9th and 10th league goals against Brentford
First personal EPL season to score double digits
6th place in scoring ranking… Son Heung-min ranked 4th
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Hwang Hee-chan is celebrating after scoring against Brentford in the English Premier League on the 28th. Reuters Yonhap News
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Hwang Hee-chan. Reuters Yonhap News
Hwang Hee-chan (27, Wolverhampton) scored the winning goal against Portugal in the 2022 Qatar World Cup group stage. He led the team to the round of 16 with an amazing assist from Son Heung-min (31, Tottenham), and now competes with Son Heung-min for the top scorer in the English professional football Premier League (EPL).
Hee-chan Hwang scored multiple goals against Brentford in the 2023-2024 EPL 19th round away game held at the G-Tech Community Stadium in Brentford, England on the 28th (Korean time), leading the team to a 4-1 victory. Wolverhampton (7 wins, 4 draws, 8 losses), with 25 points, is 11th in the league.
In the 14th minute of the first half when the score was 1-0, Hwang Hee-chan stole the ball from the goalkeeper with active pressure and opened the net. In the 28th minute of the first half when the score was 2-1, Hwang Hee-chan found the net again. In the penalty area in front of the goal, he deceived the goalkeeper by folding once with his left foot and finished with his right foot.
Hwang Hee-chan, who debuted in the EPL wearing a Wolverhampton uniform on loan in 2021, scored his 9th and 10th league goals in a row on this day, scoring double-digit scores in his first EPL season. Hwang Hee-chan is the second Korean player to score more than 10 goals in a season in the EPL, following Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min has recorded double-digit scoring for eight consecutive EPL seasons this season.
As in last year, Erling Holland (Manchester City, 14 goals) leads the individual scoring rankings this season. After that, Son Heung-min tied for 4th place with 11 goals, and Hwang Hee-chan tied for 6th place with 10 goals. It appears that the two leading strikers of the Korean national soccer team have entered the race for the top scorer in the EPL.
Hwang Hee-chan fell to the ground clutching his waist in extra time in the first half and was substituted out, causing concern among fans. After the game, Hwang Hee-chan, who was also selected as Man of the Match (Best Player of the Match), said, “It is not a major injury. “I think it’s okay,” he said. Hwang Hee-chan has scored a total of 11 goals this season, including 10 in the EPL (2 assists) and 1 in the League Cup (Carabao Cup).
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2023-12-28 06:26:05
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