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‘Son Spider-Man’ Son Heung-min 1 goal and 1 assist enters double digits in attack points for the season

3-0 win over Norwich City, involved in all three goals… Selected as ‘King of the Match’
Another Spider-Man ceremony after the goal ‥ “This is the last”

Son Spider-Man (29, Tottenham) Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham) added one goal and one assist and entered the double digits of attack points for the 2021-22 season.

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▲ Son Heung-min (left) scored his team’s third goal in the 32nd minute of the second half of the English Premier League (EPL) match against Norwich City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 5th (local time) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 5th (local time). E’Dawn Man is holding a ceremony. [로이터 연합뉴스]

Son Heung-min started in the 15th round home match (3-0 win) of the English Premier League (EPL) season against Norwich City held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 6th (Korea time), leading 2-0 in the second half 32 minutes. popped a wedge

This season’s 6th goal in the league and 7th in the official match including the UEFA Europa Conference League. It was also his second goal in a row against Brentford on the 2nd.

After scoring the goal, Heung-Min Son played the ‘Spider-Man Ceremony’ in two consecutive matches with Lucas Mora and Pierre-Emile Hoivier, imitating the shooting of a spider’s web from a finger.

This was triggered by the interview that Tom Holland, the lead actor in the movie Spider-Man, is a Tottenham fan and “I like Son Heung-min”. also did

Son Heung-min responds with a smile to the cheers of home fans as he slides on the grass like a sleigh after scoring his 7th goal of the season in the 32nd minute of the second half of the English Premier League (EPL) match against Norwich City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 5th (local time).[로이터 연합뉴스]

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▲ Son Heung-min responds with a smile to the cheers of home fans as he slides on the grass like a sleigh after scoring the 7th goal of the season in the second half of the English Premier League (EPL) match against Norwich City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 5th (local time) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 5th (local time).[로이터 연합뉴스]

After the Norwich City match, Son Heung-min posted on social media, “This is the last Spider-Man ceremony I promised!! Another three points were won. Let’s go Spurs” along with a photo of the goal.

Heung-Min Son delivered the winning goal by Lucas Mora in the 10th minute of the first half and even recorded an assist. The second assist in the league after about two months since the match against Aston Villa in early October. It is the third time including the Europa Conference League. With this, Son Heung-min recorded a total of 7 goals and 3 assists in the official match for the 2021-22 season, breaking through 10 attack points.

In addition, Son Heung-min was the starting point for Tottenham’s second goal scored by Davinson Sanchez in the 22nd minute of the second half. Ben Davis, who received Heung-Min Son’s right corner kick with his head, hit an opponent and fell into the goal area, and Sanchez shook the net with his right foot.

Son Heung-min (left) cheers with his teammates after scoring the team's third goal in the 32nd minute of the English Premier League (EPL) match against Norwich City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 5th (local time) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 5th (local time).[로이터 연합뉴스]

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▲ Son Heung-min (left) cheers with his teammates after scoring the team’s third goal in the 32nd minute of the English Premier League (EPL) match against Norwich City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 5th (local time).[로이터 연합뉴스]

Heung-Min Son, who was directly or indirectly involved in Tottenham’s three goals, moved up to fifth place (25 points) by continuing the upward trend of undefeated (3 wins, 1 draw) in four matches, including three consecutive victories. In particular, Tottenham have scored two or more goals in all their three consecutive wins.

Son Heung-min was selected for the ‘King of the Match’, the best player selected by voting on the EPL official website. With an overwhelming support of 78.8% in the votes cast by 22,596 people, he rose to the title of ‘King’ for two consecutive games following the match against Brentford. ‘Football London’ said, “I tried to create something throughout the game,” and gave Heung-Min Son the highest score of 9 in the team along with Mora.

Byung-gyu Choi, staff reporter cbk91065@seoul.co.kr