Pochettino is once again faced with a dilemma.

No manager would give up on such a good situation easily, and despite a goal back, the situation of the whole game was clearly in favour of Tottenham with one more man to play.

Supposedly Tottenham, who only have three points to keep their hopes alive, should have made adjustments at least at half-time and continued to strengthen their attack, but the Argentine is now full of thoughts on how to reorganize his defence.

His pressure is coming from Li Liang, who is in full form.

While the Monaco team was celebrating wildly, Pochettino had already rearranged the frustrated disciples on the pitch, which of course was only a stopgap measure.

He sent Alli back and stood parallel to Dembele, with Wanyama moving back – Pochettino put on a back three, leaving only Kane, Son Heung-min and Wiggins up front, making 4231 a temporary change to 4321.

At this level, Wiggins is still immature in attack, so it is difficult for such a defensive lineup to give Kane more support.

In this way, Monaco, who have retained an intact defensive line, has reduced the pressure on Kane and Son Heung-min a lot.

Pochettino's sacrifice was to compress the space between the midfield and the back, which was the area that Monaco had given Li Liang to focus on in his pre-match tactical lessons.

In the initial vision of the Tottenham coaching staff, Monaco struggled to generate enough pressure in this area, with the two super-midfielders plus England international Dier and Austrian Wimmer more than enough to cope with the onslaught of Li Liang and Falcao.

Pochettino has always felt that the opponent's two wingers, Silva and Lemar, who have recently been popular in Europe, will be the key to guarding, and he believes that Dembele, Wanyama and Wiggins' marking, as well as the team's all-court defensive coordination, will be able to limit the number 17.

The Argentine is still convinced that such a defensive strategy will be enough to keep the number 17 at bay – but the number 17 before this game.

But now in front of me, where is a traditional front waist?

Able to accurately complete tackles in high-speed running, can run long distances continuously, can top two ultra-difficult headers in 1 minute, has the body, and can fight - this is clearly a powerful frontcourt attacker with a modern style of play.

Pochettino finally understood that he was a man who could switch between traditional and modern striker styles, and that he could use all the techniques at his disposal to attack whenever he wanted.

So you have to do everything you can to keep this guy who is getting better and better out of the game.

Monaco, who had changed their spirits, temporarily made up for the lack of one player with a positive run, and Tiemoue Bakayoko and Lemar worked together to intercept Wiggins' foot ball quickly.

Don't think about it, even the little ball boy Renault in the first row of the stands is desperately shouting with his friends: "Give the ball to Lee!" ”

Li Liang received a pass from his teammates in the middle circle, and there was a sudden exclamation in the stands, and Sun Xingmin rushed over at full speed from the side and shoveled directly!

Li Liang saw the fierce opponent with his peripheral vision, he leaned down and skillfully pulled the ball back with his right foot, and then knocked the ball out directly in reverse with his left heel.

With Li Liang's light turn, this wonderful reverse "croquette" was a great success, and beautifully dodged the Koreans' blasting shovel!

Son Heung-min's actions are exactly what Pochettino instructed - the whole field marking combined with the highest intensity of physical confrontation, at least from now on, the Spurs players will no longer regard the current Li Liang as a star of Eriksen's level.

After Li Liang completed the change of direction, he adjusted the ball slightly with his right foot, and immediately got up with his left foot to distribute the ball to Sidibi on the right side, and Sun Xingmin's upper grab left a large gap on the right side.

Sidibi was pushing forward at full speed, and Li Liang immediately followed him to the right, and in Silva's absence, he knew that he had to take on the role of right midfielder at the same time.

Ali, Dembele and Rose all rushed over, and Sidibi continued to rush forward with all his might after returning the ball to Li Liang, wanting to play a 2-on-1 kick with Li Liang.

He was surprised to see the ball when he passed the ball, including Wiggins, who returned to the defense at high speed, plus Ali and Dembele, Tottenham formed a three-man encirclement of Li Liang!

Yaldim on the sidelines gasped, and the Tottenham players looked like they were hunting, surrounding Li Liangtuan.

Dembele is closest to Li Liang, he saw the opportunity for Li Liang to catch the ball and quickly slid on the ground, and Son Xingmin's intention just now, for a dangerous element like No. 17, the best defense is to let him feel pressure all the time and not let him play freely.

Including the current situation, as long as No. 17 understands that he will be in danger of even breathing from now on, then the purpose of such a ferocious tackle will be greatly achieved.

Li Liang did not stop the ball or adjust in the middle of the crowd, he directly stepped over the ball with his left leg, made a juggling turn and pulled the ball with the sole of his foot, and pulled the ball behind him with the sole of his right foot while turning.

After a series of quick afterburner movements, the ball rolled out of the slit and headed straight for Fabinho, who was picking up at the back.

The three people who surrounded did not react, and Dembele, who made a tackle, hurriedly retracted his feet, but it was too late.

His body was brought to the support leg of Li Liang, who had just landed, and Li Liang was knocked into the air in response, and then fell heavily on the turf and rolled over!

The audience was amazed, and in the referee's sharp whistle, Dembele got up in horror and rushed to Li Liang's side, knelt down on one leg and hurriedly checked the injury.

Amid the huge boos and angry shouts throughout the stadium, the spectators were putting pressure on the referees with all their might.

Falcao and Sidby all rushed over, and Tottenham players also rushed forward to protect Dembele from "plotting" against their teammates.

The rest of the players from both sides rushed to the referee, especially the Monaco players, who were emotional and fiercely denounced Dembele's lethal defensive behavior, and strongly demanded that the referee immediately show a red card!

Pochettino was even more nervous than Dembele and his team-mates, as the Belgian's tackle was unusually reckless because of Li Liang's surprise move, which was frankly enough to get a red card.

If his team is sent off at the end of the first half, it is still the crucial midfielder Dembele, not only will the tactical plan be completely disrupted, but I am afraid that after this breath is reversed, there will be no hope of winning away from home.

The Monaco players next to Li Liang were very worried about his injury, and the home audience also looked nervously at Li Liang who was still lying on the ground, for fear that he would be seriously injured!

Yaldim was anxiously watching, at the moment he didn't think about the game at all, he was only worried about Li Liang!

His aides and the players on the bench drew crosses on their chests and prayed to God to bless Li Liang and never be fine.

The referee, who stepped back away from the crowd, signaled the team doctor to enter the field with his left hand, and stretched his right hand into the pocket behind his shorts.

Seeing this action, Dembele, who had already gotten up and was separated by his teammates and the angry Monaco crowd, was instantly petrified, and his teammates and Pochettino were all stunned!