With a narrow home win over Charlton Athletic, Tottenham's Premier League record this season has changed to an astonishing 11 wins and a draw, and they are a full five points clear of second-placed Chelsea at 34 points. As for the defending champions Arsenal www.biquge.info the Gunners, who have not tasted a win in the last three league games, are now seven points behind the leaders!

The reason why Tottenham are so many points ahead of Arsenal, who were previously tied with them, after just three rounds is mainly because the mentality of the Arsenal players has been severely affected after the defeat to Manchester United. In addition, the FA and the Premier League were annoyed that Wenger was unscrupulous in his post-match press conference, and the previous revelation that Arsenal players evaded taxes by signing real and fake contracts, all indirectly affected the referee's penalty scale for Arsenal's game, resulting in the Gunners drawing twice in a row in the league field, which not only further widened the points gap with Tottenham, but also gave the second place in the standings to Chelsea!

(Note: Arsenal veteran Ray Parlour was careless in his divorce dispute with his ex-wife, accidentally submitting information with his true personal income to the court, only to find that his salary at Arsenal was much higher than the publicly announced figures.) Then the British media and the judiciary pulled out the radish and found that Parol was not an isolated case, from the Arsenal coaching staff to the players, all of them were used to evade taxes by signing real and fake contracts. This collective tax evasion incident has dealt a serious blow to Arsenal's image, making the gunman very passive in public opinion, and making Arsenal a thorn in the side of the British judiciary. ）

For Arsenal, who advocate technical flow, the impact of the referee's change in the scale of the penalty is self-evident. Even if the referee didn't have any bias in awarding the penalty and just relaxed the whistle a little, it would be enough for Arsenal to drink a pot.

However, George was not in the mood to watch the jokes of his sworn enemies in the city right now. Because at this time, the negative impact of a week of double matches on Tottenham has finally begun to show!

Although Tottenham Hotspur is already one of the teams with the best bench depth in the Premier League under George's careful management, even so, the players will still be somewhat overwhelmed in the face of a multi-front situation.

Now, for example, in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup against Middlesbrough, George is deeply aware of this. Although he rotated the starting lineup on a large scale to ensure that the players did not have physical problems, even if the physical fatigue of the players could be alleviated by rotation, the mental exhaustion was inevitable.

No matter how many fans criticize McLaren for missing the 2008 Euro Championship in his previous life, they can't wait to eat his flesh. But during his time at Middlesbrough, McLaren's performances and achievements were indeed the best of England's homegrown coaches.

While a League Cup title and a League Cup runners-up are not a big deal for most of the most well-known managers, the 43-year-old McClaren was already the most capable of the younger generation of England managers. Of course, in this life, after the retirement of Robson Sr., George, who had achieved more outstanding results, naturally carried the banner of England's homegrown coach, while McLaren played a role in playing soy sauce.

Although it is much less well-known than in previous games, if you look at the starting line-up from Middlesbrough in this Carabao Cup game, no one will dare to underestimate McLaren's team - the goalkeeper is Australian international Schwarzer, the back line is lined up with Reziger, Ethioghou, Southgate and Colin Cooper, Downing, Doriva, Ray Parloer and Zenden in midfield, Dutch centre-forward Hasselbaink and Slovakia international Nemeh in attack. Such a set of lineups with no bad experience and ability is enough to give any team a headache!

Not to mention, Middlesbrough also had the likes of Viduka, George Boateng (not the familiar brothers) and Kedru on the bench. This also means that McLaren has enough capital to fight a war of attrition against the sleepy Tottenham today!

Naturally, George couldn't have been aware of this little calculation in McLaren's heart. So, before the game began, George repeatedly stressed to the players the importance of taking chances and set-pieces, in order to avoid the game going into the last thing he wanted!

Casey Keller, Phil Neville, Dawson, Vermaelen, Baines, Kompany, Davies, Mendieta, Darren Anderton, Ribery and Klose, that's Tottenham's starting eleven for this game!

Sending out a starting line-up dominated by substitutes and rotations when the opposition is at full strength, George did this partly to keep these players in better shape so that they don't have to poke out of the basket at crucial moments due to a long absence from the team, and partly because the situation forced them to - who made Tottenham have an even more important north London derby to play in three days' time?

As Mendieta did not stay at Middlesbrough in this life, choosing instead to join Tottenham Hotspur as a substitute for Xavi Alonso, his playing time has naturally decreased considerably. However, Seon lost his horse, and he didn't know if it was a blessing. After arriving at White Hart Lane, Mendieta, who was the absolute core of the rotation lineup, once again found the feeling of dominating the Mestalla Stadium. With the likes of Davies and Kompany in the wings, the Basque was able to flex his attacking talents on the pitch without wasting his limited energy on the defensive end.

Although Mendieta's current strength is only seven or eight percent of his peak, it is quite enough for Tottenham. At the very least, Middlesbrough, who have only Parol on the pitch as a cameo in defensive midfield, will find it difficult to limit the Basques' play.

In the 25th minute, Darren Anderton took a tactical corner, Mendieta picked up a cross in the middle of the penalty area on the right side of the field, and Klose, who rose in the air, beat the aged Eschiogu and Southgate, and pushed the ball into the gate guarded by Schwarzer, 1-0!

The unwilling Middlesbrough players pulled one back shortly after the start of the second half through Hasselbaink, but just five minutes later, Vermaelen took advantage of a free-kick in front of the goal and sent Tottenham Hotspur to the score again with a powerful header!

After that, both teams created a number of chances, but neither player was able to convert them into goals. Nemeh's scramble from five yards was saved by Kathy Keller, and Davies' smash of the ball went past Schwarzer but was unfortunately denied by the post!

In this way, when the game was over, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Middlesbrough, who played almost the main team, 2-1 away from home with goals from Klose and Vermaelen, and stubbornly won the fourth round of the League Cup, and won a place in the quarterfinals of the League Cup with great difficulty!

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