Premier League: Spurs 0-1 Brighton, Leandro Trossard beat Tottenham Hotspur in the 90th minute
Neither team took turns in the ball-handling attacking round, and after about 20 minutes of the opening, Brighton gradually began to annoy the Tottenham defence - Enoch Mwep volleyed from the edge of the box, blocked by Ben Davis; a high-pressure pressing that almost gave Ben Davis a chance to intercept the foot in front of Alexis Mark Alist; a corner kick, feltman's hammer was slightly damaged by Rodrigo Bentankuro, and was in an offside position when the shot was completed from a distance. However, due to not using passing control to completely tear apart the Spurs defense, Brighton scored five shots and 0 goals in the first half.
Tottenham Hotspur's attacking end was dismal, with just one shot from outside the box in the first half. It was supposed to dig up space on the right and launch a counterattack, but Mark Cucurella ran up and down, attacking and defending just right, and did not let him participate in the space left over from the attack to be used by Tottenham. In fact, in this area, the events outside of football are even more eye-catching, with Dejan Kulusevsky being pressed tightly by Mark Kukurelia and impulsively elbowing Mark Kukurelia's scum to avoid the fate of the red card; after that, Mark Kukurelia stepped on the ankle of Dejan Kulusevsky with half active defense and half secret revenge steal, and also dodged the red card by a fraction of the point.
In addition, Brighton's defense is also the main reason for Tottenham's attack to be extinguished. Yves Bissoma did a good job of protecting the backline, and the interception of the backcourt or delaying the opponent's attack was also done in a timely manner, making it completely impossible for Tottenham's better counter-attack attack. Even after a few minor flaws that led to a crisis, key defences/reinforcements in the penalty area could indeed be defused - Kane's two chances to single-handedly kick in the penalty area were destroyed by Feltman and Mark Kukuella before the shot, and two threatening shots by Son Heung-min in the second half were blocked by defenders.
In the second half, Spurs improved slightly on the offensive end, but still within the range that Brighton's defense could easily cope with; Brighton was similar to the first half, creating some threatening attacks, but failing to fully connect in the box in exchange for golden opportunities.
The stalemate lasted all the way to the 90th minute of the match, when the combination of Leandro Trossard, Adam Lallana and Welbeck on the left side of the penalty area threw Spurs defence into chaos, with the former getting the ball off the defensive and scoring a goal to give Brighton the lead. Since then, Belwyn's good chances have been deflected, and Brighton has successfully defended and won the away victory.
After the loss, Spurs can still retain the fourth place, but neither the disappointing result of the loss nor the content of the game that prevails can definitely not satisfy Conte. The victor, Brighton, is gradually regaining their biggest advantage – a solid defence, but they will meet Manchester City in their next game, in positional battles, game control, two key aspects of this game to draw Tottenham Hotspur far better than the terrible opponents.
FA Cup: Manchester City 2-3 Liverpool, the Reds scored three goals in the first half to take the game away
In last week's Premier League showdown, Liverpool lost their pressing style and thus gained the upper hand, but relied on their personal ability and enough defense to withstand the disadvantage and forced Manchester City to draw.
Liverpool doubled down on the last vanished push- and constant over-pressure push-and-roll made it difficult for City to control the ball, plus Klopp's passing style he learned from Guardiola to control the game. In this FA Cup showdown, Manchester City lost control of the ball and thus gained the upper hand.
However, City have no players to rely on, almost all the quality of the pass is very bad, no one can jump out to stabilize the military; there is not enough defense to withstand the disadvantage, the first corner easily allows Konat to have the opportunity to attack, the second goal is a big surprise gift from Steffen.
After taking a two-goal lead in an instant, Liverpool slowed down the offensive rhythm of the pass control, more mental/physical strength was placed on the high-pressure pressing part, the super pressing force hardly gave the Manchester City players any time to think about the ball, the backcourt pass control was often forced to be only a big foot to break the siege; the midfield advance was mostly launched by Liverpool after a clean steal.
Then, summing up the perfect performance of the 45 minutes, Mane scored with a beautiful shot. 3-0, the first half ended.
In the second half, the Manchester City players finally returned to their senses and began to face Liverpool head-on.
On the one hand, Liverpool's pressing strength has decreased, on the other hand, Manchester City's ability to protect the ball is significantly better than in the first half, and Manchester City has finally been able to push the attack forward. Although it is not the usual level, there are still occasional low-level mistakes in the pass that bury the ball, but at least it has begun to test the strength of the Liverpool defence. The second goal by Bernardo Silva can be seen in City's usual attacking moves for a quick change of sides.
More importantly, City's stronger high-pressure pressing forced out some of the flaws of Liverpool's shots. First Jack Grelich's goal and Jesus' 70th-minute single-handed tackle were sweet fruits after City's midfield steal.
On the other hand, Liverpool were not beaten in vain, and the offensive efficiency was not reduced at all, but it was defused by the Manchester City defense. Even in injury time, Liverpool were still able to create two threatening attacks with counter-attacks, and it was a bit surprising that there were no more goals.
Anyway, the familiar Manchester City is back. However, against Liverpool, europe's top, the 45-minute Flash was enough to kill the game. Liverpool had a thrilling victory and advanced to the FA Cup final.
For Manchester City, after Atletico's hard battle, followed by Liverpool, who sent a second team in midweek and had a good time, such an ending is also understandable. At least it was not completely washed in blood and crushed.
