Manchester City faces Tottenham Hotspur at home, which is undoubtedly the highlight of the Premier League championship.

At a press conference before this game, when reporters asked Pellegrini how he viewed Tottenham Hotspur this season, the Chilean engineer said with admiration that this is the highest level that is at least ten years ahead of today's football.

"I believe that all the coaches who meet Tottenham and Ye Qiu will feel as if they are covered by a thick black veil, because we can't see clearly what tactics Tottenham will adopt. We are like being attending a masked dance and don't know who we are facing."

"Tottenham Hotspur has changed a lot this season and has reached the peak that a head coach can achieve."

But even so, Pellegrini still said that the team is not completely hopeless because they play at home, and Manchester City also has a very large lineup, enough to deal with any challenges.

For Manchester City, this is undoubtedly the biggest magic weapon to win, especially this season, with Pellegrini's joining, Manchester City began to hold high the banner of offensive football, setting off an offensive storm in the Premier League. Although the number of goals is not better than the veteran offensive team Tottenham Hotspur, it is not much inferior.

So many people are speculating how Ye Qiu will play away to challenge Manchester City?

What no one expected was that before Ye Qiu gave the report card, he would completely disappoint those who hoped that he would play offensive football with Manchester City away, because the starting lineup he had lined up was shocking.

Because many international players in the team participated in the national team match day for two weeks, including Messi, Ribery and other players, Ye Qiu was very courageous in this game and hid many main players.

Goalkeeper Cech, Azpilicueta, Nastasic, Kompani and Kyle Walker in the back, and the midfielder even released three midfielders in one go, Stroman, Matic and Phil Jones, and the front tridents were Eriksen, Hazard and Lewandowski.

As many media disclosed before the game, as the World Cup schedule approaches, the national team's warm-up and exercises are getting heavier, so Messi, Ribery and others are under heavy 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 didn't even play a South American player, and all of them were European players.

When everyone got this list, they felt that Tottenham Hotspur was crazy Ye Qiu was crazy

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

Compared with Tottenham's semi-main and half-substitute lineup, Manchester City is strong and strong. Except for Pellegrini refrigerated Aguero, they almost sent all the main players. The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the defense is Kolarov, Vertonheng, Hangland and Sabaleta, the midfield is De Rossi and Yaya and Toure are both midfielders, and the front court is Van der Fate, Dzeko, Negredo and Navas.

I don’t know if I listened to Ye Qiu’s remarks at the European Coach Summit. Pellegrini is often trying the double center tactics, a combination of Dzeko and Negredo. Van der Fate on the left is good at cutting inward passes, Navas on the right is good at breaking through, and Manchester City’s entire offensive tactics are very comprehensive and balanced.

Compared with the star-studded Manchester City playing offensive football from the beginning, Tottenham, who looks simple and unpretentious, was a little cautious after the opening, which is also in line with the gap in the starting lineup between the two sides.

However, the first match between the two sides made Manchester City realize that this game is not easy to play.

Kolarov inserted the ball from the left, and Van der Fate dribbled the ball and wanted to cut in the middle, but Matic rushed to Van der Fate first. After the Dutch received the ball, he made a decisive move and stole the ball. Although he tripped Van der Fate at the same time, it did not cause a foul. Then Matic quickly cleared the ball out of the dangerous area.

After watching Matic clearing the ball, he ran back quickly and returned to the right side of the middle lane. His expression seemed to have just completed a very normal defense just now, and all his attention was on the opponent's attack.

Soon, he ushered in the frontal impact of Yaya or Toure. The Ivorians wanted to pass the ball to find Dzeko, but the Matics made a high-footed judgment in advance and intercepted the ball from halfway through.

Yaya O Toure saw the ball was broken and rushed forward to defend immediately, but Matic turned sideways and blocked Yaya O Toure. He pushed the ball with his left foot, then pushed it to Stroman. The latter did not wait for the ball to stop at his feet, and then sent it forward and came to Hazard in the middle.

After receiving the ball, the Belgian turned around and took the ball to the right. The ball was very fast under his feet. Manchester City's defensive player was led by him and had to follow him to the right. But just when they thought Hazard was going to break through from the middle to the right, the Belgian suddenly passed the ball straight, accurately tearing open the Manchester City defense line.

Lewandowski rushed up quickly, and before Vertonheng, he received the ball on the right line of the penalty area and stopped. After throwing away Vertonheng, he passed the back point diagonally, but Eriksen followed and shot, but goalkeeper Joe Hart was taken back into his arms.

Ye Qiu quickly walked to the sidelines. He called Erikson and signaled that he should lean a little further into the middle, and that he should be the one who retreated to the midfield to catch the ball. Hazard's task is to impact the opponent's defense line, rather than retreating to the response. He should go to the area where he is best at and give full play to his advantages in breakthroughs and impact.

