Son Heung-min, 1 Goal and 2 Assists Against Aston Villa… Season Attack Points Exceeded 20
Tottenham defeats 4th place Villa 4-0… Chasing ‘2nd point’
Son Heung-min (Tottenham) made a great performance with 1 goal and 2 assists against Aston Villa, a team ranked 4th in the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL), and led the team to victory, surpassing 20 attack points for the season.
Son Heung-min scored an additional goal to make it 3-0 in extra time in the second half of the 2023-2024 EPL round 28 away game against Aston Villa held at Villa Park in Birmingham, England on the 10th.
In the game against Crystal Palace on the 3rd, Son Heung-min, who resumed scoring in the EPL after about two months, scored his 14th goal of the season, enjoying goals in two consecutive games. 파워볼
In addition, Son Heung-min assisted on the goal scored by Brennan Johnson in the 8th minute of the second half when the team was ahead 1-0, and also assisted on the team's 4th goal scored by Timo Werner in the 4th minute of added time in the second half, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists on this day alone.
Son Heung-min, who scored 14 goals and 8 assists in the league this season, has 22 attack points this season.
In the league scoring rankings, Son Heung-min is ranked tied for 4th place, 4 goals behind leader Erling Holland (Manchester City, 18 goals), and in assist rankings, he is tied for 6th place, two behind tied for 1st place.
In addition, Son Heung-min has exceeded 20 official attack points for eight consecutive seasons since the 2016-2017 season.
If limited to the EPL, more than 20 attack points were created in two years since the 2021-2022 season (23 goals, 9 assists).
Last season, he recorded 16 attack points with 10 goals and 6 assists in the league.
Tottenham, with Son Heung-min playing full-time, won 4-0 against Aston Villa, ranked 4th in the league, and achieved two consecutive wins.
Tottenham, who accumulated 53 points, narrowed the gap with 4th place Aston Villa (55 points) to 2 points, increasing the possibility of reclaiming 4th place, which is the Maginot line for advancing to the UEFA Champions League (UCL) next season.
Tottenham have played one less game than Aston Villa.
Tottenham, with Son Heung-min at the forefront and supported by Brennan Johnson, James Maddison, and Dejan Kulusevski, recorded only one shot and no effective shots despite having 70% possession in the first half.
About 3 minutes into the second half, defender Micky van der Pen was out due to injury and was suddenly replaced by Radu Drugusin, putting them in an even more difficult situation.
However, in the 5th minute of the second half, Madison opened fire and changed the atmosphere.
Pape Sar, who received Kulusevski's forward pass, crossed from the right side, and Maddison rushed in and pushed it in with his left foot, resulting in the first goal.
Then, three minutes later, in a counterattack that started when Kulusevski cut off the opponent's pass, Son Heung-min drove the ball from the center and pushed it to the left, and Johnson finished with his right foot.
In the 20th minute of the second half, Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn made a rough tackle on Tottenham's Destiny Udoggi and received a red card, completely shifting the tide in Tottenham's favor.
Aston Villa's offensive attack continued at the end, but Tottenham, who held off well, took the win as soon as extra time in the second half was entered with a goal by Son Heung-min, who hit Kulusevski's low cross from the right flank with his right foot.
About 4 minutes out of the 10 minutes of extra time had passed, Son Heung-min assisted Werner's goal with a calm cutback from the left side of the penalty area, completely breaking Aston Villa's will to chase.
