Heung-min Son (30, from Chuncheon) of the English Premier League (EPL) Tottenham Hotspur led his team to the 4th place with the league’s 14th goal and 6th assist.
Heung-Min Son recorded an assist in the 43rd minute of the 2021-2022 EPL Round 31 home match against Newcastle United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 4th (Korean time) and scored a goal in the 9th minute of the second half. Tottenham won 5-1 over Newcastle on that day, with five players, including Heung-Min Son and Davis, scoring goals. Tottenham Hotspur, who have won three consecutive victories, finally climbed to fourth place (54 points, goal difference +15), which is the marginal line for advancing to the Champions League next season.
Son Heung-min, who played full-time that day, succeeded in scoring in two matches in a row following the multi-goal match against West Ham United on the 21st of last month. In particular, after the EPL round 31 home game, he was recognized for his outstanding performance by being named in the ‘King of the Match’, which is selected by fan votes on the EPL official website. In a total of 17,493 votes, he received 65.1% of the vote, beating Matt Doherty (16.8%) and Dejan Kulusevsky (12.1%). This is the 10th time Son Heung-min has been selected for the ‘King of the Match’ this season. Heung-Min Son, who scored his 14th goal in the league, moved up to tied for second place in EPL scoring with Diogu Jota (Liverpool). In addition, with the help of League No. 6, he recorded 20 attack points this season, taking second place alone after Salah in this category. Heung-Min Son scored 84 goals in the Premier League with a goal against Newcastle, tied for 49th with Carlos Tevez in the all-time scoring list. Along with helping, he increased the number of matches that recorded both goals and assists after entering the EPL to 20 games.
Heung-Min Son received a decent evaluation from the local media after the game. WhoScore.com gave Son Heung-min an overall score of 8.5, the highest of both teams. It was followed by Kulusevsky with 7.9 points and Harry Kane with 7.8 points. British Football London gave Son Heung-min the highest 9 points along with Doherty, and evaluated that “Son Heung-min rode his own rhythm, and goals and assists are continuing.” UK Sky Sports gave Son Heung-min 8 points and the BBC gave 7.69 points. Heung-Min Son was recently called up to the Korean national football team and played games 9 and 10 of the Asian final qualifying rounds for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, and performed unwaveringly despite the forced march to return to his team after passing through Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Son Heung-min was criticized for sluggishness in his team in the middle of last month, but he scored a multi-goal in the match against West Ham United on the 21st of last month, ahead of the A-match break, and on that day, he succeeded in acquiring multi-attack points with a light movement and showed off his strength. Shim Ye-seop