After hearing Ye Qiu's shouting, the two young players nodded to say that they had heard it.

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

He can risk Messi, Ribery and others to join, but next is a Champions League, with the next week's opponent Moyes' Manchester United. He must adjust the team's condition. Moreover, this game is originally a away game. The strategy he adopts is a safe tactic, at least he must keep a draw.

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

But he also believes in his on-the-spot command ability. He is very clear about Manchester City's weaknesses. As long as he is given a chance and seizes the opportunity, he believes that his players will be able to play a threat, even score goals.

With Ye Qiu's adjustment, Tottenham Hotspur got another chance in the fifth minute. Stroman intercepted the opponent's goal and passed it to Eriksen, who passed it to Hazard on the right.

I saw the Belgian rushing forward quickly, but it was a little big when the ball was stopped. Vertonheng rushed over quickly, trying to break Hazard's foot ball, but the Belgian reacted faster and kicked the ball out first, and he rushed forward again.

Veteran Hangland wanted to clear the ball, but his clearance ball hit Hazard and rebounded to the bottom line. The Belgian did not care about the pain on his body at all and rushed to the bottom line quickly, making a low cross.

I saw Lewandowski rushing up quickly, Hangland, who could return to defense, kicked the ball out of the baseline in the middle of the journey, giving Tottenham a corner kick, but it resolved the danger of a sure goal.

Tottenham and Hotspur looked disappointed, especially Lewandowski, who just wanted to pick up Eriksen, which caused him to turn around and rush forward, and the speed was a little slower. The position of the support was not very good, and the distance between him and Hazard was a bit large, which made him miss this opportunity.

If he meets the front point, this goal will be sure to win.

But in this world, there is no if.

"Yu Dehao, guys." Just when Tottenham Hotspur was disappointed, Ye Qiu clapped hard on the sidelines and shouted loudly, "Continue, it's like playing like this, it's very good. Keep using this style of play, don't worry, do you know?"

Tottenham Hotspur players who were originally a little disappointed on the court, especially the two offensive players in the frontcourt, all showed a look of trust after hearing Ye Qiu's shouts. They believed in their head coach.

Manchester City's offensive was also very fierce, especially on the two sides. They quickly exchanged colors against Tottenham Hotspur. After all, this is their home court. Kolarov made a precise cross from the left, and the landing point was very good. He landed at the back point of Tottenham Hotspur's small penalty area, while Cech stood at the front to defend.

Stroman used his body to block Yaya O Toure's back and shot, blocking the ball out of the baseline, while he almost hit the post, making Yaya O Toure's mouth so angry that he thought to himself.

But soon, Manchester City made a comeback, this time it was Navas on the right.

Ye Qiu arranged Aspiricueta on the left in this game. Espanyol had two one-on-one matches with Navas after the opening and both won the opponent. So this time, Navas saw Aspiricueta coming up and immediately passed the ball back.

Yaya O Toure inserted, and when he was more than twenty-five meters away from the goal, he directly shot with a powerful shot.

The Ivorian's long shot was very threatening, but Cech did a better job, flew over the crossbar, resolving a crisis.

But just as Manchester City was preparing to increase its offensive force, Tottenham Hotspur once again made a very threatening attack.

Manchester City passed back to De Rossi in the frontcourt, but Eriksen intercepted the ball in the middle of the way, but just as he was about to launch an attack, De Rossi flew to slide the ball, tackled the ball, and landed at the feet of Phil O'Jones.

Phil O Jones barely thoughtlessly, without any hesitation, and swung his right foot just a pass that was not very strong.

The ball landed and rebounded after crossing the center line. Eriksen was already rushing forward quickly. After stopping the ball, he saw that Vertonheng and Hangland were both quickly returning to defense, but his team had three players, three against two, with a very big advantage. And although he didn't see behind him, he could guess that there must be teammates behind him to respond.

Left or right, this is the choice Eriksen must make as soon as possible

When he saw Veltonheng approaching the middle, he immediately passed the ball to the right.

After Hazard got the ball at the front of the penalty area, Kolarov was desperately chasing him.

But before Kolarov approached, Hazard made a low pass.

I saw that the ball almost used a straight diagonal line from the right side of the arc top of the penalty area to the penalty point, and finally passed to the left corner of the small penalty area. Lewandowski quickly inserted it to the left side, facing the ball with his right foot, and gently pushed it, and the ball rolled into the goal guarded by Joe Hart.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

The commentator on the scene made an amazing long sound, and all Manchester City fans on the stadium were stunned. They just saw the team launching an offensive attack, but in a blink of an eye, they saw Tottenham knocking on Manchester City's goal.

"A quick counterattack from Tottenham Hotspur was very sharp and a very fast counterattack. Manchester City's defense was completely torn apart this time."

