Manchester City was once again stolen by Tottenham's Sun Kai combination, even though the possession rate of the whole game was as high as 72%, the number of shots on goal compared to Manchester City's 21 times was 6 times compared to Tottenham Hotspur, and the number of dangerous attacks of Tottenham Hotspur was only 7 times, but the number of times Manchester City hit Tottenham Hotspur's attacking three zones was 149 times.
But Manchester City once again fell at the feet of Tottenham, losing against Tottenham for the second time this season, and Conte once again proved himself that in the single-line mode, he can indeed give the team hope!
Guardiola was once again questioned
Today, let's have a good talk about this particularly interesting game.
1. Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City, basic situation analysis
Manchester City have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, at the cost of their visit to Lisbon, and on the way back, they have been hit by strong winds, even the planes have been blown from side to side, and finally the players can only get off the plane at Liverpool.
It wasn't easy, because two or three days after the City players arrived in Manchester, City would face Tottenham's challenge at home, and physical fitness became a big problem for City, with Guardiola sending almost all the main players in order to play the first leg of the Champions League compared to Tottenham, who had been resting for nearly a week.
The starting situation of the two games is only two differences between Gundogan and Kyle Walker, in short, even if Guardiola wants to rotate, in the 3 injury situations (Glallish, Jesus, Palmer), the two players who are usually more suitable for the center position of Manchester City are absent.
The manchester city forward position has changed dramatically
Guardiola's staff, no player can play in this position for a long time, even if the above players appear in the starting list, the center position does not mean that they will be fixed in the center position.
Interestingly, regardless of how Jesus and Glalis perform, in theory, they are the players closer to this position, Jesus has rotated with Aguero for many years to play this position, and Gralis is slightly harder.
The absence of the two of them allowed Guardiola to put Bernardo Silva in the centre, which City has played in the past, but this game is markedly different from to Tottenham's.
2. Sun Kai's combination is not limited
Conte is very conservative in this game and it is difficult to tie with Manchester City, but unlike some weak teams, as long as Son Heung-min and Kane are in good form, Spurs have the best counter-attacking front in the world!
At the same time, Conte is also very familiar with Guardiola's tactics, Conte has played with him 5 times, 3 wins and 2 losses, which is a rare manager with an excellent performance against Guardiola.
Sun Kai's combination was not valued by Gua Shuai
After this game, Son Heung-min and Kane have scored 36 consecutive goals in the Premier League, equaling the all-time record of Lampard and Drogba!
In the face of the Premier League's best pair of combinations, Guardiola did not send a special person to keep an eye on it, and Manchester City's poor physical fitness may also lead to some problems in the overall state of the team, but as Son Heung-min said after the game: in order to play against Manchester City, the team has made full preparations, which is the key reason why Tottenham Can finally kill!
Son Heung-min counter-offside assists
It was Tottenham's first goal, which occurred in the opening three minutes, which was obviously against the situation, which was difficult for Spurs to predict, and even Manchester City's fast-tracking Kyle Walker could only eat the exhaust in the face of Son Heung-min's anti-offside.
At the same time, it can be clearly found that at the moment when Son Heung-min rebelled against the offside, Kulusevsky quickly followed up, and it is difficult to say that this is not a routine for Spurs to prepare for a wide range of pressure on Manchester City!
Kane's anti-offside pass, Son Heung-min advanced with the ball from a long distance, and finally Kulusevsky helped Spurs get off to a perfect start! Tottenham's mark on Ma Wei was also common in the past Mourinho era, and the Sun Kai combination can often break through the opponent's goal through such means.
But from the picture above, neither Kane nor Son Xingyu has a special person to keep an eye on it, which is the consequence of indulging them.
Son Heung-min assisted Kane's goal
This goal is the tacit understanding between Son Heung-min and Kane, which is vividly reflected, and the right passing strength is found to be a loophole in the Manchester City defense! Kane just happened to step in from behind and scored the ball.
And this attack seems to highlight the carelessness of the Manchester City players, allowing Son Heung-min to have plenty of time to complete the wonderful pass on the side of the big penalty area, ignoring the position of Thettenham Hotspur attacking players, staring at the ball without staring at people, a textbook defensive failure!
Tottenham Hotspur took three points from the Etihad through several extremely limited attacks, allowing the Suspense of the Premier League title to restart while retaining the possibility of the team competing for the top four in the league.
Kane has been extremely poor in the Premier League this season, and after scoring these two goals, he has taken 269 minutes to score each goal, and if he were to switch to the second degree, it would be conceivable.
But it is such a Kane, who has only scored 5 goals in the last 21 games, but can play his full characteristics and advantages perfectly against Manchester City, that is definitely Manchester City underestimated this long-term underperforming player!
Conclusion: Premier League standings changes
The relegation zone changes the most
With Watford and Burnley winning separately, they have once again overtaken Norwich and dragged more teams into relegation zone, especially Brentford, who are in bad shape, and no one knows when they will be relegated to the Premier League.
In the European zone, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, which play two rounds less than Manchester United, are an important force in the current Premier League for the fourth place, and Manchester United will usher in the match with Leeds United tonight, only to defeat the opponent, Manchester United can continue to occupy the fourth place in a situation with fewer rounds.
In addition, West Ham United drew with Newcastle in the 26th round, which can be said to be getting farther and farther away from the Champions League zone, and Moyes's team is also facing a three-tier battle in the FA Cup and Europa League, which may have a deeper impact on their future in terms of West Ham United's personnel reserves (West Ham's future Premier League schedule is not ideal).