Son Heung-min, who returned from injury in the 8th round home game of this season in the Premier League against West Ham United on the 19th, performed his best, scoring a goal and inducing an own goal on the comeback stage. Yonhap News
(Xports News Reporter Kim Hyun-ki) Son Heung-min, who showed off the aspects of the English Premier League Living Legend in his return game, re-proved his value through the highest rating.
Although he was embroiled in quite a bit of controversy during his injury rehabilitation period, including rumors of release and transfer, he made it known through his ‘one-man show’ that he was a star player who should remain at Tottenham for the rest of his life.
Son Heung-min, who returned from injury, led the team to victory by scoring his third goal of the season in his return match.
Son Heung-min started on the left wing in the home game against West Ham United in the 8th round of the 2024-2025 English Premier League held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 19th, and was substituted for Timo Werner in the 25th minute of the second half when Tottenham was ahead 4-1. I played for 70 minutes until it was done. After injuring the muscle behind his thigh (hamstring) in a home game against Karabakh (Azerbaijan) in the UEFA Europa League at the end of last month, he returned to the field after three weeks of sufficient rest.
A well-rested Son Heung-min was a player that opposing defenders could not stop.
In the 15th minute of the first half of the day, Son Heung-min tried a right-foot curling kick in the ‘Son Heung-min zone’ and missed the right goal post, warming up his senses and making a big splash in the second half.
Son Heung-min, who returned from injury in the 8th round home game of this season in the Premier League against West Ham United on the 19th, performed his best, scoring a goal and inducing an own goal on the comeback stage. Yonhap News
Son Heung-min, who returned from injury in the 8th round home game of this season in the Premier League against West Ham United on the 19th, performed his best, scoring a goal and inducing an own goal on the comeback stage. Yonhap News
Son Heung-min attempted a diagonal forward pass to Destiny Udogi from the left side in the 8th minute of the second half when Tottenham was tied 1-1. When Udogi gave up a cutback pass, Yves Bissouma kicked it in with his right foot to make it 2-1. Son Heung-min served as the starting point for the overturning goal.
Then, in the 10th minute of the second half, opposing French defender Jean-Clair Todibo scored an own goal. Son Heung-min’s shot was missed by opposing goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, but it happened to hit Todibo’s foot in front of him and hit the net. Son Heung-min’s shot became the goal after ‘2 cushions’. It was recorded as Areola’s own goal, but Son Heung-min’s shot was decisive.
Son Heung-min even scored a goal after throwing the ball away. In the 15th minute of the second half, Pape Matar Sar, who blocked West Ham’s attack, gave up a forward pass, which Son Heung-min struck from the halfway line and created a one-on-one chance with Todibo. Son Heung-min, who beat him, fired a left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area, and the ball hit the goal.
With today’s goal, Son Heung-min tasted a goal for his team 57 days after the Premier League second round home game against Everton on August 24. In addition, he recorded a total of 123 Premier League goals, tying for 19th place on the Premier League’s career scoring list with former England national team winger Raheem Sterling, who is currently playing for Arsenal, and Trinidad and Dobago football hero Dwight Yorke, who played a key role in Manchester United’s 1999 treble. .
Son Heung-min entered the top 20 highest scorers in the world’s best soccer league with a 32-year history.
If Son Heung-min scores two more goals, French legendary striker Nicolas Anelka will have 125 goals. If he scores three more goals, he will surpass the career goalscoring record of Robbie Keane, who is revered as one of the best strikers in Tottenham history along with Harry Kane.
Son Heung-min, who returned from injury in the 8th round home game of this season in the Premier League against West Ham United on the 19th, performed his best, scoring a goal and inducing an own goal on the comeback stage. Yonhap News
Son Heung-min tried to score multiple goals, but his shot hit the goal post and hit the ground.
On the 7th, Tottenham, who led 2-0 away at Brighton without Son Heung-min but gave up 3 goals and suffered a shocking comeback defeat, achieved a 4-1 comeback victory today with Son Heung-min’s stable leading.
Various soccer statistics media selected Son Heung-min as the best player in the match against West Ham.
According to ‘Foot Mob’, Son Heung-min threw 31 passes on this day and hit 26, boasting a high success rate of 84%. Son Heung-min shot four times on this day, and the total expected score (xG) for each shot was 0.28. However, Son Heung-min completed it with one goal. Son Heung-min, who has been receiving rave reviews since last season, has once again proven his goal-scoring ability.
Son Heung-min earned 8.5 points in FootMob, tying for first place in game rating along with Swedish striker Dejan Kulusevski, who scored the tying goal that day.
Son Heung-min, who returned from injury in the 8th round home game of this season in the Premier League against West Ham United on the 19th, performed his best, scoring a goal and inducing an own goal on the comeback stage. Yonhap News
In Sofa Score, another statistical media, Son Heung-min scored 8.0 points, recording the highest rating among players on both teams. It was higher than the 7.7 points recorded by Kulusevski and Destiny Udogi. WhoScored.com also gave Son Heung-min 8.3 points, giving him the highest score among both teams.
Even in qualitative evaluation, Son Heung-min was by far the best. ‘Football London’, which specializes in London-based clubs, gave Son Heung-min 9 points. It received a generous score of more than 8 points in the quantitative evaluation.
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Reporter Kim Hyun-ki spitfire@xportsnews.com
2024-10-19 16:23:00