Manchester City host Tottenham Hotspur in a game that will undoubtedly decide the Premier League title.

At the press conference before the game, when asked by reporters what Pellegrini thinks of Tottenham Hotspur this season, the Chilean engineer said with admiration that this is the highest level of football ahead of at least a decade today.

"I believe that all the managers who meet Tottenham Hotspur and all the managers who face Ye Qiu will feel as if they are covered by a thick black veil in front of them, because we can't see clearly what tactics Tottenham Hotspur will adopt, we are like participating in a masked ball, and we don't know who we are facing."

"Tottenham Hotspur have been so varied this season that they have reached the pinnacle of what a manager can lead to as a manager!"

But even so, Manuel Pellegrini said the team is not completely hopeless, as they are playing at home and Manchester City have a very large squad that can handle any challenge.

Playing at home, this is undoubtedly the biggest magic weapon for Manchester City, especially this season, with the addition of Pellegrini, Manchester City began to hold high the banner of attacking football, setting off an offensive storm in the Premier League, although in terms of goals is not better than the old offensive team Tottenham Hotspur, but not far behind.

So many people are speculating that when they challenge Manchester City away, how will Ye Qiu play?

What no one expected was that Ye Qiu would completely disappoint those who wanted him to play offensive football against Manchester City away from home before giving a report card, because his starting lineup was a big surprise.

Because many international players in the team participated in the two-week national team match day, including Messi, Ribery and other players played the whole game, Ye Qiu was very bold in this game.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, Azpilicueta, Nastasic, Kompany and Kehl at the back? Walker, the midfielder even discharged three midfielders in one go, Stroman, Nemanja Matic and Phil? Jones, the front three are Eriksen, Hazard and Lewandowski.

As disclosed by many media before the game, as the World Cup schedule approaches, the warm-up and training of the national team are getting heavier and heavier, so including Messi, Ribery and others are carrying heavy game pressure in the national team, especially some South American players, who have to travel back and forth between Europe and South America.

Therefore, in this game, Ye Qiu did not even play a single South American player, and all European players were used.

When I got this list, everyone thought that Tottenham Hotspur was crazy! Ye Qiu is crazy!

Either he strategically gave up this game, or Ye Qiu was too arrogant.

Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's semi-main and semi-substitute lineup, Manchester City is strong, except for Pellegrini to refrigerate Aguero, almost the main force, goalkeeper Joe? Hart, Kolarov, Vertonghen, Hangrande and Zabaleta at the back, De Rossi and Yaya in midfield? Toure was in the back two midfield, with Van der Vaart, Dzeko and Negredo and Keylor Navas up front.

I don't know if I listened to Ye Qiu's remarks at the European Coaches Summit, Pellegrini is now often trying the two-center tactics, the combination of Dzeko and Negredo, Van der Vaart on the left is good at cutting passes, Navas on the right is good at breaking through, Manchester City's entire set of offensive tactics is very comprehensive and balanced.

In contrast to the star-studded Manchester City, who started with attacking football, Tottenham, who looked more unpretentious, were a little cautious after the opening, which was also in line with the difference between the starting line-ups.

But the first meeting between the two sides made Manchester City realize that this game was not easy to play.

Kolarov cut in the ball on the left, Van der Vaart took the ball to cut to the middle, but Matic rushed to Van der Vaart's side first, and after the Dutchman received the ball, a very decisive kick was made, stealing the ball, although it also tripped Van der Vaart, but did not cause a foul, and then Matic quickly cleared the ball out of the danger zone.

Watching Nemanja Matic clear the ball and run back to the right side of the middle, it was as if he had just completed a very normal defense, and all his attention was on the opposition's attack.

Soon, he ushered in Yaya again? Toure's head-on attack, the Ivorian wanted to pass the ball to Dzeko, but Matic was tall and long-footed, made a judgment in advance, and intercepted the ball from the halfway point.

Yaya? Toure saw the ball cut off and rushed up to defend as soon as possible, but Nemanja Matic turned sideways and blocked Yaya with his body? Toure took the ball with his left foot, protected it, and then pushed it to Stroman, who didn't wait for the ball to stop at his feet, and sent it forward to the feet of Hazzard in the middle.

After receiving the ball, the Belgian turned around and led to the right, dribbling very quickly at his feet, and the Manchester City defenders were led by him and had to follow to the right, but just when they thought Hazzard was going to break through the bottom from the middle to the right, the Belgian suddenly kicked the ball through and accurately tore through the Manchester City defense.

Lewandowski rushed up quickly, grabbed ahead of Vertonghen, received the ball on the right line of the penalty area and made a sharp stop, shook off Vertonghen, and crossed diagonally to the back post, but Eriksen's follow-up shot was blocked by goalkeeper Joe? Hart took it into his arms.

Ye Qiu quickly walked to the sidelines, he called Eriksen, signaling that he should lean a little closer to the middle, and the person who retreated to the midfield to receive the ball should be him, and Hazzard's task was to impact the opponent's defense, not to retreat to respond, he should go to the area he is best at and give full play to his advantages of breakthrough and impact.

