Son Heung-min scored the first goal (6th goal in the league) Tottenham lost 1-2 away to Arsenal

Jan 16, 2025

[Emirates Stadium (London, England) = Disaster and Safety Correspondent, London = Egan Sports Chosun.com Reporter] Tottenham lost to Arsenal. Son Heung-min scored a goal, but in the end, he failed to change the result of the game.

Tottenham lost to Arsenal 1-2 despite Son Heung-min's first goal in the 21st round of the English Premier League (EPL) at the Emirates Stadium in London on the afternoon of the 15th (local time). Son Heung-min started and scored and played 77 minutes.

Less than a minute before the first half, Arsenal got a free kick from the right side. Rice crossed the free-kick himself, but Tottenham did a good job defending the first set-piece. In the third minute, Arsenal stole the ball during Tottenham's build-up and put a penetrating pass into the penalty box. Goalkeeper Kinski quickly ran out and blocked the pass. The offensive continued with Arsenal taking the lead. Arsenal got their first corner in the fifth minute of the first half. However, the cross from the corner kick failed to touch any team and went straight to the goal line.

Arsenal once again stole Tottenham's build-up ball and made a corner. However, he failed to cross the short corner and Tottenham's defense succeeded and sent it out of the side line. In the 11th minute, Arsenal had four corner kicks and two free kicks near the gate, but Tottenham showed a change in their set-piece defence. By the 15th minute, Arsenal had taken nearly 70% of the possession and launched a one-sided attack, but Tottenham held on well, allowing only two shots without a single shot on target. In the 18th minute of the first half, Arsenal got their fifth corner. Once again, Kinski punched out a corner kicked by 외degaard. However, Arsenal's offensive continued as Tottenham failed to catch the ball sent to the front.

Tottenham launched a quick attack in the 21st minute of the first half when Spence broke through the left. He scored a low cross toward Solanke, who was running in front of the gate with his right foot, but he hit the defender's foot and connected it with a corner kick. Klusevski caught the ball that fell after competing for an aerial ball on the ensuing corner kick. I took one off and tried to shoot, but I was blocked by the Raya goalkeeper.

Tottenham, who blocked Arsenal's unilateral offensive early in the game, scored the first goal in the 25th minute of the first half. The main character was Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min, who was standing outside the box, accurately pushed the ball cleared by the defense from the corner kick with his right foot inside. Son Heung-min's direct shot passed the defender who was concentrated in front of the net and inserted it down the right.

Arsenal's momentum was dampened after the first run. But there was a bad news for Tottenham. The prisoner who was defending slipped and fell to the ground. The prisoner was treated with pain in his knee. Fortunately, I came back into the stadium after receiving treatment. After the loss, Arsenal continued to take the lead in the game, but the sharpness of the attack was lower than at the beginning of the game. He got a free kick and a corner, but he was cleared by Tottenham defenders and goalkeepers.

Arsenal scored the equalizer in the 40th minute of the first half. In the seventh corner kick, Magalyangis Heather scored a goal. 외degaard's corner went over the other side past the goalkeeper, and Magalyangis' header shot from the back of the defense hit Solanke. Arsenal, which gained momentum after tying the game in the 45th minute of the first half, succeeded in turning the tables. Arsenal, who attempted to counterattack by stealing the ball from the center line, received the ball from Trossar on the left side and connected it with a low and fast left-footed shot. Kinski tried to dive, but the ball was sucked into the net.

Tottenham put in Johnson and Madison at the start of the second half, excluding Sarr and Bissouma. Tottenham took the lead in the first five minutes of the second half. Tottenham, which attempted strong pressure in the midfield, changed the atmosphere in the stadium with a nearly 70% share. However, Tottenham, which failed to finish, faced another crisis from a corner kick in the 7th minute of the second half. Havertz connected the cross from the corner with a header shot without much interference. The header shot went slightly off the side of the net.

Tottenham, which only attempted one shot despite its high possession, lost the lead to Arsenal in the 15th minute of the second half. Arsenal manager Arteta took out Sterling and put in Martinelli in the 16th minute of the second half. In the 21st minute of the second half, Tottenham connected the ball into Arsenal's penalty box for the first time in a long time. Madison, who exchanged 2-to-1 passes, attempted a finishing shot, but the wrong shot was weakly placed in the goalkeeper's arms.

In the 23rd minute of the second half, Martinelli attempted a bold breakthrough to enter the penalty box and earn his 10th corner. The defense cleared a short corner with a header. In the 26th minute of the second half, Solanke came out to the right and attempted a cutback cross according to the tactics prepared. It flowed to the other side without being connected to the Tottenham striker. Two minutes later, in the 28th minute of the second half, Arsenal attempted a counterattack. Kinski blocked Rice's finished shot with his body.

In the 30th minute of the second half, when the balance between the two teams was not easily broken, Arsenal attempted a second replacement. Trossar, who showed a lot of activity up and down, was removed and Tierney was put in to reinforce the defense. Tottenham manager Engie Postecoglou added strength to the attack in the 33rd minute of the second half by excluding Son Heung-min, who was actively involved in the defense and lost his stamina. However, Tottenham's attack did not go smoothly. He allowed a counterattack while pushing up the line. In the 39th minute of the second half, Arsenal's 외degaard allowed a shot in the middle of the penalty box. The shot slightly missed the post.

In the 41st minute of the second half, Arsenal put in Zinchenko and Merino without Lewis-Skelly and Rice.Five minutes of extra time was given. Three minutes into extra time, the prisoner crossed. Solanke attempted an overhead kick. The ball didn't hit properly in the foot and went out as it was. Tottenham, which was exhausted, did not even create a threatening shot opportunity the rest of the time. Tottenham, which was pushed back in all attack indicators, unfortunately lost 1-2 despite Son Heung-min's first goal.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.