Tottenham Hotspur suffered their first loss of the season in the Champions League after an unexpected defeat at Sporting. Although South Korean striker Son Heung-min still started the game, but his performance did not have any highlights, the Premier League Golden Boot even in this game, no income, delivered 0 shots on goal embarrassing data, even teammates Hodu said that his confidence has been completely lost. Before the game, the coach Hiddink had said that he would consider Sun Heung-min to the bench, it seems that after this game this decision will be put into practice.
Son Heung-min shone last season, becoming the first Asian Golden Boot in the history of the Premier League, however this season has been a very different story. Despite starting every game since the start of the campaign, he has only one assist, and that came in the Premier League opener. In this game, Son Heung-min had no shots on goal against Shiho Ting, succeeded in only two of his five dribbles, and missed all five of his passes, before he was eventually substituted in the 72nd minute.
Tottenham Hotspur star Hodu said, "I think Son Heung-min is a great player, but he's playing really bad right now. Every time he gets the ball I'm worried he's going to miss, a confident player should already have a plan of action for the next step before he gets the ball, not like what Son Heung-min is doing now." Hiddink made it clear before the match that there was no fixed starting lineup for the team and that underperforming players would be relegated to the bench, pointing directly at Son Heung-min between his words.
