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Son Heung-min in tears after Tottenham Hotspur lose Carabao Cup final to Manchester City
- South Korea skipper consoled by opponents Kevin de Bruyne, Phil Foden, Kyle Walker and Ilkay Gundogan
- Forward, who has yet to win a trophy with Tottenham since joining in 2015, goes viral
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South Korea captain Son Heung-min was in tears after his Tottenham Hotspur side lost to English Premier League rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
A late header from City’s Aymeric Laporte was the difference and Pep Guardiola’s side lifted the trophy for the fourth consecutive season.
Son was pictured crying as another trophy slipped through his grasp, with the images going viral online.
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Spurs, who have not won silverware since 2008, lost the Uefa Champions League final to Liverpool in 2019. His tears after that defeat in Madrid became a meme, “Son’s crying”, which was based on another meme of the same name.
Son, who signed for Spurs from German side Bayer Leverkusen in 2015, has won a host of individual awards while at the club, but is yet to help the team end their trophy drought.
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He helped South Korea to a gold medal at the Asian Games in 2018, which stopped him from having to do military service.
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