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Son Heung-min collaborates with season 4 Goal Kane… Tottenham beat Newcastle 3-2 (overall)

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Son-Kane, give or take, 35 goals… Drogba-Lampard record 1 goal difference

Tottenham’s 3rd straight win and 2nd consecutive win… The match was suspended for 25 minutes after a crowd collapsed at the end of the first half

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Son Heung-min (29) scored his fourth goal of the season with the help of his ‘best friend’ Harry Kane, leading Tottenham to a two-game winning streak.

Heung-Min Son started the away game in the 8th round of the English Premier League (EPL) for the 2021-2022 season against Newcastle held at St. James’s Park in Newcastle, England on the 18th (Korean time) and gave Tottenham a 3-1 lead in the first half of extra time. scored a goal

Heung-Min Son’s goal became the final goal as Tottenham won 3-2.

Son Heung-min, who scored in an away match against Arsenal in the 6th round and assisted in a home game against Aston Villa in the 7th round, recorded attack points in three consecutive regular league matches.

Son Heung-min scores
Son Heung-min scores

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Heung-Min Son has recorded 4 goals and 2 assists in the official game this season (4 goals and 1 assist in the regular league, 1 assist in the Europa Conference League).

Son Heung-min also scored a goal with Kane for the first time this season in the regular league.

Heung-min Son and Kane, considered the best attacking team in the EPL, have jointly scored 35 goals so far. It is one goal behind the record for the most goals in the Premier League career (36 goals) set by Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba (Chelsea).

Tottenham Hotspur, who have won two consecutive victories after three consecutive defeats in the regular season, moved up to fifth place (15 points, 5 wins and 3 losses).

Wilson scored the first goal
Wilson scored the first goal

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Newcastle, which became a ‘rich club’ after being acquired by Saudi Arabian capital on the 8th, scored the opening goal in the first two minutes, giving joy to the new owners in the audience.

When Javier Manquillo crossed from the right side of the goal area, Callum Wilson changed direction only with his head and shook the net.

But Newcastle’s smile didn’t last long.

Newcastle's favorite new owners
Newcastle’s favorite new owners

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Tottenham scored an equalizer in the 17th minute of the first half.

Requilon’s pass handed over from the left side, Tanggi Ndombele turned the game around with a shot aimed at the right corner of the goal near the penalty area.

Five minutes later, Kane was responsible for the comeback goal.

Pierre-Emil Hoybjerg inserted a lob penetrating pass, and Kane skillfully broke through the defensive line and scored with a right-footed non-stop shot that crossed the goalkeeper’s key to turn the tide.

It was Kane’s first goal in the Premier League, scoring six goals in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying (2 goals), finals (3 goals) and Carabao Cup (1 goal, League Cup) this season.

Kane scores the winning goal
Kane scores the winning goal

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Tottenham’s scoring opportunities continued. In the 39th minute of the first half, Heung-Min Son took a corner kick from the left, and Lucas Mora headered it to the crossbar.

In the 40th minute of the first half, the game was interrupted unexpectedly.

An emergency occurred in the stands, and the referee had the team’s medical staff take action, and the game was stopped.

When the situation was not over, the referee declared the end of the first half and allowed the players to enter the locker room.

Son Heung-min
Son Heung-min

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The game resumed in about 25 minutes, and the players took 7 minutes of extra time.

Heung-Min Son’s fourth goal came at this time.

In the 49th minute of the first half, Kane scored a ground cross from the right from the front to make it 3-1.

Newcastle made the game even more difficult as MF Jonjo Shelby was sent off in the 38th minute for accumulated warnings.

Newcastle only managed to make up for one point in the 44th minute with an own goal from Tottenham’s Eric Dier.

Newcastle manager Steve Bruce was the 1,000th game he coached against Tottenham on that day.

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