Son Heung-min’s dream of becoming the second top scorer in his career is getting distant. Cole Palmer added four goals and fell to a joint seventh place in the scoring rankings.
Palmer’s Chelsea team won a 6-0 home game against Everton in the 33rd round of the 2023-24 Premier League at Stampede Bridge in London, England on the 16th.
Chelsea has recorded 13 wins, eight draws and 10 losses 47 points, ranking ninth after Newcastle United, Manchester United 50 points and West Ham United 48 points. Chelsea had been in double digits all season, but the team secured a landslide victory to move up to ninth place.
Palmer displayed stellar performance. He scored four goals alone on the day, contributing the most to the victory. Palmer started the game as a second-tier resource for the 4-2-3-1 formation. He collaborated with Noni Madueke and Mykhailo Mudryk.
Palmer opened the scoring in the 13th minute of the first half. His footwork that started with Jorge Petrovic went smoothly, and Palmer attempted a right-footed shot in the middle of the penalty area after exchanging 2-1 passes with Nicola Jackson in front of the arc, separating the left-hand side of the away team’s goal. Palmer set a new record in scoring in seven consecutive Chelsea home games.
He scored an additional goal five minutes later. Jackson attempted a shot with his left foot through a cutback pass from the left side. The opposing goalkeeper cleared it, but Palmer re-injected it with his head, shaking the net and making it 2-0.
Palmer completed a hat trick with a fantastic goal in the 29th minute. He intercepted the opponent goalkeeper’s pass that flew well in front of the arc, fired a right-footed shot, and shook the net as it drew a beautiful parabola. With this goal, Palmer set his 19th Premier League goal of the season.
At the 19th minute of the second half, when the team was leading 4-0, it even scored its fourth goal of the match. Chelsea scored a penalty kick, and Palmer grabbed the ball. Madueke and Jackson also rushed in and signed their own goal. However, Palmer was not robbed, and his captain Conor Gallagher supported Palmer and the goal was scored. With Elling Holan of Manchester City, he instantly became the leading scorer in the league.
Chelsea scored six goals ahead of Jackson and Alfie Gilchrist.
Palmer also tied for the top scorer in the league. Having had 16 goals before the match, Palmer added four goals in a heartbeat, tying with Holan.
At the same time, Son fell to a tie for seventh place. He is tied with West Ham striker Jared Buon. Dominic Solanke of Bournemouth, Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Alexander Isak are tying for fourth with 17 goals. Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa is ranking second with 19 goals.
Son Heung-min’s dream of becoming the second top scorer in his career has become even more distant.
Son Heung-min was challenging for his third career 10-10 and top scorer and top helper with 15 goals and 9 assists this season.
According to the BBC, Son scored 10-10 twice in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. In the 2019-20 season, Son scored 11 goals and 10 assists in the league, and in the 2020-21 season, he scored more than 10 goals and 10 assists in both goals.
In the 2021-22 season, when he was the top scorer, he scored 23 goals but failed to achieve them as he only had seven assists. Last season, he managed to score 10 goals in the league despite his slump, but failed again with six assists.
Son Heung-min, Brian Dean Leeds United, Matt Le Tissier Southampton, Chris Sutton Norwich City/Blackburn, Dwight York Villa/Manchester United, Dennis Bergamp, Thierry Henry Analysis, Riyad Mahrez Leicester City, and Raheem Sterling Manchester City have recorded 10-10 twice in Premier League history.
If Son Heung-min adds one more help and achieves his third 10-10 career, he will be on par with Chelsea legend Didier Drogba. There are three players in the fourth inning, Eric Cantona Liz/Manchester United, Frank Lampard Chelsea, and Mohamed Salah Liverpool, with Wayne Rooney Manchester United achieving 10-10 the most with his fifth career.
Only four players won the top scorer and top assist prize at the same time in the history of the Premier League. Andy Cole, a former Newcastle player in the 1993-94 season, scored 34 goals and 13 assists. Then, Jimmy Floyd Haselweinck scored 18 goals and 13 assists for Leeds United in the 1998-99 season, winning both the top scorer and the top assist prize.
The third is Tottenham legend Harry Kane. He scored 23 goals and 14 assists in the 2020-21 season, ranking first in both scoring and helping. And in the 2021-22 season, Mohamed Salah scored 23 goals and 13 assists, making him the last co-leader of the tournament.
Son Heung-min is challenging this record, which has only four players in the history of the Premier League.
In particular, Son Heung-min has only one penalty goal out of 15 goals. This is because Tottenham has received the least penalties this season. Tottenham has only received one penalty kick in 32 games. It is the smallest number with Nottingham Pores. 토토사이트 순위
Palmer, on the other hand, has scored nine of his 20 goals on penalties alone, nearly half of them. Chelsea also had the most penalties this season, with a whopping 12.
If the trend continues so far, there is no guarantee that Tottenham will win a penalty kick in the remaining games. It also means that Son Heung-min, a kicker dedicated to penalty kicks, has no way to increase the number of points except for field goals.
Son Heung-min’s victory as the top scorer is on the verge of collapse.