Tottenham will play the home game 'North London Derby' against Arsenal

 

 Son Heung-min 32, Tottenham literally has to do it.

Tottenham will play the "North London Derby" at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 28th against Arsenal in the 34th round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League. In Arsenal's away match, Son Heung-min scored multiple goals, leading to a 2-2 draw.

Tottenham is in fifth place, six points behind Aston Villa 66 points, which is in fourth place, with two games less than that. As Arsenal and Manchester City both lost, the English Premier League's European competition coefficient plunged to third place, trailing the German Bundesliga, forcing them to seek fourth place unconditionally.

The difference between the two teams became six points as Aston Villa won 3-1 over Bournemouth in the previous round. On top of that, Aston Villa scored multiple goals for two consecutive games, reversing their goal difference. As Tottenham lost 0-4 at Newcastle, Aston Villa have a +5 advantage in the difference between the two teams.

However, Tottenham does not smile at him regardless of schedule or injury. First of all, the main fullback Destiny Udogi was injured. He was mentioned as one of the best fullbacks in the English Premier League as he scored two goals and three assists in 28 games this season.

As this continued, Tottenham extended their contract with Udo-gi early on until 2030. With an aggressive tendency, he also attracted attention as he showed league-class destructive power with Son Heung-min on the left side. Even Tottenham has limited players who can play in the left-side defender position where Udo-gi is absent.

Ben Davis and Ryan Sessegnon are all lacking compared to Udo. In particular, Davis' defense is not a big problem, but he lacks attack.

Tottenham's official website said, "Udogi had surgery on his left thigh. He underwent surgery due to injury during training, not the game. Chances are high that he will not return to the team until the pre-season ahead of next season."

On top of that, Son's sluggish performance was also disappointing. In the match against Newcastle, Son left the stadium as his replacement for Dejan Kulusevski at the 12th minute in the second half. It was the worst game in history for Son. He showed no impact in attack as well, but his touch and ball play did not go well.

In defense, both errors resulted in lost points. Especially, it was regrettable that the first goal went in vain. Naturally, the worst assessment came out. After the game, Huscore, a soccer statistics website, gave Son 5.9 points, the third lowest score in the team.

In short, Son's one-top position has led to his sluggishness recently. Forced players to play one-top can hamper players and prevent them from focusing on offense. In fact, he did not look like Son in the matches against West Ham and Nottingham.

There is no doubt about Son Heung-min's personal ability. The problem is that one-top does not have a good chance to score due to the lack of support from side resources. In many ways, Tottenham needs to rearrange Son's position.

Regarding Son, Football 365 in the U.K. said, "The scoring streak is kind of on hold. Notably, in the match against Newcastle, he was kicked out quickly as he was sluggish in the 12th minute of the second half. Still, he has significantly changed compared to the 2022-2023 season." He was named the best finisher in the league.

Football 365 said, "Son's expected goal value is 9.3 goals. Son has scored a whopping 15 goals, recording more than +5.7 goals. This season, he is literally far ahead of his xG value, showing his best determination." He stressed his greatness.   메이저사이트

Meanwhile, Tottenham faces a terrible schedule in the remaining games. Tottenham will have matches against Arsenal and the North London derby on May 28, against Chelsea on May 3, and against Liverpool on May 6. Literally, it has three consecutive games of hell. As the team lost in away matches at Newcastle earlier, it is feeling more pressure to hold the next three consecutive games.

In particular, we must win against Arsenal to make a turnaround in the future schedule. Victory is a victory, but it is even more burdensome because it requires multiple points. Except for Son Heung-min this season, no player has scored more than 10 goals in Tottenham, so we need to do better.

In the end, no matter what position Son Heung-min plays, he has to do well against Arsenal. As mentioned earlier, Son Heung-min is the only player to score multiple goals in the away match against Arsenal this season. Only when he flies like this against Arsenal can the situation be turned around. Attention is focusing on whether he can lead the game out of the slump in the match against Arsenal.