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Heung-min Son picks out the six Tottenham players who really impressed him in 5-0 win over Southampton

Srinivas Sadhanand

Mon 16 December 2024 8:55, UK

Heung-min Son seemed like a man possessed during Tottenham Hotspur’s 5-0 victory against Southampton as he scored once and provided two assists.

Son reached a Premier League recordℱ by overtaking Darren Anderton to become Spurs’ highest-ever assister (68) in the competition.

ജSon was frustrated after Spurs lost to Bournemouthꦐ and was spotted telling his teammates to applaud the supporters after their 1-0 defeat and since then, they have lost 4-3 to Chelsea and drawn 1-1 to Rangers.

💝Naturally, the 32-year-old would have been frustrated after Tottenham’s recent string of results.

Being the brilliant captain he is, Heung-min Son💛 led from the front and put in an excellent performance against Southampton.

After the contest, the former Bayer Leverkusen winger reserved special praise for several of his Tottenham teammates.

Heung-min Son hails Tottenham stars

♏The South Korean legend made the point that often, Spurs’ attacking stalwarts such as James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski often grab the headlines while speaking to .

The Lilywhites icon’s point rang true, with Joe Cole singing Maddison’s praises for making “Spurs tick.”

🦹Son lauded the likes of Pape Matar Sarr, Djed Spence, Archie Gray, Radu Dragusin, Lucas Bergvall and Destiny Udogie after Tottenham’s emphatic win against Southampton.

🌠“For me, you always mention Madders [James Maddison] or Deki [Dejan Kulusevski] who all scored but for me, I think we should always mention who is always behind [them] like Pape [Matar Sarr], Lucas [Bergvall] and Archie [Gray], Radu [Dragusin], Djed [Spence], even Destiny [Udogie] before he came off.”

🎉“So, I think those kinds of situations is very, very helpful and is very good for me to see young lads take responsibility like this, as a captain of this club, makes my job really easy so I’m really proud of the young boys and its well-deserved.”

♚Maddison lauded Spence after Tottenham’s win over Southampton♌ as well, which goes to show that the leaders of the side went out of their way to recognise the brilliance of their teammates who go under the radar.

Tottenham made Premier League history against Southampton

🍷Tottenham made Premier League history against Southampton🅠 by scoring five goals in the first-half for the first time in the competition; signalling how dominant they were on Sunday.

Another feat that Ange Postecoglou’s𒆙 side accomplished was that they had never managed to score four goals as early as 25 minutes before in any other league fixture in the past.

🍬The visitors well and truly feasted upon the hosts’ vulnerabilities at St. Mary’s.

🤡Tottenham supporters will be expecting many more such performances, albeit not by the exact same scoreline looking ahead.

𒁃Big names in Spurs’ dressing room like Son will have to step up.