Chapter 240: The Value of a Veteran

Tottenham thrashed Crystal Palace 7-1 away from home. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 As soon as the news came out, many Premier League teams were terrified. Less than a month ago, Crystal Palace played Tottenham in the league and took away a draw and a point from White Hart Lane with a controversial penalty, which sparked a post-match war of words between the two clubs over player integrity. When I think of the scene at that time, it can be said that it is vivid for these teams.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that Tottenham's revenge would come so quickly and leave no room for error. In this game, although Crystal Palace once again relied on Andrew Johnson's wonderful performance to get a penalty, Tottenham had already used extremely aggressive attacks to dismantle the home team before that!

Seven to one! This is the most disparity in the score since the start of the Premier League this season! Tottenham Hotspur used a hearty victory to wash away the shame of being forced to draw by Crystal Palace at home!

It is precisely because they saw Tottenham's strong revenge after suffering a loss, so after the game between Tottenham and Crystal Palace, almost all Premier League clubs listed Tottenham as an absolutely unprovoked list! Because they have clearly realized that there is no problem in beating Tottenham in a head-to-head match, but if you dare to play shady tricks in the game, then you must be prepared to bear the wrath from Tottenham!

The big win away at Crystal Palace didn't stop the Spurs players from chasing victory. In the fourth round of the FA Cup a week later, Tottenham Hotspur, who came on as an all-substitute, took on vice-league leaders West Bromwich Albion. After a fierce 90 minutes of battle, Tottenham won 1-0 thanks to a heavy shot from Edgar Davies and advanced to the last 16 of the FA Cup.

Although he chose to move to Tottenham on a free transfer, Davies was intent on continuing to play at the heart of the midfield at White Hart Lane and making a career here to counter Lippi and Moggie's comments that he was "quite old". It would be great if you could get the opportunity to play directly with Juventus in the European competition and teach the old woman who crossed the river and demolished the bridge a good lesson.

However, after arriving at Tottenham, Davies realized that his previous calculations were really wrong. Because both Xavi Alonso and Basturk have shown that they are not inferior to his strength and level, and the age advantage and stable form make them firmly control the position of the main midfielder!

Although Davies did not consider moving to another club to seek a main position, as Tottenham's results got better and better, going hand in hand in the league and Champions League, the manager did not ignore his feelings because of his preference for the combination of Alonso and Basturk, and the playing time was not much less than that of the two main players, so that the Dutch Boar, who is about to turn 32, finally gave up this idea and became a member of the rotation at Tottenham with peace of mind.

However, even this does not mean that Davis's ambitions have dissipated with age. For example, this time, when the team was in a scoreless predicament, it was Davies who stepped forward and decisively helped Tottenham solve West Bromwich Albion with a long-range shot after a kick, and explained what it means to be "old man with a long ambition"!

And in the 25th round of the Premier League three days later, Tottenham Hotspur played away to Bolton, it was Edgar Davies again. The Dutch Boars first assisted Klose to score with a through ball just one minute after coming on as a substitute, and then sent a key interception in the 85th minute of the game, interrupting the counter-attack connection between Okocha and Diouf, and did not let the Senegalese who had already run out of position form a single knife, helping Tottenham Hotspur to defeat the "Fast Horse" (Bolton's nickname) at the Reebok Stadium and continue to lead the standings by one point!

As the saying goes, if there is an old man in the family, there is a treasure. In Tottenham Hotspur, which is dominated by young players, Edgar Davies, as a veteran, uses his rich game experience and experience to lead Tottenham Hotspur, who lacks championship experience, to move forward tenaciously!

It can be said that if it were not for Davies's activity during this period, Tottenham would have been overtaken by Chelsea, who also won all the way, in the standings, so could they still beat the Blues and sit at the top of the table like now?

Three days later, on February 5, Tottenham Hotspur, who had returned to White Hart Lane after a three-day trip, welcomed the challenge of Portsmouth!

Although Portsmouth unexpectedly finished 13th in the Premier League last season under the leadership of the elder Redknapp, the power struggle between the elder Redknapp Sr. and the club's president Mandaric has intensified since the start of the season, resulting in the former being outright sacked by the latter at the end of last year. After squeezing out the old Redknapp, Zayec, who took over, did not have the coaching skills and prestige of the old Ray, which made the results of the Pompeii Army also have a lot of negative impacts.

However, despite the problems in the team, Portsmouth performed quite well in this game - facing Alonso, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robben, Mascherano and other big players who could not play due to injury or accumulation of yellow cards, they conceded a goal first, Yakubu equalized in the 34th minute, and kept the score 1-1 until the end of the game!

However, just when everyone thought Tottenham were going to be deflated in front of Portsmouth, another veteran of the squad, Tottenham Academy graduate Darren Anderton, stepped up. In the 88th minute of the game, Anderton kicked a fairy ball from 35 meters away from the goal, which penetrated Heatlop's goal, and helped Tottenham Hotspur beat Portsmouth in the final moments!

With a valuable goal from Darren Anderton, Tottenham finally beat visiting Portsmouth and took all three points at home!

The most exciting thing for Tottenham is that Chelsea, who are also at home, have turned over at Manchester City - the Blues, who had to let Kezman as a lone arrow, were also in a weak attack in this game, and finally shook hands with the Blue Moon after 90 minutes!

In this way, after 26 rounds of league matches, Tottenham Hotspur have managed to extend their lead in the table to three points thanks to Chelsea's home draw with Manchester City!

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