| Son Heung-min of Tottenham. © AFP=News1 |
With European football turning the turn of the 2020-21 season, Son Heung-min (Tottenham) recorded the third most attacking points in the five major European leagues (EPL, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, and French League 1). Proved to be a top striker.
Son Heung-min led a 3-1 win in the 19th round of the 2020-21 English Premier League (EPL) against Sheffield United, held at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England on the 17th (hereinafter Korean time).
Son Heung-min, who started as a left-handed striker, assisted Sergio Orie’s heading opening goal with an accurate cross as a kicker in a corner kick situation five minutes after the start of the match.
With this, Son Heung-min contributed the sixth EPL help this season. As of the 19th, Son Heung-min participated in 18 EPL games and scored 12 goals and 6 assists in the league. Son Heung-min’s 18 attack points is the third-largest record in all five European leagues.
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) ranked first in the five major league attack points. Lewandowski, who won the Bundesliga scorer for three consecutive seasons, has appeared in 15 games and is recording 26 attack points (21 goals and 5 assists).
Son Heung-min’s colleague Kane is following Lewandowski with a total of 23 attack points (12 goals, 11 assists). Kane focused on helping at the beginning of the season, but recently he has risen to a sense of scoring, becoming the first player to score double digits and assist in the five major leagues.
Along with Son Heung-min, Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes are tied for third place. Despite being a midfielder, Fernandez scored 11 goals and scored 7 assists, raising a total of 18 attack points.
Currently, League 1 goal leader Cillian Mbafe (Paris Saint-Germain) is pursuing Son Heung-min and Fernandes with 12 goals and 5 assists.
Son Heung-min is the only one of the top five players to score a penalty goal, which is more eye-catching. Except for Son Heung-min, all four teams took charge of penalty kicks and added attack points with penalty kicks. On the other hand, Son Heung-min is showing terrifying scoring power, scoring 12 goals only with field goals.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona), who is currently the No. 1 goal scorer in Primera Li, has 13 attack points (11 goals and 2 assists), and Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), the leader of Serie A scoring, is scoring 16 attack points (15 goals and 1 help).
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