▲ (Yonhap News)
Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham), who broke 20 goals in the regular season for the first time since his professional debut, ranked first in the English Premier League (EPL) season cumulative power ranking of Sky Sports UK.
Sky Sports announced the cumulative power ranking for the 2021-2022 season on the 9th (local time) and announced that Son Heung-min surpassed Mohammed Salah (Liverpool) to take first place.
Heung-Min Son scored 71,587 points and became the player with the most points in the EPL this season, beating out Salah who accumulated 71,295 points.
Sky Sports’ power ranking is a ‘player individual leaderboard’. Based on the last 5 games of the EPL, the performance in 35 areas such as scoring, assist, interception, and tackle is evaluated, and the most recent matches are weighted.
According to Sky Sports, “Salah maintained the top spot in the season rankings for almost the entire season, but Heung-Min Son overtook him and jumped to the top with three games left.”
“Heung-Min Son has scored 20 goals without penalty this season, almost double the expected goal (xG, 13.11). Salah scored 22 goals similar to his expected goal (22.43), 5 of them This penalty kick.”
After Son Heung-min and Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool, 65,115 points) and Joao Cancelou (Manchester City, 65,002 points) were named after him.
Heung-Min Son was by far the first in the latest power rankings. He scored 9923 points, ahead of Manchester City’s Gabriel Jejus (9737 points) and Rodri (9253 points).
Son Heung-min flew with two goals and one assist in the 35th round of the EPL against Leicester City on the 1st, and scored the first goal against the champion Liverpool in the 36th round on the 7th, leading the team to a 1-1 draw. is showing off
In particular, he scored 20 goals in the regular season with a goal scorer against Liverpool, becoming the first professional player to reach the league mark of 20 goals in a season. In addition, by two goals behind Salah (22 goals), the current leading scorer, he is the first Asian player to become the top scorer in Europe’s top five leagues.
