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Son Heung-min (Tottenham) led the team’s leap to third place by adding help to Tottenham’s 100th goal.
Tottenham won a 3-0 win against Leeds United in the 17th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2020-21 season held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 2nd (Korean time). Tottenham jumped to 3rd place with 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses (29 points and +14 points), beating 4th place Leicester City (+9) and 5th place Everton (+6) from the goal goal.
Son Heung-min, who started on the day, scored an additional goal in the 43rd minute when the team was ahead 1-0 with a penalty goal by Harry Kane. It is the 100th personal career goal recorded after transferring to Tottenham from Leverkusen in Germany’s Bundesliga in 2015 and is the 12th goal in the regular league this season. Son Heung-min jumped to second place alone in the scoring category, narrowing the gap to one goal from Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, 13 goals), the leader in scoring.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Tottenham went 1-0 with a penalty kick taken by Stephen Verbain by Harry Kane. In addition, Son Heung-min’s extra goal and Toby Alderweireld’s key goal in the 5th minute of the second half scored a 3-0 win. Son Heung-min helped Alderweireld’s goal and scored 1 goal and 1 assist, and Kane, who helped Son Heung-min’s 100th goal, scored 1 goal and 1 help in a good relationship. Son Heung-min and Kane jointly scored 13 goals in the EPL this season, and Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton (Blackburn) in 1994-95 achieved the record tie for the most goals in a season.
Reporter Kim Hee-sun [email protected]
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