When the players of Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal stood in two straight lines, led by the referee on duty in this game, Philippe Dodd, slowly walked out of the players' tunnel, the slightly chubby England whistle whistle was immediately greeted with some sparse cheers from the stadium of the Emirates.

Every big talk is preceded by a war of words between supporters of two strong teams, such as the North London derby, where The Independent, who represents Arsenal's position, took the lead in the attack, from the players to the referee, trying to create factors in Arsenal's favor.

Philippe Dodd is in his forties this year, an international referee in England, with a lot of experience in law enforcement, but because of his slightly fat size, many people have always doubted his athleticism, but this referee is not a soft bone, on the contrary, he is very hard and has a lot of personality.

So far this season, Philippe Dodd has officiated a number of Premier League games and has been hailed by the media as a big hitman because of the four games he has presided over, including Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, all four of them have either drawn or lost, and interestingly, none of them have been strong opponents.

Of course, Philip Dodd has also been in charge of other games, such as Newcastle's big win over Sunderland, where the Magpies played very well, and the Magpies' Carabao Cup win at Chelsea was also won by Philip O.

This led the Independent, which represented Arsenal's position before the game, to believe that Tottenham Hotspur would suffer their first defeat in the last nine months under Philippe Dodd's management, and that Arsenal would use the north London derby victory to finish in the top four again.

But there are also some newspapers and fans who support Tottenham Hotspur have made completely different explanations, believing that Philip Dodd is a giant killer, and so far, Tottenham Hotspur is not a giant, but Arsenal has always regarded itself as a Premier League giant, so this game will definitely be Tottenham Hotspur defeating Arsenal.

Judging from the performance of the past few rounds, many teams, including Arsenal and Chelsea, have obviously encountered bottlenecks, Chelsea's performance has dropped a lot from the beginning of the season, which no longer needs to be said, just look at the standings, and Arsenal Although the past two rounds are two consecutive wins, the performance is also difficult to be satisfactory, and the win is also very stumbling.

However, Tottenham Hotspur's recent situation is very alarming, winning every game by a big score, Messi, Ribery and Cavani's trident combination showed amazing power, Cavani played the role of disrupting the opponent's defense in front, and Messi and Ribery relied on their strong individual ability and excellent awareness to cut back, using the space created by Cavani's disrupting to score.

Such a tactic may seem simple and not complicated to say, but the problem is that it is difficult to defend against it.

Compared to Tottenham Hotspur's strong attacking ability, Arsenal's defense is a long-standing problem.

Goalkeepers are an old problem, even during the years of Lehmann and Almunia, Arsenal's goal was never reassuring, and the central defenders of Arsenal have been criticised since Campbell, Gallas, Silvestre, Senderos and Kolo Toure.

This season, the central defender Vermaelen was introduced from Ajax, but the Belgian is currently injured and will miss this game, and many professionals do not have a very high evaluation of Vermaelen, but the media almost praised him to the sky because of his successive goals at the beginning of the season, and some media broke the news that this player was once favored by Ye Qiu.

Arsene Wenger also took the initiative to shoot before the game, saying in an interview with the media that Tottenham Hotspur's strength is like a bubble that is constantly blown up by the outside world, and Arsenal is like a needle that will puncture this huge bubble.

Ye Qiu also fought back against the provocation from Wenger, "When I heard Wenger say that we are a big bubble, a fairy tale came to my mind, the emperor's new clothes. ”

"Arsene Wenger is the emperor in the fairy tale, the whole world knows that you are naked, but you still have to pretend as if you are dressed, and you have to desperately pretend that everything is normal, I believe that this game will let everyone see the truth"

The war of words before the game also ignited the enthusiasm of the fans, but I have to say that the Stadium of the Emirates is quite big, but there are not many seats, it is empty, and the atmosphere at home is very bad, which is not a matter of one or two days, and even the players of Arsenal themselves are saying that the atmosphere of the Emirates Stadium is not like a football stadium at all, but more like an entertainment venue.

But in the end it was the north London derby, and Arsenal fans in this game were also carefully arranged

When the players from both teams walked onto the pitch together, they first curryed favor with Philippe Dodd, which was a bit of a prank, which means that we welcome you, the killer, to help us get rid of Tottenham Hotspur's damned enemy

Later, the on-site commentator at the Emirates Stadium was also introducing the team's starting line-up to the Arsenal fans who came to the scene.

The goalkeeper is Fabianski, Klich, Koscielny, Squeerraci and Sagna at the back, Arteta, Alexander Osong and Denilson in midfield, and Rosicky, Chamak and Nasri up front.

