Three goals in 13 minutes … Tottenham’s first hat-trick as a substitute in the Premier League
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Son Heung-min (30), who plays for Tottenham Hotspur, an English professional footballer, appeared as a substitute in the second half in a match against Leicester City and scored three goals and made a hat-trick.
Son Heung-min was replaced by Hisharlisson in the 14th minute of the 2022-2023 English Premier League Round 8 home match against Leicester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on 18 (Korean time), scoring three goals and scoring the team’s 6th -2 led to a great victory.
Son Heung-min, who hadn’t scored a goal in eight competitive matches until this season’s league match and UEFA Champions League match, scored three goals alone with the team leading 3-2.
Son Heung-min scored with Tottenham for the first time in about two months after a friendly against Team K League in Seoul in July.
In the league game, it is the first time in about four months since May’s match against Norwich City, which was the last game of the 2021-2022 season, the scoring operation will begin.
It is also the third time Son Heung-min has scored a Premier League hat-trick, scoring three goals in one game, after four goals against Southampton in September 2020 and three against Aston Villa in April this year.
Previously, he scored three goals in a match against Hamburg in 2013 and Wolfsburg in 2015 in the German Bundesliga, and also scored an FA Cup hat-trick against Millwall in March 2017 for Tottenham.
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Heung-Min Son, who appeared as a starter in all games played earlier this season, started the match on the bench.
It was the first time in a year and five months that Son Heung-min appeared as a substitute in a league match since the match against Newcastle in April 2021.
The two teams fought 2-2 in the first half.
Leicester City took the lead 1-0 on a penalty in the 6th minute, but Tottenham turned 2-1 with a header from Harry Kane in the 8th minute and Eric Dier in the 21st minute.
On the 41st minute of the first half, a right-footed shot from James Madison of Leicester City ended the first half in a 2-2 draw, and Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancourt intercepted the opposing defense’s ball from behind on the 2nd half of the second half. and threw a right from middle distance from the front of the penalty area he scored the final goal of
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After that, it was Son Heung-min’s “goal party”.
Son Heung-min, who came off the bench in the 14th minute of the second half, scored his first goal of the season with a mid-range right in front of the penalty area in front of two defenders in the 28th minute of the second half.
Heung-Min Son shook the net and took a few steps slowly, then stopped on the ground, and his companions, starting with Kane, approached him and hugged him.
In an interview after the game, Son Heung-min said: “To be honest, I couldn’t believe the goal.
All kinds of negative emotions like embarrassment and disappointment disappeared and I couldn’t move.
Son Heung-min received a pass from Kane in the 39th minute of the second half and scored the second goal with a left kick from the right of the penalty.
Heung-Min Son put his finger to his mouth as if he was aware of the negative gaze at him and held a “shh ceremony”.
Heung-Min Son and Kane raised the Premier League record for most joint goals to 42.
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Son Heung-min rushed left in the 41st minute of the second half, caught Pierre-Emil Hoybjer’s pass, finished with a right-footed shot and completed a hat-trick.
This time, he showed three fingers.
The referee raised the offside flag, but the goal was recognized by the VAR.
According to the Tottenham club, it took 13 minutes and 21 seconds from Son Heung-min’s first to third goal.
Son Heung-min was also named as a player who scored a hat-trick after becoming Tottenham’s first substitute in the EPL.
This is a record that has only happened seven times in the Premier League and, in September 2015, Everton’s Steven Naismith scored three goals against Chelsea, just before Heung-Min Son.
Tottenham Hotspur, who won 6-2 thanks to the performance of Son Heung-min, recorded 5 wins and 2 draws, tied with Manchester City, but fell behind on goal difference and finished second in the league.
After this match, Son Heung-min goes home and prepares for a friendly match with Costa Rica to be held in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 23rd.
/ yunhap news
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