Grand Premier League (EPL) Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min made another history for the team. At the same time, the team achieved a great victory.
On the morning of the 16th (Korean time), Tottenham recorded a complete victory of 5-0 over Southampton in the 16th round of the 24-25 season EPL held at St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, England.
With this win, Tottenham escaped a 5-game winless streak and regained 10th place with 23 points. Southampton still has not escaped the bottom with 5 points.
Son Heung-min started on the left wing that day and played an active role for 45 minutes in the first half, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists. In particular, he recorded 68 assists in total in the EPL, the most assists in the history of Tottenham. Here, he scored in two consecutive games following his goal in the 15th round match against Chelsea, and brought home his 6th goal of the season (5 regular season goals + 1 Europa League goal).
Son Heung-min’s 68 assists surpassed Darren Anderton’s (1992-2004) 67 assists.
Tottenham took off in the first half. James Maddison, who received a pass from Jed Spence just 38 seconds into the match, shook the opposing goal net. Son Heung-min added another goal 11 minutes later. Son Heung-min, who heated up with a right-footed shot in the box, scored with a direct left-footed shot in the 12th minute of the first half.
Tottenham, who scored two goals in just 10 minutes after the start of the match, then scored again with a linked shot from Dejan Klusevski. In the 14th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min rushed in and his pass from the left flank deflected off Dominic Solanque’s body. Kulusevski scored, putting Tottenham ahead by three goals.
Ten minutes later, Pape Sarr scored again with his left foot after Son Heung-min’s left-side assist.
The winning goal came in the first half’s extra time when Maddison received a pass from Son Heung-min and made a save. Here, veteran Fraser Forster filled in Guglielmo Vicario’s gap and made a good save.
After the first half, Son Heung-min was replaced by Brennan Johnson and returned to the bench to rest. No additional goals were scored in the second half, but he finished the game without conceding a goal by blocking Southampton’s attacks.
Son Heung-min posted on his SNS after the game, “It was a proper team performance and result,” and “I’m proud of my teammates. Time to stay focused and push forward, this is the level we expected.”
According to the soccer statistics media outlet ‘Footmob,’ Son Heung-min recorded 1 goal, 2 assists, 7 shots, 3 chances created, 94% pass success rate, 25% cross accuracy, etc. on this day, and his rating was 9.1, the second highest on the team. Another statistics media outlet ‘Sofascore’ gave Son Heung-min the highest rating of 9.3 among both teams. 링크모음