1 game 2-1 to relegate the Championship champions early! Pep Guardiola's disciple fell, and Tottenham blocked Manchester City in the next round

Chat about the ball in the middle of the mountain

2024-05-12 06:16Published in Fujian

In the early morning of May 12, Beijing time, in a game in the 37th round of the English Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur sat at home to face promoted Burnley, and finally Tottenham defeated Burnley 2-1, Burnley was relegated one round ahead of schedule, and fell back to the Championship after a season, Tottenham continued to maintain the hope of hitting the top four.

Burnley finished third from bottom in the Premier League in 2021/22 and were relegated to the Championship, where Pep Guardiola's Kompany took charge last season, and Burnley eventually won the Championship title with 101 points and were re-promoted to the Premier League after a gap. However, in the Premier League this season, Vincent Kompany's side have clearly not adapted to the rhythm of the top-flight competition, finishing second from bottom and being relegated twice in three seasons, with Burnley taking over the title of promotion from Fulham.

Before this round, Tottenham Hotspur had just suffered four consecutive defeats, and was thrown away by the dark horse Aston Villa with a 7-point gap, leaving only the theoretical possibility of fighting for the fourth, and Tottenham Hotspur will also usher in a make-up match with Manchester City at home in the next round. Burnley have won just five league games this season, losing 22, second only to Sheffield United, who have lost 26 games. In the first leg of this season's meeting, Burnley suffered a 5-2 defeat at home to Tottenham.

At the beginning of the game, in the 4th minute, Odomert faced the defense on the right side and shook the cross with continuous feints, and Vitinho's header was saved by Vicario. In the 24th minute, Burnley kicked the ball out of the backfield, Borg got the ball and ran all the way past several people before hitting the top of the penalty area to send a diagonal pass, Larsson followed up into the penalty area and scored a strong shot, Burnley scored first, leading Tottenham 1-0 away.

In the 31st minute, Tottenham played a wonderful combination on the right side, after Porro and Johnson made a one-two combination, Porro broke through into the penalty area and scored a goal, and Tottenham equalized 1-1. In the 42nd minute, Alijanit Muric made another mistake on the ball, and Son Heung-min's shot was blocked by the defender.

In the 56th minute, Burnley broke the ball near midfield, and Odombert cut inside to volley to win a corner kick for the team. In the 77th minute, Son Heung-min advanced with the ball on the left side, burst to the bottom line and crossed, and Johnson flew away unguarded at the back point. In the 79th minute, Romero won the ball on the right side and reversed the triangle, the defender cleared not far away, and Sarr met the ball and shot was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 81st minute, Maddison sent in a through ball, Van der Ven scored with a powerful shot from the penalty line, and in the 85th minute, a Tottenham corner was headed by Alijanit Muric. In the end, Tottenham came back from behind to win 2-1 against Burnley. End an embarrassing 4-game losing streak.

Looking at the post-match stats, Tottenham had 63% possession and 9 of the 21 shots on goal in the game, while Burnley had 37% possession and 3 of the 7 shots on target. After this campaign, Tottenham Hotspur rose to 63 points and remained in fifth place, while Burnley finished second from bottom with 24 points and returned to the Championship one round earlier.

In the final stage of the Premier League, in the make-up match in the early morning of May 15, Tottenham will sit at home to face Manchester City, which is a key battle to change the pattern of the Premier League title, Guardiola suffered 4 consecutive defeats at Tottenham's home stadium, and Manchester City did not score a goal, this is a big curse, whether Manchester City can break the curse and achieve four consecutive Premier League titles, let us pay attention.

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