On the evening of December 28, Beijing time, the Premier League continued to drive fast trains. The first match of the 20th round was played by Tottenham Hotspur at home against Southampton.
Although several teams have played 19 games, for reasons that are well known, Tottenham have only played 16 Premier League games this season, and the current record is 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, temporarily ranking fifth in the table, 1 point ahead of Manchester United, who have played one more game, and 7 points behind Arsenal, who have played more than three games.
Tottenham Hotspur this season can be viewed in two phases. The chaos at the beginning of the season was not until noono's class ended. Conte led the team to an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 2 draws after taking office, and the status and ranking quickly picked up.
Of course, Tottenham also faced considerable difficulties in this game, although Southampton were in the bottom half with 4 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats, but this was Already Tottenham's second game in 3 days.
In the last game, Spurs, with a 2-0 lead, received a big gift from Crystal Palace - Zaha was sent off with a red card. In the end, with goals from Kane, Lucas Jr. and Son Heung-min, Spurs beat Crystal Palace 3-0.
After the opening, Spurs did not intend to start full power immediately, but Southampton, who played away, went all out and occupied the initiative on the field for a while.
The switching between attack and defence between the two teams was fairly quick, with southampton's successive passes working and putting considerable pressure on Tottenham's defence.
In the 24th minute, Southampton took advantage of the opportunity of the out-of-bounds ball to take the lead, and Prouss' shot hit a banana ball, which was released into the net.
Trailing Spurs immediately sped up the pace of attack, with Son Heung-min quite active.
After a shot was confiscated, Son Heung-min finally made a contribution.
In the 38th minute, Son Heung-min's astute running position caused Salish to foul.
The referee pointed to the penalty spot and gave Salish a second yellow card, who was sent off.
Kane took the penalty and fired a powerful shot to keep it 1-1.
With a 1-1 draw, the two teams moved into the second half.
In the 52nd minute, Kane scored an extremely beautiful goal, receiving a pass from Winks, Kane showed the ability of a top scorer, stopping the ball and shooting in one go.
Unfortunately, Kane was slightly offside when he received the ball and the goal was invalid.
In the 66th minute, Tottenham scored again, and once again it was blown to invalidate the goal.
After receiving a cross from a teammate' side, Doherty and the goalkeeper scrambled to get the ball in and out of the Southampton goal. The referee blew a penalty for Doherty's charge against the goalkeeper, and Tottenham Hotspur's two consecutive goals were blown to no avail.
In the 82nd minute, Davis's vigorous withdrawal, Southampton defender Peters was quite brave enough to sacrifice himself to block the gun hole, and he also fell to the ground in pain after defusing the crisis.
In the end, Spurs drew 1-1 with Southampton in most of the game on 11-10, ending a two-game winning streak in all competitions. Under Conte's leadership, Spurs played 7 Premier League games, winning 4 and drawing 3 to remain unbeaten. After this game, Spurs have won 9, drawn 3 and lost 5 with 30 points, continuing to be fifth, five points behind Arsenal (Arsenal has two more games) and two points ahead of Manchester United (Manchester United has one more game).