Tottenham ended its three-game losing streak by tying Manchester City 3-3 in the 14th round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) at 1:30 a.m. on the 3rd (Korea Standard Time) at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England.
Son Heung-min played full-time and scored one goal and one assist, but also scored an own goal. 토토사이트
In November alone, Tottenham faced Chelsea, Wolverhampton, and Aston Villa for three straight losses. As their first opponent in December was defending champion Manchester City, their fourth consecutive loss seemed imminent.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min, however, scored the first goal, creating a chance for his team to escape from losing consecutive games. After defending from a corner kick in the sixth minute of the first half, Son dribbled through a long pass that Kulusevski converted from left to right in the counterattack to the Manchester City penalty box, and his low right foot shot went through the armpits of Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson to shake the net, giving Tottenham a 1-0 lead. Son’s ninth goal in the league.
Tottenham’s morale significantly increased as Son Heung-min scored the first goal with a counterattack. However, it was also Son who dampened this morale. In the 9th minute of the first half, Son tried to block a free kick that Manchester City’s Julián Alvarez put into the Tottenham box with his right foot from the right side, but rather it became an own goal that hit Son’s right thigh and went into the goal.
Manchester City ultimately scored a come-from-behind goal. In the 31st minute of the first half, Alvarez Jr. passed a pass from Doku to Phil Foden in the Tottenham box, and Foden strongly inserted a low-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the goal to make Manchester City come from behind to 2-1.
However, Son emerged as Tottenham’s savior again in the second half. At 24 minutes in the second half, Son gave up a pass from the back to Giovanni Rossellso, and penetrated into the Manchester City box to lure the opponent’s defense. In the meantime, Rossellso, who became free, strongly kicked a low left-footed shot from the front of the Manchester City box to hit the left post.
Tottenham lost the ball to Manchester City Rodri at the 36th minute of the second half when Yves Bissouma dribbled too much, and Jack Grealish connected it with his right foot. However, Kulusevski scored a goal from Brannon Johnson’s left cross at the 45th minute of the second half to end the game with a 3-3 draw. The moment Tottenham ended its losing streak.
Son Heung-min, who seemed to be spearheading his escape from consecutive defeats at Tottenham, became the hero of his own goal just three minutes later. However, he exchanged cold and hot baths, helping an important equalizer in the second half.