‘Full-time + final goal’ Son Heung-min, ‘League 1st goal’ to Man City in the EPL opening game (overall)

Tottenham beat defending champions Manchester City 1-0

Son Heung-min scored his 7th personal goal against Manchester City, ‘Proof of natural enemy’

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-ho = ‘Son Sational’ Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham) scored the league’s first goal against the ‘defending champion’ Manchester City (Man City) in the opening match of the English professional football Premier League (EPL) in 2021-2022. exploded and gave the team victory.

Son Heung-min started as the front-line one-top striker in the first round of the 2021-2022 EPL against Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 16th (Korean time) and scored the winning goal with a left footed shot from the right side of the penalty area in the 10th minute of the second half.

Tottenham beat Man City 1-0 by keeping Heung-Min Son’s goal to the end, who played full-time.

In particular, Heung-Min Son, who became a top striker with Harry Kane, who joined late in the pre-season as he was engulfed in transfer rumors, was excluded from the roster. did.

Son Heung-min started as the front-line one-top striker in the 4-2-3-1 tactic selected by Santo against Manchester City.

Immediately after kickoff, Manchester City took the lead in the attack.

Manchester City missed the chance to score as a right-footed free kick struck by Ilkai Gundogan from the left side of the penalty area in the 4th minute of the first half skipped the defensive wall and slightly crossed the crossbar. In the next corner kick, Fernandinho’s header went over the left post.

Tottenham, who were crouched in the early half, aimed at Man City’s back with a counterattack in the middle of the first half.

In the 24th minute of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur tried to score with a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area by Lucas Mora from Heung-Min Son’s forward free kick, but was hit by Manchester City’s Gundogan, who defended the goal.

In the 27th minute of the first half, in the counterattack situation, Stevan Bergwein cut back the ball from the right side of the penalty area, and Heung-Min Son connected it with a left-footed shot.

Son Heung-min caught a pass from Mora who counterattacked in the 40th minute of the first half and shot a right-footed shot from the penalty spot, but the ball hit the buttocks of Manchester City’s Joao Cancelo, who blocked the front, and was deflected slightly out of the right post, leaving a disappointment.

Tottenham Hotspur, who finished the first half 0-0, scored in 10 minutes in the second half, and the main character was Heung-Min Son.

In the counter-attacking situation, Bergwein hit midfield and connected the ball to Son Heung-min, who was rushing to the right flank.

Son Heung-min overcame Manchester City’s Nathan Ake, who blocked the front from the right side of the penalty area, and put the ball into the left corner of the Manchester City goal with a powerful left-footed shot. It was Son Heung-min’s first goal in the league.

Son Heung-min proved himself as a ‘natural enemy’ by scoring 7 goals in his career (4 regular league goals, 3 UEFA Champions League goals) against Manchester City.

In particular, Son Heung-min scored the most goals by scoring 11 goals (9 regular league goals, 2 FA Cup goals) into Southampton’s goal on the English stage, and scored the second most goals against Manchester City.