Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min (left) is celebrating after scoring through a combination play against Delhi Ali in the Premier League match against Fulham at Craven Cottage in London on the 5th. AFP Yonhap News
Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min (29) won the team with a sharp cross. It is a valuable successive victory after three months from the crisis of moving away from the competition for the fourth place, which is the Maginot line for advancement to the Champions League. However, as Delhi Ali (25), who seemed to have succeeded, was later corrected as an own goal for the opposing team, Son Heung-min’s help in League No. 9 also disappeared.
Son Heung-min played full-time by starting an away game against Fulham in the 2020-21 season held at Craven Cottage in London, England on the 5th (Korean time). The winning goal started with Son Heung-min’s toe. He dug into the left side of the penalty area in the 19th minute when he was tight and delivered the ball to the front of the goal with a low left foot cross, and Ali, who was in a rush, changed direction with his right foot and shook the net.
This goal was originally recorded with Ali’s goal and Son Heung-min’s help, but afterwards, it was changed to an own goal when it was concluded that the direction of the ball changed after being hit by Fulham’s toe Shin Adarabio (24). Son Heung-min made several other decisive opportunities. In the 17th minute of the first half, he made an accurate cross for Harry Kane (28) with his right foot outfront, but he failed to score as Kane’s header turned to the goalkeeper.
In the second half, Fulham’s attack followed. In the 17th minute of the second half, Josh Maza (23)’s shot shook Tottenham’s goal, but the video reading (VAR) revealed that Mario Remina (28) had committed a handball foul before this, and the goal was not counted. Eventually the match ended 1-0.
This day’s victory brought Tottenham back to spur the competition for the fourth place, which seemed to be distant. Tottenham ranked 8th in the league (42 points, 12 wins, 6 draws, 8 losses), a 5 point difference from 4th place Chelsea, but played 1 less than 1st-4th place. Depending on the results of the Crystal Palace match on the 8th and Arsenal on the 15th, it may be ranked 4th.
In particular, Tottenham won a winning streak for the first time since last year’s 4 consecutive wins from Burnley to Manchester City in October and November. With Gareth Bale (32), Ali’s form began to rise and the team turned upward. On this day, Ali showed the same agility as before by starting almost six months after the Everton game in the first round of this season. If Bale and Ali play a role, the physical burdens of Kane and Son Heung-min, who were recently pointed out as one of the causes of the team’s sluggishness, will also be reduced.
On this day, the European football statistics media, Whoscore, gave Son Heung-min the same rating as Kane and Bale with 6.9 points. British Football London gave Kane the chance to score with a cross in the 17th minute, giving them the second highest seven in the team. Kane should have scored a goal.
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