Son Heung-min (32, Tottenham) was named Man of the Match for his 13th league goal.
Son started and played 88 minutes of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) Round 27 home match against Crystal Palace at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, at 0:00 a.m. ET, scoring one goal. The team came from behind to win 3-1.
Tottenham remained in fifth place with 15 wins, five draws, and six losses and 50 points. They closed the gap on fourth-place Aston Villa (52 points). They kept their hopes of making the ‘big four’ alive. Palace, on the other hand, remained in 14th place with seven wins, seven draws and 13 losses and 28 points.
Son Heung-min started up front in place of Heuchalisson, who is expected to miss up to four months with a knee injury. The move paid off, as he made several crucial passes and found the back of the net himself in the closing stages of the game when his side went 2-1 up.
After a 0-0 first half, Tottenham took the lead in the 13th minute of the second half. Eze stepped up as the kicker on a free-kick opportunity and sent a shot on a trajectory that the goalkeeper couldn’t stop. It was his sixth league goal of the season.
Tottenham continued to attack diligently, and they managed to equalize. Werner, who had a one-on-one with the keeper in the first half, made amends for his mistake. In the 32nd minute, Johnson beat two Palace defenders in quick succession on the right flank before sending a ground ball cross into the box. Werner raced onto the ball and headed it home.
Spurs, energized, turned the game on its head.
Maddison floated the ball off the instep of his right foot and Romero leaped in front of the keeper to head home. Maddison’s first assist in a home game.
Son Heung-min scored the game-winner. In the 43rd minute, he split the Palace goal with a right-footed inside shot after sprinting down the field on a counterattack and finding himself one-on-one with the keeper. 스포츠토토 The keeper was caught off guard. He tried to stop it, but it was the wrong direction. His 13th goal of the league. Shortly afterward, Son was subbed off for Giovani Lo Celso.
Tottenham went on to win by two goals.
After the game, Son was named the Man of the Match. He was voted Man of the Match by the fans with a high percentage of support (58.1%). This is the ninth time this season that he has been honored.
Son Heung-min also received the most “favorable reviews” and “high ratings.
“When he gets the ball from 40 yards out, we know what he’s going to do,” said a commentator on the match, according to the BBC. This is an indication of his excellent goal-making ability.
According to European soccer statistics site Fúscore.com, Son scored one goal, took five shots (one on target), made three key passes, completed 73.9% of his passes, and touched the ball 35 times. He was the highest rated player on the team with an 8.13 rating, ahead of Werner and Romero, who also scored a goal.
After the game, Tottenham’s social media accounts posted a photo of Son’s “click ceremony” with the caption, “Fantastic captain.