Son Heung-min, Asian player’s first 100 EPL attack points

Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham) added help and raised his 100th attacking point in his career in the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL).

The scoring cannon did not burst as it was blocked by the goal post for two consecutive games.

Son Heung-min assisted Sergio Orie with a 5-minute corner kick in the away game against Sheffield United in the 2020-2021 EPL round 19 held at Brammall Lane in Sheffield, England on the 17th.

This season, Son Heung-min’s 18th (12 goals and 6 assists) in the league, and the 25th (16 goals and 9 assists) in the official match.

Son Heung-min regrets hitting the goal./Yonhap News/

Son Heung-min regrets hitting the goal./Yonhap News/

With this help, Son Heung-min, wearing a Tottenham uniform in 2015, entered the EPL, scored 65 goals and 35 assists in the regular league, filling 100 attack points in the league.

According to Opta, a website specializing in soccer statistics, the EPL 100 attack points are the first Asian players and the seventh for Tottenham.

With the opening goal set by Son Heung-min, Tottenham defeated Sheffield 3-1, continuing undefeated in 4 league games (2 wins, 2 draws) and climbed to 4th place (33 points).

Tottenham showed a tremendous sluggishness of 3 draws and 4 losses in the league away game against Sheffield, winning 3 valuable points after 8 games and 45 years after December 1975.

Son Heung-min was replaced by Carlos Vinicius after the team went into extra time in the second half with the team defending the lead by two goals.

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