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[스포츠조선 윤진만 기자]Son Heung-min (Tottenham), who had an unprecedented first half, was named to the best team chosen by two legends called ‘Dumb and Dumber’ of EPL commentators.
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‘Liverpool hero’ Jamie Carragher and ‘Man United legend’ Gary Neville selected the current best eleven for the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) season via sports broadcaster Sky Sports on the 2nd (Korea time).
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Carragher chose the player who performed best in the 4-3-3 formation, and Neville chose the player who performed best in the 4-2-4 formation, with ‘Tottenham Captain’ Son Heung-min both set as the left striker. Both commentators recognized the performance of Son Heung-min, who scored 12 goals and 5 assists in 20 games, including a goal against Bournemouth on December 31 last year.
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Among the players common to both teams are Son Heung-min, Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), William Saliba (Arsenal) , and Virgil 8 people, including Van Dyke (Liverpool) and Destiny Udogi (Tottenham). The two former defenders had exactly the same opinion when it came to forming a defender.
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Son Heung-min, who scored 4 goals and 4 assists in December last year alone, has emerged as a leading candidate for December Player of the Month. Among the competitors are Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth), who scored 6 goals in the same month, his fellow striker Richarlison (Tottenham), who scored 5 goals, Chani’s partner Mateusz Cunha (Wolverhampton), who scored 3 goals and 3 assists, and Chelsea’s emerging ace’, including Cole Palmer, who recorded 4 goals and 2 assists.
Son Heung-min, who was chosen as Player of the Month last September, is aiming to win the Player of the Month Award for the fifth time in his career. He also received the Player of the Month trophy in September 2016, April 2017, and October 2020. He has never won more than two awards in the same season.
In addition, Carragher added Cole Palmer (Chelsea) and Bernardo Silva (Man City) to the current best team in midfield, and Guglielmo Vicario chose Tottenham as goalkeeper. There were three Tottenham players in Carragher’s team, the most along with league leaders Liverpool.
Neville chose Rodri (Man City) as Rice’s midfield partner and entrusted Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson with the goalkeeping. Reporter Yoon Jin-man yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
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