Tottenham star, Son Heung-min has set a new career record in the Premier League on Sunday, May 1, 2022.
South Korean captain and Tottenham star Son Heung-min has set a new career record in the Premier League following his brace (2 goals) against Leicester City on Sunday, May 1, 2022.
Son in the 2021/2022 season so far has surpassed his goal-scoring record in a single Premier League season since he joined Tottenham.
Son Heung-min is currently on 19 goals and in the race for the golden boot in the Premier League this season behind Salah.
In the post-match interview on Sunday, Son revealed that:
It is always important to score as early as possible, especially when you’re playing at home. We talked about wanting to score set pieces and we worked really hard. We practised some situations in training and we are happy to score in that way. If we’re not scoring goals we are going to struggle and Harry’s goal was really important.”
Son Heung-min has scored 19 league goals from 11.64 xG this season, an overperformance of 65%.
— Sporting Life Football & Infogol (@InfogolApp) May 1, 2022
He has now scored 87 Premier League goals from an xG of 56.04, an overperformance of 56%.
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