Arsenal's backline has always been criticized, and this game Wenger in the absence of Vermaelen due to injury, including Koscielny and Squeiraci are players who have just joined the team this season, plus goalkeeper Fabianski, who has been playing as a substitute before, which also makes many people more worried about Arsenal's backline in this game.

You know, they are facing the attacking line of Tottenham Hotspur, which is composed of Messi, Ribery and Cavani, and is now in purple form, can such a lineup stop the wolf-like Tottenham Hotspur?

As early as before the game, The Independent had made such an appeal, hoping that Arsenal fans could create a more enthusiastic home atmosphere in this game, because some data showed that the warm home atmosphere can more effectively guide the referee to favor the home team, with a probability of about 16%.

Therefore, after the players entered the game, when the on-site commentator introduced the team's starting lineup list, whenever the commentator read the name of a player, there was a burst of cheers from the stands, and the flattered Arsenal players would wave to the stands

"Will this become a psychological pressure for these players?" Ye Qiu felt very funny when he saw this scene.

When the commentator recited a name, the fans cheered loudly, as if it was very powerful, which was quite scary

After Ye Qiu and Mauro Tasotti and others walked out of the player tunnel, he walked directly to the home team's coach's seat and shook hands with Wenger and several acquaintances in the Arsenal coaching team, Ye Qiu has a good relationship with Wenger, and by the way, he is also familiar with his coaching team, but both sides maintained a restrained distance before the game, after all, this game is very important for both sides.

Therefore, after shaking hands, Ye Qiu chose to walk back, and on the pitch was guessing, Tottenham Hotspur won the right to kick off, and Messi and Cavani stood in the center circle ready to kick off.

With the whistle of referee Philippe Dodd, the most watched key game in the 14th round of the English Premier League finally ignited the fire, and the most excited was Andy O Gray, who was sitting in the stands and was responsible for commenting the game.

Andy O Gray can be seen in almost every round of important events.

"The game is finally on, Tottenham Hotspur kick off and we see ......"

Before Andy Gray's words were finished, he saw that Tottenham Hotspur quickly passed the ball to the backfield, and after Thiago Silva, he stopped the ball, looked up ahead, and kicked a long pass over the top directly to the ball.

Ribery rushed forward quickly on the left, while the Arsenal defence dominated by Sagna and Squeiraci was retreating.

Ribery received the ball on the left flank, facing Sagna, one-on-one, I saw Ribery a skillful feint, making a gesture to go down, but after tricking Sagna to move, he used his agility, changed to cut in, blocked Sagna with his body, and rushed diagonally to the penalty area with the ball.

After Squeerage saw Ribery break through his teammates, he rushed up to intercept Ribery as soon as possible, but after a stop-and-go smash, the Frenchman shook Squeerage again, and in a continuous one-on-one battle on the wing, he passed two Arsenal defenders and then rushed to the bottom line.

"Beautiful Ribery made consecutive passes, Tottenham Hotspur hit the box in the first attack" Andy Gray couldn't help but exclaim, "Let's take a look at this attack......"

Koscielny and Squeeraki also quickly returned to the box, and they did a good job of blocking Ribery's cut and denying the Frenchman a chance to face the goal, while Ribery attracted three defenders including Sagna, Squeerraci and Koscielny by himself, so much so that Alexander O Song had to hurry back to the box.

Ribery saw that goalkeeper Fabianski was also in a good position, and he obviously had no chance, so Yu Crisp was no longer bruised, and suddenly knocked back and passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area, and at this time, David Silva followed up and picked up his left foot to shoot a curling ball from outside the box.

The speed of this kick is not too fast, but the angle is too tricky, taking the upper right corner where Fabianski, who is already standing close to the left post, cannot block it, but it is precisely because of the pursuit of angle too much, so that this shot is slightly higher than the goal, grazing the post out of the bottom line.

There was a loud exhalation from the audience, and all the Arsenal fans were happy for the rest of their lives.

"In less than 30 seconds, Tottenham Hotspur showed their very good attacking form, and after a week's break, they were in a pretty good state and very dangerous in attack, especially Ribery's one-on-three this time" Andy Gray followed the slow-motion replay of the game, praising Ribery's individual show after the opening.

The reason why Tottenham Hotspur's front trident is terrifying is that the two wingers on the left and right have very outstanding individual strength, but at the same time, their teamwork ability is also very strong, tacit understanding, plus a very tactical role of Cavani, so that Tottenham Hotspur's trident tactical effect is very obvious.

Maybe you know how to defend, but that's only in theory, and it's hard to defend on the football field, because Tottenham Hotspur's attack is not just once, but keeps the attacking pressure for 90 minutes, and their attacking routine is not static, but constantly changing according to the situation.

