SON HEUNG-MIN has won the Puskas Award for the best goal at Fifa’s The Best awards ceremony.
The Tottenham star, 28, scored an outrageous solo goal in the 5-0 demolition job of Burnley in December 2019.
Son Heung-min ran the length of the pitch, beating a hoard of Burnley players to score the Puskas Award winner in December 2019Credit: Getty Images – Getty
Picking up the ball deep in his own half, Son took on the entirety of the Clarets’ team just half an hour into the match and slotted the ball into the back of the net.
Tottenham were already 2-0 up thanks to goals from Harry Kane and Lucas Moura in the opening ten minutes in North London.
But Son’s solo strike stole the show, leaving jaws on the floor across the globe.
It took the South Korean just 12 seconds to race from his own penalty area, up the entire pitch – all the while dribbling the ball past a hoard of Burnley players – and score.
And the stunner deservedly won Son the Puskas Award for best goal at Thursday night’s Fifa The Best awards ceremony – which recognises achievements between July 20, 2019 and October 7, 2020.
The strike beat some incredible goals, including Luis Suarez’s backheel chip for Barcelona vs Mallorca and a hatful of screamers from the furthest-flung corners of the world.
Boss Jose Mourinho filmed a video after hearing of Son’s win, saying: “Sonny. Puskas Award. Goal of the season. Of course, Sonny.”
Elsewhere at Thursday night’s show, Manuel Neuer beat Liverpool stopper Alisson and Jan Oblak to the Best Men’s Goalkeeper gong.
Son celebrated his stunning goal wildly as he put Tottenham 3-0 up against BurnleyCredit: PA:Press Association
But there was some joy for the Reds as Jurgen Klopp won the Men’s Coach of the Year award beating Leeds chief Marcelo Bielsa.
Liverpool quartet Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Thiago Alcantara were all then named in the Fifpro Men’s world XI.
In other Premier League-related awards, Manchester United star Marcus Rashford won the Fifa Foundation Award for his ‘inspirational work’ tackling food poverty in the UK this year.
Rashford had already been awarded an MBE for his heroic work.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
