Son Heung-min Starts Scoring in Just 4 Games of EPL Opening… Hat Trick Explosion
‘Memories of the 70m sprint’ 5-2 win against Burnley with 3 goals… Tottenham undefeated in 4 league games
Son Heung-min, the ‘captain’ of English professional soccer team Tottenham,
scored the first goal of the 2023-2024 season in the opening four games of the Premier League (EPL),
followed by a hat trick, leading the team to a major victory.
Son Heung-min
Son Heung-min scored a goal to tie the score at 1-1 in the 16th minute of the first half in the 2023-2024 EPL 4th round away game against Burnley held at Turf Moor in Burnley, England, England on the 2nd (local time).
This is the first goal of the new season for Son Heung-min, who scored 14 official goals, including 10 in the league last season. 온라인카지노
Son Heung-min then scored goals in succession in the 18th and 21st minutes of the second half when the team went back up 3-1, scoring his first hat trick of the season.
It has been about a year since Son Heung-min scored three goals in one game in the 8th round of the 2022-2023 EPL season against Leicester City on September 17 last year.
League Cup
Son Heung-min started in three league games this season, and was substituted in the second round of the League Cup (Carabao Cup) against Fulham on the 30th of last month, and had no offensive points, but scored three goals in four league games and five official games.
It came out all at once.
Son Heung-min once again showed his strength against Burnley, the opposing team,
when he scored a ‘wonder goal’ by running about 70 meters in the 16th round of the 2019-2020 league season held in December 2019.
By adding 3 goals on this day, Son Heung-min recorded 106 goals in his EPL career,
ranking 30th on the all-time EPL scoring list, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (103 goals) and Didier Drogba (104 goals).
Tottenham
Thanks to Son Heung-min’s outstanding performance, Tottenham won 5-2,
extending their undefeated streak in the EPL season to 4 games (3 wins, 1 draw).
Tottenham, who accumulated 10 points, jumped to second place after Manchester City (12 points).
Promoted team Burnley suffered three consecutive losses in the opening game and remained in last place (0 points).
Tottenham coach Enzi Postekoglu scored a goal in the League Cup (Carabao Cup) midweek,
but judged his performance to be poor, so he sat Richarlison on the bench and appointed Son Heung-min as the front line lone striker.
Manor Solomon, James Madison, and Dejan Kulusevski were placed in the second line.
Tottenham suffered a blow just 4 minutes into the game.
Burnley’s Luca Koleosho
Burnley’s Luca Koleosho broke through the left flank and sent a cutback past the defense inside the penalty area,
which Lyle Foster finished with his left foot to score the first goal.
In the 16th minute of the first half, when both teams were facing off with strong pressure,
Son Heung-min finally scored his first goal of the season.
Son Heung-min, who controlled a long ball from behind and gave it to Solomon before returning it,
opened the goal with a wonderful right-footed chip shot from the right side of the goal area.
The opposing goalkeeper and defense were trying to block it,
but it was a goal that stood out by cleverly deceiving them and kicking the ball in the air.
Captain’s Goal
Tottenham, who set the mood with the ‘Captain”s goal,
succeeded in reversing the game in extra time in the first half.
After Maddison’s cutback on the left side of the penalty area,
both Kulusevski and Pape Sar’s shot attempts were blocked by the defense,
but Christian Romero connected with a mid-range shot to shake the goal net.
2nd Half
In the 9th minute of the second half, Tottenham completely took control of the game with Maddison’s right-footed mid-range shot from the left side of the penalty arc.
Then, in the 18th minute of the second half, Son Heung-min calmly finished the ball with his right foot when Solomon gave it to the center from the left side of the penalty area, giving Tottenham the win.
Three minutes later, Son Heung-min again scored with a left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area after a ball stabbed by Poro. stuck.
Son Heung-min was replaced by Richarlison in the 27th minute of the second half, promising to return after the international match.
Burnley had to take comfort in the fact that Josh Brownhill scored another goal in extra time in the second half when the game was already virtually tilted.