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This is really interesting analysis, thank you for doing it! Worth also noting that his best performance at LW was against Newcastle where he was up against Trippier who has never been incredibly athletic and was absolutely dead on his feet for the game against us. Not a situation that will happen very often.I went and looked at all of his goals and assists this season. He has 12 goals and 6 assists in the PL this season from 21 starts (1 sub appearance). Of the 21 starts, he has played ST 12 times and LW 9 times. His sub appearance was also LW.
But going through all of the goals and assists, I found that nearly all of them came when he was at ST. Some of them even came when he had started LW but had actually moved to ST.
Here is a breakdown of every goal and assist and where he was playing when he contributed:
Burnley (a) - ST: 3 goals. All scored from central positions in the box.
Arsenal (a) - ST: 2 goals. Both scored from central positions in the box.
Liverpool (h) - ST: 1 goal. Scored centrally from inside the penalty box.
Fulham (h) - ST: 1 goal, 1 assist. Goal scored centrally from just inside the box. Assist comes centrally, laying the ball off to Maddison inside left.
Palace (a) - ST: 1 goal. Scored centrally from inside the penalty box.
City (a) - ST: 1 goal, 1 assist. Goal scored on the counter attack inside right. Assist comes centrally laying it off to Gio.
Newcastle (h) - LW. 1 goal, 2 assists. Goal is scored from a penalty he wins once he has moved to ST! Both assists come from LW, outside man cutback.
Everton (h) - LW. 1 goal. Goal comes from a set piece (corner). We take it short, Johnson ends up shooting, shot parried to Son who scores from centrally in the penalty box (a theme here).
Brighton (a) - LW. 1 assist. But the assist comes once Son has moved to ST (up top with Veliz). Son inside right squares it for Veliz to slot home.
Bournemouth (h) - LW. 1 goal. Goal comes down the left side, Gio puts Son in and he takes it outside defender and fires it past the keeper.
Brighton (h) - LW. 1 assist. Assist comes down the left side, Son running in to space overlapping Richy delivers low to the far post for Johnson tap in.
So to summarise, he has scored 9 open play goals from ST, 1 penalty once he'd moved to ST, 1 goal from a set piece and just 1 goal from the LW position.
In terms of assists, he has 3 assists from LW and 3 assists from ST.
1 open play goal and 3 assists playing LW basically. Compared to 10 goals (9 open play), 3 assists as a striker. Just proves to me that in this system he is much more effective as a striker.
I went and looked at all of his goals and assists this season. He has 12 goals and 6 assists in the PL this season from 21 starts (1 sub appearance). Of the 21 starts, he has played ST 12 times and LW 9 times. His sub appearance was also LW.
But going through all of the goals and assists, I found that nearly all of them came when he was at ST. Some of them even came when he had started LW but had actually moved to ST.
Here is a breakdown of every goal and assist and where he was playing when he contributed:
Burnley (a) - ST: 3 goals. All scored from central positions in the box.
Arsenal (a) - ST: 2 goals. Both scored from central positions in the box.
Liverpool (h) - ST: 1 goal. Scored centrally from inside the penalty box.
Fulham (h) - ST: 1 goal, 1 assist. Goal scored centrally from just inside the box. Assist comes centrally, laying the ball off to Maddison inside left.
Palace (a) - ST: 1 goal. Scored centrally from inside the penalty box.
City (a) - ST: 1 goal, 1 assist. Goal scored on the counter attack inside right. Assist comes centrally laying it off to Gio.
Newcastle (h) - LW. 1 goal, 2 assists. Goal is scored from a penalty he wins once he has moved to ST! Both assists come from LW, outside man cutback.
Everton (h) - LW. 1 goal. Goal comes from a set piece (corner). We take it short, Johnson ends up shooting, shot parried to Son who scores from centrally in the penalty box (a theme here).
Brighton (a) - LW. 1 assist. But the assist comes once Son has moved to ST (up top with Veliz). Son inside right squares it for Veliz to slot home.
Bournemouth (h) - LW. 1 goal. Goal comes down the left side, Gio puts Son in and he takes it outside defender and fires it past the keeper.
