By his own high standards, Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-Min has not been having a good season.
After sharing the Premier League Golden Boot award last year with Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, notching 23 goals, Son's tally of just seven league goals this season is not what he had been hoping for.
But that seventh goal last weekend against Brighton was something special for the 30-year-old.
It was Son's 100th goal in the Premier League, making him the first Asian footballer to reach that target.
It is a marvellous achievement, highlighting why "Sonny" has become such an icon, not only for Asians but for anyone who appreciates football.
Son, whose explosive pace and ability to score with either foot has made him a crowd favourite, told the BBC reaching the 100 milestone was "a good thing for Asia. This is something I dreamed of. I would not have achieved it without my teammates."
Son is well aware that he has not been at his best and thanked fans for their patience.
"I am frustrated," he said. "I am not the perfect player and must look at my weaknesses."
That 100th goal itself was a beauty, a wonderful curling 25-yarder as he cut in from the left.
It was a typical eye-catching Son goal that the Spurs supporters have become accustomed to over the last seven years.
When Son arrived at Spurs in 2015 from Bayer Leverkusen, few people in Britain knew anything about him.
He had scored a respectable 21 goals in 62 games at the German club but initially struggled to settle at Tottenham.
In his first season, Son scored just four goals and was disappointed with his lack of game time.
He told manager Mauricio Pochettino that he wanted to leave, but he was persuaded to stay.
As Son adapted to the pace of the Premier League and his confidence grew the goals started to come, impressing Pochettino.
"He's more mature… and has settled in fantastically," said the manager.
Since then his goal scoring has reached double digits every season apart from the current campaign.
In September 2017, he was named the Premier League's Player of the Month, the first Asian to receive that award.
He won the same award in May and ended the season with 21 goals in all competitions.
In the following seasons, Son scored consistently and became a regular in Tottenham's starting line-up.
His only blemishes have come in the form of three red cards, all in 2019, although one was later overturned. Usually a calm player, he can occasionally display petulance.
Among the highlights of his career was an astonishing individual goal against Burnley in December 2019 in which he collected the ball from the edge of his own area and sprinted down the field holding off seven Burnley players before scoring.
That won him the Premier League's Goal of the Season and Fifa's Puskas Award.
Another game Son will remember fondly was when he scored four goals in a 5-2 away win at Southampton in September 2020, all four featuring assists from Harry Kane with whom he has enjoyed such a successful partnership.
Son has of course become a hero back home and at every Spurs game there is a cluster of South Korean fans.
Even if he fails to regain his best form, Son will always be a favourite at Tottenham and an inspiration for all Asian footballers.