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Manchester United's Rasmour Hoirun tries to shoot against Tottenham in the 21st round of the EPL in the 2023-2024 season at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on the 15th (Korea time). Manchester | Reuters 

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[Sports Seoul | Reporter Kim Yong-il] The absence of "Captain" Son Heung-min was clearly felt. Tottenham of the English Premier League (EPL) drew with Manchester United (Manchester United).

Tottenham had a 2-2 draw with Manchester United in the 21st round of the EPL in the 2023-2024 season at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on the 15th (Korea time). Tottenham, which had 12 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses (40 points), remained in fifth place. Manchester United is in seventh place with 10 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses (32 points).

For Manchester United, Son Heung-min, who has the most goals scored (12 goals) in his team, is absent due to the transfer of the Qatar Asian Cup national team. German Timo Werner, who was urgently transfused as a substitute, played left winger, Son's main position, and played with Hishalisson and Brennan Johnson in the offensive. 

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However, Tottenham conceded the opening goal to Rasmour Hoyloun three minutes after kick-off. Hisalisson equalized in the 19th minute but Marcus Rashford scored again in the 40th minute.

But within a minute of the second half, Tottenham levelled the score. Rodrigo Bentancur finished with Werner's left cross.

The two teams fought a battle of one step back, but they had to be satisfied with sharing one point each without any additional points

Manchester United (left) and Tottenham match stat. Courtesy | Aimbroad

According to Aimbroad, a soccer AI company, Tottenham had an advantage of 401-239 in DAP (Deep Attack Points) against Manchester United. However, the team was lagging behind Manchester United (22.2 percent) in shooting success rate (SSR) with 12.5 percent.

Werner scored an attack point in his debut match against Tottenham, but scored less than expected. He attempted five shots, but no shots were on goal. Werner had played for Chelsea in the past, but failed to meet expectations and returned to his old club Leipzig in Germany. He is trying again to enter the EPL through Tottenham.

Tottenham manager Andrzej Postecoglou said on Werner, "I trained twice now. Still, don't you understand our game?"

Tottenham also made its debut as a substitute on the day after center back Christian Romero returned.

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