Fri 05 May 2023, 09:00
Tottenham HotspurHeung-Min Son has scored some memorable goals against Crystal Palace, including his first in the Premier League and the historic first goal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Here are five of the best...
Spurs 1-0 Palace | 20.09.2015
What a whirlwind first week for Sonny. A week after his debut at Sunderland and just days after opening his goalscoring account for the Club with a double against Qarabag in the Europa League, the South Korea star hit the target for the first of currently 103 times with the only goal of the game against Palace at the Lane. It's a finish we've become accustomed to, as well. Erik Lamela won possession on the edge of our box, Christian Eriksen rolled the ball into Sonny, left channel, and he dribbled into the box, shifted left past Brede Hangeland and fired powerfully past Alex McCarthy with his left foot. Very much the sign of things to come...
Watch - Sonny's first PL goal v Palace
Spurs 1-0 Palace | 05.11.2017
Talking about trademark finishes... a fine run of form - five wins in six, including a memorable 4-1 victory against Liverpool - had lifted us into third in the Premier League, but came to a halt with a 1-0 loss at Old Trafford. The next game at our temporary home at Wembley was against a typically stubborn Palace side under Roy Hodgson, and we needed Paulo Gazzaniga, in for injured keepers Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm, to make three fine saves. On Firework Night, we needed a spark, and it came from Sonny in the 64th minute. Moussa Sissoko crossed from the right, Danny Rose was blocked, Sissoko tried again and this time, the ball was cleared to Sonny, just outside the box, right of centre. We all know the rest. Sonny killed the ball with his right foot and without pause, whipped home a curler with his left. Beautiful.
Spurs 2-0 Palace | 03.04.2019
Sonny cemented his place in the Club's history books on a night to remember in April, 2019. This was, of course, the official opening of our brand new, world-class Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and as the fireworks lit up the N17 skyline - we've all seen the photographs - we just needed a performance on the pitch to match it. Naturally, Palace would try to be the party poopers, and kept us waiting until the 55th minute for the first goal at the new stadium. Christian Eriksen won possession and found Sonny just outside the box. He drifted inside James Tomkins and Cheikhou Kouyate before hitting the ball back across Vicente Guaita and into the bottom corner. Eriksen made it 2-0 on 80 minutes and we were up and running at out new home - a week later, Sonny scored the first Champions League goal at the stadium as we beat City 1-0 in the first leg of the quarter-final, before winning on away goals at the Etihad, where he scored two more.
Watch - opening night at the new stadium
Spurs 4-0 Palace | 14.09.2019
We complete this rundown with two goals in the same match and a dominant victory over Palace at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. This time around, we were 4-0 up at the interval with Sonny joined by Erik Lamela and an own goal on the scoresheet. The first goal was similar to the first on the stadium's opening night a few months earlier. This time, Toby Alderweireld floated up a pass to Sonny in the right channel and he cut inside Mamadou Sakho before firing low past Vicente Guaita from 14 yards for 1-0 on 10 minutes. Aurier's cross was deflected home off Patrick van Aanholt for 2-0 on 21 minutes and Aurier was involved again in Sonny's second for 3-0, picking out the Korean for a crisp first-time volley from the left angle. Lamela made it 4-0 on 42 minutes and Sonny was inches away from topping the lot with a chip over Guaita from the right touchline for a hat-trick in the second half, only for his effort to land inches wide.
