"Son Heung-min Leads Tottenham to a 2-2 Draw Against Manchester United and Named Player of the Match - Latest Football News and Scores"

2023-04-28 15:51:24

[골닷컴] Correspondent Kang Dong-hoon = Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham Hotspur) was recognized for his performance while performing brilliantly, such as leading to a draw by scoring an equalizer like gold. He was selected as the ‘Player of the Match’ (POTM) by fans.

Son Heung-min started and scored an equalizer in the 2022-2023 season English Premier League (EPL) round 33 home game against Manchester United held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 28th (Korean time) and led Tottenham to a 2-2 draw.

On this day, Son Heung-min shone the most along with Harry Kane (29) in the attacking line. Although Tottenham conceded the first goal in the 7th minute of the kick-off and gave the flow from the beginning, it struggled, but as time went on, it broke the stuffy atmosphere and played an active role.

Son Heung-min eventually came out as a solver. He continued the momentum brought after Pedro Poro (23)’s comeback goal and equalized around the 34th minute of the second half. When Kane put up a low and quick early cross in front of the door, he rushed in in an instant, and the right-footed inside shot swayed the net. Along with this, he reported his 9th goal in the EPL this season and his 13th goal in the season.

Not only that, but with this score, Son Heung-min scored 144 goals in all competitions after joining in 2015, surpassing Jermaine Defoe (40, retired) and rising to 6th place with the highest score ever for Tottenham. In addition, he continued his record by jointly scoring the 46th goal in EPL career with Kane.

According to Whoscored.com, a soccer statistics media outlet, Son Heung-min scored 7.89 points by recording 3 shots, 4 dribble breakthroughs, 1 opportunity creation and 7 ball competition victories. This was the ‘highest score’ after Kane, who received 8.12 points.

However, Son Heung-min was selected by only 1% of Kane in ‘POTM’, which is selected by fans through voting. Tottenham left a comment on the official social network service (SNS) on the 29th, “Nice one, Sonny!” This is the second award this month alone, following the previous one on the 9th.

On the other hand, Tottenham fell into a swamp without a win (1 draw, 2 losses) in 3 games with a draw that day. While remaining in 5th place on the leaderboard (16 wins, 6 draws, 11 losses, 54 points), the gap with Manchester United (18 wins, 6 draws, 7 losses, 60 points), which took 4th place, remained at 6 points even after playing two more matches. Rather, following the tie with Aston Villa (54 points) in 6th place, Liverpool (53 points) in 7th place was in danger as they pursued to the bottom of the chin even though they played one less game.