The Tottenham Hotspur star bagged his first Premier League goal of the season yesterday.
Son Heung-min has admitted to The Daily Mail that he needs to improve his goalscoring for Tottenham Hotspur.
The South Korea attacker scored in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Chelsea for what was his first Premier League goal of the season.
The 26-year-old has only managed three goals across all competitions this season, following a brace in the Carabao Cup win over West Ham United last month.
As far as goalscoring goes, Son, who missed a chunk of games earlier in the campaign due to his involvement in the Asian Games, has gone backwards it seems.
He netted 18 times last term, having broken the 20-goal barrier during the 2016-17 season, and the man himself concedes that his barren spell earlier in the campaign made him ‘very sad’.
“I need to be more clinical,” he said to The Daily Mail.
“I’m happy to get three points but I have to learn from this. I was very sad when I didn’t score more.”
Could he score more goals? Sure, probably, but Son brings a lot more to the table than just goals and Mauricio Pochettino will be very aware of his all-round contribution.
It’s a huge week for Tottenham, who have a must-win Champions League clash at home to Inter Milan in midweek, before then visiting North London rivals Arsenal next Sunday.
Goals or not, Son could play a major role in both games.
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