[서울신문] ‘Super Chemie’ Son Heung-min and Kane’s beautiful scorer competition

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▲ Son Heung-min is embracing Harry Kane, who scored a goal with his help in the 46th minute of the first half of the game against Arsenal in the 11th round of the Premier League (EPL) held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 7th (Korean time).
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‘The more you help, the hotter the competition gets?’

‘Super Chemie’ Son Heung-min and Harry Kane (above Tottenham) naturally entered the English Premier League (EPL) scorer competition.

Son Heung-min and Kane fired their 32nd joint artillery in their careers against Crystal Palace in the 12th round of EPL in the 2020-21 season, which ended at Selhurst Park in London, England at the dawn of the 14th. In the 23rd minute of the first half, Son Heung-min, who received a pass pushed forward by Tangwi Ndombele, moved to the center of the opponent’s camp, pushed the ball to Kane in the back and climbed to the right of the box. At this time, as the Crystal Palace defense followed Son Heung-min and space came out, Kane shook the net with a surprise left-footed shot from about 30 meters away. Most of all, Kane’s no-turn shooting was powerful, but Son Heung-min’s off-the-ball movement was also impressive. It was a scene where the two’s chemistry shone once again. Tottenham, who was unable to keep the opening goal and drew 1-1, won the league leader with Liverpool, which is competing for first place, also drew 1-1 with Fulham.

With the support of Son Heung-min, Kane was ranked first in the EPL scoring rankings (11 goals), two goals behind Dominic Calbert-Lewin (Everton). Jamie Bard (Leicester City) and Muhammad Salah (Liverpool) are tied for second place with 10 goals, including Heung-min Son, who scored the league’s 4th assist. However, 8 of Son Heung-min’s 10 league goals are the help of Kane, and 4 of Kane’s 9 goals are the help of Son Heung-min. As we helped each other, it looks like we are starting to compete for the top scorer.

Kane is in full bloom enough to put his first 10-10 club (double-digit goal/assist) in front of him this season, but he scored 25 goals and 29 goals respectively in the 2015-16 season and 2016-17 season, scoring EPL for two consecutive seasons. He is a natural goalkeeper who has risen to the king. He also scored 30 goals in the 2017-18 season, which was second in scoring. This season, too, gradually revealing the true color of the goalkeeper is heating up the competition for the scorer.

In the midst of this, Tottenham and Liverpool are expected to clash for the first place in the 13th round held in Anfield on the 17th at 5 am. Two hours ahead of this match, Leicester City and Everton will be playing. The players who are competing for the top scorer unfortunately compete against each other in succession. It is a moment when attention is paid to see what kind of perception change between Son Heung-min and Kane’s fantasy breathing in the EPL team ranking and individual scoring ranking.

Reporter Hong Ji-min [email protected]

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