Manchester United were forced to draw 1-1 at home by Saints Southampton, bringing joy to the two top four rivals West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur. However, the subsequent results disappointed their fans, West Ham United drew 2-2 with Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, only one point ahead of Manchester United in one game, while Iron Coach Conte's Tottenham Hotspur was even worse, they sat at home 0-2 by Wolves and could not find the north, and after three consecutive defeats, the ranking has slipped to 8th.
The last time Conte suffered a three-game losing streak in the league was as distant as November 2009, when he was still coaching True Blue Andy Atalanta, when the team lost 1-0 away to Livorno, defeated Cagliari 3-0, returned home and was beaten 2-5 by the former player's former club Juventus. Before that, he led Tottenham Hotspur to a unbeaten record of 9 wins, 6 wins and 3 draws.
Wolves have conceded just 17 goals in 23 rounds this season, a statistic second best defended in the Premier League after Manchester City, and although they face Tottenham Hotspur, who have big-name strikers such as Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, they still played well, and in the opening 17 minutes, they led 2-0 with the goals of Jimenez and Dendongkel. In the following time, although Tottenham Hotspur deployed troops to fight back desperately, they never knocked on the opponent's goal, and finally could only accept the result of 0-2 defeat.
In this match, Conte sent out his usual 3-4-3 formation, with Sessegnon and Doherty flying on both left and right flanks. But after conceding two goals in the opening 17 minutes, the coach quickly made adjustments, replacing Sesseignon with Kulusevsky in the 25th minute, and the formation became 4-4-2. In the 81st minute of the second half, Brazilian full-back Emerson also put on a substitute for right-back Doherty, replacing two wingers in one game, which shows how dissatisfied Conte is with the play of the two wings.
In the 81st minute period, Doherty defended modestly, offering a game-high 4 interceptions, but only one successful cross on the offensive end, showing a lackluster performance. In fact, the right-back position has always been Tottenham's biggest weakness, and it is well known that the level of Doherty, who spent 16.8 million euros in the summer of 2020, will not work. Under Jose Mourinho, he didn't have many opportunities to play. To fill the gap in that position, Spurs bought Emerson from Barca for 25 million euros last summer, and the Brazilian full-back, who had previously been signed by Barca and Betis, made 5 million euros each for both teams. But judging by his performance this season, It is clear that Tottenham has done another job.
More than 40 million euros were spent on two parallel goods, and in this winter window, they ate two Juve players, Bentankur and Kulusevsky, although the total cost was only 29 million euros, but the point is that these two are not the type that Tottenham hotly need, and the money is spent on the back of the knife.
Is there really no good right-back in the transfer market? In this round of matches, Newcastle, which fights for relegation, has won three consecutive Premier League games thanks to captain Trippier's goal of 1-0 victory over Aston Villa, and has thrown off the relegation zone by 4 points, which is also The second consecutive game goal for Trippier. After joining Newcastle in the winter window, Trippier has played 4 Premier League games and started all of them, scoring 2 goals, delivering 6 key passes, averaging 3.50 steals, 2.50 interceptions and 1.50 clearances per game, and has performed extremely well, and Newcastle has also won 3 wins and 1 draw.
What's more worth mentioning is that with the signing of Trippier, Newcastle only spent 15 million euros in a transfer fee, and his value is even lower than Doherty 2 years ago. His technical style is perfect for Conte, who likes to use 3-centre-back tactics. But Spurs watched as the veteran went to Newcastle, where he was relegated. Thinking of Traore and Luis Díaz, who have missed before, Levy, who has always been a strong club in the transfer and looks extremely shrewd, has never changed.