'Captain' Son Heung-min (Tottenham) has written a new history.
Tottenham lost 0-1 in the 30th round of the English Premier League in the 2024-2025 season against Chelsea at Stampford Bridge in London, England, at 4 a.m. on the 4th (Korea time). Tottenham have lost two games in a row. Tottenham finished 14th with 10 wins, 4 draws and 16 losses (34 points). On the other hand, Chelsea overcame the defeat against Arsenal and jumped to fourth place with 15 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses and 52 points.
Both teams put up elite members. Coach Enze Postecoglou put forward Son Heung-min, Dominic Solanke, and Wilson Odover-Three-Top. James Medicine-Lucas Beribal-Hodrigo Bentancur was located in the waistline. The four backs were made by Destiny Udogi-Christian Romero-Mickey van der Penn-Jed Spence. The goal was guarded by Guglielmo Vicario. Brennan Johnson, Matistel, Pedro Porro and Pape Sarr sat on the bench.
For Chelsea, Nicolas Jackson was at the forefront, while Pedru Netu, Cole Palmer and Jadon Sancho were at the second line. Moises Caicedo and Enso Fernandez made the midfield. Marlo Gusto, Trevo Chalova, Levi Kolwill and Marc Kukureya formed a defense. Robert Sanchez wore goalkeeper gloves. Christopher Nkunku, Noni Madueke and Reece James sat on the bench.
Son Heung-min started. It is the first appearance after playing both games against Oman and Jordan during the last A match. Ahead of the game, it was predicted that Son Heung-min could rest. The British media that delivers Tottenham news 'Tottenham Hotspur News' Coach Postecoglou said Tottenham may exclude Son Heung-min from the starting line in preparation for the upcoming difficult schedule' Tottenham will play bottom-ranked Southampton and Europa League quarter-finals after the match against Chelsea. However, Coach Postecoglou invariably took out Son Heung-min's card. Tottenham were weak in Chelsea away. It has not won a single game since April 2018. In seven matches, they had two draws and five losses. In the match against Chelsea, Son Heung-min, who is relatively strong, sought to rebound.
This was Son Heung-min's 448th game in Tottenham's uniform. It was the largest number of Tottenham players since the launch of the English Premier League. He beat Hugo Lloris, who played in 447 games. Son Heung-min, who joined Tottenham in the summer of 2015, had difficulty adapting to his first season, but has since played as Tottenham's ace in name and reality. He wrote a record of double-digit scores for nine consecutive seasons, and became the first Asian to win a golden boot in the 2021-2022 season.
Son Heung-min further solidified his position as a living legend for Tottenham with this record. Son Heung-min is ranked fourth in Tottenham's total score, and he is proudly No. 1 in assists.
Son Heung-min played full-time, but fell short of expectations. Son Heung-min, who got off to a fresh start in the first minute of the first half by hitting a left-footed shot after receiving U Do-ki's pass, struggled afterwards, but lacked sharpness. At the end of the second half, Johnson's ground ball cross was blown all over and connected with a shot, but it was most regrettable that he came out after being hit by goalkeeper Sanchez.
Son Heung-min made 45 touches on the day, hitting two shots and one effective shot. He made 31 passes out of 36 attempts with an 86% pass success rate. There was no key pass. Cross tried three times and never made it. The ground race was won once.
As both the content and the record were not good, the rating was also not good. The statistics magazine Huscoordcom gave Son a six-point rating. It was the lowest point in the team. Footmob also gave a 6.6 rating, the lowest score. Sofa Score alone scored 6.2 points, the third-best rating in the team after Madison and Odover.
Meanwhile, in the fifth minute of the second half, Fernandes' header-winning goal from Palmer gave Chelsea a 1-0 victory.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
