to VAR

The Tottenham striker was absolutely stunned after being sent off against Chelsea on Sunday

Spurs boss Jose Mourinho accused Rudiger of over-reacting to incite a red card, criticised video assistant referee Paul Tierney for imposing the decision on referee Anthony Taylor and claimed Son should not be punished five times as a result.

'I hope Son is not punished five times,' said Mourinho. 'One time was the foul that Rudiger did on him.

'The second is to be sent off. The third would be not to play against Brighton. The fourth not to play against Norwich and the fifth not to play against Southampton.

'So I hope to be punished twice is enough, he doesn't deserve for the third, the fourth or the fifth.'

The South Korea star was overcome with emotion after he was shown the red card on Sunday

Jose Mourinho looked to console his player as he walked off the pitch and down the tunnel

Rudiger was later the target for racist abuse from the stands at White Hart Lane. He made his captain Cesar Azpilicueta aware, who reported the incident to the referee and there was an announcement made over the public address system.

On VAR, Mourinho said: 'I think Mr Tierney made it wrong. This is England, this is the Premier League, the best competition in the world, with characteristics that if we change them we are killing the best league in the world.'