Three goals in one match in 5 months since the match against Aston Villa in April, ‘a big explosion’
Three goals in 13 minutes… Tottenham’s first substitute hat-trick in the Premier League
Son Heung-min (30), who plays for Tottenham Hotspur, an English professional footballer, appeared as a substitute in the second half in a match against Leicester City and scored three goals and achieved a hat-trick.
Son Heung-min was replaced by Hisharlisson in the 14th minute of the 2022-2023 English professional football Premier League round 8 home match against Leicester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 18th (Korean time), scoring three goals and scoring the team’s 6th -2 led to a great victory.
Son Heung-min, who had not scored a goal in eight official matches until this season’s league match and the UEFA Champions League match, scored three goals alone with the team leading 3-2.
Son Heung-min scored in Tottenham’s uniform for the first time in about two months after a friendly match against Team K League in Seoul in July.
In the league game, it is the first time in about four months since the match against Norwich City in May, which was the final match of the 2021-2022 season, the scoring operation will start.
It is also the third time Son Heung-min scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, scoring three goals in one game, following four goals against Southampton in September 2020 and three goals against Aston Villa in April this year.
Prior to that, he scored three goals in a match against Hamburg in 2013 and Wolfsburg in 2015 in the German Bundesliga, and also scored a hat-trick in the FA Cup against Millwall in March 2017 for Tottenham. .
Heung-Min Son, who appeared as a starter in all matches played earlier this season, started the game on the bench.
It was the first time in a year and five months that Son Heung-min appeared as a substitute in a league game since the match against Newcastle in April 2021.
The two teams battled 2-2 through the first half.
Leicester City took the lead 1-0 from a penalty kick in the 6th minute, but Tottenham turned 2-1 with a header from Harry Kane in the 8th minute and Eric Dier in the 21st minute.
In the 41st minute of the first half, James Madison’s right footed shot from Leicester City ended the first half as a 2-2 tie, and Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancourt intercepted the opposing defense’s ball from behind in the 2nd minute of the second half and shot a right-footed middle-range gun from the front of the penalty area. scored the final goal of
After that, it was Son Heung-min’s ‘goal feast’.
Son Heung-min, who came as a substitute in the 14th minute of the second half, made the first goal of the season with a right footed mid-range shot in front of the penalty area in front of two defenders in the 28th minute of the second half.
Heung-Min Son shook the net and took a few steps slowly, then stopped on the ground, and his teammates, starting with Kane, approached him and hugged him.
In an interview after the match, Son Heung-min said, “To be honest, I couldn’t believe the goal.
All kinds of negative emotions such as embarrassment and disappointment disappeared and I couldn’t move.
Son Heung-min received a pass from Kane in the 39th minute of the second half and scored the second goal with a left footed kick from the right side of the penalty tee.
Heung-Min Son held his finger to his mouth as if conscious of the negative gaze towards him and held a ‘shh ceremony’.
Heung-Min Son and Kane increased the Premier League record for most joint goals to 42.
Son Heung-min rushed to the left in the 41st minute of the second half, took over a pass from Pierre-Emil Hoybjer, finished with a right-footed shot, and completed a hat-trick.
This time, he showed three fingers.
The line referee raised the offside flag, but the goal was recognized by VAR.
According to the Tottenham club, it took 13 minutes and 21 seconds from Son Heung-min’s first to third goal.
Son Heung-min was also named as a player who achieved a hat-trick after becoming the first substitute for Tottenham in the EPL.
This is a record that only happened seven times in the Premier League, and in September 2015, Steven Naismith of Everton scored three goals against Chelsea, just before Heung-Min Son.
Tottenham Hotspur, who won 6-2 thanks to Son Heung-min’s performance, recorded 5 wins and 2 draws, tied with Manchester City, but fell behind in goal difference and placed second in the league.
After this match, Son Heung-min goes home and prepares for a friendly match with Costa Rica to be held in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 23rd.
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