Son Heung-min activated the offensive point after four official games with “multi help,” contributing to the victory of his team Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League.
Despite the first goal conceded 23 seconds after kickoff, Tottenham secured a valuable come-from-behind victory as Son Heung-min turned into a special helper.
Tottenham secured a 3-1 upset victory over Brentford in the fifth round of the 2024-2025 Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 22nd (Korea time).
Tottenham, which drew the opening match against Leicester City 1-1 with Tottenham, won a 4-0 victory at home against Everton, including Son Heung-min’s multi-goal. Since then, it has suffered consecutive losses in away matches against Newcastle United and home matches of the North London derby against Arsenal, pushing its ranking not far from the relegation zone.
The team had two wins and two losses before the match, and had a better performance than Tottenham. Tottenham built seven points with two wins, one draw and two losses to elevate its ranking to 10th in the league. Brentford fell to 12th.
The home team Tottenham faced off with a 4-3-3 formation on the day. Destiny Udogi, Mickey Panderpen, Christian Romero and Pedro Porro made up the back four, with Gugliemo Vicario guarding the goal. The midfield consisted of James Maddison, Yves Bissouma and Dejan Kulusevski. Son Heung-min, Dominique Solanke and Brennan Johnson were on the front-line three-top line.
The away team Brentford was a 4-4-2 model. Marc Plecan wore goalie gloves. Christopher Ayer, Ethan Pinnock, Nathan Collins, and Sef Van den Berg formed the back four. Mikel Damsgor, Vitaly Janelt, Yehor Yarmolyuk, and Keane Lewis Potter were deployed in the midfield. Fabio Carvalho and Brian Mbemo aimed for Tottenham’s goal at the front line. Korean defender Kim Ji-soo was on the bench on the day.
Tottenham lost a point at the start and caused home fans to tremble.
Brentford left wing-back Lewis-Potter crossed from the left side of the penalty area, and forward striker Brian Mboumault connected with a fantastic left-footed turning volley to swing the net. Tottenham goalkeeper Gugliemo Vicario lost a point. It happened just 23 seconds into the first half.
Fortunately, the team made it 1-0 even before the 10th minute of the first half. Offensive midfielder James Maddison stole the opponent’s ball through forward pressure and shot with his right foot in front of the goal. Goalkeeper Marc Flagan cleared it, but Dominique Solanke, who was rushing in, put it back in with his right foot.
Solanke, who moved from Bournemouth to Tottenham for 105 billion won this summer, scored a valuable new team debut goal.
Tottenham scored a come-from-behind goal in the 28th minute of the first half. After intercepting the opponent team’s pass miss, Son caught it through the connection. Son connected to Brennan Johnson, who penetrated the right side of the penalty area. After beating the opponent team’s center volleyball Max Kilman, Johnson succeeded by attempting a sharp right-footed diagonal shot at a time when there was no angle. It was the moment when Son made his first assist of the season.
Son Heung-min missed a decisive one-on-one chance three minutes before the first assist, but he achieved an offensive point after a long time by helping Johnson’s goal.
Son Heung-min scored multiple goals in the second round against Everton on the 24th of last month, including the season’s masu-lugging shot, and then remained silent in three official matches, including two league games and one league cup.
Tottenham was in a situation where Anji Postecoglou was on the verge of being replaced if they failed to win on the day. A hot attacking football was needed to appease the recent disappointment of home fans.
Tottenham, which was exposing its decision-making problem in scoring chances, gradually handed over the flow to Brentford, and in the 13th minute of the second half, goalkeeper Vicario seemed to have committed a foul by touching the ball with his hand outside the penalty line while trying to handle the ball, but the referee went over without any decision and overcame the crisis of the loss. In the 23rd minute of the second half, just before the opponent’s decisive header crossed the goal line, Vicario, who reacted quickly, hit it with his fingertips to prevent the loss.
Tottenham, which continued to push Brentford to avoid the crisis and secure victory, scored a decisive goal to wrap up the 3-1 victory in the 40th minute of the second half. Son Heung-min also helped Madison score a decisive goal to create multi-help.
Son Heung-min, who received Romero’s penetrating pass during the counterattack, carried the ball to Madison on the left between the opposing defender’s legs. Madison finished with his left foot and sealed the victory for Tottenham. 안전놀이터
Son Heung-min, who had one shot in each of the previous two games, announced that he was not rusty with active shots and sharp passes in addition to two assists. In the 7th minute of the first half, he received Solanke’s pass and put in a cutback pass, but Madison’s shot was blocked by the opponent’s hand-to-hand defense. In the 10th minute of the first half, he received a pass from U Do-ki and aimed for the goal with a right footed shot from the left side of the penalty arc, but was blocked by the goalkeeper.
In the second half, he tried to create a scoring chance through organic connection with Dejan Kulusevski, Johnson and Madison, and eventually succeeded in multi-help by helping Madison’s net shot in the 40th minute of the second half.
Son Heung-min recorded a total of 64 assists in the Premier League with two assists, ranking 18th in the Premier League with the most goals scored by the Premier League, along with Alan Shearer and Gareth Berry, one of England’s representative midfielders.
