Tonight is all counting on Tottenham, the Premier League should not be monopolized by Manchester City, and Guardiola counters the argument of spending money to buy the title

敖铭

2024-05-14 10:44Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

On May 14, it was reported that tonight's Premier League make-up match Tottenham Hotspur played at home against Manchester City, and everyone was looking forward to it.

Everyone knows very well that Manchester City's four consecutive Premier League titles are inevitable, so continue to repeat the same old tune, there must be an asterisk on the championship trophy, there must be a note, it is all bought with money!

But Pep Guardiola disagrees: "If it's because of the money, Manchester United should win the title every year, second with Chelsea and third with Arsenal. They Arsenal have spent as much money as we have in the last five years."

Pep Guardiola also emphasised that he used history before him to inspire his players, "Liverpool didn't happen in the 80s, Ferguson's Manchester United didn't happen, Chelsea in the Abramoe era didn't happen, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal didn't happen (four Premier League titles in a row)".

Tonight, apart from Manchester City fans, most neutral fans will be cheering for Tottenham.

Nobody wants Manchester City to have a monopoly on the Premier League, no one wants this to be a one-team league.

There was a pre-match argument that some Tottenham fans did not want Tottenham to hold back Manchester City because they did not want Tottenham to help north London rivals Arsenal win the title.

Pep Guardiola said don't ask Tottenham players or coach Postecoglou that kind of questions because they feel offended. There's no team that doesn't want to win a game.

Previously, Postecoglou did not understand the "abandonment" argument of some Tottenham fans, "If you see some arguments on social media that you don't want us to win, and then you think this is our real world, then you better go and do psychological counselling, the outside world is big"!

I'm sure some old-school Tottenham fans may indeed not want Tottenham to hold Manchester City at bay, but more youngsters may not think so.

Even if Villa drew with Liverpool and got another point to lead by five points, Tottenham has little hope of fighting for the top four, but as long as they win Manchester City, they can still bring the suspense to the final round.

There is a key factor that can help you judge the fighting spirit of the Tottenham players.

Tottenham's main starters are all internationals, and they are less mentally poisoned by the so-called north London derby, and they will still instinctively want to win.

However, Tottenham are indeed full of wounded troops now, and Postecoglou's formation is very painful.

Who exactly does left-back use? Udoji's injury not only affected the defence, but also weakened the attack on the left flank. Emerson Royal is a Championship level player, Skipp can't play that position, so, to be on the safe side, it is still according to the plan of the last game, Dragusin and Romero partner in the central defence, Van der Ven to play left wing-back, he is fast to chase back, at least will limit the B seat, De Bruyne on the right side of the advance.

The biggest problem is in the midfield. Bissouma suffered a knee injury and missed his last two league games, with the central midfield combination of Bentancur and Sarr expected to be at the back.

Kulusevski is expected to be injured as a right winger, with Maddison in the middle, Johnson on the left and Son Heung-min in the center.

The problem is that Postecoglou doesn't have a lot of players at the back, Danny Scarlett can replace Kulu, and the substitutes of Hojbjerg, Lo Celso and Gil are unlikely to change the game.

When it comes to the critical moment, Gua Shuai likes to work hard, but recently it seems that this bad problem has been changed.

If nothing else, Pep Guardiola will start exactly the same as the last two league games, the only change is the right wing-back, the last 4-0 Fulham was Akanji started, and the last 5-1 Wolves was Walker's start, it is estimated that Walker will be used at right-back tonight, and Akanji and Dias will partner in the center.

Tottenham's right-back Porro will have a hard time keeping an eye on Foden, and once Gvardiol comes up to assist, it will be terrible.

Gvardiol began to explode in the sprint stages of the season. One goal in the Champions League against Real Madrid, four goals in the league, and the goals were concentrated in April and May.

There is metaphysics in football, and it can also be seen as some weird records.

Tottenham's new stadium opened in April 2019 and since moving into the new stadium, they have won all five league home games against Manchester City without conceding a single goal.

The magic of the new stadium was not broken until this year's FA Cup, with Ake scoring as City won 1-0 at Tottenham Hotspur.

Manchester City beat Tottenham 1-0 in the Carabao Cup final in April 2021, which was played at Wembley.

So, at least in the Premier League, can Tottenham continue their record of clean sheets at the new stadium?

In the first leg of the season at the Etihad Stadium, the two sides played to a 3-3 draw.

Manchester City have scored just one goal in the last six visits to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Ake scoring in the FA Cup, and the league has yet to score in this beautiful new stadium, will it be the knife defender Gvardiol who breaks the deadlock this time?

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