Son Heung-min played a decisive role in Tottenham’s 3-1 victory by helping Mickey Van der Pen score the winning goal in the 7th minute of the second half in the match against Nottingham Forest in the 32nd round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 8th (Korea time).
Son Heung-min, who played as a front-line striker, played full-time.
Son Heung-min has increased his cumulative attack points to 15 goals and 9 assists this season.
Son can achieve 10 goals-10 assists for the third time in his career with just one more assist in his remaining seven games. Son scored 11 goals and 10 assists in the 2019-2020 season, becoming the first Asian player to reach the 10-10 goal mark in the EPL.
In addition, Son Heung-min, who recorded 9 assists, is currently chasing the top 10 assists by one margin, and if he adds more than a few assists during the remaining seven games, he deserves to be the first Asian player to aim for the EPL Help King.
It is a difficult record even for top strikers to achieve double digits in both scoring and helping in a season.
In this season’s EPL, Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) scored 10 goals and 10 assists, the only one to break 10 goals and 10 assists so far.
In the history of the EPL, there are not many players like Son Heung-min who have scored 10 goals and 10 assists twice.
Only the best star players of the day, including Dennis Bergamp (1997-1998, 1998-1999), Thierry Henry (2002-2003, 2004-2005, Arsenal), and Chris Sutton (1993-1994 Norwich City, 1994-1995 Blackburn), have reached the same position as Son Heung-min.
Furthermore, Muhammad Salah (Liverpool) and Didier Drogba (Chelsea) have recorded 10 goals and 10 assists three times, Eric Cantona (Manchester United) and Frank Lampard (Chelsea) have recorded four times, and Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) has recorded five times.
If Son Heung-min gives one more assist, he will be on par with Drogba and Salah.
Son almost scored his 16th goal on the day, but had to face bad luck in the net. Brenen Johnson’s left footed shot near the penalty arc crossed the goalkeeper’s hand in the 40th minute and hit the right post.
However, Son Heung-min, who actively stirred the front, could be selected for the “Man of the Match” by fan vote.
Son Heung-min will challenge to achieve his third career goal of 10-10 assists in the 33rd round against Newcastle at 8:30 p.m. on the 13th.
BY: 토토사이트