Son Heung-min explodes for three goals in first top-flight start of season
Football Transfer Tavern “10 out of 10 performance”
BBC “Show me the right answer to fill the Kane void”
106 career goals, surpassing Ronaldo and Drogba
Artistic Chip Shot Breaks Down Goalkeeper, Defender Tottenham’s Son Heung-min (right) breaks down the opposing goalkeeper (center) and defender with a right-footed chip shot in the 16th minute of the English Premier League (EPL) 섯다 match against Burnley on Feb. 2. The shot was Son Heung-min’s first goal of the season. He also found the back of the net in the 18th and 21st minutes of the second half to complete his hat-trick and lead his team to a 5-2 victory.
Son Heung-min (Tottenham) scored his first goal of the season in a hat trick to keep his team on a winning streak.
Son started Tottenham’s 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) season opener against Burnley on Sunday and scored three goals in a 5-2 victory. Son rattled the net with a right-footed shot in the 16th minute to break a 1-1 tie. It was his first goal of the season after four league games. 온라인섯다 He added a second goal in the 18th minute to make it 4-1, again with his right foot, and three minutes later in the 21st minute, he completed his hat trick with a left-footed finish. Son was named Man of the Match, the equivalent of Most Valuable Player (MVP). British publication Football London gave Son a perfect 10 rating.
This is the fourth time in his career that Son has scored a hat trick in the EPL, and the first time in a year since September 18 against Leicester City. After the game against Burnley, Son wrote on social media, “I’m going into the A-match break in a good mood.” The EPL has a 15-day A-match break. During this time, the Korean national soccer team will play two consecutive A matches in England against Wales (Aug. 8) and Saudi Arabia (Aug. 13). Last year, Son scored a hat trick against Leicester City, his first goal of the season in seven games, in the last game before the A-match break.
His three additional goals gave him 106 in the EPL, moving him up to 30th on the all-time list. He surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo (103) and Didier Drogba (104), two of his idols.
It was Son’s first start as a frontline striker since the start of the season. After starting the previous three games on the left flank, he took over when top striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dropped to the bench. Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou used Son as his top option in the first three games, and it paid off. “He can play in the center or on the flanks,” says Postecoglou. 카지노사이트랭크 He can play in any position,” said Postecoglou, who praised Son’s performance up top. “His performance was one of the reasons why Tottenham didn’t sign a new striker after Harry Kane’s departure to the Bundesliga,” he added. “If Tottenham fans were wondering where the goals would come from after Kane’s departure, they now have an answer,” the BBC said. He came on for Son in the 27th minute of the second half against Burnley, ending a four-game goal drought.
After the match, Son said, “I’m the captain, but I have a lot of great players on the team. They help me a lot.” “My role is very easy. I try to be an example, I try to smile, and I try to be responsible on and off the field.” All five of Tottenham’s goals on the day were scored by the captains, with defender Christian Romero and midfielder James Maddison also getting on the scoresheet. Romero and Maddison are vice-captains who support “captain” Son Heung-min. After the opening draw, Tottenham have won three straight matches to improve to 10 points (3W, 1D).
Last season’s EPL top scorer, Elling Holland (Manchester City), also scored a hat trick against Fulham on the day, leading the Spurs to a 5-1 win. It was Holland’s sixth goal of the season. Brighton’s 19-year-old prodigy Evan Ferguson also scored a hat trick against Newcastle, 고스톱 leading his team to a 3-1 win. It was the first time in 28 years since September 1995 that three players scored hat tricks on the same day in the EPL.