Again, the fans’ choice is Son Heung-min… ‘King of the Match’ for 2 consecutive matches

Son Heung-min was selected as the MVP of the game by fans’ vote. (Provided by the EPL Secretariat) © News1-Son Heung-min was selected as the MVP (King of the Match), a match determined by fan voting for two consecutive matches. It was rated higher than Harry Kane, the protagonist of scoring a non-rotational kick with an irregular trajectory, and more than Vicente Guita’s goalkeeper, who saved Crystal Palace with a godly save.

Tottenham drew 1-1 in the 12th round of the 2020-21 EPL away game against Crystal Palace, which ended at Selhurst Park in London, England on the morning of the 14th (Korean time).

Tottenham, who had not lost in 11 games after losing to Everton (0-1), scored 7 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss, and 25 points, resulting in a goal difference (Tottenham +14/Liverpool +9) against Fulham and Liverpool in the same round. Stayed ahead.

Tottenham, who struggled with C. Palace’s dense defense at the beginning of the game, cleared the congestion in the 23rd minute with a’one shot’ by classic striker Kane. The first step was that Son Heung-min drove the ball from the left to the center and gave it to Kane. After receiving the ball, Kane attempted a surprise right-footed shot from a distance, which became a non-rotating kick with an irregular trajectory and was sucked into the goal of C. Palace. After catching the lead, Tottenham, who struggled with C and Palace’s wave of waves afterwards. to be. It seemed to be able to block it well, but in the 36th minute of the second half, he ended up equalizing the goal at a free kick, and until the end, he tried to get an additional goal, but he had to be satisfied with the addition of one point without going beyond the save show of opposing goalkeeper Guaita.

The soccer statistics site’Huscored.com’ gave Kane, who operated the scoring cannon that day, the highest score of 7.9 points for both teams. Son Heung-min scored 6.9 points, the third highest rating in the team after midfielder Musa Sisoko (7.1 points). However, the eyes of the fans were different.

In the fan vote of’KING OF THE MATCH’ conducted by the Secretariat of the English Premier League after the game, Son Heung-min received the most selections and took first place.

With more than 18,000 votes, Son Heung-min won the MVP of the match by winning 39% of the support, beating Guaita goalkeeper (27.8%) who saved the draw of C. Palace and teammate Kane (27.2%) who scored the opening goal with a nice kick. Was selected.

Son Heung-min was also selected by fans in the 11th round against Arsenal (tottenham 2-0 win) on the 7th. At the time, he scored one goal and one help alongside Kane, but Son Heung-min got 66% of the support and beat Kane (28.2%) far away. It is possible to interpret that Son Heung-min’s popularity has increased as much as it is selected by fans’ vote.

(Seoul = News 1)