Son Heung-min and Kane break the most goals in EPL single season joint venture in 26 years
Collaboration with the 14th goal of this season in the Palace of Felis
1994~1995 Season Shearer-Serton Beyond
2 goals left over 36 goals in history
By Choi Dong-hwan reporter [email protected], Newsis
Published 2021-03-08 17:20:12
Son Heung-min (left) joined the Crystal Palace at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 8th (Korean time) after scoring a multi-goal for Harry Kane in the 31st minute of the second half of the 27th round of the 2020-21 English Premier League (EPL). I am delighted. Son Heung-min scored the 9th assist in the league and led the team’s 4-1 victory by collaborating with Kane on the’most goals in an EPL single season’. AP/Newsis
Tottenham’s Son Heung-min (29) and’best friend’ Harry Kane (28) set the record for the most joint goal in a single season in the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL) in 26 years.
Son Heung-min helped Kane’s heading goal with a sharp cross in the 31st minute of the second half ahead of 3-1 in the 2020-2021 EPL round 27 home game against Crystal Palace held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 8th (Korean time).
With this goal, Son Heung-min and Kane jointly scored 14 EPL goals this season, breaking the record of Alan Shearer-Chris Sutton’s EPL single season’s most joint goal in 26 years, with 13 goals for Blackburn Rovers during the 1994-1995 season.
Kane helped 9 out of Son Heung-min’s 13 goals, and Son Heung-min assisted Kane’s 5 goals.
Son Heung-min and Kane, who boast the strongest duo of all time, are now challenged to record the most scoring joint record ever. Since the 2015-2016 season, the two together have jointly scored 34 goals in the league until this day. The gap with Didier Drogba-Frank Lampard Combi (36 goals), who holds the record of’EPL’s most goalscoring collaboration’, is two goals.
With 11 games left in the regular league, there is a high possibility that the team will be able to achieve the most goals in history this season.
Son Heung-min started as a left-handed striker on this day and couldn’t score by running full-time, but with the help of League 9, he increased his attack points to 22 (13 goals and 9 assists) this season. In all competitions, there were 34 (18 goals and 16 assists).
Tottenham went up to 6th place by defeating Crystal Palace 4-1 by 4-1 and streaking for 3 consecutive wins in the league with Kane who scored 2 goals and 2 assists and Gareth Bale scored 2 goals on the same day.
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, who produced four attack points by himself with two goals and two assists, received a 10 out of 10 ratings. Gareth Bale, who also scored two goals, scored nine points.
Football statistics website Whoscore.com gave Son Heung-min a rating of 7.5 points. It is the fourth in the team.
As expected, Kane scored out of 10 and Bale scored 9.8.