Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min celebrates after the match with Brentford on the GTech Group Stadium in London, Britain, Feb. 2. Reuters-Yonhap
Captain Son Heung-min has helped Tottenham Hotspur snap their seven-match winless slide within the Premier League by creating the opponent’s personal purpose and organising the insurance coverage marker.
Spurs defeated Brentford 2-0 at Gtech Group Stadium, Brentford, England, on Sunday (native time), because of a first-half personal purpose by Brentford midfielder Vitaly Janelt and a late rating by Pape Sarr.
Son’s nook kick from the left aspect within the twenty ninth minute deflected off Janelt’s again and went in previous goalkeeper Hakon Valdimarsson for the match’s first purpose.
Then within the 87th minute, Son threaded a cross between two Brentford gamers to search out the charging Sarr, who beat Valdimarsson to offer Tottenham extra respiration room.
This was Tottenham’s first Premier League victory since Dec. 15, after they routed Southampton 5-0. Spurs had since posted one draw and 6 losses, together with 4 in a row, earlier than breaking via in opposition to Brentford.
With the long-awaited victory, Tottenham improved to 27 factors on eight wins, three attracts and 13 losses. They’re in 14th place, now 10 factors away from the relegation zone.
Son leads his membership with seven assists, good for seventh total within the Premier League. He’s tied for fourth on the staff with six targets.
Brentford’s Korean middle again Kim Ji-soo was not within the squad listing for this match and was thus denied an opportunity to go up in opposition to Son for the primary time in his younger Premier League profession.
Kim made his Brentford debut on Dec. 27, three days after turning 20, and have become the youngest Korean to look in a Premier League match. However he has performed in just one extra league match since then. (Yonhap)
