November 26th 2023.
Son Heung-min has issued a heartfelt apology to Tottenham supporters after their 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa on Sunday. Spurs had a deserved lead after 22 minutes, but Villa managed to draw level on the stroke of half time. Despite having several chances to retake the lead, Spurs were unable to capitalize and Villa eventually sealed the win in the 61st minute.
This is the third consecutive defeat for Tottenham, who have now slipped to fifth in the Premier League. Son, acting as captain, has taken responsibility for the result and expressed his sorrow to the fans.
"I'm very sorry to our fans," he said. "Three games in a row with defeats is obviously not the way we want to approach. Everyone gave everything to win this game and it was tough to break up and still create chances."
Son was especially disappointed as he had three goals ruled out for offside during the match. He believes that the team should have taken more control and respected their opponents more.
"I think, especially in this game where you're 1-0 up, we have to control it more," he said. "We made a couple of mistakes this season from going up 1-0, we started playing a bit slowly, and then conceding goals, offsides, delaying the game, we lost our tempo a little bit and we're giving a chance to Villa to come into the game, and then it makes it harder, especially before half time when you concede from a set-piece, I think we have to be stronger than today."
Son admits that he is pleased with the way the team has been playing, but the result still hurts.
"I'm happy and I'm very pleased the players gave everything especially in difficult circumstances," he said. "Creating chances, good, very good, the way we're playing, I'm very pleased an happy, but obviously it hurts when you're losing games, especially at home. We had such amazing support again and losing the game, it hurts."
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