Son Heung-min has a new nickname! 'Sharp SON' ruthlessly efficient ← Praise 英 Mirror
Oct 20, 2024
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The British media gave Son Heung-min (Tottenham) a new nickname. He highlighted Son Heung-min's neat play, saying, "Sharp SON." Son Heung-min was mainly called 'Super SON', 'SON Shine', 'Nice One Sonny'.
British media outlet 「Mirror」Shined Son Heung-min in the victory over West Ham on the 20th (Korea time). Son Heung-min led Tottenham's devastating second-half performance and came from behind to break down his neighbor West Ham. West Ham collapsed like a devil after half-time, reports said.
Tottenham defeated West Ham 4-1 in the eighth round of the English Premier League in the 2024-2025 season at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 19th.
Son Heung-min, who returned from injury and started, showed off his strong performance by directly participating in three goals, including a netting goal. Son Heung-min arranged his physical strength by replacing Timo Werner in the 15th minute of the second half when the victory became clear.
The Mirror led Tottenham 3-1 with a comical own goal following Son Heung-min's shot. The Korean superstar soon scored his fourth goal. West Ham's Mohamed Qudus shoved two Tottenham players in the face and was sent off for VAR, he said.
The Mirror summed up Son's performance as 'Sharp Son'.
The Mirror said the Spurs captain was sidelined for three weeks with injuries. He showed no signs of rusting with mercilessly efficient performance. In the first half, he came desperately close to scoring with a brilliant effort. It caused a decisive explosion early in the second half. He praised Tottenham for taking them to a higher level.
The Mirror said, `Son Heung-min scored his fourth goal, but it was also Son's shot that led to his third goal. Son Heung-min also hit the post once and created two clear chances. It was replaced after virtually confirming the points in 70 minutes. As expected, a standing ovation burst.
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Since then, he has been excluded from the away match at Manchester United in the sixth round of the Premier League, the away match at Ferencvaros in the second round of the Europa League, and the away match at Brighton in the seventh round of the Premier League. He was not also called up for the third Asian qualifying team for the 2026 North Korea-China World Cup.
Tottenham did well with two wins and one loss in Son Heung-min's absence. However, Werner waited for Son Heung-min's return as he showed a disappointing performance in goal-scoring.
Son Heung-min showed off a very light movement in his return match. In the 6th minute of the second half, when the score was 1-1, he stabbed a pass that became the starting point of the upset goal. Son Heung-min caught the ball and sneaked into the left side to see the opportunity. When Destiny Udogi penetrated, he put a forward pass into the out front. Udo-gi connected to Yves Bissouma with the correct cutback. The non-aqueous shot with a one-touch shot to explode the goal.
Son Heung-min also induced his opponent's own goal in the 9th minute of the second half. Son Heung-min connected a long forward pass to Dejan Kulusevski in a counterattack. Son Heung-min then overlapped Kulusevski with a sincere sprint. Kulusevski saw Son Heung-min and pushed him. Son Heung-min's shot hit the opponent's goalkeeper and hit the defender again and was sucked into the goal.
Son Heung-min finally scored a comeback goal in the 15th minute of the second half. The individual breakthrough shone.
West Ham, who put up a lot of lines, was punished by Son Heung-min.
Tottenham blocked West Ham from attacking. Papesar found Son Heung-min, who was sitting on the left side of the front line, and stabbed a deep forward pass. Son Heung-min played one-on-one with the center back. Son Heung-min broke the defender's balance with a false-legged fight and broke through to the left to open the shooting angle. Son Heung-min scored a decisive goal with a left-footed shot.
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Soccer statistics media WhoscoredCOM gave Son an 8.34 rating, the highest in both teams. Football statistics media Footmob also gave Son the highest rating along with Kulusevski, who was considered the best player in the team with an 8.5 rating. Sofa Score also picked Son Heung-min as the most valuable player of the game with 8.0.
Son Heung-min said in an official interview, `Sometimes it may be a good time to miss out due to injury. We have a very busy time. Two or three weeks was perfect for recharging myself. I felt really good today," he said.
Son Heung-min said "When we lost our first goal, coach Enze Postecoglou was in a bad mood. He said we have to protect our goal like a house. However, I was very satisfied with the overall performance."
Football London said Son admitted he felt pressure to produce results in Postecoglou's system, but he didn't care much.
Son Heung-min said, "(Postecoglou's soccer) is fun, but there is a lot of pressure. Winger has to create chances and score goals. I think where we need to be, there is a lot of joy, of course, a lot of pressure," he replied.
dhhan@sportschosun.com
