At 1:30 am on November 22nd, Beijing time, the Premier League will stage a battle of Mount Tianwang, with Tottenham Hotspur playing at home against Manchester City. On one side is Bai Baihe, who is in full shape this season, and on the other side is the struggling Blue Moon in the league. Regardless of the coach’s reputation, the strength of the team or the situation of the league, this is a game that is enough to make fans crazy. Every one of the confrontations is The links seem to be full of highlights.
Look at the first point: look at me, the top football coaches will meet again
Guardiola and Mourinho are the only coaches in today’s football. This can be seen from the salary-the former's annual salary Reaching 23 million, the latter also has an annual salary of 17.5 million. The two masters with different football philosophies can be called "peerless double pride" on the coaching salary list. Since the two men coached the English team at the same time in 2016, "Guardian Muxiangjian" has become the most eye-catching feature of the Premier League team. Its topicality is no less than the red-blue hegemony between Manchester City and Liverpool in the past few seasons. .
Judging from the coaching resume, the Magic Bird became famous in Porto, entered the altar at Chelsea, and then moved to Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, and is known for its unique pragmatism. After becoming the Tottenham coach, Mu The counterattack of football is more pleasing to the eye. In contrast, Guashuai's football has always been known for its gorgeousness. Whether it is coaching Barcelona, Bayern or Manchester City, he has a persistent belief in passing control.
is exactly the collision of completely different football philosophies, making "Guan Mu Xiang Kan" the most "sexy" existence in today's football. The two coaches have played against each other 23 times in the past ten years. Guardiola has the upper hand with 10 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. However, in the game in February this year, Mourinho's team won 2-0. When we meet again this time, what kind of plot will make the fans crazy?
Aspect 2: Gua Shuai has just been renewed, want to give back with victory?
Since the start of the season, Guardiola's Manchester City have been a bit surprising. This Blue Moon, which is invincible in the British stadium in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons, only scored 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the first 7 rounds, scored 10 goals and lost 9 goals, and ranked 10th in the Premier League with 12 points. , Both offensive and defensive ends are inconsistent with the team's paper strength. At the striker level, Aguero has recovered from his injury for a long time, Sterling plays happy football every day, and Mahrez is in a mediocre state, which makes Manchester City's attack efficiency plummet. The team's problems on the defensive end are also very obvious. In the third round of the Premier League, they even lost 2 to 5 at home to Leicester City.
The Champions League has not broken through for many years, and the league's dominance has also declined. This puts Gua Shuai under tremendous pressure. At such a moment, the club still stands firmly behind him and gave a contract extension that expires in 2023. contract. Guardiola, who has just signed a new contract, naturally hopes to use a key battle victory as a reward. At present, Manchester City are 5 points behind Tottenham in one match. If they can win the battle of Tianwangshan, they will return to the first group.
Aspect Three: Mu-style Tottenham has transformed and officially launched the championship charge
. On November 20 last year, Mourinho officially took office as the Tottenham coach. It is exactly one year ago. During this period, he was hot. The changes brought about by the thorns are obvious to all. At least in the first 8 rounds of the Premier League, Bai Baihe played the style of a championship team-scoring 19 goals on the offensive end, the second firepower in the Premier League after Chelsea, and conceding only 9 goals on the defensive end, the same time in the league. least. After eight rounds, Tottenham have scored 17 points and are 1 point behind the lead Leicester City.
With the arrival of the magic bird, Tottenham not only has the confidence to catch up with the top giants on the topic, but the tactical level is also gradually changing. So far, Sun Xingmin and Kane have formed the "kings" that make all Premier League teams headaches. Explosive combination", the two led the scorer list and assists list respectively, and with the integration of Bell, North London has the most terrifying trident combination in the Premier League. In addition, the Tottenham documentary with Uncle Bird as the protagonist has also attracted countless fans.
At least from the start of the game, Tottenham have shown the qualities of a championship team. What they need is a more sound victory to officially sound the charge. For Bai Baihe, if they can defeat Manchester City, known as the "Super Blue Moon", no one will doubt their ambitions.
lookPoint 4: There are many superstars, who will be the winner of the game?
are both the Premier League big6. Manchester City and Tottenham are all superstars. The former is worth 1.08 billion euros and the latter is 730 million euros. To a certain extent, the Battle of Tianwangshan in North London was a passionate super showdown.
In the just-concluded national team game day, Manchester City players played well. Ferran Torres completed a hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League game. He was the well-deserved protagonist of the 6-0 slaughter of Germany. In the game with Croatia, he scored twice and became the first Portuguese player to complete this feat in the 21st century. Today, the centre-back line formed by Diaz and Laporte is already a relatively solid part of Manchester City.
Tottenham's side, Sun Xingmin and Kane's tacit understanding is no longer necessary to say, Bell also has enough threats, they will become the team's biggest victory. In the second round of the Premier League last season, Tottenham won the final victory by virtue of the goals scored by Bellwyn and Sun Xingmin. The clash between Manchester City and Tottenham, the performance of the stars will directly determine the outcome of the game-only this time, who will become the better side?
[Predicted starter]
Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Lori/Reggieron, Dale, Aldreveld, Aurie/Huibel, Moussa-Sissoko/Sun Xingmin , Loselso, Bell/Harry Kane
Manchester City (4-3-3): Edson Morais/Cancelo, Laporte, Ruben Dias, Kyle Walker /Gundoan, Rodri Hernandez, De Bruyne/Foden, Jesus, Ferran Torres
(the "mixed best team" of both sides)
[pre-match remarks]
Tottenham captain Kane: "Mourinho only needs to stand on the training ground and we can benefit a lot. Just looking at how he arranges training and how to deal with various football problems is enough for you to learn. Now we are playing well. But I think we can get better. Now we are in second place in the standings. There are still many games waiting for us, but at least we are in a good position."
Manchester City coach Guardiola: "I don't think about championships very much. Now I only consider the matches of the week. We only need to play one game after another. We will see what we deserve at the end of the season. Tottenham have always been a high-level ball. The team, they are regulars in the Champions League and have reached the finals. Since Pochettino took over, they have been a very good team."
[Game Prediction]
There is no doubt that Tottenham and Manchester City have been in the recent state. Excellent. Except for the upset loss to Antwerp in the Europa League group stage, Tottenham have won 5 of the past 6 games. On the Manchester City side, the team seems to be gradually coming out of the sluggish opening of the league. Coupled with the bravery of the players' national team, people have reason to believe that they will quickly return to the top of the standings. Considering that the abilities of the coach and the players are equally matched, and in the past two seasons in the Champions League and the Europa League, they have been famous, this will become an unpredictable top-level matchup. If you have to make predictions, Tottenham, which has relatively fewer problems, has a greater probability of remaining unbeaten at home.