Originally, Pochettino wanted to take advantage of Manchester City's chaos to score another victory, but within five minutes he was completely disappointed.
On Manchester City's side, Chu Zheng found that the team was a bit disorganized, so he gave up the offensive end and concentrated on staying in the backcourt to sort out and manage the ball.
The effect was obvious. Under Chu Zheng's God-like vision and running without hesitation, Manchester City's somewhat panicked defense quickly stabilized after losing the ball.
In the 26th minute of the game, Manchester City once again formed a high-pressure press in the frontcourt.
Ali repeated his old trick and once again successfully forced Bravo to play the ball towards Kolarov in the left corner.
On Tottenham's side, Sissoko quickly rushed over.
Sissoko is extremely confident against Kolarov because his winning rate against Kolarov today reached 90%.
Kolarov was a little frightened when he saw Sissoko coming up.
There was nothing I could do about it, this guy was too strong. Every time the two of them came into contact, Kolarov would be pushed aside or fall to the ground.
Just when Kolarov was about to kick the ball forward from the wing, Chu Zheng appeared outside the upper corner of the penalty area.
Without Chu Zheng even needing to shout, Kolarov quickly pushed the ball to Chu Zheng.
Son Heung-min was not far from Chu Zheng and immediately came close to him.
However, before he could reach the ball, he saw Chu Zheng rub the outside of his right foot at the incoming ball, and the ball flew into the air, at the height of Chu Zheng's shoulders, and flew from Chu Zheng's right side behind him.
The moment Chu Zheng completed his turn to the right, he just missed Son Heung-min who was rushing towards him.
When Son Heung-min saw Chu Zheng not even looking at him, he suddenly felt a sense of humiliation in his heart.
But there was no way, Chu Zheng had obviously planned this before catching the ball, knowing that he would come up.
Behind Son Heung-min, Chu Zheng turned around and saw Eriksen rushing to a distance of one meter in front of him.
"Chu!!! Right side!!!"
"Jesus!!!"
Not far away, Guardiola quickly pointed at Navas near the empty right center line and shouted, signaling Chu Zheng to quickly transfer the ball.
However, Chu Zheng had other plans.
In front of everyone, Chu Zheng was seen reaching out to grab the ball when Eriksen rushed in front of him. He quickly stretched his left foot forward and directly padded the ball to the left front and Eriksen's right back.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng's feet suddenly exerted force and ejected.
Eriksson saw Chu Zheng trying to force a charge, so he quickly turned around and moved laterally, trying to block Chu Zheng with his body.
But Eriksen's shortcomings are well known in the Premier League.
If Eriksen's assist ability is world-class, then his physical confrontation ability is estimated to be only at the county or city level, and he can only be crushed in front of Chu Zheng.
The next second, Eriksson was like a skidding car, being knocked over by Chu Zheng and playing on the grass.
Catching up with the ball again, Chu Zheng started to attack with a long pass.
The moment Chu Zheng passed the ball, Sterling in front of the center line had already started in advance, like a sharp knife piercing behind Tottenham's wing defense.
The next second, a laser-guided ball hit the area in front of him at just the right distance.
Seeing the ball coming, Sterling rushed faster.
Sitting on the wing more than 30 meters away from Tottenham's goal, Sterling successfully received Chu Zheng's pass before the ball bounced off the sideline.
But just as he slowed down to stop the ball, Kyle Walker, who was also the fastest in the Premier League, rushed behind him.
Facing Sterling, who had not yet completely stopped the ball, Walker directly pushed forward and pushed Sterling out of the sideline with the ball.
On the sidelines, Guardiola looked helpless, but this is Manchester City's current weakness.
It requires players to possess excellent personal skills in dribbling, passing, and getting rid of, but technical players with these characteristics are precisely weak in physical confrontation.
Guardiola sighed in his heart, glanced at Chu Zheng in the backcourt, and couldn't help but think how great it would be if everyone else were as perfect as Chu Zheng.
