▶ Son Heung-min, scoring no score for a month and exploding additional goals
▶ Kane who scored the first goal and tied for second in the scoring ranking
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Son Heung-min (20) blasted his 13th goal in the regular league, helping Tottenham escape his third straight victory.
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 and scored an additional goal in the second half of the 13th minute. Put it in to complete Tottenham’s 2-0 victory.
With this, Son Heung-min increased his regular league attack points to 13 goals and 6 assists.
In all competitions this season, he is scoring 17 goals and 10 assists.
On the 6th of last month, Son Heung-min, who was unable to score a goal in the League Cup semi-final against Brentford in 6 official matches and 5 league matches, restarted the scoring cannon after a month.
Harry Kane, who returned early from the injury, was responsible for the opening goal in the 9th minute of the previous half.
Kane and Son Heung-min, who scored the 13th goal in the league side by side, went up from a tie for fourth in the scoring rankings to a tie for second with Bruno Fernandez (Manchester United) and Dominic Calbertruin (Everton).
Thanks to these duos, Tottenham escaped from three consecutive losses in the regular league and climbed to 7th place (36/10 points, 6 draws, 6 losses).
Kane, who injured an ankle against Liverpool on the 29th of last month, returned in about a week and started with Son Heung-min.
Tottenham stormed the West Brom camp with Son Heung-min and Kane. It was overwhelmed by 9-1 in the first half shot and 70-30 in possession.
However, the goal seldom came out.
Following Kane’s pass in the 10th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min’s right-footed hoist shot from the left of the penalty was blocked by the goalkeeper, and in the 18th minute, Kane’s right-footed shot from the left side of the goal area with a pass from Tangwi Ndombele went slightly to the right of the goal.
Rather, Tottenham almost scored a header goal for West Brom striker Mbaye Diagne in the 45th minute. Diagne’s shot was blocked by goalkeeper Hugo Joris just before crossing the goal line.
However, Tottenham opened the West Brom goal in the early half of the second half. Kane took the vanguard.
In the 9th minute of the second half, Kane broke the defensive line with an exquisite movement, receiving an infiltrating pass from Pierre-Emil Hoivier and shooting a right-footed shot from the left of the goal area into the opposite goal.
Only 4 minutes later, Son Heung-min was responsible for the extra goal.
In a counterattack situation, Lucas Mora broke through to the left and handed a pass to Son Heung-min, who was following from the other side.
Son Heung-min shook the net by finishing this with a right foot non-stop shooting.
Relegation’s West Brom, on the brink of defeat, shifted the weight from defense to offense, but could not score a redemption goal.
In the 36th minute of the second half, Matheus Pereira’s cross from the right was trapped by the chest at the door of Diane and finished with a right-footed shot, breaking the goal, but due to a slight difference, he was judged offside and hit the ground.