"Tottenham Hotspur's Victory Against Crystal Palace: Match Recap and Analysis"

2023-05-06 15:55:18

[골닷컴] Correspondent Kang Dong-hoon = Tottenham Hotspur managed to win against Crystal Palace with Harry Kane’s winning goal and sounded the victory in five matches. Son Heung-min, who started, remained silent as he could not save a one-on-one chance, and his consecutive goals in two games failed.

In the 2022-2023 season English Premier League (EPL) round 35 home game against Palace held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England at 11:00 pm (Korean time) on the 6th, Tottenham won 1-0 by defending Harry Kane’s preemptive goal to the end. did.

Tottenham, who won that day, broke the four-match winless chain and was ranked 6th on the leaderboard (16 wins, 6 draws, 12 losses, 54 points). The gap narrowed to 6 points while playing two more games than Manchester United (63 points) in 4th place, the last line of qualification for the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League (UCL).

Son Heung-min started and digested 89 minutes. He started as a left-sided midfielder, but was unrestricted in his movements and freely roamed the ground. He was silent as he missed a decisive one-on-one chance even though he showed overall good performance across both sides of the offense and defense, including being dedicated defensively.

Tottenham unexpectedly took a change in tactics. I came out in a 4-4-2 formation, not a back three. Kane and Richarlison went two-top. Led by Son Heung-min, Pierre-Emile Hoivier, Oliver Skip and Pedro Poro formed the midfield.

From left, Ben Davies, Clement Lenglet, Christian Romero and Emerson Royal form the defensive line. The goalkeeper’s gloves were worn by Fraser Foster. Davinson Sanchez, Dejan Kulusevski, Lucas Moura, Arnaut Danjuma, Eric Dyer and Ivan Perisic started off the bench.

Tottenham took the lead from the beginning and drove. In the 16th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min tried to break through after depressurizing with a turn, and stabbed a pass, and Davis attempted a cross but was blocked. In the ensuing corner kick chance, Romero connected Poro’s cross with a header, but it hit the top of the crossbar.

In the end, Tottenham, who had been driving, took the lead by scoring the opening goal. After Kane opened wide to the right side in the first half extra time, he immediately rushed to the front of the gate, received Poro’s cross, and split the net with a header shot. The first half ended with a scoreless lead.

Tottenham took it easy as they increased possession. However, he never got a chance to hit the shot as he struggled to advance into the penalty box. Fortunately, he tried to stabilize the defense and did not concede, maintaining the one-goal lead.

In the moment of a tense battle for supremacy, Tottenham missed a decisive opportunity to score an additional goal. In the 31st minute of the second half, Son Heung-min penetrated from behind and had a perfect one-on-one chance inside the penalty box, but was blocked by goalkeeper Sam Johnston’s save and swallowed regret.

Tottenham made a change in the attacking line by making a substitution. In the 34th minute of the second half, Richarlison was removed and Kulusevski was put in. In the 44th minute of the second half, Dyer came in instead of the injured Langle, and at the same time Son Heung-min came out and put in Danjuma. After that, they maintained their lead until the end of the remaining time and won 1-0.