Son Heung-min, involved in all goals against Everton, but lost 4-5 against Everton.
[시사포커스 / 이근우 기자] Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham Hotspur) made a big success with four goals, but the team was defeated.
Tottenham lost 4-5 after a match against Everton in the Round of 16 of the English Football Association (FA) Cup in the 2020-21 season held at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England at 5:15 a.m. on the 11th. Eliminated the FA Cup.
In the game that day, Son Heung-min helped the opening goal in a corner kick situation in the 3rd minute of the first half, and helped Harry Kane’s equalizer in the 38th minute of the second half when the team was behind by 3-4. There were two official aids, but he was involved in all four goals for Tottenham.
However, despite Son Heung-min’s big success, Tottenham allowed many runs due to successive defense mistakes. The same was true of Everton, but Bernard’s winning goal in the first half of extra time won the FA Cup quarterfinals.
This season, Son Heung-min scored 17 goals and 12 assists. Although Tottenham was defeated, the European football statistics website’Whoscore.com’ gave Son Heung-min a rating of 9.2. It is only 0.1 point difference from Gilfi Sigurdsson (9.3), who has 1 goal and 3 assists, which contributed greatly to Everton’s victory.
After the game, coach Jose Mourinho said, “We played very well with the ball. It was creative and dynamic, but defensive mistakes were the problem. I don’t want you to comment on any more defensive mistakes. It was so obvious and I don’t want to talk much.”
Tottenham’s Son Heung-min (29), who recorded the help of the 11th and 12th seasons in succession, received a high rating for the team’s defeat.
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