And more importantly, Tottenham Hotspur's attacking weapons are not only attacking routines.

In the second minute, Tottenham Hotspur launched an attack on the left, Ribery ate Sagna one-on-one again, but the cross was blocked by Squeerage, David Silva took a corner, Kompany pressed Squeerraci at the back post, but fortunately Fabianski stretched out his leg to block the ball from the goal when his center of gravity had moved to the left.

Two successive waves of attacks have made Arsenal's goalmouth a lot of noise, and everyone has seen Tottenham Hotspur's excellent form of the game, as well as an almost overwhelming strength advantage.

"Judging from the current lineup of the two sides, Tottenham Hotspur does occupy the advantage of strength, Arsenal's lineup, especially the defensive lineup, is indeed full of temptation for Tottenham Hotspur, so Ye Qiu will be desperate to attack at the beginning of the game, because he knows that for Arsenal, which has a weak defense, attack is the best defense, but we don't know whether Wenger has targeted Tottenham Hotspur's tactics."

Tottenham Hotspur's move is no secret after the opening kick-off, the key is whether you can defend it and how long you can hold on to it, which is the key to the problem.

Arsenal's defense used to be afraid of Drogba, because Drogba kept ravaging those hapless defenders with his body in the front, but Cavani was not far behind, because although his body was not as strong as Drogba, the important thing was that he could run, and he would drag you to death by running non-stop.

For such an opponent, it is useless for you to hold the opening, the key is whether you can hold until the end.

After two attempts on the left, Tottenham Hotspur switched direction this time around, on the right.

Messi held the ball on the right side, but Klich and Arteta, who returned to the defense, prevented him from doing whatever he wanted, so Messi passed back to Fabregas, and then ran to the middle himself, immediately attracting Klich to the middle, but Alves on the right side rushed forward at high speed, and Fabregas immediately split an overhead pass after taking the ball, which was given to Alves in front.

I saw Alves rush up quickly, chased the ball, directly crossed the ball, and hoisted it to the middle of the penalty area, Cavani blocked Koscielny with his body in the penalty area, and shook his head to push Alves's cross towards the goal, but this time Fabianski judged Cavani's only angle of attack early, and the ball went directly into his arms.

Cavani shook his head and gave Alves a thumbs up with a wry smile, but looked at Koscielny with a little resentment, if there was no central defender behind him, he could consider putting on a reverse corner, and Fabianski would be finished, but because Koscielny was there, his shooting angle was blocked, and Fabianski easily judged it.

Although it didn't work, Tottenham's attack was very threatening.

"In less than five minutes of the opening game, Tottenham Hotspur has three chances to shoot on goal, and we see that Arsenal's defense is really as Ye Qiu said before the game, just like the emperor's new clothes, standing naked in front of Tottenham Hotspur's gun, and Tottenham Hotspur from north London did not have the slightest pity, and directly pressed it down"

Andy O Gray also had to sigh, from the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur's recent form is indeed too good, especially the team's attack, but this also reflects another fact, that is, Arsenal's defense, even not only defense, but also the overall lineup of the Gunners, and Tottenham Hotspur is indeed a big gap.

Of course, Rosicky, Nasri, or Arteta and Alexandre O-Song all have European quality levels, but the question is, apart from these players, are there any other stars that Arsenal can handle?

When the individual strength gap eventually piles up into the overall gap of the team, the original small gap will become a huge strength gap.

So far this season, Arsenal's performance in playing strong teams has not been ideal, and even in previous seasons, if it is only once and a half, then it is not said, but when you encounter a strong team for a long time, you will not play well, then you have to wonder whether your team is really strong or pseudo-strong.

'From the start of the game, Arsenal were pressed by Tottenham Hotspur away from home and have not had a single shot on goal so far, and Arsene Wenger seemed to be anxious about the situation, frequently walking to the sidelines to take command.

Andy O Gray is a little sympathetic to Arsenal, after all, it has always been the top team in the Premier League in the past, the favorite to win the championship, and being pressed and beaten by the sworn enemies in the same city and district, it can be said that it is a one-sided situation, which is indeed embarrassing and embarrassing.

"Now for Arsenal, the most important thing is to stabilize the situation first, keep their goal and not lose it, so that they have the opportunity to create a counterattack, as long as there is a counterattack, Tottenham Hotspur's offensive will be weakened, and the defensive pressure will naturally be relaxed"

This is what Ye Qiu said, there is never an absolute football game, only relative, which is what Andy Gray wants to say now, the Premier League celebrity is not only passionate about commentary, but also very high in professional knowledge and football tactical literacy.

But less than a minute after Andy Gray's words were spoken, Tottenham Hotspur finally broke through Arsenal's goal