The live TV cameras are replaying the slow-motion replay just now. Phil O Jones' pass is actually not of high quality, but his awareness is very good. It can be seen that this English man has also begun to learn some meticulous work at Tottenham Hotspur, especially this time his passing awareness is indeed quite good.

Eriksen also gave a good pass after inserting in the middle. If he was assigned to Lewandowski on the left at this time, he might not have the chance to pass the ball again under Hangland's defense. Instead, after Vertonheng approached the middle, he gave Hazard. This ball was very good, and Hazard's subsequent diagonal pass was also very thoughtful.

"Tottenham's rapid offense is very thoughtful. The team just shrank its defense, and when it was pressed, it was pressed overall, which was very layered. It can be seen that Tottenham did not just guard the game."

The live footage was given to Ye Qiu on the sidelines, and he saw Ye Qiu waving at the players and signaling them to continue to push forward the attack.

"From the process of the game, Tottenham Hotspur, a team with only half of its main lineup, is not inferior to Manchester City, where all the main players play. It is very important that Ye Qiu's tactical attainments are indeed quite high, and the several on-the-spot commands in the game are also impressive."

"This time he looks like he is going to play the iconic Tottenham Hotspur's victory pursuit tactic."

Just as the commentator finished speaking, he saw Hazard pulling to the left to catch the ball. Stroman passed the ball straight to Hazard, who was close to the left sideline, while the Belgian dribbled the ball under Sabaretta's defense and cut inside.

Cut from the left to the front of the penalty area, Lewandowski and Eriksen pressed in front of the opponent's defense, but Manchester City was ready to go. Hazard passed the ball to Phil Jones who was inserted in the back. Phil Jones faced Kolarov, and then passed the right to Kyle Walker.

The England right back received the ball from the right side of the penalty area, but at this time Hazard had already penetrated the right side from the arc area of ​​the penalty area. Kyle or Walker directly passed the ball to the bottom line. Hazard happened to intercept the ball in front of the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and turned around and crossed the ball.

But this time, Hazard did not adjust it in time after stopping the ball, but Vertonheng made a judgment early and blocked the ball in advance.

The ball did not fly too far and landed on the right side of the top of the penalty area. However, Phil O Jones followed from behind and shot directly towards the ball. The ball had almost no arc. It was straight line, sticking to the turf, and directly drilled into the lower left corner of the goal. Goalkeeper Joe Hart made a flight save, but he could not stop it. The ball was too fast.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

"Three minutes, Tottenham Hotspur scored two goals in three minutes, with a powerful volley from Phil Jones."

After scoring the goal, the England midfielder rushed out of the stadium excitedly and rushed to the corner of Tottenham Hotspur fans. After being stopped by his teammates, he kept shouting at the fans in the stands with his signature red face, as if telling them, "We have fewer people, but we can create a higher voice than them."

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

"0 Although Tottenham Hotspur looks a bit unfavorable on the scene, their defense is very stable. Manchester City's offense can hardly create any threat to them. Instead, their counterattack has broken through Manchester City's goal twice in a row. Tottenham Hotspur's style of playing in this game is indeed impressive."

"Maybe, it was today, in the first half of this night, we saw the so-called unity of offense and defense."

But Tottenham Hotspur is obviously not satisfied with two goals. In Manchester City's subsequent counterattack, although Tottenham Hotspur is devoted to defense, after all, the overall strength of the team is indeed unable to compete with Manchester City except for defense, but Tottenham Hotspur has invested a lot in offense.

Hazard has no fixed position in this game, but he always cruisses on both sides. He can choose to bottom or cut in anytime, anywhere according to his wishes. Lewandowski is supporting in the middle, and Eriksen is responsible for connecting the midfield and the frontcourt. The Danes do a pretty good job.

After forty minutes into the first half, when Tottenham Hotspur was struggling to defend, Eriksen pulled back and passed the ball diagonally to the left. Hazard quickly dribbled the ball and rushed forward one-on-one. Facing Sabareta, Hazard made a quick and simple fake move, tricked Sabareta into losing its center of gravity and broke through to the bottom line and passed the penalty area.

Lewandowski did not miss this opportunity, quickly grabbed Hangland, and stretched out his foot to stab the ball into the goal guarded by Joe Hart, 3

In just 42 minutes of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur scored three consecutive goals, and what is even more surprising is that half of Tottenham Hotspur's substitute lineup played in this game.

This is so terrible, especially the tactical style presented by this lineup almost integrates offense and defense, and Manchester City has no ability to resist.

Pellegrini also fully exposed his shortcomings and shortcomings in on-site command. Faced with Tottenham's adaptability, he did not give more and more effective methods of restraint, which led to the team being broken by the opponent again and again.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Tottenham Hotspurs really don't invest much in the offense.

But in the old Chinese saying, soldiers are more expensive than elites.
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