In the early morning of Beijing time today (24th), Chelsea won 2-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the 23rd round of the Premier League, and won all four times against Tottenham Hotspur in the season. Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku continued his poor performance, in contrast to Tottenham captain Kane, who failed to help his team win, but personally played a full range of Blues strikers.
Four times against their London neighbours, winning all and not conceding a goal, eating and sleeping to play Tottenham, seems to have become a routine operation for Chelsea. But compared to Conte's frank "huge gap between the two teams and not on the same level" after the game, the performance of the two teams as a center forward in this game is more interesting: Lukaku, who continued to question the starting point from all walks of life, handed over another terrible performance, the super inefficiency of only 1 goal scored in 17 games against Tottenham Hotspur, which is still the worst output against Big 5; and Kane although he failed to reverse the decline of the Blues for Spurs, but the suspected goal that was blown off by VAR, and the performance of attacking as a fulcrum many times, It is enough to prove that although the two also encountered a ball shortage, the solution path is a world of difference.
Before the "Double Blue Society", Lukaku, who almost disappeared on the offensive end, was bombarded after the game. After facing Brighton at half and Ziyeh's suspected argument, the "Little Monster" was further blackened. To be sure, Lukaku had more positive expressions of personal emotions in this game, and after several missed opportunities, he took the initiative to "interact" with the passing team. But what is nerve-wracking is that whether it is a helpless gesture with both hands spread out or a slightly apologetic greeting, the frequency of occurrence is too high: half an hour after the game, Mount inserts a wonderful cross, and Lukaku, who is unguarded in front of the goal, faces the ball and kicks the air; and when it comes to the left cross, Lukaku's reaction is even more spooky: Hedsen-Odoi flashed a low flat cross from an angle, and the Belgian actually sat down on the turf when he was ready to shoot, and it was clear that in the decision whether to push or lean over the head, Lukaku's thinking was momentarily "overloaded."
Of course, Lukaku did not all live in a terrible missed opportunity, the Blues No. 9 had a chance to face Lloris, but his shot was still guessed by the recent brave Spurs goalkeeper. Since the new year, Lukaku's goal account has remained locked, even if the team's three-game defeat to Spurs angrily brushed the experience bag, the Belgian's opportunity to pick up the tail knife was not fished, Chelsea is also affected by it, and the average goal per game in 2022 slipped to only 1. Of course, it is not realistic to expect Lukaku, who has always played the strong team to be invisible, to face Tottenham Hotspur to open if, after leaving Everton, the little monster has only scored 2 goals in 36 Big6 civil wars, the most experienced of which is only against Manchester City and Liverpool (both 5 goals in 18 games).
Compared with himself last season, Lukaku's regression is not a star and a half: last season, wearing a blue and black shirt, Lukaku made 37 appearances, and now in the past half season, it has slipped to 14 times, and the 5 substitute appearances are higher than the whole of last season; 7 goals are 1/4 of last season, the assists are even more miserable 0-11, and the belgian center's participation in the scoring time in the case of an average of only slightly inferior shots per game (2.5 to 3), from 85.6 minutes to 182.3 minutes, and the goal conversion rate is also from 25.2% The excellent grade fell to the usual level of 20%. As Carragher commented: "I always thought he was different from the One who left Manchester United. Now six months have passed, and there is only one reasonable evaluation, and he has not changed. What is more heartwarming is that Tammy Abraham, who had no choice but to leave because of The arrival of Lukaku, has scored 7 goals in the last 7 games, and the production of the season has been 2 times that of the former, and the intensity of Serie A and the Premier League is certainly not the same, but it is really no comparison and no harm.
Compared with Lukaku's downturn, Kane, who has recently gradually regained his usual playing style, although the goal efficiency has not returned to the peak, but the style of taking responsibility and not being soft at key moments has not changed. Although Kane, who scored only 1 goal in the 10 shots, his persistence eventually gave Belwyn a chance to perform miracles. In this game under the Highly Targeted Defense of the Blues, the Tottenham Captain had few opportunities, but the only divine soldier almost changed the trend of the game, he received the ball in the penalty area and turned to break the goal in one fell swoop, but the VAR looked back and determined that Thiago Silva, who fell to the ground during physical contact, was fouled by Kane, and the goal was invalid. Of course, the referee scale of this game is indeed a little harsh on Tottenham, and Conte also has some criticism after the game: "In the Premier League, this kind of ball was judged invalid, unbelievable." In contrast, perhaps I am more dissatisfied with the yellowing of Tanganga. Even Tuchel thought the referee was making a big deal out of it: "I didn't see it, I thought it was a goal, I was surprised [by the penalty]. Before that, Kane personally showed Lukaku how to complete the top battle in the penalty area, but his tricky cornering was defused by the reacting Kepa flying body.
Against Chelsea, it was the 11th anniversary of Kane's first goal for Tottenham Hotspur, from the goal against Leiden East to the last round of the club's goal to 250 goals, the boss is changing, but Kane has remained focused and dedicated most of the time except for the lack of transfer failure and lack of preparation at the beginning of the season. Although like Lukaku, they have only scored 5 goals in the Premier League, after Conte took office, Spurs have reduced a striker and added a midfielder, which means that Kane, who is the offensive fulcrum, has a heavier shoulder burden, but from 1 goal in 10 games in the Nuno era, to 4 goals in 6 games under Conte, Kane, who has lost a lot of athletic ability after two major injuries, has learned more to punish opponents with rhythm and prejudgment, playing against Leicester, and Cain's opposite Seiinju, almost the whole scene has been played between the palms of the hand, In the absence of the best partner Son Heung-min, Conte's team has recently grabbed points, and Kane's exemplary role is not fed to the mouth by his teammates, and Lukaku can compare?
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