-The scoring ranking also jumped to 2nd in the league
-Tottenham wins 2-0 and escapes 3 consecutive losses
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Son Heung-min (29)’s 13th regular league goal, who had been silent for a month or so, finally exploded. Tottenham escaped from a third straight victory thanks to the performance of’One Two Punch’ Son Heung-min and Harry Kane (pictured).
Son Heung-min started at the home game of the 23rd round of the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL) in the 2020-2021 season against West Bromwich Albion (West Brom) held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 7th (Korean time). An extra goal was scored in the 13th minute, making Tottenham a 2-0 win.
Son Heung-min’s attack points in the regular league increased to 13 goals and 6 assists, and the scoring ranking was tied for second place with Kane, Bruno Fernandez (Manchester United) and Dominic Calvert Ruin (Everton). It fell from 1st place alone to 4th place and raised the rankings again. Overall this season, he is scoring 17 goals and 10 assists. On the 6th of last month, Son Heung-min, who was unable to score in six official matches and five league games, scored a goal in the last half of the League Cup against Brentford.
The injury of’best friend’ Kane fueled Son Heung-min’s prolonged goal silence. Son Heung-min, who had an ankle injury against Liverpool on the 29th of last month, was isolated in front of him as he was unable to play. Kane, who only returned on the 11th, returned to the ground earlier than expected. It was only three games that the two players started together. This is a topic that is evaluated as having worked for the’Surprise Card’ of Director José Morinho.
The opening goal was shot by Kane. With Son Heung-min and Kane One-Two Punch ahead, Tottenham unilaterally pushed West Brom. Tottenham dominated with a 9-1 shot in the first half and 70-30 in possession, but the goal didn’t come off easily. The opportunity unfolded in the second half. Kane beat the defensive line in the 9th minute of the second half, received an infiltrating pass from Pierre Emile Hoivier, and put a right-footed shot from the left of the goal area into the opposing goal. The extra goal was exploded at Son Heung-min’s toe four minutes later. In the counterattack situation, Lucas Mora on the left passed to Son Heung-min, who broke through from the other side, and succeeded by connecting it with a right-footed non-stop shooting. West Brom counterattacked, and in the 36th minute of the second half, Matheus Pereira’s shot shook the net, but was declared invalid after being judged offside and fell to his knees.
With the performance of Son Heung-min and Kane, Tottenham escaped from the 3rd straight loss in the regular league and climbed to 7th place (36, 10 wins, 6 draws, 6 losses). In an interview after the game, Son Heung-min said, “I missed Kane. I always enjoy playing with him. The game played with Kane is so valuable. He is happy to score today.” “We all know that Kane is the best striker in the world. “I couldn’t play in a few games, but after returning, I scored the goal the team needed.”
British broadcaster Sky Sports gave Kane the highest rating of 8 points, and all other players, including Son Heung-min, scored 7 points. Soccer statistics expert Whoscore.com gave Son Heung-min the second highest score of 7.8 points in the team.
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