Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min (31) of the English Premier League (EPL) recorded his 50th assist in the EPL career, contributing to the team’s victory.
Tottenham drew 3-3 in the 2022-23 EPL round 28 away match against Southampton held at St. Mary Stadium on the 19th (Korean time).
Tottenham maintained 4th place with a record of 15 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses (49 points). It is a more painful draw for Tottenham, who could have jumped to third place if they had won. Southampton, at the bottom, stayed with 6 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses (23 points).
Son Heung-min, who had previously recorded 99 goals and 49 assists in his EPL career, started this day and aimed for his 100th goal and his 50th help at the same time. Son Heung-min helped Pedro Poro’s goal and scored 50 assists, but his 100th goal was promised next.
From the beginning of the match, both teams suffered a lot of injuries. For Tottenham, Richarlison in the 5th minute and Ben Davies in the 37th minute were substituted due to injury. Southampton was also out in the 8th minute after Armel Belakochaf and Jan Bednarek in the 34th minute were knocked down in succession.
It was Tottenham who made the most of the somewhat messy first half.
Son Heung-min, who had a good relationship with Poro from the beginning, sent an exquisite conversion pass in the 46th minute of the first half, and Poro opened the Southampton goal with a powerful shot in a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper. It was the first EPL goal by a prisoner of war.
After the exploration match, the two teams started attacking in earnest from the second half. Both teams exchanged goals with fast-paced counterattacks.
Southampton equalized in the first minute of the second half with Che Adams’ shot from Theo Walcott’s cross.
Then, in the 20th minute of the second half, Dejan Klusevski’s cross was connected by Harry Kane’s high-scoring header, and Tottenham scored another runaway goal.
In the 29th minute of the second half, Tottenham, riding the flow, scored an additional goal with a volley shot by Ivan Perisic in the 29th minute of the second half. Perisic, also a transfer student, also scored his first goal of the season.
Goals were fired non-stop. This time it was Southampton’s turn. Southampton, who pulled up a lot of lines, followed with a one-goal gap again with Walcott’s comeback goal in the 32nd minute of the second half.
Southampton continued to move aggressively, and eventually James Ward Frowse scored a penalty kick that was like gold in extra time in the second half with a powerful shot to tie the score 3-3.
Tottenham, who missed the win, tried to score again, but could not find a way out due to Southampton’s momentum, and eventually ended the game in a draw.
Son Heung-min played full-time and raised the possibility of his 100th goal, but unfortunately it did not come to fruition. In the 37th minute of the first half, after the step-over, the mid-range shot of the conversion, which was attempted, slightly missed the goal, and it was painful to the bone.
Meanwhile, Son Heung-min enters the country on the afternoon of the 20th and enters Paju NFC to join the ‘Cleansman 1st class’.
