Son Heung-min (31, Tottenham), the “ace” of Korean soccer, finally took off his mask, but could not prevent the team from losing.
In the 18th round of the English Premier League (EPL) against Aston Villa held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England at 11:00 pm (Korean time) on the 1st, Tottenham allowed Buendia and Douglas Lewis consecutive goals and lost 0-2. With this, Tottenham remained in 5th place in the league.
Son Heung-min, who played as a starter that day, started the game wearing a face mask, but took off the mask as if angry when the ball went out of the field after being stolen by Tottenham in the 19th minute of the first half. The moment Son Heung-min took off his mask and threw it, the stadium was filled with cheers. Son Heung-min played the game without a mask until the end of the game, but could not record an attack point.
It seems that he has not fully recovered yet, but it is expected that Son Heung-min’s recovery is imminent given that he played without a mask for the first time since the orbital fracture injury. However, despite this injury struggle, Son Heung-min only had 2 shots and 1 shot on target, exposing his sluggish performance. He had no choice but to have a low rating of 4 to 6 points.
It’s not an easy situation due to injuries, but Tottenham currently have no choice but to lean on Son Heung-min. This is because, following Richarlison and Moura, Kulusevski was injured, and the attacking team except for Son Heung-min and Kane was wiped out. For Tottenham, Son Heung-min of last season, who won the EPL top scorer, is in desperate need, but Son Heung-min has been scoreless in the league since the match against Leicester City (hat trick) on September 18 last year and has not been able to improve his form.
Tottenham is playing an away game at Crystal Palace at 5 am on the 5th, and attention is focusing on whether Son Heung-min will be able to break the sluggish run and launch the first celebration of the new year.