It could be a momentous day for Son Heung-min as the Tottenham ace looks to shoot his team to a place in the Champions League and also win the Premier League Golden Boot. Spurs are in the driving seat to seal fourth spot ahead of rivals Arsenal as they just need to avoid defeat against Norwich City at Carrow Road due to their two-point advantage and superior goal difference.
In terms of the Golden Boot, Son is on 21 for the season in the league and he trails Liverpool's Mohamed Salah by one goal. Looking like the Egyptian was going to run away with the gong a couple of months ago, Son has closed in on the Liverpool man after hitting ten goals in his last nine Premier League appearances.
Given his superb record in front of goal of late, the South Korean will be extremely confident of adding to his tally and earning the award ahead of Salah. What could also help Son out is that there are question marks over whether Salah will feature for the Reds on Sunday afternoon due to the groin issue he sustained in last Saturday's FA Cup final over Chelsea.
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Not in the squad in midweek for the slender win at Southampton, Jurgen Klopp could elect to rest his main man as Liverpool are in Champions League final action against Real Madrid in six days time. With both players fighting it out for the top award, will the Golden Boot trophy be at Anfield this afternoon or at Carrow Road? The answer is both.
football.london understands that there is a Golden Boot trophy waiting for Son in East Anglia if he does pip his challenger to the award. With Harry Kane collecting the trophy at Leicester City last season, all at Tottenham will have their fingers crossed that the award returns to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the second successive season.
What makes Son's record this season even more impressive is that he has not scored a penalty this term as Harry Kane, as ever, has been on penalty duty. Asked in his pre-match press conference ahead of the game in Norfolk, Antonio Conte made it clear that Spurs' No.10 will once again be the man stepping up from 12 yards despite Son needing the goals to topple Salah.
"Before there is the interest of the team and Harry Kane is our player who has to kick. If there is this opportunity Kane has to kick," explained the Italian. "Then I am pleased for Sonny, he deserves to stay in this position, but don’t forget the first interest is the target of the team not personal target, the personal target comes later.
"If we are good to match both situations I am the first to be happy, but I repeat, I know Sonny thinks my way because he is a really good guy, he is a smart person, a very intelligent person. I am the first person to be happy to have a player in my team win the Golden Boot, I am the first. But if you ask me to pick one of these two, you know which is my answer. I also know Sonny’s answer."
