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Son Heung-min, ‘Fantastic Medium Street Gun’
Double digit score for 5 consecutive seasons … Tottenham also beat Arsenal 2-0
By Newsis, Reporter Lee Yong-hwan [email protected]
Published 2020-12-07 10:10:20
Son Heung-min started the match against Arsenal in the eleventh round of the 2020-21 English Premier League (EPL) held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 6th (local time) and is delighted with the opening goal in the 13th minute. Son Heung-min helped Tottenham to a 2-0 win by scoring their 10th league goal in the first half, as well as Harry Kane’s goal in extra time. AP / Newsis
“The miracle of the ‘national’ continues”.
English Premier League (EPL) Son Heung-min (28, Tottenham) scored double digits in the league for five consecutive seasons, leading Tottenham’s victory 2-0.
Son Heung-min started the 2020-2021 EPL round 11 home game against Arsenal held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the seventh (Korean time), leading Tottenham to victory 2-0 with a goal and a help.
In the 13th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min received a pass from Harry Kane and scored the opening goal with a fantastic lift with the right.
In first-half overtime, he even helped Kane’s extra goal with a sensational pass.
Son Heung-min, who had great success with a goal and an assist against Arsenal, was replaced by Lucas Moura in the 43rd minute.
By scoring that day, Son Heung-min also managed to score double digits in the league for 5 consecutive seasons.
Son Heung-min, who left Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga in 2015 and joined Tottenham, was slow with four regular league goals during his debut season.
However, Son Heung-min, who gained confidence in the trust of former coach Mauricio Pochettino, consolidated his position as the team’s main goalkeeper with 14 goals in the 2016-2017 season. This is the most goals of the EPL season for Son Heung-min.
Son Heung-min, who scored double-digit goals in the first league, scored double-digit goals for four consecutive seasons from the 2017-2018 season (12 goals), the 2018-2019 season (12 goals) and the 2019 season- 2020 (11 goals).
Notably, last season he scored 11 goals and 10 assists and joined EPL’s single season club ’10 -10 ‘for the first time as an Asian player.
At the North London Derby, he also set a record for scoring 10 goals over two consecutive seasons.
Son Heung-min scored a goal and an assist in a game against Arsenal last July, and has managed to score double digits in the league for four consecutive seasons. And this season, he also scored the 10th goal against Arsenal.
He is the third Tottenham player to score in double digits for five consecutive seasons after Robbie Keane and Kane since the launch of the EPL.
Son Heung-min also continued to set the competition. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton, 11 goals), the league’s leader in goal rankings with the 10th goal in the league, was chased by a goal.
Son Heung-min, who scored 1 goal and 1 assist against Arsenal, is scoring 13 goals and 6 assists in the official match (10 goals and 3 assists in the Europa League and 3 assists in the Europa League) including all competitions in this season.
