"Oops...... Wenger couldn't help but chuckle as he saw Tottenham attacking under the command of Alonso and Basturk, who were almost breathless to the Arsenal players on the pitch. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 It was only then that the professor realised that Tottenham's threat in attack deserved more attention than his seemingly watertight defence!

Not to mention that Alonso and Basturk have always been keen to find holes in Arsenal's defence, with scalpel-like precision passes and excellent big-picture vision that make Gunners such as Sigan and Vieira overwhelmed, and the front trident of Drogba, Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo alone is enough to cause huge problems for Arsenal's backline!

Prior to this, Tottenham were not strong enough in attack, partly because newcomers such as Klose and Arjen Robben needed enough time to adapt to the pace of the Premier League and integrate into Tottenham's tactical system, and partly because Cech's record of consecutive clean sheets was so rare that players unconsciously put more energy into defending in the game, so that Cech's clean sheet record could continue.

And now, with Cech's clean sheet record being ended by Thierry Henry's use of the rules, although the morale of the Tottenham players has been hit to a certain extent, the goal also allows them to put down their psychological baggage, so that they can devote more energy to attacking!

The main reason is that the fact that Tottenham have never lost a north London derby since George became manager gives the players plenty of confidence. Therefore, even if the team is now behind the score, the players do not have any panic, because they firmly believe that under the leadership of George, the final winner of this derby must be Tottenham Hotspur!

Originally, Sigan and Kolo Toure already felt quite difficult when defending Drogba, but when Tottenham strengthened their offensive and increased the frequency of cross-switching of players in the front, the defensive pressure on the two suddenly increased exponentially!

With different types of players taking turns to attack their own defensive zone, even a centre-back of Nesta's level can hardly guarantee success every time, let alone Kolo Toure, who has only been debuting for less than two years, and Sigan, who is not very mediocre.

It stands to reason that Wenger should make adjustments at this time, allowing Vieira and other midfielders to strengthen the protection of the back line and reduce the frequency of direct impact on the back line by Tottenham players, but the problem is that the professor is not very proficient in defense and does not pay much attention to it, and has never established a complete defensive system, resulting in Arsenal relying on the individual ability of players to complete the defense in most cases. Therefore, in the face of Tottenham's increasingly strong offensive after the game restarted, Arsenal's defense gradually became less solid than it was at the beginning, and was repeatedly successfully broken through by Drogba and others.

If it weren't for Lehmann, who was sitting in front of the goal, was in good form today, and successfully defused Tottenham's offensive with several decisive attacks, I am afraid that Arsenal's one-goal lead would have been equalized or even overtaken by Tottenham.

However, Arsenal's good fortune was finally exhausted by the 41st minute of the game. Robben, who switched to the right flank, continued to dumble, and after dribbling past the defence of Ashley Cole and Cesc Fabregas, decisively chose to cut inside with the ball and advance all the way to the edge of the penalty area, and then directly volleyed with his left foot into the far corner of the goal!

Although the current Robben has not yet practiced the stunt of cutting inside and shooting the ball in his previous life, the Dutch Peter Pan at this time has already achieved a considerable degree of attainment in this aspect. His shot cleverly bypassed Vieira and Kolo Toure as they tried to intercept halfway and headed straight for the far post!

The suddenness of the timing, the speed of the ball and the tricky angles are the hallmarks of Robben's signature inward shot, and the most threatening. In George's previous life, even those first-class goalkeepers who had been famous for a long time would have been hated by this trick if they were not prepared for it. So, even though Robben is only playing an unfinished version now, it's enough for Arsenal to drink!

At this moment, Lehmann, who had turned the tide several times before, stood up again, and made an extremely stretched flying save, blocking Robben's shot at the moment before the ball was about to fly into the goal!

However, the ball that Lehmann struggled to keep out didn't fly far and bounced back into the six-yard box after hitting Chlo Toure. The worst thing is that the ball landed just in front of Drogba!

In the face of such a good opportunity, Drogba, who followed up in the middle, naturally had no reason to let it go easily. The Ivorian Monster relied on his superhuman strength to force Sigan firmly behind him, stabbing the ball into the empty net before the latter could make amends!

Before the end of the first half, Didier Drogba's goalmouth shot equalised Tottenham and brought the two teams back on the same page!

The fact that the hard-won lead was erased by the opponents before the break took place was a psychological blow to the Arsenal players, who looked somewhat confused after the restart, leading to a lot of unnecessary mistakes on the pitch.

That is, there are only a few minutes left in the first half, and the Tottenham players also need to relax their tense nerves a little after insisting on the onslaught for more than 40 minutes, otherwise before Bennett blows the whistle announcing the end of the first half, Tottenham even hopes to overtake the score before the end of the break!

Ever since Arsene Wenger took over the Arsenal coaching whip, there has been no end to the talk that "Arsenal players are not good at working under pressure and are not good at playing tough battles". Especially in the 2002-03 season, Arsenal was reversed by Manchester United to win the championship when it once led the second place by more than ten points, and the team's banner men Henry and Pire even said the frustrating words of "we were robbed of the initiative by Manchester United by Manchester United" after being overtaken by Manchester United, which made the topic of the Gunners' mental attributes stand on the cusp again!

With this lesson in the past, this time the north London derby is no exception. Tottenham's pressing attack and Didier Drogba's goal before the end of the first half put a lot of psychological pressure on the Arsenal players, and the fact that they had never taken advantage of George before, made Reyes and Sigan frustrated, feeling that they still couldn't get a win from Tottenham in the north London derby this time!

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