Sheffield 1 help… Asian player EPL season’s most goals with three more goals
Tottenham’s Son Heung-min (left) is fighting the ball with Sheffield goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale in the English professional football Premier League (EPL) Tottenham Hotspur vs. Sheffield United game on the 18th at Sheffield’s Brammall Lane. yunhap news
With one help from Son Heung-min, he was the first Asian player to accumulate the 100th offensive point in the career of the English Premier League (EPL).
Son Heung-min started as a starter in the EPL round 19 away game against Sheffield United in the 2020-2021 season at Bramol Lane, England, on the 18th, and helped Sergio Orie with a corner kick in the 5th minute.
With his sixth help (12 goals) in the regular league, he recorded the 100th attacking point in the league after joining Tottenham in the 2015-2016 season. It is 65 goals and 35 assists in 178 games.
Including various cup competitions such as the European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League will be the ninth help (16 goals) this season.
Son Heung-min joined the 10 (goals)-10 (help) club in one season of EPL for the first time as an Asian player with 11 goals and 10 assistance in the 2019-2020 season.
In addition, this season, after joining Tottenham in the 17th round against Leeds United on the 2nd, he scored 100 goals in total, the 18th in the history of the Tottenham club founded in 1882, and at the same time, the first 100 goals club for a non-English Irish player. Subscribed to.
In addition, on the 6th, in the league cup semi-final against Brentford, he scored 150 goals in the European stage with the goals scored. This is also the most goal in the European stage in the history of Asian players.
This achievement at the EPL, which is classified as one of the top European leagues, is a’big record’ march that far surpasses Park Ji-sung (19 goals and 21 assists) who wrote the success story at Manchester United. In November 2019, Son Heung-min broke through the most goals (121 goals) in the Korean European stage official game of former coach Cha Bum-geun, a Korean football legend.
Son Heung-min’s next goal is to surpass his Asian player’s EPL season’s most goals (14 goals) in the regular league. With just three goals added, this record is also completed. Now, the season has turned around and another’history’ is still reserved.
The expected record is Asia’s first EPL scorer. The challenge is currently ongoing, and Son Heung-min is closely following Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (13 goals), the top scorer.