Korea Is Being Criticized For Only 0-0 Draw With Iraq, Son Heung-min: I Will Try To Be More Selfish

Son Heung Min (Twitter @ hm_son7)

JAKARTA - South Korea's captain Son Heung-min said he would take more shooting opportunities than assist his teammates after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Iraq in last week's World Cup qualifier in Seoul.

South Korea, which will face Lebanon in Suwon today, is third in Group A of the Asian zone qualifiers where only the top two teams qualify directly for the 2022 World Cup.

"I understand the criticism that I don't take enough kicks and I have to deal with that", the Tottenham striker, who has scored 27 international goals told reporters, cited from Antara from Reuters.

"I will try to be even more selfish in that regard. Sometimes things don't go the way I want them to, but I'll keep working on it".

"It's not that I intend not to shoot the ball. I just don't have many chances. There were times when I felt my shot was going to be blocked by the defense and I felt better passing the ball to a teammate".

Iraq chose to defend to get a draw. Son said South Korea had to find a way to dismantle its tight defenses.

"We have to do better in exploiting small spaces and recognizing spaces like that when we get them". "We have to make passes that are faster and sharper".