Arsenal's surprise defeat at the Reebok Stadium went a long way towards comforting Tottenham fans with a weekend of devastation as they were held to a late draw by Chelsea. After all, although Tottenham failed to win Chelsea in this direct encounter, the team still has a points advantage and holds the initiative in this league title race, so the fans are not too disappointed.www.biquge.info Moreover, the sworn enemy Arsenal overturned in the gutter on Bolton Wanderers and was further widened by Tottenham in the standings, which also played a considerable psychological comfort role for Tottenham fans.

As for Tottenham, the result of being equalised by Chelsea at the last minute did not have much negative impact on the players, but further strengthened their self-confidence - even opponents of Chelsea's level had to rely on Ibrahimovic's last-minute flash of inspiration to barely escape defeat, so it would be too much to say that they could not win against these teams that are far inferior to Chelsea, with neither fixtures nor injuries.

In this way, the time came on January 22, the 24th round of the English Premier League was carried out as scheduled, and Tottenham Hotspur visited Selhurst Park to challenge Crystal Palace, which is fighting for relegation!

Speaking of Crystal Palace in the 2004-05 season, we have to mention one player, that is, England's homegrown goalscorer Andrew Johnson, who rose to prominence this season and has the same name as a certain US president. The Birmingham City club debutant scored just eight goals in the first four seasons of his career, but his goal momentum has been unstoppable since his move to Crystal Palace, and he is level with Didier Drogba in the Premier League top scorer with thirteen goals this season, just behind Thierry Henry, the king of Highbury!

Of course, unlike Didier Drogba, who scored all of his league goals in open play, Andrew Johnson's goals were marked by penalties – five of his thirteen league goals so far in 2004-05!

The reason for such a high proportion is that Andrew Johnson is Crystal Palace's number one penalty taker, so it is inevitable that the proportion will be higher, and on the other hand, Andrew Johnson is very fond of cheating penalties by faking throws in games!

The team's number one penalty taker + cheating penalty master, and with England's account book by his side, Andrew Johnson's penalty hits would be strange if he didn't hit many penalties.

Tottenham can arguably have quite a say in this. You know, in the first meeting between the two sides this season, Tottenham, who were at home at the time, scored a goal from Didier Drogba shortly after the start of the game and maintained the lead by this goal for most of the game, only to lose the three points that were about to arrive because of a fake fall and a penalty kick in the penalty area by Andrew Johnson!

It is for this reason that before the start of the game, George made it important not to easily foul Andrew Johnson in the penalty area, or make the referee feel that he was suspected of fouling him in the box: "However, it doesn't mean that we have to let this cunning kid run wild in our box. If it's an emergency, it's okay to give him a penalty...... I don't think Palace have the ability to withstand our attack, which is something that even Chelsea and Juventus haven't done. ”

"Boss, you mean that getting as many goals as possible is the key to winning this game rather than stopping that Andrew Johnson from cheating on penalties in the game?"

"That's right. Seeing that Ronaldo understood the meaning of his words, George nodded approvingly and said, "In the last 23 league games, Crystal Palace have conceded a total of 37 goals, which is the fifth lowest among the 20 Premier League teams. This shows that the quality of Crystal Palace's defence is actually quite poor. So, if we extend the lead as much as we can, then Andrew Johnson will not be able to salvage the defeat even if he cheats penalties again, as he did in the last meeting!"

Hearing that George told them to let go of their hands and feet in this game, the Tottenham players present were all eager to try. Like George, the players are also full of resentment about Crystal Palace, an opponent who stole a win from them with a controversial decision.

It's just that what George didn't expect was that his pre-game arrangement made it only take half an hour for the Tottenham players who had a clear goal to completely kill the suspense of the game!

In just three minutes of the opening game, Robben relied on his personal ability to score on the left side, and after passing two Crystal Palace players in a row, he assisted Drogba to score, 1-0!

Five minutes later, Tottenham made a comeback. It was still Robben who formed a breakthrough on the left side, but the Dutch Peter Pan chose to cut inside with the ball this time, and after attracting most of the defensive strength of Crystal Palace, Drogba in the middle of the penalty area cleverly missed, so that the follow-up Ronaldo got the opportunity to hit the empty goal, 2-0!

Less than 10 minutes into the game, they conceded two goals in a row that left the Crystal Palace players in a daze, who did not expect Tottenham's attack to be so fierce and relentless. As a result, Crystal Palace, who was stunned by Tottenham's opening three-board axe, was penetrated by Robben and Nemanja Vidic in the next 20 minutes, and fell into a passive situation of falling behind early!

Although Andrew Johnson repeated his old trick in the second half, falling down in the Tottenham penalty area in a counter-attack and exchanging a penalty and scoring it himself, Johnson's goal could not actually have any impact on the overall situation when the score had become 6-1 between the two sides!

Referees are not fools. He may have awarded a penalty to Palace for Andrew Johnson's brilliant performance in the box, but he is unlikely to give Palace a succession of penalties without solid evidence – and if that happens, it will cause a lot of uphement on Tottenham and he himself will be thrust into the limelight. By the time the FA and PGMOL launch an investigation under the pressure of public opinion, it is very likely that he will be discredited by this game and thus disqualified from continuing to enforce in the Premier League!

In this way, when the game was over, Tottenham Hotspur, who were away from home, beat Crystal Palace 7-1 and avenged the opponent who had used a controversial penalty to draw with one arrow!

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