After Liverpool reached the final, the hopes of the quadruple crown were renewed. The FA Cup is the more favourable survivor; the other biggest imaginary opponent in the Champions League was defeated by them in this game; the Premier League must look at the faces of Manchester City's opponents. Liverpool, which has a strong squad depth, definitely has the cost of multi-line combat.
Premier League: Newcastle United 2-1 Leicester City, Bruno Guimarães scored twice to kill the Foxes
Leicester City were the dominant side in the opening, but apart from a few times newcastle defences and goalkeepers did not communicate clearly, resulting in critical moments, Leicester City did not create a threatening attack on their own.
That being said, they were still the first to open the record, relying on a beautiful corner tactic - Kilnan Dieusbury Hall's ground cross to find the nearest point Ayoze Perez, the first time to lukeman who arrived in front of the goal, the team scored on the first shot. Since then, they have used counterattacks to produce several offensive waves, but the climax was soon overshadowed by the home wave.
Newcastle United opened with few shots and a low quality of counter-attacking front passes, but whether it was by personal possession (ASM, Bruno Guimarães), set-pieces (Dan Barn, Chris Wood), long passes to create confusion (Chris Wood) and so on, they were always able to squeeze the ball into the box and complete the shot. Even if it is not necessarily a threatening shot, at least it can fully account for a wave of attack and test Caspar Schmeichel's ability to save.
Their goal of equalising the score also had a bit of a "somehow, but it happened" feeling - a corner kick in which Bruno Guimarães picked up a missing shot from the far post and tangled with Caspar Schmeichel to jam the ball into the goal. Since then, their holding time has begun to increase, and the number of shots has also increased, becoming the team that controls the advantage of the game.
In the second half, Leicester City regained its footing and had a lot of possession, and the situation was roughly similar to the situation at the beginning, except that In order to tear apart the opponent's defense and create a golden opportunity, Leicester City's more decisive direct and cross attempts began to test the key defenses in the Newcastle United penalty area; Newcastle Lenovo's intention to use the counterattack to create a threat was more clear, and completed the shot in one of the few offensive rounds.
The stalemate continued, and in the last minute of injury time, the script that seemed to be a draw was reversed on the last page. A counter-attack from newcastle united in front of the line, Matt Taggart steals the long pass, Joe Willock receives on the left wing, gets off the defense and advances with the ball, the cross is refracted in front of Bruno Guimarães, and Bruno Guimarães flies the head hammer to complete the kill. Newcastle United defeated the Foxes.
James Madison did not start this game, perhaps one of the reasons for their lack of penetration up front. After a disappointing defeat, Leicester Remained in 9th place, sharing the same points as Brighton in two more games.
The dramatic home win brought Newcastle United to 14th place and the relegation zone point difference to 12 points, and Eddie Howe's relegation assignment to take over the spell was almost certain.
FA Cup: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace, Chelsea dominated the ball and successfully broke the defense
In Chelsea's starting line-up, Reece James swapped places with Azpilicueta, the former being a centre-back and the latter being a right-winger, more or less affecting the course of the game.
First of all, they did not have an unexpected dominance of the ball, but all aspects of the attack could not effectively create a threat. On the right, Azpilicueta's value lies more in the diagonal insertion into the penalty area to grab the point of the shot, and the contribution at the organizational level is relatively small, while Rees James's hanging pass from the backfield has limited effect on Chelsea's up frontcourt, which does not have a height advantage. In the middle, Crystal Palace's midfielders prevented Chelsea from quickly launching an attack, let alone a breakthrough in the front edge of the penalty area (Antonio Rudiger's shot over the top to Kay Havertz was the only one). On the left, multiple fronts combined with Marcos Alonso could not create a precise enough cross threat (Timo Werner's cross to find Azpilicueta was the only one). In summary, Chelsea's attack was very sporadic, with only three shots on goal in the first half, unable to test Jack Butland's ability to save.
On the other hand, Crystal Palace focused on the counter-attack after the steal, and the special dispatch of Chelsea mentioned in the previous paragraph showed the value here. Crystal Palace's most obvious counter-attack target, Zaha, was firmly guarded by reese James, whose two closest fit-in attacks were to a complete series of counter-attacks, one after Rees James's corner kick was released and the other after a midfield steal, both took place at the moment of Rees James's brief loss of position. Overall, Crystal Palace were less threatening on the offensive end than Chelsea, with only one shot from a set-piece in the first half.
The trend in the second half was not much different, but under Chelsea's continuous control of the ball, it finally waited until the opponent's defense made a mistake - after a successful steal in front, Jorginho released Kay Havertz, and the cross from the right side of the box was refracted to the feet of The gap Ruben Loftus-Cheek, and the first time he broke the goal. Chelsea broke through the deadlock to take the lead. Chelsea have since had more space in the front and have been able to launch an attack after a smooth midfield shot. On one of the three-man combinations on the left, Timo Werner crossed Mason Mount's one-handed goal to double the point difference.
In the finale of the game, Chelsea continued to dominate the ball and waste time, and almost scored the third goal in a wave of attacks; Crystal Palace had a limited number of offensive rounds, only missing a good opportunity for Joachim Anderson to empty the goalstick and failed to blow the counter-attack horn. In the final game, Chelsea won smoothly and advanced to the FA Cup final for three consecutive years; Crystal Palace regrettably swallowed and ended their dark horse journey.