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Manchester City’s “ teacher ” Pepe Guardiola, who suffered a “ back-to-back loss ” to Tottenham, revealed an unfortunate feeling that he could not ignore.
On the 22nd (Korean time), England London played Tottenham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the ninth round of the 2020-2021 English Professional Football Premier League, scoring consecutive goals to Son Heung-min in the first half of the minute. 5 and Giovanni Rosselso in the second half of minute 20. He collapsed.
As a result, Man City fell in a draw (1 draw, 1 loss) for two consecutive games and placed 11th with 12 points, undermining the pride of the famous family.
Notably, Man City lost 0-2 to Tottenham in the 25th round of the 2019-2020 season, and also lost 2-0 in their first match against Tottenham this season and drank a high score of ‘defeat back with back’.
In particular, Man City was well ahead of Tottenham on this day with a 66% -34% ball share and the number of shots 22 (5 effective shots) -4 (2 effective shots), but only scored no goals and completely lost.
Tottenham played a 4-4-2 tactic against Man City, but in fact played an effective game of soccer that made the defensive wall thick enough to be close to the ‘6-4-0’ tactic and scored both shots. effective.
After the game, coach Guardiola did not hide his regret for the “unproductive football” of Manchester City.
Above all, he was understanding Tottenham’s tactics, but was saddened that he had not been able to find a solution throughout the game.
Coach Guardiola said: “It was the most perfect scenario for Tottenham that we conceded in the first five minutes. I knew that when Harry Kane dropped the ball, Stevan Berchbain or Son Heung-min flooded the back space.
“We should have responded better.”
In the 5th minute of the first half of the first half, Tottenham caught the center that Tanggui Ndombele put into space behind the defender with a quick run from Son Heung-min and scored the final goal with an accurate left-footed shot to the crotch of the goalie.
It was a moment when the Tottenham ‘scoring formula’ predicted by Guardiola was recreated by Son Heung-min, who was cautious.
Coach Guardiola said: “After conceding, Tottenham built a deep defense and scored both effective shots on one goal,” Guardiola said. “While our opponent was on defense, we had a hard time physically.
I had to find a solution, but I couldn’t ”, he admitted defeated.
/ yunhap news
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