Chapter 398: Leon on the back of the battle

Tottenham players wrapped up their first north London derby of the season with a hearty win at White Hart Lane!

Seeing the team beat Arsenal at home, Tottenham fans were naturally extremely satisfied with the team's performance. Although Tottenham are now Champions League winners and Arsenal are in decline under Arsene Wenger, Tottenham fans will be able to beat the Gunners in the north London derby for a lot of celebration.

On the other hand, the Arsenal players walked into the tunnel dejectedly under the leadership of Arsene Wenger and Pat Rice – a defeat they had anticipated but were extremely frustrated to be beaten so easily by their city rivals.

You know, just over a year ago, they were the reigning champions of the Premier League, enjoying the envy of countless people, and they are one of the favorites to win the league title. As a result, just one year later, they were kicked out of the championship group and reduced to a team struggling to qualify for the Champions League. With such a huge gap, any Arsenal player will have an unacceptable feeling.

To be honest, Arsenal's defeat to Tottenham is not a surprise now. After all, Tottenham are strengthening their squad every year, while Arsenal are stingy to invest money in the transfer market, and even began to sell the main players in the team. Under the advantages of one another, Arsenal naturally cannot be Tottenham's opponent anymore!

"Trust me, the trough is only temporary. Just give me two to three years and I can make Arsenal dominate the Premier League again!" In the post-match press conference, in response to a reporter's question about Arsenal's decline in results this season, Wenger gave a rare hard hand and gave this categorical answer, "We have a group of very good young people, such as Robin (Robin van Persie), Jose (Reyes), Sesc (Fabregas), Hleb and so on, which is a huge advantage that other teams simply don't have. So, as long as these young people can grow up smoothly, then the future of Arsenal will be bright!"

'I don't know where Coach Wenger got his confidence and put all his hopes on a group of youngsters who haven't fully realised their potential, rather than retaining players with a lot of experience. Naturally, George scoffed at Arsene Wenger's remarks. Others may not know, but he has memories of his past life, but he knows very well how embarrassing Arsenal will be in the future because of Wenger's team-building ideas, "You know, even Sir Alex Ferguson, when he led Manchester United to dominate England, he did not completely rely on the class of 92. The introduction of established stars such as Roy Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Blackwind and Sheringham from other teams, as well as a balanced style of play in attack and defence, also played a crucial role. And with Arsenal, I don't see both...... With the departure of the back five and Patrick Vieira one after another, how fragile Arsenal's defense has become, everyone must be able to see it, right?"

It's not a good feeling to be slapped in the face in person, let alone being exposed in public by a sworn enemy. Therefore, after being mercilessly attacked by George, Wenger's expression suddenly became extremely ugly!

What makes the professor feel most depressed is that no matter how unhappy he is, it is difficult for him to make a strong enough rebuttal to this - who made George and Tottenham the winners of this game, and has such a heavyweight honor as the Champions League to rely on, and he has not been able to prove that the team building philosophy he adheres to can bring Arsenal a championship trophy?

Therefore, after hastily dealing with a few problems, Wenger hurriedly left this place of right and wrong on the grounds that "time is almost up", drawing a failed end to this trip to White Hart Lane!

George has no intention of being angry at Wenger's obviously undignified move - anyway, there will be more and more opportunities for such an opportunity in the future, and there will be more and more voices criticizing Arsenal, and Wenger will have to get used to it if he is not used to it. Moreover, this can also bring out his generosity, transfer all the anger of the on-site reporters to Wenger, who left early, and at the same time win some favor for himself. With such a win-win thing, George naturally had no reason not to do it.

For the guidance and control of public opinion, George has always attached great importance to it. The title of "Uncrowned King" is not a joke, although with George's current status, these reporters dare not really make any big news, but disgusting and disgusting he can do it. Therefore, how to deal with reporters has always been listed by George as a compulsory course for all Tottenham personnel!

Thus, the first north London derby of the 05-06 season ended with a resounding victory for Tottenham. Arsenal, who lost away from home, not only slipped further in the league standings, but were also slammed by the media after the game!

Although a big derby win gave the Spurs players a pretty happy weekend, they didn't get much time to rest. Because in the coming weeks, there is still a Champions League group stage waiting for them!

With only three days between the group stage with Lyon and the north London derby, George made a significant rotation of the starting line-up in order to ensure that the players would not be injured due to fatigue and to ensure the team's combat effectiveness. Didier Drogba, who had just scored twice in the derby, was also put on the bench, and several players such as Arjen Robben, Xavi Alonso and Ledley King, who were red-flagged by Tottenham Hotspur laboratory experts, did not even make it to the 18-man squad!

George didn't see anything wrong with that. Tottenham are now top of the group, six points ahead of third-placed Udinese, and are almost secure a place in qualifying. In such a situation, it is not impossible for the team to relax a little bit in the Champions Cup. What's more, Tottenham's opponent in this game is still Lyon, a team that has been blacklisted by Johansson!

Compared with the relaxed Tottenham players, the atmosphere on Lyon's side is much more dignified. They lost all three games in the group stage and were continued to be suppressed by Monaco in the league...... For Lyon, who has just been kicked out of the G14 group and is trying to regain this giant sign and the hegemony of Ligue 1, such a result is simply worse!

However, despite having lost three games in the group stage of the Champions League and a six-point gap between them and second-placed Real Madrid, Houllier did not concede defeat in advance. In the eyes of the French coach, Lyon still has hope of advancing to the round of 16, and there is no reason to give up at all!

And, even if Lyon don't qualify for the knockout rounds of the Champions League, the team will need enough points to compete with Udinese for third place in the group and a place in the UEFA Cup!

So, no matter what, Lyon need to go all out in this game!

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