Son Heung-min scored but South Korea were held to a 1-1 draw by Palestine in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. (More Football News)
Tottenham forward Son netted in th𝔉e 16th minute at Amman International Stadium in Jordan.
That cam꧂e four minutes after Palestine had taken the lead through Zeid Qunbar.
Y꧟et South Korea could not build on that momentum. Despite finishing with 15 shots, they ไaccumulated only 0.84 expected goals (xG).
South Korea, who are six points clear in qu⭕alification Group B, had five shots on target, with Son having four of them, as Palestine held on for a memorable result.
In Group C, Japan consoli❀dated their lead with a 3-1 defeat of China in Xiamen.
Koki Ogawa scored ▨twice, opening the scoring and netting Japan's third.
Ko Itakura put Japan 2-0 up on the stroke of half-time, with Lin Liangming p🥀ulling one back for China early in the second half.
The match was briefly disrupted as sꦡome spectators ran onto th🍌e pitch.
