Son Heung-min also scored well in the rating index.
Soccer statistics media “Sopa Score” released the 2023 PL Team Of The Year (TOTY) on its SNS on Thursday (Korea time). The media selected the best 11 based on their ratings. The formation was 4-1-4-1, followed by Erling Holland, Son Heung-min, Bruno Fernandes, James Medicine, Mohamed Salah, Rodri, Pascal Gross, Virgil van Dijk, Ethan Pinnock, Kieran Trippier and Bernd Leno. Son Heung-min was on the left wing.
Son Heung-min suffered from a sports hernia all last season. In addition, he suffered major injuries such as an orbital fracture and suffered physical ups and downs due to the 2022 Qatar World Cup. He was sluggish in the beginning. Son Heung-min, the core of Tottenham Hotspur, also started from the bench.
Son had only three goals and two assists in the PL in the first half, but his performance began to pick up in the second half. He also took off his mask and created a goal and assistance due to an orbital fracture. Son had seven goals and four assists in 2023. Son has scored 10 goals and six assists in the league, achieving double-digit goals for the seventh consecutive season.
The team successfully completed surgery this summer and is ready to fly back. Son has pledged a new leap forward through the pre-season. “I want to show you that Sonny, as we all know this season, is still there,” Son said during the pre-season.
Son kept what he said. In the early days of the season, he played as a left winger like before. However, Hishalisson, who emerged as the main striker after Harry Kane left, seemed lethargic at the frontier. Manager Enze Postecoglou appointed Son as the one-top. Since then, Son’s scoring ability has been revived and he entered the race to become the top scorer.
FW: Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur, 7.3), Elling Hallan (Manchester City, 7.25), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, 7.48 points)
MF: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, 7.66 points), James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur, 7.46 points), Rodri (Manchester City, 7.47 points)
DF: Pascal Gross (Brighton and Hove Albion, 7.42 points), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, 7.32 points), Ethan Pinnock (Brentford, 7.24 points), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United, 7.46 points)