It has been said that in football, there are only two things that a coach cannot master: violent fouls and fairy balls. When encountering the fairy ball, the reaction of any coach can only be dumbfounded, Li Bin is no exception, the biggest difference is that he complained in his heart: playing Inter Milan Ibrahimovic, playing Liverpool Gerrard, why is his luck so bad, as soon as he hits these teams, he will meet these guys who like to play fairy ball?

Even if Gerrard can have the ability to play such a wonderful world, he is not able to play like this in every game, but this one, how did he catch up with his power?

Looking at Neuer, who was a little distracted in front of the door, Li Bin didn't say anything more: What can you say when you encounter this situation?

Gerrard's goal completely shattered Li Bin's idea of wanting to defend with all his might and fight for a draw in a match. Seeing that he was about to lose, he could only replace Jenas and Lennon, throwing three wide players onto the pitch at the same time, increasing the number of counter-attacking points, and trying to beat Liverpool with high-speed counterattacks.

However, Li Bin's idea did not succeed, Mascherano successfully intercepted Tottenham's counterattack at the back, and in the last time of the game, Liverpool relied on their interception ability to intercept Tottenham layer by layer.

Liverpool is really strong now. They have many shortcomings, and they are indeed very weak in breaking the opponent's door, but in the hard-to-face confrontation, they really do not fall behind anyone. Tottenham's side was affected by the Christmas schedule, coupled with the weather, the performance was not particularly good, and they were not able to win the game after reaching the bottom.

But it doesn't matter - taking 1 point and getting 0 points, in fact, for a third-place team, there is not much difference, the only regret is that the first four games of this season against the Premier League semi-finals have two wins and two defeats, and the results are only average.

With a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool, Tottenham suffered another defeat of the season. After the game, when Li Bin was in front of the media, he was also a little unconvinced, "We have no problem playing in this game, and the problem is that we are one Gerrard worse than Liverpool......

It's just one Gerrard away – the kind of comment that can be said to be a very high level of praise for the player. Moreover, Li Bin is not the first person in the Premier League to give him this kind of evaluation, in the Premier League, many coaches, including Alex Ferguson, have praised Gerrard so much, and Gerrard won a victory for Liverpool in the crucial Christmas tournament at the end of the first half of the season, maintaining the top position in the Premier League, and making him the focus of the Premier League.

And Li Bin, who praised him so much, didn't think it was too much: Gerrard deserved such praise, especially when the team couldn't open the situation and needed someone to break the deadlock, Li Bin couldn't think of anyone who was a better midfielder than Gerrard.

Speaking of hard power, there are a few people in the Premier League now, the strength is not under Gerrard, Li Bin has Yaya Toure, Chelsea has Frank Lampard and Ballack, Manchester United's Scholes is a little older, Arsenal's Fabregas is a little younger, but they are all very top midfielders, but no one can compare to Gerrard when he stands up in a critical moment.

Yaya Toure is very strong, and now his one-on-one ability, even if it is in the back of the whole world, he doesn't think about it. Coupled with his excellent passing, all-round skills, and reliable interception, he is definitely one of the top players in the Premier League. However, the details of Yaya Toure's play are a big problem. His skills are comprehensive, but his style of play is therefore a little difficult to control: as an African player, he is not a strong point in terms of tactical discipline, and Li Bin does not consider him when considering core players for this reason: he is very strong, but his style of play is too selfish, and as a core, the team has no stability.

Ballack is very strong, in the Premier League, these midfielders, can maintain the front and back of the field without disjoint, at all times to ensure that the formation is not scattered, he is the only ability, and, in the instigation of a small area of three or four people to cooperate, he is also the strongest in the Premier League midfield. However, his hard injury is his one-on-one ability, which is inferior to Gerrard and Yaya Toure, and this aspect is his shortcoming.

Frank Lampard is very strong, shooting, tackling, playmaking, and then plugging in all of these aspects, he is the obvious choice. However, his ability to lead his teammates is much worse than that of Ballack, which is also indisputable.

As for the remaining two: Scholes has no physical strength when he is old, and it is not good to find people on the move, as the core of the midfield, he has no ability to accelerate. Fabregas doesn't say anything else, just lying for three months a year, no one can stand it.

Gerrard's one-on-one ability is weaker than Yaya Toure's, his small combination is weaker than Ballack's, and his shooting is weaker than Lampard's - but they are all better than those ones. And his most troublesome point is that he has exploded too many times in a headwind environment.

Li Bin remembers that after Ferguson retired, he used to say that Gerrard was not a top player. If Gerrard is not the top in terms of organizational talent, when it comes to leading his teammates and instigating attacks, he is not the top, but when the situation is stalemate and the knife needs to be drawn, Gerrard is not the top, who else is the top?

