From colleagues to enemies… Son Heung-min facing Eriksen, will the scoring store restart?
Enter 2022.04.22 (10:30)
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You meet your friend on a wooden bridge.
Son Heung-min (30)’s team, Tottenham Hotspur, will play an away match once morest Brentford in the English Premier League (EPL) Round 34 of 2021-2022 at 1:30 am (Korean time) on the 24th at the Brentford Community Stadium in England.
Brentford is a team played by Christian Eriksen, who had a meal with Son Heung-min at Tottenham in the past.
Eriksen played for Tottenham from 2013 to 2020. The ‘DESK’ line, which is named following him, Deli Ali, Son Heung-min and Harry Kane, once led Tottenham’s attack.
Eriksen, who later moved to Inter Milan (Italy), suffered a heart attack during the Euro 2020 match held last year and shocked the football world, but he got up and started playing for Brentford since last January.
He has one goal and two assists in the Premier League this season.
Tottenham players such as Son Heung-min and Kane were able to face their fallen ex-mates on the field in a healthy state.
However, the situation of the team is not relaxed enough to think regarding the past.
Tottenham Hotspur are close to fourth place in the UEFA Champions League next season, which is the marginal line for participation.
Tottenham Hotspur, who had been enjoying a fresh wind with four consecutive wins since mid-March, lost 0-1 to Brighton & Hove Albion on the 16th, stopping at 57 points (18 wins, 3 draws, 11 losses, goals gain +18).
On the other hand, Arsenal, which had been sluggish with three consecutive league losses, defeated Chelsea 4-2 on the 21st and tied with Tottenham with 57 points (18 wins, 3 draws, 11 losses, goal difference +10).
Tottenham Hotspur are in fourth place in goal difference and Arsenal are in fifth place.
To keep the standings, Tottenham need to sweep points from their remaining six games.
Although Brentford is 12th (with 39 points, 11 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses), he is an opponent that cannot be overlooked. They recently beat Chelsea and West Ham, winning three straight games and riding an upward trend.
At Tottenham, the attacking team, who was helpless with 0 shots on target in the match once morest Brighton, needs to be revived.
Son Heung-min also stopped scoring in silence once morest Brighton, but Tottenham manager Antonio Conte still believes in his ability to solve.
In the 14th round once morest Brentford in December of last year, Son Heung-min induced an own goal and then scored a key to lead Tottenham’s 2-0 victory.
Conte said of Son Heung-Min ahead of the 34th round with Brentford, “We know he is an important player. The time Son has spent at Tottenham from the beginning to the present was very good. I hope Son Heung-Min continues as he is now. “We need to develop further, we need to score more goals.”
Heung-Min Son, who scored 17 goals (6 assists) in the Premier League this season, is second in the league in scoring following Mohammed Salah (Liverpool, 22 goals).
The 17 goals set the record for most goals in a regular season in a season set by Son Heung-min last season.
If he adds one goal, Heung-Min Son sets a new record for the first time in a season.
In addition, he broke the record for the most goals scored by a Korean player in a European league in a single season, surpassing former national team manager Cha Beom-geun, who scored 17 goals for Leverkusen in Germany during the 1985-1986 season.
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