South Korean soccer star Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) was selected as one of the Premier League players who performed the best in 2023. Global soccer media “Live Score” announced “The Premier League 2023 Team of the Year based on Opta ratings” on its SNS on the 29th (Korea City).
With 2023 just around the corner, the media calculated the average rating that Premier League players received from the soccer statistics media “Opta” this year and made up the best 11 players with the highest score by position. Son Heung-min drew attention as he proudly took the left winger position in the 2023 Premier League’s Team of the Year, which consists of a 4-3-3 formation. 슬롯머신
As the top scorer in the Premier League with 23 goals in the 2021/22 season alone, Son immediately fell into a slump due to a sports hernia injury the following season. During the first half of the 2022/23 season, Son scored only three goals and two assists in the league.
Fortunately, he performed well in the second half of the year, making up for his poor performance in the first half. From January to May, when the season ended, Son Heung-min played in 22 league games, scored seven goals and four assists to achieve his 10th goal in the league, and succeeded in finishing the 2022/23 season with double-digit goals.
After having hernia surgery at the end of the season, Son, who was freed from pain, has made a perfect comeback. Since the start of the new season, Son has already surpassed last season’s scoring record, with 11 goals and five assists in 19 games so far.
Having scored 18 goals and nine assists in 41 league games during 2023, Son was named one of the team’s members of the year with an average rating of 8.4 from Opta. Son made up the front three top players along with Jack Grealish (Manchester City, 8.3 rating) and Callum Wilson (Newcastle United, 8.1 rating).
Rodri (9.1 rating), Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard (8.4) and Brighton and Hove Albion key midfielder Pascal Gross (8.3) were listed in the three midfielders, who received the highest rating among the players selected for Manchester City’s midfield and the best 11.
Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ahnall, 8.3 rating), Ethan Pinnock (Brentford, 8.1 rating), Nathan Ake (Manchester City, 8.0 rating) and Kyle Walker (Manchester City, 7.9) took the defense, while Bernd Leno (Fullum, 7.8 rating) was placed in the goalkeeper’s position.
This season, Son Heung-min was selected as the best 11 in the first half of the 2023/24 season by various media outlets as he succeeded in making a perfect comeback. Football statistics media “Huskerd” put Son Heung-min, who averaged 7.38 in the 2023/24 Premier League Team of the Year, based on his first half performance, as the front-line two-top along with “Monster Striker” Erling Holan (Manchester City, 7.53) on the 23rd.
Global soccer media outlet “Goal Dotcom” also named Son as the best 11 players in the first half of the Premier League. The media placed Son in the position of left midfielder in the best 11 players in the Premier League, which consists of 3-4-3 players. While the monster striker Erling Holan is in the position of striker, Mohamed Salah (Riverpool) is the right winger. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left winger.
When selecting Son, the media defined him as the “best player in Asia in the history of the Premier League.” “As a Premier League legend, Son’s status has been solid for a long time,” Golcom said. “He consistently scored 10 Premier League goals as the best player in Asia except for the first season (2015/16).” “Last season was below expectations, but this season was different,” he added, shedding light on his rebound.
“When Harry Kane was out on the way of Coach Ange Postecoglou this season, Son switched to the No. 9 role (striker). Since then, he has recovered his best performance,” the media said. “He is aiming for his second golden boot (top scorer). Tottenham still has a chance to win the Premier League title.”
“He is an unrivalled player in closing games,” he said. “He is especially strong in big matches, and he is still the best player. Born in 1992, he is relatively old, but he is still an irreplaceable striker for Tottenham.”
