Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min led the team to escape a two-game losing streak with two assists. Son Heung-min played the full game in the 5th round home match against Brentford in the 2024-2025 English Premier League (EPL) held in London, England on the 22nd, recording his first and second assists of the season. Tottenham Hotspur escaped a two-game losing streak in the league with a 3-1 comeback victory.
Son Heung-min, who started as a left-wing attacker, laid the foundation for a comeback goal in the 28th minute of the first half when the score was tied at 1-1 by passing the ball to Brennan Johnson, who was penetrating from the right. In the 40th minute of the second half, he assisted the winning goal by passing the ball to James Maddison, who was running on the left side of the midfield. He passed the ball exquisitely between the legs of the opposing defender who was blocking his way.
Even in the last minutes of the game, when Tottenham’s offensive continued, Son Heung-min tried to utilize his fellow attackers who were in better positions rather than attempting to shoot directly. Maddison, the hero of the winning goal, said, “Son Heung-min is an unselfish player. I always thought he had a chance to pass, and I followed him calmly while being careful of offside.” Son Heung-min added an attack point in just three league games after scoring two goals in the second round match against Everton on the 25th of last month. Including the English Football League (EFL) Cup match, it is only four games.
Son Heung-min, who is in his 10th season in the EPL, recorded his 64th assist in the league with this match, jumping from joint second place for all-time assists as a Tottenham player to sole second place. He surpassed his former teammate Christian Eriksen (62 assists). He narrowed the gap with Darren Anderton (67 assists), who played for Tottenham from 1992 to 2004. In the EPL as a whole, Son Heung-min is tied for 18th. According to the European football statistics media outlet ‘Transfermarkt’, the second assist in the 40th minute of the second half was Son Heung-min’s 100th assist on the European stage. Son Heung-min, who started his professional career in the German Bundesliga Hamburg in 2010 and played for Leverkusen in the same league, recorded 10 assists in the German Bundesliga and 5 assists in the UEFA Champions League in addition to his 64 EPL assists.
Son Heung-min was selected as the ‘Man of the Match (MOTM)’ with 52.9% of the votes from fans after the match. In addition to 2 assists, Son Heung-min also recorded 1 effective shot and 7 key passes. Football statistics site ‘Footmob’ gave Son Heung-min a score of 9.0, the highest among both teams. SofaScore gave Son Heung-min and Maddison a score of 8.7, the highest.
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