Tottenham star Son Heung-min was unable to get on the scoresheet for South Korea as they fell to a 3-2 defeat against Ghana this afternoon. It leaves the Taegeuk Warriors third in their group with just a single point as they prepare to take on Portugal on Friday, December 2.
South Korea started the match well as they piled the pressure on the Black Stars but found themselves 2-0 down heading at half-time. Gue-sung Jo scored twice to equalise for South Korea in the second half before Mohammed Kudos grabbed the winner in the 68th minute.
Son was able to create more chances and get himself into better positions inside the penalty box compared to the 0-0 draw against Uruguay, but was unable to find a late equaliser. After 10 minutes of injury time had been played, referee Anthony Taylor blew the full-time whistle as South Korea had just earned themselves a corner leading to manager Paulo Bento and his players arguing with the officials.
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Son has not scored since his two goals against Eintracht Frankfurt for Spurs in the Champions League group stage back in October. The Tottenham striker has now gone eight games without a goal for club and country as his drought in front of goal continues into the World Cup.
A number of South Korea players, along with their manager, were left frustrated and angry with Taylor after they were denied the opportunity to take a corner in the final seconds of the match. Son was one of the first players to question the referee's decision as the captain held off teammates that were visibly much angrier than himself.
Bento stormed onto the pitch to confront Taylor resulting in him being shown a red card, though it did not stop him from continuing to shout at the referee. Son was clearly upset after the full-time whistle with South Korea's World Cup dream hanging in the balance heading into the final match of Group H against Portugal later this week.
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