Son Heung-min (30, from Chuncheon, Tottenham) scored his first multi-goal of the season and scored 200 goals in his adult career.
Heung-Min Son scored two goals in the 2021-2022 EPL Round 30 home match once morest West Ham United held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 21st (Korea time), leading Tottenham’s 3-1 victory. Son Heung-min, who had been silent for two consecutive games following scoring in the match once morest Everton on the 8th, resumed scoring following three games.
This is the first time Son Heung-min has scored more than two goals in one game this season. He scored his 12th and 13th goals in a row in the league, moving up to tied for second in the Premier League with Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
Son Heung-min has recorded 14 goals and 6 assists in official matches including the UEFA Europa Conference League (1 goal, 1 assist) this season.
In particular, Son Heung-min added two goals on the day and achieved 200 goals in his adult stage career (170 club goals, 30 goals for the A team). He made his European debut in Hamburg, Germany in 2010, scoring 20 goals in 78 appearances for Hamburg, and then scoring 29 goals in 87 appearances for Leverkusen. Since joining Tottenham in the 2015-2016 season, he has scored 121 goals in 316 matches. The Korean men’s soccer team scored 30 goals in 96 matches of A Match. This is the highest record among active players.
Heung-Min Son also broke the record for the most goals jointly with Harry Kane. Heung-min Son, who already has the record for the most goals jointly in the EPL career, scored multiple goals with the help of Kane that day, and the Kane duo increased the record for the most goals jointly to 39 goals.
Tottenham Hotspur, who won two league victories thanks to Son Heung-Min’s performance, secured 51 points (16 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses), leaping to fifth place in the league. In an interview following the match, Son Heung-min said, “We played the game well from the beginning. He said, “I did well in the first half,” he said.
Meanwhile, Son Heung-min was selected as the best player in the game, ‘King Of The Match’, determined by fan voting on the league’s official website. Heung-Min Son has been selected for the ‘King of the Match’ this season for the ninth time and second following Mohammed Salah (Liverpool, 12). Seunghwan Jeong