Son Heung-min's goal-scoring and destructive power is still the best in the world.
Soccer statistics media WhoscoredCOM on the 14th (Korea time) highlighted the three players with the best and worst scoring conversion rates when a decisive opportunity came in the English Premier League (EPL) from 2023-2024 to 2024-2025 season. To prevent loopholes in statistics, the scope was limited to players who played more than 15 games. A good scoring conversion rate means that he is a player with that good scoring ability.
Surprisingly, Son Heung-min ranked first in the league. Son Heung-min scored a whopping 66.7%. If you get three chances to score, it means you will score two goals. The only player tied with Son Heung-min was Jean-Philip Pateta, a Crystal Palace striker. Chelsea ace Cole Palmer ranked third overall with 62.1 percent.
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No one showed a higher scoring conversion rate than Son Heung-min, including Elling Holan (Manchester City), the league's leading striker, Palmer, who was second in scoring last season, Alexander Isak (Newcastle United), and other players who were in the top of scoring last season, including Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Phil Foden (Man City), and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
Son Heung-min scored only two goals this season, but he didn't have many chances to score in the first place. Tottenham was also very frustrated at the beginning of the season, but their performance increased after September. In other words, it is an indicator of how excellent Son Heung-min's goal scoring ability is.
In fact, when Tottenham's performance was not good at the beginning of the season, the arrow of criticism was directed at Son Heung-min. "I think Son Heung-min is past his prime," said Jamie O'Hara from Tottenham. I and proper Tottenham fans think Son Heung-min is done. Son Heung-min is no longer in his prime. He hasn't been able to show his skills in the Final Third either. Can a 33-year-old player beat defenders?," he said, raising his voice of criticism.
Also, Chelsea native Crake Burley said to Son Heung-min "Son Heung-min's goal scoring ability is regrettable. We have to train Son Heung-min to make goals from Monday to Friday," he said, expressing outrageous criticism. This indicator is also evidence that the two people's criticisms are completely wrong.
If Son Heung-min has to train for goal determination, it means that players such as Holan, Salah and Palmer should also focus more on training for goal determination. Son Heung-min, who has returned from a hamstring injury, will have many chances to show off his scoring ability once again.
Meanwhile, the worst goal scorer in the EPL was Keane Lewis Porter (Brentford). Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) and Rasmus Hoyleun (Manchester United) followed.
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