Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min scores a goal once morest powerful Liverpool. For the first time in a season, he reached the 20-goal mark in the league, trailing top scorer Salah by two goals.
This is Correspondent Ha Seong-ryong.
Heung-Min Son led the attack with a quick counterattack at Liverpool.
In the 9th minute of the second half, a shot that ran close to 60m from the defensive side was unfortunately blocked by the defense, but it broke the balance with the opening goal two minutes later.
After Kane’s pass was crossed by Sessegnon, he finished with his left foot in front of the goal.
It was a ‘work’ that completely broke Liverpool’s defense.
As soon as Kane caught the ball, Heung-Min Son infiltrated and lured two defenders to himself, and blew a shot in an empty space while the defense was once more driven by Sessegnon.
Son Heung-min, who scored the most goals in a season in the European big leagues by an Asian player, reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in the league, and followed Salah, who was silent in the match, by two goals.
Son Heung-min and Salah had three games left side by side.
Tottenham might not keep the lead created by Heung-Min Son, and in the 29th minute of the second half, Liverpool Diaz scored a goal to draw 1-1.
The gap with Arsenal was narrowed to one point without being able to reclaim the fourth place position, the marginal line for advancing to the Champions League.
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Son Heung-min was selected as the match MVP for the 13th time this season, and he and Salah tied for first place.
(Video editing: Nam Il)