Chapter 193: Unexpected Joy

Old Charlie's exclamation is not unreasonable, or he wants to slap George's ass, but it really comes from the heart - indeed, who would have thought that Tottenham Hotspur, who has won consecutive games since the start of the new season, would choose to fight back in this crucial battle of the leaders of the competition, and take a point from Stamford Bridge as the main goal, rather than taking the initiative to go all out to win?

You know, don't look at Tottenham Hotspur now leading the standings with five wins, it does look like a beautiful one. But in reality, Tottenham are now on exactly the same league points as defending champions Arsenal, and only on goal difference have they been able to hold the Gunners at the top of the table.www.biquge.info Therefore, in the pre-match predictions, most people believe that Tottenham is very likely to win seven in a row and do their best to beat Chelsea in this Premier League sixth round of the focus of the game, ensuring that Arsenal will not take advantage of the opportunity to open up the gap in the standings!

However, George did the opposite, and when public opinion generally believed that Tottenham would go all out to deal with Chelsea, he put everyone together, not only greatly rotating the starting lineup, but also sending out a set of formations that were clearly based on defensive counterattacks!

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, Patrice Evra and Phil Neville on the left and right wing-backs, Dawson, Nemanja Vidic and Ledley King in central defence, Welsh veteran Speed and Belgian teenager Vincent Kompany in the back, Mendieta in the centre, and Drogba and Villa in attack. This is Tottenham's starting eleven in this game!

Changing from the usual 4-3-3 to 5-4-1, George would actually have no choice but to do so. Although Tottenham managed to defeat Bayern Munich in the Champions League in midweek, the players still lost a lot of energy. And unlike Tottenham, who fell into the group of death and almost every game was a strong conversation, Chelsea's Group H is not strong overall. What's more, the Blues faced a volatile Paris Saint-Germain in the first round of the group stage, which allowed Mourinho to focus on the weekend's league fixture, sending only some of his main players to the Champions League against Paris.

Therefore, if George had played his main players in a row today and did not make any changes in tactical play, then the tired Tottenham would undoubtedly have a high probability of losing to Chelsea in this head-to-head matchup!

Mourinho, who was ill-prepared for the situation, was rightly in the driver's hands – the Portuguese had always expected his younger brother to go head-to-head with Chelsea in order to prove his managerial prowess, and that set the tone for the counter-attack.

What Mourinho didn't expect was that George would accurately grasp his idea and use it well, allowing Tottenham to fight a defensive battle with Chelsea in this game without any restraint!

Anyone who has watched a football match should know that when two teams are attacking and defending on the field, the side that focuses on defending and counter-attacking can also play a thrilling game. But when both teams adopt defensive counter-attacking tactics and stock up heavily in their own half, it is understandable how boring the game can be.

With only an immature Ibrahimovic up front, plus Joe Cole and Duff operating on the flanks, Chelsea would be foolish if they wanted to tear apart Tottenham's carefully laid defence.

After the break, Mourinho, who was unwilling to suffer a draw at home, made certain adjustments to the lineup and tactics, and successively replaced Gudjohnsen and Kezman in order to strengthen the attack. However, in the face of the impregnable wall laid by Tottenham's players in the 30-metre area in front of their own goal, Chelsea's desperate attacking tactics of a front-three were unable to create many chances.

Ibrahimovic is indeed one of the best centre-forwards in international football, with outstanding physical fitness, delicate footwork like a midfield master and superhuman passing vision that have made the Swedish Divine Tower's threat increase exponentially, but now he has obviously not evolved to that height, and many aspects need to be further improved. Especially when it comes to creating scoring opportunities for his teammates, Ibrahimovic at this time is often in a situation where he is too distracted by his footwork. For example, in this game against Tottenham, several times teammates such as Duff and Kezman have run to position, but they have not been able to form because of Ibrahimovic's drag

It was precisely because Ibrahimovic was not mature enough in terms of organization and strategy that Tottenham was able to drag the 0-0 score into the final stage of the game with most of the main players in rotation. Otherwise, even if George were to use a bucket against Chelsea, it would be difficult to ensure that the game would go as he expected – a top striker like Ibrahimovic who is almost proficient in everything but also has a superb free-kick can be a daunting task to prevent him from scoring.

In this way, with an unexpected tactical arrangement and tenacious defense, when the final whistle sounded. Tottenham managed to pull away from Stamford Bridge to snatch a draw and a point from Chelsea and Jose Mourinho!

Even more exciting for the Tottenham players was the latest news from another venue – Arsenal also suffered a draw at Highbury Stadium at the same time that Tottenham drew at Chelsea at the same time!

Facing the visiting Bolton, Arsenal lost a good game after leading twice, and the team led by "Big Sam" Allardyce stubbornly equalized the score in the last moments!

Arsenal, who have won five consecutive games this season, are looking to dominate the league after beating Bolton Wanderers in this round, while equalling the record of six consecutive league games set in 1947. However, the Gunners also appear to have been affected by the midweek Champions League tie. Although their attacking style was still sharp, with Thierry Henry and Andreas Piree scoring past Bolton, the backline, which had shown signs of instability, was stunned by Bolton's simple and crude header bombardment. In particular, Sigan's defensive misposition at the last minute simply "helped" Arsenal to lose the upcoming victory and three precious points!

Campbell's importance to this Arsenal team is a testament to this. With the England international in the defence, Arsenal never worry about the opposition playing air strikes, and once Campbell is unavailable, the Gunners' penalty area will have to sound the air alarm almost every game!

With Arsenal being unexpectedly drawn by Bolton Wanderers at home, the Tottenham players, who were ready to temporarily lose the top spot after the game against Chelsea, were surprised to find that after the sixth round of the league, the team and Arsenal were tied with five wins and one draw to accumulate 16 points, and successfully overtook the Gunners with the advantage of goal difference and continued to lead the standings!

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