Tottenham loses Son Heung-min, win 2-0 over Aston Villa… EPL 6th place leap forward

Carlos Vinicius rejoices after scoring (center)
Carlos Vinicius rejoices after scoring (center)

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bo-in Jang = Tottenham Hotspur of England’s Professional Football Premier League (EPL), where Son Heung-min (29) missed due to a hamstring injury, beat Aston Villa and climbed to 6th place.

Tottenham won 2-0 with Carlos Vinicius and Harry Kane in a definite match between Aston Villa and 2020-2021 EPL round 18 held away at Villa Park in Birmingham, England on the 22nd (Korean time).

On the 19th, Tottenham lost a 0-3 shock to Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) in the second leg of the European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League Round of 16 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

With 3 points, Tottenham climbed to 6th place (48 points), narrowing the difference between 4th place Chelsea (51 points) and 3 points for the UEFA Champions League’s Maginot line.

On the other hand, Aston Villa, who only won four games in a row (2 draws, 2 losses) amid Jack Greeley’s injury gap, placed 10th (41 points).

Tottenham, who put Cain and Vinicius in the front lines without Son Heung-min, took the lead with the opening goal in the 29th minute of the first half.

The ball taken by the opposing goalkeeper headed to Lucas Mora, and after Mora exchanged a pass with Kane, Vinisius finished with a rush of the ball from the left flank to the center.

This is the EPL debut goal of Vinicius, who only tasted goals in the Europa League (6 goals) and the English Football Association (FA) Cup (3 goals) this season.

In the 42nd minute of the first half of the first half, Kane’s headed shot following Mora’s corner kick did not go to the goal, and immediately after another corner kick, Tangwi Ndombele shot the ball with a right foot, but could not score an additional goal.

Harry Kane breaks through (left)
Harry Kane breaks through (left)

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Aston Villa steadily aimed for a chance, but with an unfortunate finish, the first half shot was only 0.

According to statistics website Opta, it is the first time that Aston Villa has failed to record a first half shot in a regular league game played at home since the match against Southampton in April 2014.

In the second half, the efforts of Tottenham and Aston Villa to chase after them continued.

Tottenham had a right-footed shot from Kane’s front of the penalty arc in the third minute of the second half, and Aston Villa had a strong shot from outside the left penalty box by Anwar El Gazi in the sixteenth minute of the second half hitting the net next to the goal.

Tottenham laughed at the end of the workshop.

In the 23rd minute of the second half, Kane, who was penalized for a foul by Matthew Kathy, took a direct kicker and widened the gap to 2-0.

Kane, who scored his 17th EPL goal this season, was co-leader of the league scoring with Muhammad Salach (Liverpool).

In addition, he surpassed 30 attack points by adding 13 regular league aids.

In addition to recording the most attack points in the EPL, it is the second most attacking point after Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, 41) in all five European leagues this season.

Tottenham’s time to spare, defeated Aston Villa’s last-minute offensive, and secured a win by two goals.

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