Tottenham Son Heung-min (left) is delighted with Harry Kane after coordinating the team’s fourth goal in a home game against Crystal Palace in the Premier League round 27 in the 2020-21 season held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 8th. AFP Yonhap News
Tottenham’s Son Heung-min (29) and Harry Kane (28) jointly scored their 14th goal this season, making the football close to the UK’s most outstanding combination. The team broke the Crystal Palace and continued to win three consecutive league victories, narrowing the gap from the fourth place, which is given the right to advance to the Champions League.
Son Heung-min helped Kane’s heading goal with a sharp pass in the 31st minute of the second half ahead of 3-1 in the home game against Crystal Palace in the 27th round of the 2020-21 Premier League held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 8th (Korean time). With this finishing goal, the team beat Crystal Palace 4-1.
It is the 14th time on the EPL stage this season that Son Heung-min and Kane jointly scored a goal. In 26 years, Alan Shearer-Chris Sutton, who scored 13 goals at Blackburn Rovers in the 1994-95 season, exceeded the record of’the most joint goal in a single season in EPL’.
After the match, British media Football London gave Son Heung-min a score of 7 and said, “Through the pressure, he helped Tottenham’s fourth goal. The duo Sohn and Kane made history beyond Alan Shearer-Chris Sutton’s record of 13 goals in a single season. “It was evaluated. Kane scored 2 goals and 2 assists and scored a perfect score of 10.
Son Heung-min and Kane, who boasted their best breath from the beginning of this season, set a tie record against Leeds United on January 2nd. However, it took two months to set a new record. Kane missed two games due to an ankle injury, and the team suffered a goal drought as the team fell in a row.
With the restart of Son Heung-min and Kane Combi, Tottenham jumped from 8th to 6th with 45 points (+18 goals). The European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League is getting closer to the fourth place. Gareth Bale (32), who has been in water, is also expected to be of great help to the team in the second half of the league. Bale has been on loan from Real Madrid (Spain) this season, but has been sluggish. However, on this day, in the 25th minute in the first half and in the 4th minute in the second half, he definitely revived by scoring multi-goals.
As the team’s skills improve, the goal hunting of Son Heung-min, who has played mostly selfless recently, is expected to begin in earnest. Son Heung-min has scored 13 league goals and 18 goals in the tournament this season. Son Heung-min’s latest goal was a header shot from a match against Wolfsberger (Austria) in the first leg of the Europa League round of 32. However, in the regular league game, there has been no news of scoring for more than a month since the West Bromwich Albion game on the 7th of last month.
The 10-10 club membership and the record of’the most joint goals ever’ are also noteworthy. Son Heung-min will join the 10-10 club for two consecutive years if he adds one help in the league. Chelsea’s Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba set the record for the ‘EPL All-Time Joint Goals’ (36 goals), two goals ahead. The outlook is bright as there are 11 games left in the regular league.
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