Star News Reporter Lee Won-hee | 2023.02.27 00:37
England’s Tottenham beat Chelsea to secure fourth place.
Tottenham won 2-0 at home once morest Chelsea in the 25th round of the 2022-23 English Premier League (EPL) held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England at 10:30 pm (Korean time) on the 26th. With this, Tottenham finished 4th in the league with 14 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses (45 points).
On this day, Son Heung-min was excluded from the starting list for two consecutive games following the match once morest West Ham. He was included in the substitute list and first stepped on the ground in the 34th minute of the second half. He didn’t have much playing time, so his influence wasn’t great. He had no shots. However, he moved actively, winning once in an aerial contest.
Whoscored.com, a European soccer statistics site, gave Son Heung-min a rating of 6.30.
Instead, Tottenham teamed up with Harry Kane, Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski in a three-top team. Hisharli Song, who had not scored a single goal all season, was given a chance to start once once more, but this time also failed to score a goal on his debut. Ben Davies and Emerson Royal played the wingbacks on both sides, while Oliver Skipp and Pierre Hoivier were in charge of the midfield. The three-backs are Clement Lenglet, Eric Dyer and Christian Romero, and the goalkeeper is Fraser Foster.
Tottenham’s opening goal came in the first minute of the second half. Midfielder Skip was the main character. At the start of the second half, Tottenham launched a storm attack. Emerson’s shot was saved by Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabala, but Skip caught the second ball and fired a shot like a cannon ball. The ball hit the crossbar and shook the net.
In Tottenham, who continued the good atmosphere, Kane even scored a key goal. Son Heung-min was the starting point. In the 37th minute of the second half, in a corner kick situation, Son Heung-min raised a sharp cross. What Dyer had dropped with a header was lightly pushed back by Kane. In fact, it was the moment when victory or defeat was decided.
On this day, Tottenham’s fullback Emerson received the highest rating of 8.0. He recorded 2 dribbles, 3 aerial contests and 7 tackles. He performed flawlessly in karate. Skip and Kane, who scored the goal, both had 7.7 ratings.
Both teams engaged in a fierce battle of nerves, befitting a rival game. In the first half of extra time, Richarlison reacted excessively when he fell over Chelsea Zieh’s tackle. he bumped into Then players from both teams rushed in and created a tough atmosphere. When Emerson touched Dieh with his shoulder, Dieh also pushed Emerson’s face away.
Cards spilled out. Emerson and Chelsea striker Kai Havertz are cautioned. Ziech received a direct ejection. However, following the video review (VAR), Ziech’s red card was changed to a yellow card. However, the team lost, so I mightn’t laugh in the end.
Chelsea have been in a terrible slump this season. They are in 10th place in the league with 8 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses (31 points). Recently, they have been unable to get out of the deep pit, recording 1 win, 4 draws and 6 losses in 11 matches in all competitions.
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