After 58 minutes, replacement is out without an attack point
Tottenham were beaten 0-4 by Newcastle
Son Heung-min had his worst day ever. Tottenham’s “captain” Son Heung-min started the game but failed to prevent his team’s complete defeat and pushed back the milestone to the next stage.
In an away match against Newcastle in the 33rd round of the 2023-2024 EPL held at St. James’ Park in Newcastle, England on Sunday, Son started as Tottenham’s front-line striker, and played until he was replaced by Dejan Kulusevski at 13 minutes in the second half. This is the shortest substitution that Son has played as a starting player in this season’s league.
Son Heung-min, who played in 29 league matches this season, played as a starter in all but a second-half substitute in the 24th round against Brighton in February, right after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup.
In most of the games he played as a starter, he played full-time or close to that, and the earliest replacement was in the 24th minute of the second half (against Liverpool in the 7th round in September last year), but he left the ground earlier on the day.
He also failed to add offensive points from 15 goals and 9 assists, and postponed his first 10-goal-10 assist breakthrough in three years to the next.
Newcastle scored goals in the 30th and 32nd minutes of the first half, taking the lead and pushing them. In the 6th minute of the second half, Son Heung-min was involved in additional runs.
In Newcastle’s midfield, Son Heung-min lost the ball to Bruno Guimarães, and Isak received a long pass from Guimarães aiming for the back space and scored a right-footed shot from the left side of the goal area to tilt the score early.
Tottenham, who were on the defensive, tried to change the atmosphere by changing Son Heung-min to Kulusevski in the 13th minute of the second half and sending out Pape Sarr and Pierre-Emile Hoivier instead of Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur, but it didn’t have much effect.
Rather, Newcastle Fabian Shea’s header wedge goal in the 42nd minute of the second half completely broke Tottenham’s willingness to pursue.
Huskydoc, which specializes in soccer statistics, gave Son 5.9 points, the fourth lowest rating among Tottenham players. Newcastle’s Gordon, who had one goal and two assists, received a perfect score of 10. 토토사이트 순위
Tottenham, which recently lost three league games (2 wins and 1 draw), recorded 60 points and a goal difference of +16, losing its fourth place to Aston Villa (60 points and a goal difference of +17), and ranked fifth.