Tottenham’s’fantasy union’ Son Heung-min and Harry Kane are rising as the strongest duo in the history of the English Premier League (EPL).
Tottenham recorded a 1-1 draw in a match against Crystal Palace in Round 12 of the 2020-21 EPL held at Selhurst Park in London on the 13th (Korean time). Son Heung-min and Kane collaborated on another goal. After receiving a pass from Son Heung-min in the 23rd minute of the first half, Kane shook the net with a strong right-footed mid-range shot. It was Kane’s 9th goal in the league and Son Heungmin’s 4th assist in the league.
Tottenham did not win in the 36th minute of the second half, allowing Jeffrey Schloop to equalize. However, he kept the top spot in the league with 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss (25 points).
There was a generous evaluation for Son Heung-min and Kane Duo. ‘Whoscore.com’, a European soccer statistics website, gave Kane the highest rating of 7.9 points for both teams. Son Heung-min received the third highest score of 7.0. In’King of the Match’, which is selected through fan voting, Son Heung-min, who received 39% of the support, was ranked first. Kane took third place with 27.2%.
With this, Son Heung-min achieved 20 attack points for the season. EPL and the European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League (UEL) participated in 19 matches, scoring 13 goals and 7 assists. In the absence of even 20 games, he raised 20 attack points.
These are Son Heung-min and Kane, who are proud of EPL’s history of’Chemi’. The goal against Crystal Palace was the 12th joint goal of the two players at EPL this season. Of the 10 goals scored by Son Heung-min, eight goals were assisted by Kane. All four assists Son Heung-min recorded this season resulted in Kane’s goals. Tottenham scored a total of 24 goals this season, half of which were’collaboration’ between Son Heung-min and Kane.
They are preparing to rewrite the EPL history. The combination of EPL’s most goals in a season was 13 goals by Blackburn’s Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton in the 1994-95 season. The combination of Son Heung-min and Kane has only one goal left. Creating new records is a matter of time. Sutton recently cheered, saying, “Son Heung-min and Kane will surpass the record I set with Shearer. It doesn’t matter if you give them glory. Watching their game is exciting.”
– – The record for the most joint goal in his career was also in the field of sight. Son Heung-min and Kane have jointly scored a total of 32 goals since the 2015-16 season. EPL’s legendary duo Thierry Henry-Rober Pirès (Arsenal) and Sergio Aguero-David Silva (Manchester City) have already crossed 29 goals.
There is only one duo in front of them. It was 36 goals scored by Chelsea legend Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard duo. Four goals were left in front of Son Heung-min and Kane. Considering the number of games remaining in the future, the record for the most goals is also a matter of time.
Director Jose Mourinho also shows absolute trust toward Son Heung-min and Kane. He said, “Son Heung-min and Kane are world class. They are good at chance and team play. They have a good understanding of tactics even when they don’t own the ball.”
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