Son Heung-min overcame the "worst captain" evaluation..."2 Help + MOM + Highest GPA." Great performance
Son Heung-min overcame the "worst captain" evaluation..."2 Help + MOM + Highest GPA." Great performance
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Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) led the team to victory. He showed perfect performance through two assists.
Tottenham won 3-1 at home in the fifth round of the English Premier League in the 2024-25 season against Brentford at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 21st (Korea time).
Tottenham, which has recently won two consecutive games, has accumulated seven points with two wins, one draw and two losses, raising its ranking to 10th place in the league.
Son started as a left-side striker and helped Brennan Johnson score a come-from-behind goal in the 28th minute of the first half when the score was 1-1. Son, who drove the ball forward to the center, poked the ball to Johnson on the right side. Johnson entered the penalty area and poked it into the corner of the opposite net with a right footed shot to record Son's assist. It was Son's first assist of the season and his first offensive point in four official matches.
Son Heung-min scored multiple goals, including his first goal of the season, against Everton in the second round, and then remained silent in three official matches, including two league games and one league cup.
In the 40th minute of the second half with a 2-1 lead, he also assisted James Maddison in scoring a wedge goal. Son Heung-min, who received Christian Romero's pass during counterattack, poked the ball to Madison between the legs of the opposing defender, and Madison finished with his left foot to seal the victory for Tottenham.
Tottenham got off to a shaky start on the day, just like recent games. They lost a point just 23 seconds into the match. Brentford's Keane Lewis Potter crossed from the left side, and Briain Mboumault poked a left-footed volley into the top corner of the net from the penalty area in front of the net.
Tottenham tied the score in the 8th minute of the first half by causing an opponent's mistake with strong forward pressure. Dejan Kulusevski's pressure gave an inaccurate pass, and immediately after Madison cut the ball off, Solanke finished lightly and balanced it when the goalkeeper's defense blocked him from aiming for the goal with his right foot.
Tottenham then finished the first half with a 2-1 lead as Son Heung-min and Johnson combined for a come-from-behind goal.
Tottenham led the game completely with strong forward pressure in the second half, but few additional goals were scored. They continued to create opportunities for corner kicks, but they did not lead to significant scoring opportunities, and Solanke's left-footed shot was blocked by the goalkeeper in the eighth minute of the second half.
Tottenham, which was exposing the decision-making problem in scoring chances, rather handed over the flow to Brentford. In the 13th minute of the second half, goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario seemed to have committed a foul by touching the ball with his hand outside the penalty line while trying to handle the ball, but the referee went over without any decision and overcame the crisis of losing the point.
In the 23rd minute of the second half, just before the opponent's decisive header crossed the goal line, Vicario, who reacted quickly, hit it with his fingertips to prevent the loss.
Tottenham, which sealed the match with a joint goal between Son Heung-min and Madison in the counterattack opportunity that came in the 40th minute after the crisis, finished the game without additional points.
Son was named the best player on the day. Son was chosen as the official MVP of the Premier League, which is selected through fan voting. Son continued to create chances to attack including two assists, seven key passes and two big chances, receiving overwhelming support with 52.9 percent out of a total of 16,617 votes.
Various statistical media acknowledged Son Heung-min's performance in leading Tottenham's successive losses and gave him the highest rating ever. "Sofa Score" gave Son and Madison an 8.7-point score, the highest rating in their team. "Foot Mob" gave a score of 9.0, the highest in their team. It was higher than Madison (8.7), Dominic Solanke (8.0), and Johnson (7.8). "HuscoredCOM" gave Madison the highest score of 8.88 points, and Son the second highest score of 8.33 points. 메이저놀이터
In the local media 'Football London', Madison was the highest with 10 points, and Son Heung-min received 8 points, the third highest after Rodrigo Bentancourt (9 points).
"Football London has always been a threat. He connected perfect passes to Johnson and Madison to help them score," said Son, while another London-based magazine Evening Standard reported that Son used other players who were aggressive to score two assists.
Recently, Son received poor reviews in the U.S. Some fans doubted his leadership, especially after the match against Arsenal. "Tottenham does not look like a better team than Arsenal," one fan said in a direct shot. Another fan claimed, "Tottenham is deluded in the face of defeat." It is pointed out that it is necessary to speak strongly rather than always saying good things. The order is for Son to take the lead and vent his anger. Some called Son the "worst captain." Of course, they were just some captains.
Coach Enze Postecoglou also voiced his criticism of Son. "I think there are many positive aspects to Son. Tottenham strikers have not shown their full capacity yet. Solanke is a player capable of showing more. He has not played yet," he said. "I think Son has ups and downs. He has not shown consistency."
Son, however, has completely changed. Although Son failed to score a goal, he led his team to victory with multiple assistance. He broke off the chaotic atmosphere and laid the groundwork for his team to gain momentum again.