At half past one in the afternoon of August 31, at the White Hart Lane stadium in London, the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool officially began. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The hottest team in the new season is not Manchester City, nor London Chelsea, Arsenal, nor Liverpool, but Tottenham, under the leadership of Pochettino, Tottenham has won two consecutive victories, and scored 5 goals without conceding a goal, and is at the top of the standings at the end of the two rounds.

But now this third round is facing Liverpool, hehe, the situation is different, Liverpool has never been soft on Tottenham, last season under the leadership of Rodgers, home and away double Tottenham Hotspur, to Tottenham is not just two defeats, White Hart Lane Stadium Tottenham lost to Liverpool 5 goals and a goal, Anfield Stadium Tottenham lost to Liverpool 4 goals and a goal.

So today's game, even though Rodgers suffered another bolt from the blue the day before the game, Sturridge was injured again, because he had a minor injury in the pre-season training camp, this time he used it again, and the situation was not good, but Rodgers is still full of confidence and believes that his team will be able to take out Tottenham.

Pochettino didn't think so, Pochettino is a young coach who started at Espanyol, and his first stop in the Premier League was Southampton, where he accepted Southampton in a controversial manner, and Southampton's previous manager, Nigel Alkins, led the team to promotion back-to-back, and many players felt that Southampton should be patient and give Alkins more time.

And Southampton's Pochettino also makes people feel distrustful, although he performed well in the Spaniards, but not everyone can insert a bar in the Premier League, his philosophy is not the same as the concept of English football, Pochettino is very controlling, he wants his team to control the ball in his hands, his ball control is different from Juventus and Barcelona, his team often uses fast running, the control is practiced into the attack, and the attack is wave after wave.

After he went to Southampton, he was strict with the army, and if he didn't obey, he would rather use young people, young people are obedient, so the average age of his team under Southampton at that time was very young.

Now at White Hart Lane, Tottenham have a better quality player than Southampton, he has a better stage to play, and the opening two consecutive wins seem to show that he has a pretty good start.

In the starting line-up today, Pochettino fielded a 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: Lloris

Defender: Dale Cabourg, Vertongenrose

Defender: Bentaleb Capoue

Attacking midfielder: Lamela Erickson Chadley

Center: Bam Adebayo

Because of Sturridge's injury, Rodgers sacrificed a 433 formation in this game, anyway, two center forwards or a center forward are not unfamiliar to Liverpool, they can be converted completely, and there will not be too much discomfort.

Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defender: Manquilo Lovrenza Comoreno

Midfielder: Gerrard Henderson, Joe Allen

Forwards: Philippe Coutinho, Raheem Sterling

Adebayo and Zhang Yuan are former Real Madrid teammates, but the friendship between the two is relatively average.

After the start of the game, Tottenham Hotspur in the home fans, the beginning of the fierce competition for the ball, trying to control the game within their own range, in the first two games Tottenham Hotspur possession is much higher than the opponent, this game Pochettino obviously wants to do so, he wants to take the initiative on the field.

Liverpool don't have a pure midfielder, Gerrard is declining because of his running ability, and because he is more experienced, all of them are dragging in the middle, while Henderson and Joe Allen are a little more flexible.

Tottenham's attacking tempo was fast, and as soon as they controlled the ball, they pressed heavily and with their movement, the full-backs pressed Liverpool constantly, and there were only three players who didn't really get involved in the attack, two centre-backs Kaboul and Vertonghen, and midfielder Bentaleb.

Tottenham's midfield and backfield, including the players in the front, are very interesting, why they are almost all jack-of-all-trades, and the players at the back can also play in multiple positions, not only in terms of height but also not very disadvantaged in terms of speed, which is also the key to being able to support their style of play, otherwise the formation will inevitably be looser.

However, today they met Liverpool, Rodgers' game is complicated and simple, requiring more direct attack, we have no ability to control the ball, the midfield may not be able to dominate, so simply point directly, in the case of the ball, Joe Allen often directly looks for the side, directly looks for Zhang Yuan, short and long passes come to everything, and the midfielder reduces ball control.

It's a smart move, fast-paced, and although Tottenham can have a certain advantage on the ball, it is inevitable that there will be some holes in the transition between attack and defence.

In the 3rd minute, Henderson transferred another long pass, Zhang Yuan ran away, took the ball on the left side, and passed the ball back to Coutinho who was quickly inserted before Caboul's block, Coutinho crossed and shook off Bentaleb and kicked the full moon scimitar directly to the back corner of the Tottenham goal, Lloris tried his best to seal the ball.

Pochettino is not flustered, many strikers in the Premier League have a strong body, and no team can do it if you absolutely don't give the opponent a chance.

Then he soon suffered, in the 8th minute, it was still Liverpool in the midfield to compete for the ball, Joe Allen went straight to the side, Coutinho got the ball and Zhang Yuan who pulled the edge did a two-by-one collision with the wall, past Dier, and then cut inside, before Cabul blocked, suddenly diagonally blocked the far end of the penalty area, Sterling's speed was very fast, the horse arrived, the arch of the foot pushed, the ball drilled into the net from Lloris's armpit, and Liverpool, who was fighting away, quickly took a 1:0 lead!

Tottenham's attack was fast-paced, but Liverpool were not slow either, and it was clear that Pochettino had not learned from the last Liverpool game against Manchester City, who tore apart the Tottenham defence with three passes and two downs.

Coutinho's pass was of course risky, and there were many Tottenham players who stood on this line to intercept, but unfortunately they didn't intercept it, and the hard-working Sterling scored again!

If Tottenham's attack fails, their players will quickly rush to the front, Capoue is in a higher position, the purpose is to put pressure on the opponent, but Liverpool is obviously superior to this point today, and the style of play is direct and deadly.

Pochettino does not pay attention to Zhang Yuan, the two central defenders and Bentaleb's triangle are specially aimed at Zhang Yuan, but Liverpool has its own other talents, Sterling and Coutinho are not very deep, basically waiting for the ball, waiting for the opportunity, seizing the opportunity to counterattack, so that Zhang Yuan is not alone in the Tottenham triangle, so they can easily break the blockade of Tottenham in the rapid pass, and it is really more flexible, Liverpool's forward combination is probably more flexible than Tottenham's.

In addition, Liverpool's state in this game is really good, and they did a really good job at the defensive end, without giving Tottenham much chance.

After Liverpool scored a goal, Tottenham's attack became more rapid, and Liverpool's door began to be bombarded, but he did not concede the goal, Lovren finally showed his worth, Adebayo was seen by him to death, and Sako was trusted by Rodgers to replace Skrtel in this game.

The two sides played back and forth on the pitch much more lively than the last game against Manchester City, saying that Tottenham Hotspur lacked a decisive goalscorer, Adebayo's highlight days were the stories of those years, now he is 30 years old, his form has declined greatly, several opportunities have not been grasped, Pochettino's heart is dripping blood, this ball is very important to him, because Liverpool is the runner-up, last season had washed Tottenham Hotspur, this game Pochettino hopes to win to give the players confidence.

However, Tottenham's ability to seize opportunities on the field is really disappointing, but once Liverpool gets the opportunity to play, they immediately start to attack quickly, and threaten once they hit, Zhang Yuan is also very smart, Rodgers didn't tell him that he must stand in the center forward position, so his position is very erratic, sometimes to the side and sometimes retreat, which makes the Tottenham players who are marking him a headache.