Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min roared with his 13th goal in the league against Crystal Palace.

Tottenham came from behind to win 3-1 at home in the 27th round of the Premier League against Crystal Palace in the 2023-24 season at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 3rd (Korea time). Son Heung-min, who started as a front-line striker on the day, contributed to his team’s victory by scoring his 13th goal in the league after sprinting 43:30m in the second half with his team leading 2-1. It was his first goal in about two months.

Having gained three points thanks to Son’s performance, Tottenham remained in fifth place with 15 wins, five draws and six losses with 50 points. Palace ranked 14th with 28 points from seven wins, seven draws and 13 losses.

Tottenham came out with a 4-2-3-1 formation on the day. Guglielmo Vicario defended the goal. Emerson Royal, Christian Romero, Mickey van der Pen and Destiny Udogi were in charge of the defense. Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur worked together in midfield, and Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison and Timo Werner were in the second line. Son Heung-min replaced the injured Richarlison as the front-line sole player.

Palace responded with a 3-4-2-1 formation. Sam Johnstone wore goalie gloves, and Chris Richards, Joachim Andersen, and Joel Ward made up the back three. Tirek Mitchell, Jefferson Lerma, Adam Wharton, and Daniel Muñoz made up the midfield. Eberechi Eze and Jordan Ayew supported lone frontrunner Jean-Philippe Mateta in the second line.

Tottenham had 14 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses (47 points) in 25 matches before the match, ranking second among the 20 teams after Liverpool (60 points), Manchester City (59), Arsenal (58) and Aston Villa (52) .

Notably, as the team played one game less than the top four teams, the team can catch up in the remaining 15 games and seek to advance to the semifinals. The starting point will be the match against Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace, on the other hand, has only 28 points and is currently at the bottom of the mid-range ranking at 13th. Veteran Roy Hodgson stepped down and Austrian Oliver Glasner, who coached Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt until the last season, has been appointed.

In the midst of this, an important topic emerged in Tottenham. The question is whether Son Heung-min’s one-top strategy, which has disappeared since December last year, will reappear. Brazil’s national team, Richarlison, who was a forward striker after Son Heung-min, was absent for nearly a month due to injury.

Richarlison has not been seen at the training ground recently, and Tottenham manager Anji Postecoglou confirmed that Richarlison will miss the game due to injury. “Richarlison will be absent for three to four weeks,” he said at a preliminary press conference on the 1st. “He suffered a minor knee injury in the last game (against Wolverhampton).”

As a result, Son needs a top-class player to replace Richarlison, but he eventually changed his position from left wing to striker. Son changed his position from left wing to striker to fill Harry Kane’s gap until early December last year, and then moved back to left wing three months later.

After scoring his 12th goal of the season in a Premier League home match against Bournemouth on Jan. 1, he was away from the team for more than a month to play in the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup. After returning from Qatar, he played in two matches but failed to score a goal. This match against Crystal Palace gave Son a chance to score. Son showed off his strong performance against Crystal Palace, scoring a total of 10 attacking points, including his Premier League debut goal and his first goal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.안전놀이터