1 goal and 2 assists in the first half alone! Shearer Pick Tottenham's best helper Son Heung-min selects the official best 11 in the 16th round of the EPL

Dec 18, 2024

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Son Heung-min (Tottenham), who became the best helper of Tottenham history, was selected as the best player in the 16th round of the English Premier League (EPL).

The EPL secretariat unveiled the best 11 of the 16th round selected by Alan Shearer on the 17th (Korea time). Son Heung-min was selected as the left flanker in the 3-4-3 formation. Shearer scored one goal and made two assists. He explained the reason for the selection, saying, 'That's only in the first half.

Tottenham scored five goals in the first half alone in the 16th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in 2024-2025 at St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, England, on the 16th. Tottenham, which has not won in five games, including the Europa League recently, changed its mood with a cool victory for the first time in a long time. Tottenham scored 23 points with the victory and jumped to 10th place in goal difference, beating Brentford.

On the other hand, Southampton fell into a slump of one draw and five losses in the last six games, including three consecutive losses. He remained at the bottom.

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Son Heung-min's one-man show shone. Son Heung-min scored one goal and two assists in the first 45 minutes of the first half, scoring as many as three offensive points. After preheating with a shot in the 10th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min scored with a sharp left-footed shot two minutes later. When the cross from the right fell forward after hitting the opponent's defender's head, he attempted a left-footed shot without delay. The shot to the near post shook the net as it was. Son Heung-min has been performing a roaring ceremony as if washing away his mental troubles. 6th goal of the league and 6th goal of the season.

Son recorded 25 minutes of help. A light pass led to help. Papesar scored with a shot following a bold breakthrough. With Tottenham's 67th career help, Tottenham tied legendary Darren Anderton with this help. Tottenham became the joint No. 1 assist in history.

Son Heung-min added one more assist in the extra time of the first half. Son Heung-min, who caught the ball on the left side, connected the ball to James Medicine with an exquisite right-footed out front pass. Medicine scored the goal, leading to a goal. Son Heung-min's sixth assist of the season. Son surpassed Anderton as the No. 1 assist in Tottenham's history. Tottenham also congratulated Son Heung-min, who became Tottenham's new king of help, through SNS. After the game, he gave a uniform with "68" on it as a gift.

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Anderton is a legendary side midfielder who played for Tottenham from 1992 to 2004. He also played for England. He used a lot of activity and elaborate crosses as his main weapon.

Son Heung-min jumped to 17th place alone in EPL history. Above Son Heung-min are Andy Cole (73), Ashley Young, Thierry Henry (74), Teddy Sheringham and Christian Eriksen (76). At the current pace, there is a possibility that it will catch up within this year. Son Heung-min was replaced after the end of the first half to arrange his physical strength.

Son Heung-min played in the first half of the day and made 31 touches. He shot as many as seven times in 45 minutes, four of which were effective shots and one goal. The pass record was also huge. He attempted 16 passes and made 15 passes, with a whopping 94% success rate. Among them, the key pass reached three times, and the help recorded two. Crosses and long passes were also successful.

Son Heung-min scored another offensive point against Southampton, showing a 'Southampton killer' aspect. Son Heung-min scored 13 goals and eight assists in 18 games against Southampton. Southampton are the team with the most offensive points in Son's professional career. In the September 2020 game, he scored as many as four goals.

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Son Heung-min said, `It's a very proud and proud record. It was possible because of the help of all the players"In the current situation, it is more important for young players like Lucas Veribal, Jed Spence, Archie Gray, etc. to be in the spotlight than my personal record. I wish I could compliment them more. "Young players must be good so that the team can be revived even more," he said.

Tottenham took the lead with a goal from Medison just 38 seconds into the first half before Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski (14 minutes) scored back-to-back goals. Kulusevski's goal was also played by Son Heung-min. Sar and Medicine then added goals to make a big win.

Son Heung-min, of course, received the highest evaluation. Son Heung-min was also responsible for the official Man of the Match (MOM) after the match. Son Heung-min won 46.4 percent of the vote, beating Madison with 32.9 percent to become the best player against Southampton. It received overwhelming reviews from places that give mechanical ratings. HuscoordCom gave a whopping 9.7 points, which is close to a perfect score. The sofa score also gave 9.3 points. All of them were the highest ratings in the game and the highest ratings in the team. However, Footmob gave 9.1 points, the second highest after Medicine with 9.2 points.

The same was true of qualitative evaluation. Football London gave a top nine points with a multi-goal medison. Football London gave a thumbs-up saying it was also involved in another goal, including one goal and two assists during the first half. The London Evening Standard also gave him a team-high nine points, saying he took a break for the Carabao Cup after scoring one goal-two assists and two sharp shots. 90Min and Express gave nine points, the second-highest score after Medicine, which gave them 10.

On the previous day, the BBC, a British public broadcaster, was controversial, excluding Son Heung-min from Lee Ju's team. Troy Deeney did not include Son Heung-min. However, he was rewarded with his performance by being named the best 11 in the 16th round of the EPL secretariat, which is more prestigious than that.

In the striker category, Alexander Isaac and Jacob Murphy (Newcastle) were selected along with Son Heung-min. In the midfield category, Tottenham's James Maddison, who scored multiple goals against Southampton, Moises Caicedo (Chelsea), Ahmad Diallo (U) and Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace) were selected. Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham), Max-Saëns Lacroix (Crystal Palace) and Lewis Hall (Newcastle) were selected for the defender category, while Jordan Pickford (Everton) was the best goalkeeper.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.