First goal in 18th shoot of the season… 4 goals left over 100 goals in the Premier League
Heung-min Son (30, Tottenham Hotspur), who broke the goal silence that had been frustrating since the start of the 2022-2023 season with a hat-trick, also left his name as the protagonist of the record.
Heung-Min Son scored points in the 28th, 39th, and 41st minutes in the second half of the 2022-2023 English Premier League (EPL) 8th round home match once morest Leicester City held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 18th (Korean time). -2 led to a great victory.
Heung-Min Son, who scored 23 goals in the EPL last season and became the joint top scorer with Mohammed Salah (Liverpool), is the first to third goal this season.
Heung-min Son, who might not score in eight official matches, including the league and the UEFA Champions League this season, was not satisfied with the first goal in regarding four months following the final match of the 2021-2022 season once morest Norwich City in May. He scored three goals to dispel fears of a slump.
Heung-Min Son started the match once morest Leicester City on the bench on that day and scored three goals in the 14th minute of the second half instead of Hisharlison.
According to the Tottenham club, it took 13 minutes and 21 seconds from the first goal to the third goal.
He made a hat-trick in the first game he played as a substitute this season and enjoyed the double slope of becoming the main character of the record.
According to Opta, which specializes in soccer statistics, Son Heung-min became the first player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League following playing as a substitute for Tottenham.
It is a record that has only appeared seven times in the Premier League, and the case just before Heung-Min Son was when Steven Naismith of Everton scored three goals once morest Chelsea in September 2015.
Opta also reported that Heung-Min Son scored his first goal in his 18th shot in the league this season.
The 19th shot also led to a goal, and the 21st shot completed a hat-trick.
As a result, Heung-Min Son scored his third hat-trick in the Premier League following four goals once morest Southampton in September 2020 and three goals once morest Aston Villa in April of this year.
In the EPL, Sergio Aguero is the all-time lead with a total of 12 hat-tricks, followed by Alan Shearer (11) and Robbie Fowler (9).
Son Heung-min’s 3rd episode is the same as Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, and Jamie Vardy.
Heung-Min Son’s total goalscoring in the Premier League, including three goals scored on that day, increased to 96, leaving four goals to break through 100 goals.
According to the EPL website, Son Heung-min’s 96 goals rank 35th in all-time scoring.
First place is Shearer, who scored 260 goals from 1992 to 2006.
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