Former manager Tim Sherwood, who led Tottenham in the English Premier League (EPL), praised Son Heung-min for his recent performance.
Spurs Web, which deals with Tottenham news, highlighted former coach Sherwood’s remarks on the 27th (Korea time) during an appearance in the “EPL Productions.” The media introduced, “Former coach Sherwood has been praising Son Heung-min since the match against Everton.”
The match against Everton mentioned here was the second round of the 2024-25 EPL at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 24th. At the time, Tottenham reported its first victory of the season by defeating Everton 4-0.
Son Heung-min played a leading role in the victory. He played as a starting player along with Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson.
In the first round against Leicester City, Son was criticized for making 0 shots and making a mistake in touch. However, he shook off his slump after just one game. At the 25th minute of the first half when his team was leading 1-0, Son stole the ball from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, and lightly pushed the ball to score his first goal of the season. Tottenham gained momentum and scored two more goals in the second half to complete its landslide victory. Son scored a wedge goal and multiple goals in the 32nd minute of the second half.
“When we meet with Tottenham, we are under aggressive pressure from forward strikers, and no player is that aggressive,” Sherwood said of Son’s performance against Everton. “Look at his aggression. Pickford should know that he can’t afford to handle the ball like that.”
Spursweb also said, “Tottenham is performing better and faster when pressing Son Heung-min as he showed in the match against Everton,” adding, “As Sherwood pointed out, it was not good for Pickford, but Son Heung-min’s intelligent timing to pressure the goalkeeper led to such a mistake.” “The fact that Tottenham was also rewarded with high pressure could be the key to Tottenham’s success, as the coach has emphasized many times in the past.” 안전놀이터
Son Heung-min, who played an active role in the match against Everton, drew attention as he was named the best 11 in the second round of the EPL as well as the British media BBC.
Troy Deeney, a professional soccer player, revealed through the BBC the best 11 players in the second round of the 2024-25 EPL, placing Son as a left wing-forward based on a 3-2-3-2 format. “He is the best player on the ground. He started at the center and moved to the left, scoring two goals. He is always a threatening player. He seems to be enjoying the challenge of replacing Harry Kane’s (Bayern Munich) goal and becoming the hero.”
A day later, Allen Shearer revealed the best 11 players in the second round through the EPL secretariat. Shearer also included Son in the strikers along with Elling Holan (Manchester City) and João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion). “He replaced Dominique Solanke as the central striker. He pushed Everton roughly and scored twice,” Shearer praised.
“We were disappointed last week. We led the game like that, but we had a lot of bad decisions and passes in the final third (offensive area), and it was really tough,” Son said with a smile. “We played our part in the final third this week. I am satisfied that everyone calmly showed good judgment.”
