TOTTENHAM star Son Heung-min became the first player since Lee Cattermole in 2010 to be sent off THREE times in calendar year on Sunday.
The Spurs star, 27, was shown a red card for a third time in 2019 after needlessly kicking out at Antonio Rudiger in the 2-0 defeat at home to Chelsea.
Son has become the fifth Prem star to pick up three red cards in a year
Son picked up his third red card of 2019 in the 2-0 loss at home to ChelseaCredit: Getty
Not since notorious hardman Cattermole in 2010 had any player been sent for an early shower so often in a single year.
This weekend, Son lashed out at Rudiger in frustration after the pair tussled for the ball and was given a straight red.
It was his second sending-off of the season having also been given his marching orders in the 1-1 draw away to Everton, although that was later overturned on appeal.
The South Korean was sent off for his lunge on Andre Gomes – with the Toffees midfielder stumbling and subsequently dislocating AND breaking his ankle, leaving Son in tears.
Son was also shown red in his final Premier League game of the 2018-19 season, in May, in the 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth.
The Tottenham winger kicked out at Jefferson Lerma after being crowded by a host of Cherries defenders, before shoving him to the ground.
But his most-recent red saw him join ex-Sunderland star Cattermole in the history books for all the wrong reasons.
In fact, only Franck Queudrue (Middlesbrough, 2002), Dion Dublin (Coventry, 1997) and Vinnie Jones (Wimbledon, 1995) have been shown three red cards in a single year in Premier League history.
Cattermole was shown three red cards in 2010, including this clash vs NewcastleCredit: Reuters
Son will now miss Tottenham’s next THREE games for violent conduct.
That means he’ll be out of Jose Mourinho’s plans for the busiest portion of the season, missing games with Brighton, Norwich and Southampton.
Son will be available for the FA Cup third-round clash with Middlesbrough next month.
José Mourinho says Son’s sending off ‘not a red card’ after the winger is dismissed for allegedly kicking out at Antonio Rüdiger
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
