Heung-Min Son, the top scorer in the English Premier League last season, has been silent for the eighth game since the season started.



Tottenham Hotspur suffered their first defeat of the season after being caught by Sporting Lisbon (Portugal).



Heung-Min Son started in the away match of the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League Group D 2nd match against Sporting held at Jose Albalad Stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, and played against Dejan Kulusevsky in the 27th minute of the second half. He ran until he was replaced.



Heung-min Son, who scored 24 goals in an official match, including scoring 23 goals in the EPL last season and being joint top scorer with Muhammad Salah (Liverpool), did not even come up with a goal scorer this season.



Son Heung-min has only provided one assist without scoring in six games in the EPL, which started early last month, and has not seen a goal in the UCL, where he played two group matches.



Even after Tottenham manager Antonio Conte made remarks suggesting an attacking rotation at a press conference before the match, Heung-Min Son was still not removed from the starting list, but the goalless continued.



Tottenham Hotspur, who had been unbeaten with 4 wins and 2 draws in the previous 6 EPL matches and 1 win in the UCL group stage, even while Son Heung-min was quiet, lost 0-2 to Sporting in the second half and recorded their first defeat of the season.



Tottenham Hotspur, who scored 3 points (0 goals scored) with 1 win and 1 loss in Group D, are in second place in Group D after Sporting (6 points) with 2 wins in a row.



Tottenham Hotspur, with a starting offensive line of Son Heung-min, Harry Kane and Hisharlisson, hit the goal several times, but to no avail.



In the 42nd minute of the first half, Hisharlisson, who received Kane's penetration pass, broke through the left side of the penalty area and shook the net with a left-footed shot, but there were situations where it was not possible to score due to offside.



In the second half, as the balance of zero was not broken, Tottenham tried to make a breakthrough by replacing Heung-Min Son with Kulusevsky in the 27th minute of the second half, but to no avail.



Heung-Min Son was substituted without scoring a single shot.



Sporting, who faced Tottenham with a focus on organization and counterattack, exploded goals in the last half of the second half and took three points from home.



About 45 minutes into the second half, after Pedro Gonsalves' left corner kick, Paulinho Heather shook the net and took the lead in the winning goal.



Then, in the third minute of the second half, Artur Gomes, who had just entered as a substitute, quickly broke through the goal area from the left flank and scored an additional goal with a right-footed finish.



In Sporting, Japan national team midfielder Hidemasa Morita started as a starter and played until the 26th minute of the second half, and a 'mini-Korea-Japan match' with Son Heung-min was held.



In another Group D match held in Marseille, France, Frankfurt (Germany) defeated Marseille 1-0 and placed 3rd behind Tottenham with 1 win and 1 loss (3 points, -2 in goal difference).



Marseille, who lost two consecutive losses following the first leg (0-2) against Tottenham, finished last.