This is also the most enviable place for Li Bin: although he also has a big killer weapon like Bell in his hand that can be expected to explode, but Bell's explosive frequency and ability are too far behind Gerald. Tottenham, which has just been established for half a year, is still far behind Liverpool, which Benitez has been tossing for three or four years.

The draw, which had been expected to be held with all its might, was not held, and Tottenham ushered in their third defeat in half a season. Although it is better than Chelsea, which has lost four games in half a season, and Arsenal, which has lost five games in half a season, Li Bin knows very well that if he continues to play like this, it will be in his early eighties in a season, which is similar to Chelsea competing for third, but there is still no possibility of competing with Manchester United and Liverpool for the championship. Especially in the Christmas schedule, Tottenham's problems on both fronts are not small, which makes Li Bin also clear that compared with Manchester United and Liverpool, his team is still slightly weaker.

Moreover, this score is not necessarily available in the second half of the season: Chelsea have already clamored for a change of manager, and if it does, it will be difficult for Tottenham to get another three points. Moreover, Arsenal are in sixth place after the halfway period, which is certainly unacceptable, and they will definitely have to buy reinforcements in the winter. In their memory, they bought Arshavin, but now they definitely can't buy Arshavin, so who will they buy and how strong can it be? Not to mention, every year when it comes to the bottom of the road, whether it is the championship or relegation, these teams in the Premier League are like playing chicken blood. There is no essential difference between the eighth and sixteenth places in Serie A, but in the Premier League, the broadcast fee is directly linked to the ranking, and a difference in ranking means a big difference in income.

However, there is no time to worry about those things now, Tottenham Hotspur lost on the 26th, and after losing to Liverpool, Middlesbrough will be ushered in immediately. In the first game of the season, Middlesbrough drew Li Bin's Tottenham Hotspur and gave Li Bin a dismount.

It's just that because he just finished playing the game with Liverpool, Li Bin also has to make some rotations appropriately. He continued to use Edinson Cavani and Suarez as a double striker in the game, and then, in midfield, he rested Di Maria and brought Lennon on, while also making a rare substitution for Yaya Toure, using Malblanc as a starter and Gustavo as a central player.

Malbranke's performance in this game was quite good, as a Tottenham veteran, and not an Englishman, he was not in Li Bin's plan, he was originally ready to use it and send it away. But this one he played really well. Compared to Hoddlestone, his skills are more mature, and as a Frenchman, his talent is also good, and he can still hold up the front against a team of Middlesbrough's level in midfield.

Tottenham's first goal came late in the game, and it wasn't until near the end of the first half that Tottenham were awarded a penalty after Suarez was tripped over a break in the box. The penalty was taken by Tottenham captain Ledley King, whose shot from the corner gave Tottenham a 1-0 lead.

"It's really strange that Tottenham now Suarez has a good chance of winning the Golden Boot, but he never takes penalties himself. Bale is the main player of the team, and he can also be a penalty taker, but he also does not take penalties, the last penalty was taken by Yaya Toure, this time it was Ledley King who took the penalty, I don't know what Tottenham are thinking......"

Li Bin's idea is actually very simple: he is afraid that Suarez will fake too many falls, so he simply deprives him of the right to take the penalty. Suarez is also well aware of this, but his own bad track record in the past, and he is already the team's top scorer, it is not easy to compete again. And this right, Li Bin is more willing to give to those players who play steadily and make outstanding contributions to the team, such as Ledley King, who basically did not miss work in the first half of the season, and his performance in the game has been very good, and Li Bin is also willing to let him take a penalty as a sign of encouragement.

As for saying that if he doesn't score...... In this game, are Tottenham still counting on his penalty kicks? Middlesbrough are also in the ranks of the relegation team, Tottenham have rotated, made adjustments, and the players are a little tired, but they are not going to lose to them. If it was against Liverpool when he won a penalty, Li Bin would definitely let Suarez take a penalty - it never hurts to find a solid skill to kick a penalty, and against a strong opponent, any goal is precious. However, anyway, the opponent is a relegated Middlesbrough, so a penalty, it is not a big deal - just continue to score in the second half.

And sure enough, in the second half, Lennon scored a goal after an attack, cut inside, and got Cavani back from the edge of the box. And at the end of the game, Kevin Boateng, who was substituted, scored again, and he also received a return from Cavani and scored a goal.

"Cavani can really activate all his teammates now."

The media also gave a lot of praise to Cavani's performance: it is really rare for South American players to be able to run so well in such a dense schedule.

Three games a week, Tottenham won two games and lost one - although there is a gap with Li Bin's want, but it is not bad.

However, after the three games, Li Bin also immediately ushered in a bad news: Dawson was injured again in training.

"Don't talk so much, buy someone." For this state, Li Bin is also speechless, it is normal for players to be injured, but there are many repeated injuries to this extent, and the level of the players themselves is not high, so there is no need to forcibly keep people, "We have to consider winter reinforcements." ”