▲ In this Press Association photo via the Associated Press, Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates his goal against Aston Villa during the clubs' Premier League match at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on April 9, 2022. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min (30), who is currently leading the rise of Tottenham in the Premier League, was confident that his team could show better performance.

“I want to be cool and calm because there are a lot of games to play, still, and I know that we can do better!” said Son in an interview revealed on the club’s website, Tuesday (local time), about the game against Aston Villa, which was held on April 10.

Son scored a hat-trick and led the team to a 4-0 win against Aston Villa on Saturday. This was the second hat-trick of the Korean player in a Spurs shirt.

Son Heung-min, who scored six goals in three consecutive games, came in second with 17 goals for the season, three back of Mohamed Salah of Liverpool.

Amid Son's performance, Tottenham, winners of four straight, sit in fourth place with 57 points, raising hopes for qualifying for the group stage at the UEFA Champions League for the following season.

“I just don’t think we are there (4th place) yet, because this team deserves so much more. We are working so hard, the commitment is just unbelievable,” added Son.

“It’s a special day because this is a really hard place. We showed a really great personality, great character, especially after the first half,” explained the South Korean star after recalling the game against Aston Villa.

“Today we can be happy, but we have another game next Saturday and we start from zero again. We can enjoy this with our friends, our families but when we turn up (for training) tomorrow, we need to be ice cold, fresh minds, ready to go again,” said Son.

Having spent his seventh season with Tottenham, Son did not hide his special affection for the team.

“I’m almost turning 30! This is reality. As a team, as a player, I want this team to do so much better, and so well. After this season I want to see everyone smiling, and very proud,” added Son.

The star player explained, “I thought that from what we do as a team, I’m just so grateful. We play with each other, enjoy passing, being unselfish, It’s so good to play. I’m grateful for every single player who was playing, who wasn’t playing, they support me always, giving me really good confidence with beautiful words, beautiful attitude.”
 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by An Hayeon.)

 

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