Son Heung-min made an instantaneous influence on his LAFC debut, coming off the bench to win a penalty as his new aspect drew 2-2 with Chicago Hearth within the MLS on Saturday.
The 33-year-old, who featured simply days after leaving Tottenham for a reported MLS-record of £19.5m, got here on for the final half an hour of the match and was introduced down within the field because the Los Angeles membership rescued a degree late on.
Carlos Teran had given Chicago the lead however Ryan Hollingshead levelled issues up earlier than the 20-minute mark.
Jonathan Bamba then restored the Hearth’s lead earlier than Son was fouled within the space by Teran as he sprinted onto the tip of a by ball with lower than 10 minutes remaining.
The penalty was awarded following a VAR test and Denis Bouanga dispatched the spot-kick to make sure each groups received a share of the factors.
“It was an important go and there was undoubtedly contact and it was undoubtedly a penalty, little question about it,” Son mentioned after the match.
“A bit disillusioned not getting three factors however I feel everyone put in numerous effort, joyful I made my debut and I hope the targets come quickly.”
Forward of LAFC’s subsequent sport towards New England Revolution subsequent weekend, the ahead mentioned he can be working exhausting to function from the beginning.
“I’m preparing and it was a good half-hour in my legs preparing for subsequent week,” he added.
“So we’ll see how I progress within the coaching classes and with the gamers and we’ll see if subsequent week I can begin the sport and make a huge impact.”
Son spent a decade at Spurs, making 454 appearances for the north London membership and scoring scoring 173 targets after becoming a member of from Bayer Leverkusen for £22 million in 2015.
The South Korea celebrity made his ultimate look for Spurs of their 1-1 preseason draw towards Newcastle in Seoul and acquired a guard of honour upon being substituted within the sixty fifth minute.
