SON HEUNG-MIN: ‘We're very disappointed to lose two points’

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min shares his disappointment at his side's inability to close the game out as they let Leicester City equalise and share the points in their Premier League opener.

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[stevepollard]

All about attitude, players aren't looking to move into spaces to receive the ball. Standing still.

[SiNz]

Ange cannot do much, when he has given the players the tools.

Dominated the first half and should have been at least 3-4 goals up before the break.

Not sure how it's Ange's fault that the players cannot score their chances??

[sunnysunday]

Maddison wasted heaps full of chances and Romero also poor miss marking Vardy... Son also couldnt get any shot off being used as a decoy and bait to draw the defence. He should be used more for the final attack and not being used as a bait to aid defenders score goals..

[ImCanki]

I dont think the inverted fullbacks works. Spurs needed more than just Solanke in between 5 defenders, Players like Son/Werner/Kulu need to be in the box, drifting in for these chances. Porro and Udogie stay as wide wing backs.

[coma]

Here is a tip son. You are the most clinical player in the team for scoring goals. So, take a shot at the goal.

[goyohangonggam]

I’m sometimes surprised by how ignorant fans can be about soccer tactics. When a highly regarded player performs poorly, it often stems from tactical issues. Son was deployed as a winger far from the goal to draw defenders away, which is not how he should be used. Johnson’s strength is his speed, but we lose attacking tempo with our slow build-up play. Our defenders, especially the full-backs, end up taking as many shots as the forwards and get exhausted in defense. Ultimately, it’s a tactical problem.

[Shmns]

It's okay sonny next game you will score goal no matter whatever orher says sonny is legend legend i always support you 🐐🫶🤍❤️

[dennismartin]

Odebert to start instead of Johnson against Everton. Bergval instead of Sarr. Kululevski in place of Bentancur .

[davidandmarinaoorloff]

At half time - Ange should have made changes.
Solanke and Johnson should have been taken off, and Richarlison and Kulusevski brought on. It would have changed the dynamics of the whole game! 😊😕😎

[ziepjzd]

You gained a point, Vardy could have won it .

[ozzymick]

Has the team had much practice with the new players i.e., understanding roles, tactics and teamwork?
I realise the expectation was a smashing of Leicester, but at least it wasn't a loss.

[nicelourieyu]

Dominating the game is nothing if we don’t get 3points🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️😒

[IsaacHill]

Leicester fan here. Spurs dominated in the first half and we should have been out of the game but in the second half Leicester took the initiative and were the better team for the second half and stuck with it and we will take the draw all day

[danielhewson]

The negative aspects of the performance are certainly a cause for concern, but there are several positives to take from it too. My biggest concern is how much we faded in the second half and couldn't maintain our intensity. That, for me is the root cause of the lost points. I also think that the two youngsters were looking rather overawed by the occasion and that it wasn't realistically in Ange's plans to use them that much in this game. It was obvious to me that Solanke hasn't bedded into the system yet, but others such as Udogie, Son and Johnson certainly underperformed in rather alarming fashion. As we saw in the first half, when the system works, it DOES work, but at the same time it is dependent on everybody performing to the same level. That didn't happen in that second half. The bollocking Vicario gave to Bergvall was well-deserved and I was glad to see it. This young man has to learn very quickly that the PL is a very different animal to the one he has been playing in up until now. If he wants minutes, he has to earn them. I just hope it doesn't break his confidence, because he did show some flashes, even if not enough. By the same token, if Johnson doesn't buck his ideas up he will find himself replaced very quickly by Odebert. And nobody is talking about Sarr. Great engine but really not much else. No end product at all. I really Don't understand the persistence with him. Son has lost his mojo, but who else is there? Werner? The subs were ok overall, but the structure was all wrong. Why Werner was on the right is beyond me. I'd have preferred him on the left, Kulu on the right and Richy with Solanke down the middle. But it wasn't to be. First game away to a promoted side and we didn't lose, but credit to Cooper, he got his team adjusted in the second half and levelled the playing field. Fair play to him, but much of it was our own doing, as usual. I think Ange has more work to do on our mentality than our tactics. The draw, though disappointing and much of our own doing, is not season defining. As players bed in more, we will improve.

[hyunjun]

You are the troouble maker man
Play football like as you interview

[hanarum]

Son is the best finisher in the Premier League and the top scorer for Tottenham. Why can’t Ange let him play a free role? Because Son, Udogie, and Porro’s positions often overlap, and he always stays on the left sideline, so he doesn’t get many chances to score goals. Ange, he is not smart enough.!!

[gann]

Nah! They played well it's first game they will go back and win all games spurs undefeated coming!

[ctrl-shift-run]

And I'm very disappointed that I picked Son and Solanke on my fantasy team.

[jaywonrhee]

37 year old Vardy smashed 65m one season wonder striker

[catalyst]

Not even a Spurs fan but I don't understand why they'd go out to buy a striker when they have arguably one of the best finishers in the game in Son. He's up there, if not better than Haaland in terms of shot conversion rate when he plays as a striker. What a waste of talent.