Chapter 0124 - High-Speed Offensive and Defensive Conversion
Looking at the Manchester United people who gathered around to celebrate, and thinking of the yellow card on his back, Kyle Walker had a feeling of being beeped by a dog: Nima, why did I make a mistake at that time and have to reach out to block it? Anyway, it's all goals, and now I've got a yellow card, it's really not worth it!
The rest of Tottenham's players also hung their heads one by one, conceding goals in the early stages of the game, which was a terrible game experience, and it was against Manchester United's nemesis......
Tottenham fans were even more depressed, with less than ten minutes into the game and the team already trailing, should they give the United another three points? Doesn't that mean that Tottenham will completely lose the chance to win the title?
However, the mood of the Manchester United players is high one by one, and the more they play, the more energetic they become.
In the 11th minute, De Gea kicked the ball off at the back and was headed back by Tottenham in the centre circle, Carrick controlled the second drop and passed the ball to Mata, who combined with Fsumensa to link up with the wall and past the defence of Eriksen and Dembele.
Fsubmensa dribbled the ball into the front, and Rashford saw this, and hurriedly moved to the middle to pull space for Fsumensa to break through.
The two Tottenham centre-backs were very serious about Rashford, and when their left-back Rose caught up to mark Flossesa, they followed Rashford to the middle to prevent Flossesa from passing the ball to Rashford.
Fsumensa was overjoyed, deflecting the ball past his defender Rose and cutting inside to shoot at the edge of the penalty area.
This was a good opportunity to expand the score, but maybe he had been playing defender for a long time, and all he had in mind was clearing, and then this shot almost grazed the line of the small penalty area and went out of the bottom line.
Watching Fsumenza's outrageous shot, Rashford almost jumped in a hurry. If you knew this, you shouldn't have pulled down the middle, but stepped forward, maybe you could save the ball before it went out of the line and recreate the chances of shooting.
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Manchester United continued to dominate the game, keeping Tottenham at half-time and unable to even cross the halfway. However, Tottenham, who are at the top of the Premier League defensively, will not be easy, and they will hold on to two points, one is to kill Manchester United's striker Marcus Rashford, and the other is to surround Manchester United's ball carrier.
Controlling the start and end of this attack almost paralyzed Manchester United's attacking ability, forcing Manchester United to have the advantage of possession and even have few shots on goal.
However, after surviving this wave of Manchester United's onslaught, Tottenham also stabilized their position. As a team with excellent attack and defence, their strength is undoubted, and they quickly launched a counter-attack against Manchester United.
In the 17th minute of the game, Tottenham won a corner through a quick counter-attack.
Tottenham's corner goes straight to the top of the box in the middle. However, Rose, who received the ball, could not shoot and had no good options to serve, so he had to return the ball to Ali who took a corner. Ali swept the ball across the six-yard box and Harry Kane grabbed the penalty in front of goal and almost beat David De Gea.
However, even if the goal was scored, it didn't count because Kane fell into an offside trap for Manchester United and was in an offside position before the shot.
However, it was the attack that gave Tottenham momentum and they continued to press Manchester United up front, but the Reds defended tightly and did not give Tottenham's dangerous players space to shoot, and in the end it was defender Ross who could only finish with a shot. Rose, on the other hand, also showed off his ability to clear the ball as a defender, shooting straight into the corner flag area and almost going off the touchline.
The game then entered a high-speed offensive and defensive transition, the two sides went back and forth, wide open and closed, and the sparks splashed everywhere, and the scene was very good-looking, but basically did not form any threatening shots.
In the 23rd minute of the game, after Fnouzesa broke through to the bottom line, he had no choice but to kick the ball on the opposing defender and create a corner kick when he couldn't get up and cross.
Blind kicked a corner high over Tottenham and couldn't do anything about it, but Schneiderlin barely managed to control the ball on the touchline and passed it to Rojo with his heel.
Rojo was another big foot to pass the ball into the box, but there was still no one in the box to take the pass and finally it was Chris Smalling who jumped high from the baseline and headed the ball back into the box before it went out of the box.
Because Tottenham's defensive focus was on Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial got the ball on the left side of the penalty area, but he was too slow to deal with it, and by the time he adjusted, the ball had already been cleared by Tottenham's defenders.
Rashford shook his head secretly, if the little brother had his own volley, this would be a good chance to score.
However, it seems that volleying is Xiao Ma's weakness, and he is better at curling shots.
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In this high-speed transition between attack and defence, Tottenham, who played at home and were rested in midweek, gradually showed their advantage. They created a succession of shots on goal.
In the 26th minute, Ali passed the ball and Eriksen shot wide from distance.
In the 27th minute, Lamela crossed from the left, De Gea came out to save the ball, and Kane stopped the ball and was about to shoot when it was kicked away by Mensah.
In the 28th minute, Eriksen's 45-degree cross from the right was met by Lamela at the back post, and his header from six yards was just wide of the goal.
Juan Mata was unhappy with the performance of his defenders at this stage, as it was dangerous to have no one up front to defend Eriksen, allowing him to pass with ease.
In the 29th minute, Walker used his speed on the right to burst into the penalty area, and his shot from 8 yards on the right rib was blocked by Mensah.
However, Tottenham also couldn't bear to be a little tired after a dozen minutes of onslaught, slowing down the attack slightly, while Manchester United took advantage of the situation to attack the front field to allow their own defense to recover a bit.
However, Tottenham adopted a disruptive tactic, breaking the ball out of the touchline again and again, making it impossible for Manchester United to form an effective attack.
United had a good chance as they entered the 40th minute. At that time, Manchester United's Marcos Rojo won a close battle with Tottenham defender Walker on the left flank, passing the ball to the top of the box in the middle.
Marcus Rashford got rid of the opposition player's defence and was about to receive the ball when a red shadow flashed in front of him and snatched the ball first. The next moment, the referee's whistle sounded, and the linesman also made an offside flag to return to receive the ball.
Rashford looked at Anthony Martial with an embarrassed look on his face, and he didn't know what to say. If Anthony doesn't stretch that kick just now, it will be his chance.
As the game entered the end of the first half, Tottenham set off another attacking climax.
In the 45th minute, Tottenham won a free-kick in front of the field, Eriksen took a free kick from the right, Martial touched it in front, and the ball grazed the left post and went out of the bottom line.
Then, at the end of the first half, Manchester United, who were playing away, temporarily led 1:0.