It's hesitant and inefficient! Son Heung-min is the only one who's forced to criticize? It's a lower rating + weaker than the player who left the game. Tottenham lost to Nottingham in 01 shock

Dec 27, 2024

It's hesitant and inefficient! Son Heung-min is the only one who's forced to criticize? It's a lower rating  weaker than the player who left the game. Tottenham lost to Nottingham in 01 shock
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It's hesitant and inefficient! Son Heung-min is the only one who's forced to criticize? It's a lower rating  weaker than the player who left the game. Tottenham lost to Nottingham in 01 shock
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Tottenham couldn't avoid defeat despite Son Heung-min's struggles. The evaluation was harsh.

Tottenham Hotspur lost 0-1 in the 18th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in 2024-2025 against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in Nottingham, England on the 27th (Korea time).

Tottenham started with a 4-2-3-1 formation. Dominic Solanke is one-top Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson are in the second line. Papesar, Rodrigo Bentancur built the third term. The defense was made up of Destiny Udogi, Archie Gray, Radu Dragusin and Jed Spence. Frazier Foster defended the goal.




Nottingham also faced off with a 4-2-3-1 formation. Chris Wood, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Antony Elanga, Elliot Anderson, Ryan Yates, Nico Williams, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, Ola Aina and Mats Sells were among the participants.

It's hesitant and inefficient! Son Heung-min is the only one who's forced to criticize? It's a lower rating  weaker than the player who left the game. Tottenham lost to Nottingham in 01 shock
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From the beginning of the first half, Son Heung-min led the attack by creating a good scene. After a bold breakthrough in the fourth minute of the first half, he tried to shoot with his right foot in front of the arc. Unfortunately, I fell into the goalkeeper's arms. In the 10th minute, he induced a warning. I tripped and fell in the process of breaking through. Yates was warned.

Nottingham also fought back. In the 11th minute of the first half, Hudson-Odoi moved from left to center in a counterattack and fired a right foot shot. It went up. In the 13th minute of the first half, Anderson arced and tried to shoot with his right foot. He came out after hitting the defense.




Son Heung-min hit the ground missing a disappointing opportunity. Johnson's pass deflected off the defense and headed to Son Heung-min in the box. Son Heung-min was blocked by Milenkovic in the process of catching and breaking through. Tottenham's forward offensive resources played well and led the attack, but it was a shame at the end. Tottenham launched an onslaught. With Bentancourt's pass, Johnson fired a right-footed shot from the right side of the box. He was blocked by the goalkeeper.

Nottingham scored the first goal. After stealing Spencer's ball in the 28th minute of the first half, Nottingham immediately made the switch. Before Tottenham's defense was overhauled, Gibbs-White stabbed Elanga through a quick breakthrough. Elanga shook Tottenham's net with a calm finish.

Tottenham, which allowed the first run, launched a counterattack. He missed a decisive opportunity in the 38th minute of the first half. Johnson, who received Kulusevski's pass, fired a powerful shot from the right side of the box. Stuck by Sells' super save. In the 45th minute of the first half, Solanke got a free kick from a good position. Son Heung-min, who played kicker, kicked strongly with a near post. The height was perfect, but unfortunately, I hit the side net. The first half ended with Nottingham's 1-0 lead.




It's hesitant and inefficient! Son Heung-min is the only one who's forced to criticize? It's a lower rating  weaker than the player who left the game. Tottenham lost to Nottingham in 01 shock
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In the second half, Tottenham led the mood first. In the 10th minute of the second half, Johnson's shot hit Murillo's arm in a corner kick situation. Despite Tottenham's protest, no penalty was declared. In the 21st minute of the second half, Madison's mid-range shot also rose high to the far side of the goal.

Tottenham put in Pedro Porro and Timo Werner in the 36th minute of the second half without Son Heung-min and U Do-ki. Son Heung-min was replaced with an unsatisfactory expression. Son Heung-min has not played full-time in the last three consecutive league games. However, Tottenham faced the bad news that Spence was sent off due to accumulated warnings in the process of blocking the opponent's counterattack in the second half, and eventually failed to bring the game back to square one. The match ended with a 1-0 victory for Nottingham.

Son Heung-min was silent after failing to score a goal and help in the game. Son Heung-min is the sharpest player at Tottenham, but he could not avoid responsibility for failing to lead the team to victory. Son Heung-min recorded three shots, a 90% pass success rate, three chances created, and two cross successes. Football statistics media Footmob gave Son Heung-min 7,2 points, the highest score in the team.

England's Evening Standard gives it four points and 'The only thing to note was that it worked weakly for the first five minutes. It was a weak figure.' Football London in England has been replaced after showing mostly hesitancy and inefficiency. Tottenham need more momentum and less hesitancy, giving him four low points, lower than Spence, who was sent off.



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