After hearing Ye Qiu's shouting, the two young generals both nodded to indicate that they had heard.

Ye Qiu let out a sigh and walked back, this game was more like a gamble for him.

He could risk Messi, Franck Ribery and the likes of Lionel Messi, but next week is a Champions League game against David Moyes' Manchester United, and he has to adjust to the team's form, and this game is an away game, so his strategy is to play it safe, at least to secure a draw.

This also reflects Ye Qiu's self-confidence, because he believes that he has no problem keeping the draw, provided that the players do not make mistakes.

But he also believes in his on-the-spot command ability, he is well aware of City's weaknesses, and if he is given a chance and takes it, he believes his players will be able to threaten and even score goals.

Tottenham Hotspur had another chance in the fifth minute as Stroman intercepted the ball and passed to Christian Eriksen, who picked up Hazzard on the right.

The Belgian rushed forward quickly, but it was a little too big when he stopped the ball, Vertonghen rushed over quickly, trying to cut off Hazzard's feet, but the Belgian reacted faster, kicked the ball out first, and he sprinted forward again.

The veteran Hangrande wanted to clear, but his clearance ball was kicked on Hazzard's body and bounced towards the baseline, while the Belgian didn't care about the pain in his body and quickly rushed to the bottom line with a low cross.

I saw Lewandowski rush up quickly, but Hangrande, who could return to the defense, was faster, and kicked the ball out of the bottom line directly halfway, giving Tottenham Hotspur a corner kick, but it defused the danger of a must-score.

Tottenham Hotspur looked disappointed, especially Lewandowski, who had just tried to pick up Eriksen, but when he turned and rushed forward, he was a little slower, the position was not very good, and the distance from Hazard was a bit large, causing him to miss this opportunity.

If he catches the front point, the goal will be nine out of ten!

But in this world, there are no ifs.

"Well done, guys!" Just when Tottenham Hotspur was disappointed, Ye Qiu applauded vigorously on the sidelines and shouted loudly, "Go on, just like this, it's very good, continue to play this way, don't worry, you know?" ”

The Tottenham Hotspur players on the field, especially the two attacking players in the front, all showed a look of trust after listening to Ye Qiu's shouts, and they believed in their manager.

Manchester City's attack was also fierce, especially on the two wings, and they quickly changed the color of Tottenham Hotspur, after all, this is their home field, Kolarov's precise cross from the left was very good, and it fell to the back of the Tottenham small penalty area, while Cech was standing in front of the defense.

Stroman used his body to block Yaya at a critical moment? Toure's step-back shot kept the ball out of the line, and he himself almost hit the post, angry Yaya? Toure had a broken thought in his mouth.

But soon, City made a comeback, this time with Keylor Navas on the right.

Ye Qiu arranged Azpilicueta on the left side of this game, and the Spaniard had two one-on-one battles with Navas after the opening game, and won the opponent, so this time Navas saw Azpilicueta come up and immediately passed the ball back.

Yaya? Toure stepped in and when he was more than 25 metres from goal, he fired a powerful volley.

The Ivorian was very dangerous from distance, but Cech did the better to defuse a crisis by flying the ball over the crossbar.

But just when Manchester City was about to increase their attacking power, Tottenham Hotspur once again played a very dangerous attack.

Manchester City passed back to De Rossi, but Eriksen intercepted the ball halfway through, but just as he was about to attack, De Rossi flew into a sliding tackle and shoveled the ball and fell to Phil? Jones' feet.

Phil? With little thought or hesitation, Jones picked up his right foot and made a not-so-powerful pick.

The ball rebounded after crossing the halfway line, Eriksen had rushed forward quickly, and after stopping the ball, he saw Vertonghen and Hangrande were quickly returning to the defense, but his team had three players, three against two, the advantage was very large, and although he did not see behind him, it can be guessed that there must be teammates behind him.

Left or right, this is the choice that Eriksen has to make to the best of his ability!

When he saw Vertonghen coming down the middle, he immediately split the ball to the right.

After Hazzard won the ball at the edge of the penalty area, he was followed by Kolarov, who was desperately chasing back.

But before Kolarov could get closer, Hazzard fired a low ball and crossed diagonally.

I saw that the ball was almost a straight diagonal line, from the right side of the arc of the big penalty area, to the penalty spot, and finally passed to the left corner of the small penalty area, and Lewandowski quickly inserted to the left, facing the incoming ball with his right foot, and with a gentle push, the ball rolled into Joe? Hart's goal, 1:0!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！！！”

The on-site commentator pulled out an astonishing long note, and all the Manchester City fans in the stadium were dumbfounded, just now they saw the team attacking like a bamboo, but in the blink of an eye, they saw Tottenham Hotspur knock on the Manchester City goal.

"A quick counter-attack from Tottenham Hotspur, a very sharp, very fast counter-attack, Manchester City's defense was completely torn apart this time!"

