Mourinho’s favourite Son

There have been a lot of beautiful goals scored in the Premier League this season. And I have no doubt there will be plenty more sexy strikes tucked away over the course of the next six months.

But if anyone scores a better goal than the one Son Heung-min scored against Burnley last weekend I will eat my hat (don’t currently have a hat but I will go out and buy one specifically for eating purposes).

As a mostly neutral viewer of the game I found myself in a rather bizarre position as the South Korean set off on his run. From the moment he picked the ball up on the edge of his own area and started powering forward, it was clear he had only one objective in his mind – scoring. And I found myself repeating out loud, ‘please score, please score’ as he bustled his way through his opponent’s attack, midfield and defence.

Not entirely sure why I was doing it, but I guess it was because magical moments don’t come along that often in football and you want to be there to see them as they happen.

Going on that type of run and hitting the back of the next would certainly qualify as magi­cal, while going on that run but then seeing his shot saved by the keeper’s legs would have considerably...