Son Heung-min has admitted that he struggles to see the ball at times during a game because of the face mask he is currently wearing. Sustaining a fracture around his left eye in Tottenham's 2-1 Champions League win away at Marseille at the start of November, the 30-year-old had to undergo surgery a few days later to stabilise the fracture.
Wearing a protective mask ever since, there was one moment in the first half of the New Year's Day defeat against Aston Villa when the attacker threw his mask to the ground after losing possession and went without it for the rest of the game. Sporting it once again in the midweek win over Crystal Palace, although he did temporarily discard it after his goal, Son has opened up the troubles he has had with the mask.
"Obviously it's not the same as when I play without the mask," he admitted. "My vision is still OK but when the ball is coming to me, it's sometimes annoying because I can't see the ball because of the mask. It's not really bothering me but it's not the best.
