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‘Son Heung-min’s bad luck’ Tottenham defeats West Ham 1-2… League 2 consecutive losses

Son Heung-min full-time exhibition… Season 19 goal hunt failed

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Tottenham’s Son Heung-min fights an aerial ball with Thomasy Suchek in West Ham

(EPA = Yonhap News)

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-ho = Sohn Heung-min tasted’bad luck in the goal’. Tottenham of England’s professional football Premier League (EPL) kneeled in the rising West Ham and fell into the league’s second straight victory.

Tottenham lost 1-2 in an away game against West Ham in the 2020-2021 EPL round 25 held at the London Stadium in London on the 21st (Korean time).

Tottenham, who had been defeated 0-3 against Manchester City in the 24th round, knelt to West Ham again and suffered a loss of two consecutive regular league games. Tottenham, who was tied at 36 points, couldn’t easily stay in 9th place.

West Ham coach David Mois won his first victory in 16 games after winning 15 consecutive draws (6 draws and 9 losses) against Tottenham Jose Mourinho in the EPL match.

Son Heung-min started as a shadow striker behind one-top striker Harry Kane in Tottenham, who had a 4-4-1-1 tactic, and had to watch the goal after five minutes of kick-off.

West Ham’s Macyle Antonio was blocked by Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Joris’ save when he shot a right-footed shot from Jared Boen’s cross to the left of the penalty area in the 5th minute.

However, Antonio quickly pushed the ball out of Joris’s body with his left foot to score a goal.

In the 16th minute of the first half, West Ham’s Tomasi Suchek and Tottenham’s Davinson Sanchez struck head-to-head in a heading competition.

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Tomasi Suchek is being treated for a tear in the area of ​​his eyelids while fighting for an aerial ball.
Tomasi Suchek is being treated for a tear in the area of ​​his eyelids while fighting for an aerial ball.

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With Tottenham’s seldom able to create a scoring opportunity, Son Heung-min gave a ground ball cross to Lucas Mora in front of the goal from the left side of the penalty area in the 23rd minute of the first half, but Mora was unable to touch the ball and ended in nothing.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min couldn’t achieve his intention because he took a free kick from the left side of the penalty area for a handball foul and aimed for a goal with a right foot shot.

Tottenham ended the first half without stalling, with Kane’s decisive right-footed shot blocked by the goalkeeper’s save at extra time in the first half, and Eric Dyer’s header attempt following a corner kick, ignoring the goal.

At the start of the second half, Tottenham changed his attack by subtracting lamella and putting in a Gareth veil and conceded 2 minutes after the second half.

Jesse Lingard, who had been on loan from Manchester United to West Ham this season, received a pass from Pablo Fornals in the second half of the second minute counterattack, digging to the left of the penalty area and scoring an additional goal with a left footed shot.

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Lucas Mora (left) and Gareth Bale, who collaborated with the chase goal.
Lucas Mora (left) and Gareth Bale, who collaborated with the chase goal.

(AP = Yonhap News)

Finally, Tottenham’s pursuit broke, and Mora was the protagonist.

In the second half of the 19th minute, Bale’s right corner kicked the ball heading from the right of the goal area to score a goal.

Tottenham gained momentum in the second half of the 27th minute counterattack, and Kane, who received Mora’s pass in the course of a counterattack, shot a left-footed shot near the penalty area, slightly off the left side of the goal, giving a chance to tie.

Tottenham had the bad luck of hitting the crossbar with a left footed shot Bale hitting the ball that had flowed out of a hassle in the 34th minute of the second half.

Tottenham couldn’t reverse the game in the end as the ball kicked by West Ham’s Vladimir Koupal hit the body of Son Heung-min and the deflection hit the right post during the extra time in the second half.

After the game, Whoscore.com gave Son Heung-min the 5th grade in the team, 6.5.

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