Son Heung-min, who led Leicester to a complete victory with two goals and one assist ‘one-man show’, rating ‘King’

Heung-Min Son selected as King of the Match

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong-seok Ahn = Son Heung-min (30), who won three matches over Tottenham Hotspur, an English professional soccer team with 2 goals and 1 assist, was selected as the ‘Best Player’ of the match.

The English Premier League (EPL) secretariat selected Son Heung-min, who led Tottenham to a 3-1 victory over Leicester City on the 1st, as the ‘King of the Match’.

The ‘King of the Match’, which refers to the player who performed the best of both teams in each match, is selected by online fan voting.

Heung-Min Son was chosen as the ‘King’ by a large gap over Dejan Klusevsky (12.2%), who gave 2 assists with 73.2% of the vote.

Son Heung-min greeting the crowd
Son Heung-min greeting the crowd

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Heung-Min Son also received the highest score of 9.8 between the two teams in the score of ‘WhoScore.com’, a soccer statistics site.

No player from either team scored more than 8 points. That is why Son Heung-min performed a unique performance that day.

Son Heung-min took a 1-0 lead on the day, and in the 15th minute of the second half, he trapped a pass from the right by Klusevsky once with his right foot and finished with a left-footed turning shot to score.

Then, in the 34th minute of the second half, he scored his 19th goal of the season by firing his proprietary left footed kick shot from the right side of the penalty tee.

Earlier, in the 22nd minute of the first half, he helped Harry Kane’s header opener with a corner kick.

Heung-Min Son’s first goal of the day also broke the record for most 17 goals in a European regular season set by a Korean soccer player last season and by former national football team coach Cha Beom-geun 36 years ago.

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