But Guardiola knows that this is unrealistic. Chu Zheng's ability to ensure physical confrontation without losing flexibility is his personal physical talent.
Guardiola had seen Chu Zheng's physical talent in that arrogant Swede.
But compared with Ibrahimovic, Chu Zheng's physical talent is obviously super perfect. With amazing speed, strength, flexibility, coordination and balance, he is simply a perfect all-round player template.
But these are not the things Guardiola likes most about Chu Zheng.
"Pochettino's tactics today are total attack and total defense!"
"I just run more than you, and I will kill you!"
"And my body is better than yours, so I'll kill you!"
"When I get the ball, I'll rush forward and I'll kill you!"
"It's because Tottenham's players are young, more physically fit, and dare to grab, fight, and take risks!"
"But it is precisely this frenzied full-court rush tactic that hits the Achilles' heel of Manchester City, which has not yet fully formed its tactics!" After hearing Zhang Lu's words, Zhan Jun nodded and smiled.
"Yes, today's game actually revealed that Manchester City has not fully integrated with the tactical system brought by Guardiola!"
"Coupled with Tottenham's fierce grabbing, Manchester City was unable to form an effective triangle passing cooperation in the frontcourt."
"Otherwise, like Barcelona back then, no matter how aggressive you are, they won't be afraid of you. They can just rely on three players to pass the ball continuously in a small area and sneak you around!"
"If you try to grab it a few times but fail to do so, the players won't be willing to grab it!"
On the field, the situation for the rest of the game was somewhat stalemate.
However, the offensive and defensive transitions between the two sides are still very fast. No matter which side is stealing the ball, they quickly seek a fatal opportunity.
But from the perspective of fighting on the scene, Manchester City is at a disadvantage.
Especially Fernandinho and Fernando, facing Tottenham's wolf pack attack that was more ferocious than Atletico Madrid, let alone shooting the ball forward, they only needed to keep the ball firmly at their feet.
It's not easy anymore.
In the 36th minute of the game, Tottenham once again relied on midfield steals to quickly reach the front of Manchester City's penalty area.
Ali was particularly excited today. He wanted to imitate Messi's breakthrough when he got the ball.
Fernandinho, who was right in front of him, hit him directly and brought him down with an angry sliding tackle.
Referee Marriner blew the whistle directly, awarded Tottenham a well-positioned free kick, and also gave Fernandinho a yellow card.
"Ouch!"
"Fernandinho's move is a bit risky!"
"It's an old habit. This guy is a big gambler. He often likes to do this kind of thing. He also had this kind of rash defensive behavior in the game against the Celtics!"
"This location is a bit dangerous!"
"The top of the gourd is about 20 meters away from the goal, in the middle, facing the goal!"
"Lamela, Eriksen, one with the left foot and the other with the right foot, you can play either way!"
In the coaching area on the sidelines, Guardiola felt helpless.
But he doesn't blame Fernandinho. In such a high-intensity and fast-paced game, it is understandable for players to behave irrationally.
And this is also a shortcoming of Fernandinho. He has known about it for a long time, but the flaws cannot be concealed.
Not long after, the wall was lined up, and Lamela and Eriksen were passing the ball, making it difficult to tell who was taking the penalty.
Chu Zheng was on the right side of the wall, and his intuition told him it was Eriksen.
Soon, Mario whistled.
When the whistle blew, Lamela didn't move. Eriksen, who was behind the ball on the left side, took a run and swung his right foot directly on the ball.
At the same time, Sissoko and Ali, who were next to Chu Zheng on the left side of the human wall, broke down the wall.
Chu Zheng also ran out to the right.
The next second, the ball roared past.
Facing Eriksen's powerful shot, Chu Zheng tilted his head to the right, and then his right forehead was hit by the ball.
At this moment, Chu Zheng's head was buzzing!
"Bluff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The next second, I saw the ball flying out of the outside of the left post of the goal at a slap distance.
Bottom line, a burst of short exclamations suddenly broke out at the new White Hart Lane Stadium!
