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Son Heung-min sparks a bench-wide eruption

SportLocation Football Desk · 9 Sept 2026

Son Heung-min’s set-piece sequence ends with a fierce reaction from the touchline, as staff and substitutes rush forward in celebration.

Son Heung-min is at the centre of a clip that builds from a set-piece setup into a full-blooded sideline celebration.

The key moment is not just the strike itself, but what follows: the bench explodes towards the pitch, with staff and substitutes in black and purple surging forward as the crowd rises behind them.

That reaction tells you the chance mattered. The goalkeeper is beaten low to the ground in the aftermath, and the touchline fills almost immediately with bodies and raised arms.

It is a brief, chaotic football moment, but the sequence is clear enough: a dead-ball chance, a shot, then a rush of emotion from the dugout.

For Son, the clip lands on the kind of decisive attacking action that can change the temperature of a match in a second.