Ryan Mason has explained that even though Son Heung-min might have not scored as many goals as he would have liked this season, the fact that the South Korean continues to get into decent goal-scoring positions is a reason for optimism.
Son is one of many players in the Tottenham squad who have underperformed over the course of the campaign.
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However, despite that, the forward has still managed 14 goals and four assists across all competitions, which shows how ridiculously high his standards are (Transfermarkt).
Son netted Tottenham’s equaliser on Thursday against Manchester United and missed another golden opportunity in the second half but Mason insisted that he is encouraged to see the forward getting into good positions. The interim Spurs head coach told Football.London: “Yeah, I think Sonny is at his best when he is attacking the line, attacking space.
“We saw last night that the goal came from that combination with him and Harry where Harry gets on the ball and Sonny comes alive.
“Sonny’s had many chances this season and probably could have ended up with 20 to 25 goals at this stage of the season if he had been a bit more clinical or had a bit more luck at times.
“The most pleasing thing for me is throughout the season, yes Sonny has been disappointed he hasn’t scored more goals but ultimately he has always got in the positions and continued to make the runs.
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