Tottenham won an important victory over Manchester City in the match that brought them together in the 26th round of the English Premier League.
The victory is the fifth for the London team against Pep Guardiola’s battalion in the last six years and every time there is a common factor from South Korea called Son Heung-min who puts his mark on that victory.
Son most of the time scores and makes, and if he doesn’t score, he makes, and if he doesn’t make, he scores, especially against Manchester City.
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Repetitive script and déjà vu
Every time Manchester City face Tottenham, Son succeeds in scoring or assisting, so what is the secret behind this?
To begin with, to understand Son’s role on the field, we have to closely follow what Harry Kane, the other side of him, is doing at Tottenham.
Kane is one of the players who created the most goals for Son, whether directly through a pass or through a ball or indirectly with a move that pulls the defense away from the penalty area.
On the other hand, we find Son more dangerous every time Harry Kane is on the field, whether at the level of industry or scoring.
And vice versa, when the greater supervision is over Sun, we find Harry Kane presents amazing levels because observing the duo to the same degree is almost impossible for any defense, especially if he is defending while he is several meters behind him and the goal.
The way Harry Kane grabbed everyone’s attention, and Son’s speed in moving behind the lines of defense and exploiting counter-attacks were the two weapons that Antonio Conte resorted to in the face of Guardiola, before him Nuno Santo and before them Mauricio Pochettino.
The role of Kane that Manchester City needed
Last summer, Tottenham were insisting not to neglect Harry Kane, yes because he is a great scorer, and because he is the owner of the Golden Boot for the English Premier League.
But the biggest reason is that the one who wants to include him is a direct competitor called Manchester City, and he insists on getting his services.
Tottenham disabled Manchester City by asking for a large financial value. Despite that, Pep Guardiola’s battalion was insistent on including the player, so what is the secret of that insistence?
Harry Kane’s movements on the field have amazingly contributed to building play during today’s match, which is what Pep Guardiola needed this season in the absence of the striker who plays these roles!
A new nightmare named Diane Koloshevsky
Despite the explosion that Harry Kane and Son Heung-min caused on the field, the role of Dejan Koloshevsky should not be forgotten.
The newcomer to Tottenham quickly blended in with the team and presented his credentials, completing the Son and Kane triangle of terror to Pep Guardiola.
What is striking about Koloshevsky is his age, and his ability to do more with a little more experience and acumen in the future, whether he stays at Tottenham or back at Juventus.
bottom line
Manchester City may have faced this scenario several times before, but each time it returns to the same mistakes in the face of a duo who knows very well how to play against them.
Harry Kane and Son know how to eat Pep Guardiola’s shoulder and his battalion, and perhaps Pep was looking to get rid of the nightmare of confronting Kane by including him in his ranks before he was looking for a striker to help him sweep Europe.
But in the end, Guardiola failed to break that double, and Tottenham won again with the feet of the golden duo, who hit Guardiola for the fifth time in six years with the same scenario.