Son Heung-min’s 2 Assists Help Tottenham Escape Successive Defeat

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min helped the team escape their second successive defeat with two assists. Son Heung-min played full time in the 5th round home game against Brentford of the 2024-2025 English Premier League (EPL) season held in London, England on the 22nd, recording his first and second assists of the season.

Tottenham came from behind to win 3-1, breaking away from their second league defeat in a row. Son Heung-min, who started as a left-forward, set the stage for a comeback goal by heading the ball to Brennan Johnson, who was penetrating down the right, in the 28th minute of the first half when the score was draw 1-1.

In the 40th minute of the second half, he passed to James Madison, who was playing to the left of midfield, and he helped score the key goal. He delivered a fine pass between the legs of the opposing defender who was blocking his path.

Even with Tottenham’s offensive continued at the end of the game, Son Heung-min tried to use his fellow attackers in better positions rather than trying a shot himself. Leading goalscorer Madison said, “Son Heung-min is an unselfish player. “I always thought there was a chance he would pass, so I followed calmly, watching out for offsides,” he said.

Son Heung-min scored two goals in the second round match against Everton on the 25th of last month and then added an attacking point in three league games. Including the English Football League (EFL) Cup game, there are only four games.

Heung-min, in his 10th season in the EPL, notched his 64th league assist in this game, jumping from tied for 2nd in all-time assists to 2nd position among Tottenham players. He surpassed his former teammate Christian Eriksen (62 assists). He narrowed the gap with Darren Anderton (67 assists), who came first in this category, who played for Tottenham between 1992 and 2004.

In the EPL as a whole, Son Heung-min is tied for 18th position. According to ‘Transfermarkt’, a European football statistics media, the second assist which came in the 40th minute of the day was also Son Heung-min’s 100th assist on the European stage.

Son Heung-min, who started his professional career at Hamburg in the German Bundesliga in 2010 and played for Leverkusen in the same league, recorded 10 assists in the German Bundesliga and 5 assists in the UEFA Champions League as well as 64 assists in the EPL.

Son Heung-min was chosen as ‘Man of the Match (MOTM)’, the best player of the match, with 52.9% of the support in the vote for the fans after the match. In addition to 2 assists, Son Heung-min recorded 1 effective shot and 7 key passes. Football statistics site ‘Foot Mob’ gave Son Heung-min a score of 9.0 points, the highest on both teams. Sofa Score gave Son Heung-min and Madison the highest score of 8.7 points.