The live TV camera is replaying the slow-motion replay just now, Phil? Jones's pass is not of very high quality, but the awareness is very good, which shows that the English hunk has also begun to learn some fine work at Tottenham Hotspur, especially this time the passing awareness is indeed quite good.

Eriksen also gave a good split after inserting in the middle, if it was distributed to Lewandowski on the left at this time, maybe under the defense of Hangrande, he might not have the opportunity to pass the ball again, but after Vertonghen was close to the middle, he gave it to Hazzard, which was very good, and Hazzard's diagonal pass after that was also very thoughtful.

"Tottenham Hotspur's rapid attack is very thoughtful, just now the team contracted the defense, and when it pressed, it was pressed as a whole, which is very layered, which shows that Tottenham Hotspur is not blindly defending in this game!"

The live broadcast camera was given to Ye Qiu on the sidelines, and Ye Qiu was seen waving at the players, signaling them to continue to press the attack.

"If you look at the process of the game, Tottenham Hotspur, a team with only half of the main lineup, is not far behind compared with Manchester City, which plays all the main teams, and it is very important that Ye Qiu's tactical attainments are indeed quite high, and several on-the-spot commands in the game are also impressive."

"This time he looks like he's going to play the iconic Tottenham Hotspur chase tactics!"

Just as the commentator finished speaking, he saw Hazzard not knowing when to pull to the left to receive the ball, Stroman made a through pass to Hazzard, who was close to the left touchline, and the Belgian cut inside with the ball under the defense of Zabaleta.

Cutting from the left to the edge of the box, Lewandowski and Eriksen pressed in front of the opposition's defence, but City were ready for it, and Hazzard distributed the ball to Phil, who was cut in behind? Jones, Phil? Jones confronts Kolarov and passes to Kyle on the right? Walker.

The England right-back received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, but by this time Hazzard had already cut diagonally from the arc of the box to the right. Walker smashed the ball straight to the bottom line, and Hazzard intercepted the ball just in front of the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and turned to cross the ball.

However, this time, because Hazzard did not adjust in time after stopping the ball, Vertonghen made an early judgment and blocked the ball in advance.

The ball didn't fly too far and landed on the right side of the arc of the penalty area, but saw Phil? Jones followed up from behind, and shot directly at the incoming ball, the ball almost did not have any arc, in a straight line, against the turf, directly into the bottom left corner of the goal, goalkeeper Joe? Hart made a flying save but couldn't stop it, the ball was too fast!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！”

"In three minutes, Tottenham Hotspur scored two goals in three minutes, from Phil? Jones' powerful volley! ”

After scoring the goal, the England midfielder rushed out of the stadium excitedly, rushed all the way to the bottom of the corner stand where the Tottenham Hotspur fans were, and after being stopped by his teammates, he kept shouting to the fans in the stands with his trademark red face, as if to tell them, "We are small in number, but we can make a higher noise than them!" ”

Sure enough, with Phil? Jones's instigation, the Tottenham Hotspur fans at the scene made a huge noise, and each of them almost wanted to tear their throats and shout.

"2:0, although Tottenham Hotspur looked a little unfavorable on the field, their defense was very solid, Manchester City's attack almost failed to create the slightest threat to them, but their counterattack, twice in a row to break through the Manchester City team's goal, Tottenham Hotspur's style of play in this game is indeed impressive."

"Perhaps, it was today, in the first half of this night, that we saw the so-called unity of attack and defense!"

But Tottenham Hotspur is obviously not satisfied with just two goals, in Manchester City's subsequent counterattack, although Tottenham Hotspur has most of its energy on defense, after all, the overall strength of the team is really no way to compete with Manchester City in addition to defense, but Tottenham Hotspur has invested a lot in attack.

Hazzard has no fixed position in this game, but he is always roaming between the two wings, he can choose to go down or cut inside whenever he wants, while Lewandowski is in the middle, Eriksen is in charge of linking the midfield and the front, and the Dane has done a pretty good job.

Forty minutes into the first half, when Tottenham Hotspur was holding very hard, it was Eriksen's retreat to take the ball and then pass diagonally to the left, Hazzard rushed up with the ball quickly, one-on-one, facing Zabaleta, Hazard made a quick and simple feint, deceived Sabaleta to lose his center of gravity, and broke through to the bottom line and crossed the penalty area.

Lewandowski didn't miss this opportunity, quickly grabbed ahead of Hangrande, and stretched out his foot to poke the ball into Joe again? Hart's goal, 3:0!

Just 42 minutes into the first half, Tottenham Hotspur scored three goals in a row, and what was even more surprising was that Tottenham Hotspur had half of the substitutes in this game.

It's terrible, especially the tactical play presented by this lineup, which almost integrates offense and defense, and Manchester City has no ability to resist it.

Pellegrini also fully exposed his shortcomings and deficiencies in on-the-spot command, and in the face of Tottenham Hotspur's improvisation, he did not give more and more effective restraint methods, which led the team to be scored by the opponent again and again.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Tottenham Hotspur has not really invested much in the attack.

But in the old saying of the Chinese, soldiers are not much more expensive!