Player Watch Player Watch: Son Heung-min

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Not at his best today, being kind. Popped up in all the right places but his first touch was poor.

 

[Tucker]

Not at his best today, being kind. Popped up in all the right places but his first touch was poor.

Think he was unlucky, would likely have scored had he not been brought down for the penalty.

 

[isaac94]

not allowed to say but bar his decent scoring record, his been poor this season

 

[Montalbano]

Son was not the problem at all today. Constantly threatened and won the penalty / got Salisu sent off ffs

 

[Nice One Cyril]

His Dad won't be happy with today's performance... but neither will Sonny.

 

[Tucker]

not allowed to say but bar his decent scoring record, his been poor this season

Firstly it’s “he’s”

Secondly he’s there to score goals. He does so regularly. He’s brilliant and won a penalty today.

Some people are never fucking two minutes from wanting to slag our best players off.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Son was not the problem at all today. Constantly threatened and won the penalty / got Salisu sent off ffs

He was lively and had caused issues. But his first touch wasn't his best seemed to linger on the ball top long before releasing it. If that's because he jad a lack of support or just an off day in that respect.

 

[Roy's Racers]

Son looks like he's properly blowing. Needs a rest, doesn't look like he enjoyed playing today.

 

[Cochise]

I thought he was shocking today tbh. A lot of poor first touches where he got the ball stuck under his feet and a fair few times where he decided not to drive at his man in a 1v1 and allowed Southampton to get numbers back.

 

[Wadec]

I also thought he had an off day. His touch just wasn't there, to be honest I think he is lucky he got fouled for the pen as his touch looked heavy there too.

However, Son has earned his off days IMO been superb for us for a very long time and always runs himself into the ground.

 

[dtxspurs]

I also thought he had an off day. His touch just wasn't there, to be honest I think he is lucky he got fouled for the pen as his touch looked heavy there too.

However, Son has earned his off days IMO been superb for us for a very long time and always runs himself into the ground.

Bingo. Super frustrating when he has his days like this where people act like this is the norm.

It just unfortunately happened on the same day that no other forward could trap a ball either. Just a dumb game that makes a lot of sense considering we just played 2 days ago.

 

[Lifelong]

Thought he was very slow today.. there were a few times where he received the ball in dangerous positions and he didn’t know what to do with it, but as others have said, he’s earned that, even so, he needs to sharpen up

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Needs to improve in games where the opposition sit back & space in behind is limited

 

[littlewilly]

not allowed to say but bar his decent scoring record, his been poor this season

Your further response which you hastily deleted would have been embarrassing, aye?

 

[isaac94]

Your further response which you hastily deleted would have been embarrassing, aye?

haha yes I didn't see the second his ??
I love sonny, but do think he is overrated by some of our fans

 

[ShelfWatcher]

Not called up for South Korea in January, according to Spurs web article on News Now
Really good news for him to get a rest

 

[rossdapep]

He doesn't seem to be setting himself well enough when he's getting in good positions.

Yesterday, he was in but because he set off a little early the ball came directly at him and he couldn't adjust his body.


When he was one and one with Allison, again he didn't shape his angle well enough and then tried to take it around Allison.

It'll come, he'll start getting it right again but I think we'd have beaten both Liverpool and Southampton had he been at his usual best.

 

[Yiddo100]

Not called up for South Korea in January, according to Spurs web article on News Now
Really good news for him to get a rest

Won’t be too much of a rest tbh, just means he plays for us instead of Korea

 

[ShelfWatcher]

Won’t be too much of a rest tbh, just means he plays for us instead of Korea

Ah right, so there's no international break then? Anyway, at least he's spared the traveling

 

[Yiddo100]

Ah right, so there's no international break then? Anyway, at least he's spared the traveling

Don’t think there is no