8-6 goals, Son Heung-min led Tottenham to temporarily rank first in the Premier League, worthy of the captain's armband!
After Kane fled Tottenham, no one could have imagined that the team that struggled last season could quickly get rid of "Kane dependence", and what they also did not expect was that Son Heung-min, who became the new captain of Tottenham Hotspur, became Tottenham's most important goal guarantee in Kane's position!
Tottenham are joint for first place with an unbeaten record
As the captain, Son Heung-min also ranked second in the Premier League goalscorer list with 8-6 goals; At the same time, as a source of Tottenham's creativity, new signing Madison has shown an astonishing speed of integration, and he is tied for first place in the Premier League assists table with 2 goals and 5 assists!
Behind Tottenham's outstanding performance, it is also inseparable from the careful coaching of manager Postcoglu, 58 years old he leads a very young coaching team, the average age is less than 37 years old, and there are two former Tottenham former players, although this is the first time that Postcoglu has managed a team in the five major leagues, but he has done a good job of getting Tottenham off to an excellent start.
Postcoglu earned the player's trust
For Tottenham's coaching staff, their preparations have been hit hard from the start: on August 6, when Tottenham hosted a friendly match against Shakhtar Donetsk on August 6, just one week before the start of the Premier League, Tottenham star Kane started 80 minutes in this game and staged an astonishing performance of his senior year, and it is no exaggeration to say that Tottenham were still unsure of selling Kane.
But three days later, in the Gamber Cup, Tottenham's squad, Kane's name had disappeared, and the next day, Bayern Munich officially announced Kane's joining the team, and at this time, there were only three days left before Tottenham's first Premier League game! Tottenham's coaching staff must find a replacement for Kane in a tight timeline.
Sun Xingmin was pushed to the front of the stage step by step
Tottenham's first three games were Brentford, Manchester United and Bournemouth, and Tottenham had an unbeaten run of 2 wins and 1 draw, which is generally good, but we can also find something interesting from Tottenham's first three games.
For example, Richarlison, who replaced Kane as the main player of the team, and Son Heung-min, who left his best partner, did not score in the first three games, and did not gain assists! If it weren't for the opponent's poor goalscoring ability and the steady play of the backline, it would have been difficult for Tottenham to remain unbeaten in the opening stages.
It wasn't until August's last Premier League Cup game, when Tottenham were eliminated away from home to Fulham on penalties in a big rotation, which seemed to be the beginning of a change in Tottenham's coaching staff.
Son Heung-min started playing as a center forward in September
Son Heung-min made his first appearance at centre forward on 2 September away to Premier League promotion side Burnley and there is no doubt that the Tottenham coaching staff are also full of despair for the striker who has made more than 30 appearances for Tottenham but scored only one goal in the Premier League.
At the same time, the addition of Solomon and Brennan Johnson two wide players also gives Tottenham space for Son Heung-min to try the playing style in the middle, although the space in the middle is small, Son Heung-min's ability to compete for the top is not as good as Kane, but the 31-year-old Son Heung-min, the threat on the wing will indeed become smaller and smaller, it is better to play his excellent shooting skills to get him closer to the goal.
Although Son Heung-min is far from Kane in terms of heading ability, Son Heung-min can also perform a certain amount of retraction organization in terms of individual skills, coupled with faster speed than Kane, which does allow Tottenham to form a subtle chemistry.
Son is adjusting to his new location
From the current data, Son Heung-min can score 0.75 goals per game for Tottenham, with an average time of 105 minutes per goal, which is already the peak of Son Heung-min's career, and if he can maintain it, he can not only compete with Haaland for the Premier League Golden Boot, but also usher in a new change in his career.
Of course, Tottenham's changes this season are also inseparable from Tottenham's huge investment in the summer window, whether it is Maddison, or central defender Van der Finn, full-back Polo, goalkeeper Vicario, all bring Tottenham a "sense of upgrade" in characteristic positions.
Van der Fen and Vicario in particular have given Tottenham fans a more down-to-earth feeling, with Tottenham finishing 8th in the Premier League last season, and poor defense was a key reason for the team's collapse, with figures averaging more than 1.6 goals per game comparable to relegation teams! In the first 8 games of the season, Tottenham have conceded only 8 goals, which is the cornerstone of Tottenham's ability to keep moving forward, and Vicario and Van der Finn have begun to skyrocket in value less than a season after joining Tottenham, which is proof of this!
Tottenham are among the top of the Premier League in many statistics
Now, Tottenham Hotspur is out of the Premier League Cup early, and there is no additional European task, only the FA Cup and the league two competitions, coupled with the gradual renewal of the team lineup in the past two years, so that the bench has become thicker, Chatball Jun believes that Tottenham are very promising in the race for four!
Especially in the first eight games, Tottenham faced successive victories over Manchester United and Liverpool, drawing the three rivals of Arsenal, which also reflected the current excellent form of Tottenham team.
Today, Son Heung-min is not only the captain of Tottenham, but also the number one star in the Tottenham team, and his contract with Tottenham is less than two years away, and the officials think: Can Son Heung-min lead Tottenham to glory after Kane's departure?