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Release Date: Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 3:49
Never was Mauricio Pochettino as happy to see Son Heung-min as when he walked through the door at Hotspur Way earlier this week. This feeling may not have been entirely reciprocal, his rapid return being due to South Korea's premature exit from the Asian Cup, but despite his failure to lead his country to glory, Son has since trained his club on the path that leads to him.
His son flew after the home defeat against Manchester United and by the time he landed, the Spurs had also lost their other most powerful attack threat. After Harry Kane's diagnosis, Dele Alli inflicted even more lasting damage on Fulham's final victory. Then, a week later, during the four difficult days for Son, the sandwich was South Korea's defeat in the quarter-final against Qatar, pitting the Spurs to be out of the two national competitions with their London rivals.
"It hurts like you can not even imagine," admitted His, but he did not have time to lick his physical or mental wounds. Watford arrived on Wednesday to look to inflict on Spurs their third consecutive home defeat in the Premier League. This is exactly what happened before Son trailed Pochettino's men tied for 10 minutes before the final winner of Fernando Llorente.
Naturally, Son seemed upset by the end of the victory over Watford, which allowed the Spurs to gain ground on Liverpool and Manchester City while pushing further behind Chelsea. But with the Spurs still short of attacks and the source of 35 goals this season based on injuries in nursing, Son has only two days to recover. Newcastle arrived at Wembley with the desire to take his second major scalp of the week.
His was again the main light of the Spurs. At 26, the 26-year-old was undoubtedly the most dangerous weapon of his host, while his entourage, even Christian Eriksen, tried to break Newcastle's resistance. It sometimes seems that Rafael Benitez's team is also rising from his. The former Hamburg striker has shown his irritation several times over the decisions of the officials and his teammates.
But Son channeled his frustration exactly as we expected. His intensity around the last third was greater than that of any teammate. Spurs remained patient, but few others were likely to jump in and break into Toon 's rearguard. His buddy got more shots than any Spurs teammate and did more sprints, despite his discouraging energy level.
When the only goal was finally achieved, again in the last 10 minutes, it was not surprising that this was the result of a Newcastle error caused by Son's relentlessness. In retaking the overthrow of Llorente, a single feint kidnapped two Newcastle defenders before Son pierced a sneaky shot that plunged late and under Martin Dubravka's gloves, goalkeeper Toon paying for his indecision over the technique of set up to apply.
14 – Son Heung-Min has been directly involved in 14 goals in his last 10 appearances in all competitions for the Spurs (9 goals, 5 badists). Prodigal. #TOTNEW pic.twitter.com/Rma2cqxFY4
– OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 2, 2019
The winner at Wembley has scored 12 goals in 16 games since winning 3-1 at Wembley in November, in addition to seven badists. In 13 Premier League matches, Son has been directly involved in 15 goals.
Pochettino's insistence on always applying a positive approach will mean that the Spurs manager will think more about Son's impetus than about his inevitable lbaditude. With Kane is making good progress but he does not know he'll be back before the initial goal of early March. His will have to enjoy the rest of eight days ahead before retaining this fantastic form as the Spurs enter a crucial period. In the next 28 days, before Kane's expected return and well before we see Dele Alli, Pochettino's team will face Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League, as well as Leicester and Burnley, in addition to the first leg of the last Champions League match against Borussia, the last 16. Dortmund
Before that, Pochettino has some decisions to make. The Spurs boss has gone from a three or four defense at halftime in the previous three matches and Newcastle has been defeated only after a series of tactical changes. He will argue that this flexibility – in direct contrast to some of the Spurs' rivals – is a positive feature, instead of thinking too much about the constant need to implement Plan B. Regardless, even in the absence of Kane and Alli, as long as Sound is fit and pulls Spurs have a chance.
Ian Watson
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