🦁 Premier League Player of the Week: Being a perfect player | OneFootball

On a weekend in which the Premier League’s top two faced off for supremacy, it was someone a little lower down the table who stole the show.

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Son Heung-min (Tottenham)

When you have the armband for your side, this is how to lead by example.

Spurs’ skipper was sensational in their ruthless dismantling of Aston Villa on the road and although John McGinn’s reckless red card helped them in their quest, a 4-0 win against a side whose home form has been so impressive under Unai Emery for large spells was eye-catching to say the least.

And the architect of that success was their captain, with Son stealing the show by contributing more than anyone to the big win.

His clever passes assisted goals for both Brennan Johnson and Timo Werner, while he also got himself on the scoresheet with a goal of his own.

It is a sign of just how much he has stepped up not only since Harry Kane’s departure but of the impact he was also having prior to the club legend’s departure for Bayern Munich last summer.

According to Opta, since the start of 2022 there have been six occasions when a Spurs player has been directly involved in three goals in a Premier League game (this being the latest).

Son has been the man responsible every time.

And it is responsibility that he is relishing, all the more so under Ange Postecoglou, as he explained following his latest star turn at Villa Park.

“The gaffer makes me a better player,” he told reporters. “I want to be a perfect player for him and I still need to work on being a perfect player for him.

“What do I need to do to achieve that? Maybe that is something you need to ask him but I have to work even harder. There are many aspects I must improve.”

The South Korean’s strike also took him to six goals from his four trips to Birmingham to face the Villans, meaning he is averaging a goal there every 58 minutes.

In addition, it also moved him into the club’s top five goalscorers of all time.

And there was something very fitting about him being the man to do all of the damage on Sunday, which was Mother’s Day in the UK.

What a good Son.