Brighton (h) - LW. 1 assist. Assist comes down the left side, Son running in to space overlapping Richy delivers low to the far post for Johnson tap in.
So to summarise, he has scored 9 open play goals from ST, 1 penalty once he'd moved to ST, 1 goal from a set piece and just 1 goal from the LW position.
In terms of assists, he has 3 assists from LW and 3 assists from ST.
1 open play goal and 3 assists playing LW basically. Compared to 10 goals (9 open play), 3 assists as a striker. Just proves to me that in this system he is much more effective as a striker.
True but if you're working passing moves around the edge of the box to create a half chance I'd want the half chance to fall to Son. He can shoot with either foot, which helps a hell of a lot in tight situations.Son is only really good up front against teams that leave space in behind. Against a low block he's a problem at 9 because his hold up play isn't much better than Richy's, and he can't head the ball so you can't cross it in the air.
Son is only really good up front against teams that leave space in behind. Against a low block he's a problem at 9 because his hold up play isn't much better than Richy's, and he can't head the ball so you can't cross it in the air.
They're so crappy yet you share them? Best to just ignore completely and move on. Also it doesn't say he's interested, just that he's wanted by the club in question. Hardly groundbreaking stuff.Sonny has already publicly turned down a move to Saudi and after the Henderson saga you would think these crappy rumour sites would give up.
Al-Ittihad will target Tottenham's 31-year-old South Korea forward Son Heung-min and Liverpool's 31-year-old Egypt forward Mohamed Salah in the summer transfer window. (Football Transfers)
Mawspurs is doing it all the time , now running one that we are thinking of re-signing KWP.They're so crappy yet you share them? Best to just ignore completely and move on. Also it doesn't say he's interested, just that he's wanted by the club in question. Hardly groundbreaking stuff.
VirginI went and looked at all of his goals and assists this season. He has 12 goals and 6 assists in the PL this season from 21 starts (1 sub appearance). Of the 21 starts, he has played ST 12 times and LW 9 times. His sub appearance was also LW.
But going through all of the goals and assists, I found that nearly all of them came when he was at ST. Some of them even came when he had started LW but had actually moved to ST.
Here is a breakdown of every goal and assist and where he was playing when he contributed:
Burnley (a) - ST: 3 goals. All scored from central positions in the box.
Arsenal (a) - ST: 2 goals. Both scored from central positions in the box.
Liverpool (h) - ST: 1 goal. Scored centrally from inside the penalty box.
Fulham (h) - ST: 1 goal, 1 assist. Goal scored centrally from just inside the box. Assist comes centrally, laying the ball off to Maddison inside left.
Palace (a) - ST: 1 goal. Scored centrally from inside the penalty box.
City (a) - ST: 1 goal, 1 assist. Goal scored on the counter attack inside right. Assist comes centrally laying it off to Gio.
Newcastle (h) - LW. 1 goal, 2 assists. Goal is scored from a penalty he wins once he has moved to ST! Both assists come from LW, outside man cutback.
Everton (h) - LW. 1 goal. Goal comes from a set piece (corner). We take it short, Johnson ends up shooting, shot parried to Son who scores from centrally in the penalty box (a theme here).
Brighton (a) - LW. 1 assist. But the assist comes once Son has moved to ST (up top with Veliz). Son inside right squares it for Veliz to slot home.
Bournemouth (h) - LW. 1 goal. Goal comes down the left side, Gio puts Son in and he takes it outside defender and fires it past the keeper.
Brighton (h) - LW. 1 assist. Assist comes down the left side, Son running in to space overlapping Richy delivers low to the far post for Johnson tap in.
So to summarise, he has scored 9 open play goals from ST, 1 penalty once he'd moved to ST, 1 goal from a set piece and just 1 goal from the LW position.
In terms of assists, he has 3 assists from LW and 3 assists from ST.
1 open play goal and 3 assists playing LW basically. Compared to 10 goals (9 open play), 3 assists as a striker. Just proves to me that in this system he is much more effective as a striker.
I’d like an interviewer to go over that with him. He might just be dropping into an open space to better receive a pass. But the beauty of having a player like him is to see the defense panic like that. Very nice bit of video, that.