Muzi watching the tiger fight | If you haven't seen a collapse caused by exhaustion, Tottenham's defeat to Brighton was a case in point

In fact, you don't need to think about it, as long as you see before the game that Tottenham Hotspur is playing Brighton away, the game formed by such two teams is destined to be boring.

The final score also proved it, 4-2, a full 6 goals, of course, neutral fans will be quite rewarding, but for Tottenham fans, the game did not make them happy to watch, because not only did they lose, but Tottenham's two goals, both of which were scored after 80 minutes and in a 0-4 situation.

The first 80 minutes can be described as a disaster.

In such a game, Tottenham must have had a big problem.

So the post-match meeting was very lively, some players, the backline, including the forwards who spit the cake, have become the object of criticism from Tottenham fans, but in this game, if the pot is on the player's body, then every player has to carry a little bit.

Because Tottenham's problem is not with a single player or in a particular area, but with the whole thing.

After the opening, Tottenham, as they always do, came up with a high intensity:

But from the 4th minute, it can be vaguely seen that the team's attacking speed is not as sharp as usual:

The technical problem in the process, of course, was that Hojbjerg's pass was a little weaker, which caused center forward Richarlison to have to run two more steps to connect to the weak side.

But even before and after the transition, the heaviness of the players' feet is obvious, and the heaviness is not only reflected in the footsteps, but also in the movements.

In the 15th minute, the counterattack was supposed to be a good opportunity, but the quality of the pass was very poor, the ball was always in a state of bouncing, and when the ball was controlled, the fighter and space were gone:

So the problem quickly appeared on the defensive end:

If this goal is not clear, then in the 6th minute, Brighton's attack directly from the middle, Tottenham players scrambled at their feet, and the slackness of body pressure at all levels was obvious:

To be able to put the ball into the box without pressure like this, if there is not a problem with the fighting spirit, it is that the body is not up to standard:

In the 11th minute, Tottenham conceded the first goal.

During the whole process of conceding the ball, the Tottenham players did not put the slightest physical pressure on the Brighton players outside the penalty area, did not steal, and did not even take out the shoulder collision, and the only foot was given by striker Richarlison, which is equivalent to driving the Brighton players all the way at the front of the penalty area, allowing them to pass the ball to the back point:

When the goal was scored, Vicario's anger exploded.

Because it's not a problem that the defenders are all substitutes and don't have regular central defenders, but it's a problem of defenders who are generally lax and don't put pressure on the opponent, as long as you don't want the opponent to score, even a foul outside the box is a better option than this defensive quality.

In the 17th minute, Brighton made such an attack:

After that, the camera captures Vicario's gesture:

The meaning of this gesture is very clear: two defense one, why not put pressure on it, but sit back and watch the opponent get up?

Normally, similar problems arise when the team has a poor record and the atmosphere in the dressing room is bad.

However, Tottenham have a decent record this season, and despite being in recent decline, they have been able to maintain their basic results, and there should be no lot of dissatisfaction with Postecoglou in the dressing room.

Therefore, Tottenham's problem should be due to the lack of physical fitness, the injured players have been lying down, but the uninjured players are also at the critical point.

So almost every time they defend, Tottenham players will "cheer each other" up, just like Polo defended this wing attack in the 20th minute:

However, Tottenham were fouled on the ensuing corner, and Brighton took a two-goal lead:

This kind of foul can actually be seen as a helpless choice that the body can't keep up with.

If it's at home, Tottenham might still be able to pull it up, but it's away from home, so it's difficult. Even after two goals down, Brighton retracted a bit, but Tottenham still had problems at both ends of the pitch, and in the 32nd minute, Milner's long-range shot hit the post:

The overall defensive situation was not substantially different from the course of the first goal.

So the problem continues, even when there is the ball, the running and receiving of the players without the team are not up to standard:

Tottenham's own mistake almost put them three goals down in the first half:

There is a general lack of physical standards, and it is difficult for the manager to deal with it.

Because the fitness of the substitute players may be a little better, but if there are more substitutes, the integrity will be affected, which is a difficult appearance for Postecoglou, a melon coach.

But not on the bench, that's what this half looks like.

So Postecoglou can only play a dozen chickens, try to spur the players up, and then save up a wave of attacks, try to save a goal, maybe can push the team back on the normal track.

It was pretty much the only way he could do it.

So when they came back in the second half, Tottenham did have two good chances through pressure, but neither of them played well:

If the hard-earned wave of fitness does not return to actual progress, morale will suffer, and if the slackness of the players reappears at this time, then the team will be disjointed.

It is reflected in the build-up of the attacking phase, that is, the players only care about waiting for the ball in the front court to attack, and the strength of the retreat that should have occurred will be reduced, so at this time, Tottenham made consecutive mistakes:

Finally, after this attack was also blown off offside:

Brighton hit a long ball behind him, Ben Davies struggled to clear the ball, turned around and scolded his mother:

Brighton's tactical corner kick was played, and Tottenham still had no one to come up to press, and then Vicario got up and scolded his mother:

After falling behind by three goals, Postecoglou finally made up his mind to make a substitution, but the score was already like this, and many things could not be solved, but whoever was more positive was more likely to make mistakes.

Just like in the fourth goal, Tottenham still defended loosely, so substitute Lo Celso sent a penalty:

Tottenham were able to pull two goals back in the end:

There was no 4-0 loss, which also shows that there is nothing wrong with the atmosphere of the team, so the only explanation for the loss of this game is the physical problem.

However, this is also normal.

Postecoglou's system itself is extremely aggressive, with a lot of attacking power and a fast pace, so the consumption of players is huge, and the backfield has almost been injured once, and the central defender position has been replaced several times, which is a clear example.

Then during the Christmas-New Year period, the strong teams themselves are prone to overturn due to fitness problems, and this round is an away game against Brighton, so it is not surprising that they lost like this.

Of course, the solution can only be to strengthen the bench, but it will definitely cost a lot of money to strengthen all rounds, so it depends on Levy.