Min-jae Kim, who helped catch the 'big fish' Liverpool in his debut match in the UEFA Champions League, received the highest ratings among both teams' defenses, proving his nickname of 'monster defender'.
Whoscored.com, a site specializing in soccer statistics, gave Min-jae Kim a rating of 7.3 after the first leg of the 2022-2023 Champions League Group A match between Napoli and Liverpool at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy.
Zambo Anguisa, who scored the winning goal in a 4-1 victory, scored 9.0 points, Piotr Zielinski 8.6 points, goalkeeper Alex Merett 7.9 points, and winger Hvicha Kvaratshelia 7.7 points, followed by Napoli player This is the 5th highest score.
Kim Min-jae, who played as Napoli's starting central defender and made his Champions League debut on this day, helped the team achieve a great victory by conceding only one goal to Liverpool with a full-time performance.
In the 42nd minute of the first half, he cut off a long pass to Muhammad Salah with his head, and managed to defend against Luis Dias in a one-on-one situation, thereby tying up Liverpool's strikers.
According to UEFA records, Min-jae Kim had an 88% accuracy on three blocks and passes.
Kim Min-jae earned the highest score among defenders from Napoli and Liverpool, who each featured a four-back defense that day.
The Sky Sports Italian version gave Min-jae Kim a score of 7.5, the second highest among Napoli players.
Zambo Anguisa and Zielinski received the highest score of 8.
In Liverpool, Alisson peaked with 6.5 points, while Van Dijk scored only 4.5 points.
Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min scored 6.4 points on Whoscore.com after finishing the first leg of Group D against Marseille.
This is the lowest score among Tottenham starters.
Heung-Min Son started this game and contributed to the 2-0 victory by inducing the opponent's defender Chansel Mbemba to send off in the second minute of the second half, but the news of the first goal of the season waiting was not delivered.
Football London gave it 6 points, saying, "It was a disappointing night for Son Heung-min."
In this media evaluation, Hischarlisson, who led the team to a complete victory with multiple goals, received the highest score with 9 points.
In the UK Sky Sports rating, Hisharlison scored the highest score of both teams along with Dejan Kulusevsky with 8 points, while Son Heung-min got the next score of 7 points.
Meanwhile, as the best player selected by UEFA after each match, Zielinski was selected in the match between Naples and Liverpool, and Hisharlisson was selected in the match between Tottenham and Marseille.
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