117th hapless Tottenham
The Champions League is just around the corner, but Manchester United have been caught in a cycle of shots that don't turn into goals at the start of the Premier League season.
In the first three rounds, Manchester United dominated in all aspects, both in possession and in shots, which were far higher than for pairs, but could not be converted into goals and victories.
After three rounds, 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, such a result is far from what fans expected of Manchester United before the start of the game.
Jonk has also become the object of questioning in the Premier League media, where has his efficiency gone?
In the fourth round, Manchester United played Tottenham at home, and it became the object of everyone's continued fault, and if there was another accident, not only Jork, but also Manchester United would have to bear huge pressure from top to bottom.
Tottenham have shown ambition in the transfer market, currently spending more than £35 million, surpassing Chelsea and Arsenal in terms of spending, and third behind Manchester United and Liverpool.
Tottenham's biggest deal was £16.5 million for Charlton Athletic's striker Darren Bent, which was £500,000 more than Barcelona buying Thierry Henry. Bent has maintained a solid scoring rate in the last two seasons, and he is the third top scorer in the Premier League with 19 goals in 05-06, and he also scored 13 league goals last season, and Bent is only 23 years old and has room to rise.
In addition, French rookie defender Capor joined for 8 million pounds, and also bought last season's German rookie of the year K-Boateng (6 million), plus Southampton's Wales left-sided player Bayer (5 million), Tottenham spared no expense in bringing in young players.
In terms of departing players, the only thing worth mentioning is that Swiss midfielder Ziegler has gone to Sampdoria. Bringing in £1.4 million, Ziegler spent last season on loan at the club, and his transfer has no impact on Tottenham.
Last summer. Tottenham have been extremely successful in the transfer market, with Dimitar Berbatov hailed as last season's best signing, and Zim Bonda also becoming a regular in the field. Building on last year's example, Tottenham have kept the overall framework intact and adopted a strategy of tinkering in individual positions.
However, the players that Tottenham have brought in this year are limited to increasing the thickness of the squad. The improvement of the main lineup is not large. Even if Bent doesn't come, there are strikers such as Berbatov, Keane and Defoe, and Kapole is expected to replace the injured Ledley King. Boateng will not be able to squeeze the likes of Jokora, Jenas and Hodstone for the time being until he adapts to the Premier League. Only Bayer is a potential surprise, with Tottenham boss Joel consistently unhappy with his side's left flank, and the Wales international, who can play at left-back and left-back, is expected to complement the quality here.
In the goalkeeper position, England international Robinson is the main player. Both Serney and Anvic will have to play him as a substitute. However, Robinson does not seem to be as energetic as he was when he was at Leeds United. Few impressive plays.
The main central defenders are expected to be Dawson and Ledley King, the former is thriving and has been selected for the England team and is the backbone of Tottenham's defence, but the latter is injured, and substitutes Gardner, Rocha and new signing Kapole have a chance to be replaced; There is some siltation at left wing-back, but there is no absolute number one, and there is fierce competition between Lee Rong-pyo, Héctor and new signing Bayer; There is not much suspense at right-back. Zimbonda is expected to keep Sartrie firmly on the bench.
Last season, Tottenham's midfield, especially the central midfielders, was a relative weakness. Jokola is a relative strength, Jenas is embarrassed, Hodstone is still immature, and it is unknown whether Boateng, who has been brought in in the transfer market this summer, can improve the quality of the midfield.
Tottenham have no shortage of good players on the flanks in midfield. Lennon and Malblanc are distinctive, while Teño, Talabbut and Lotridge also have some quality. But a problem that has plagued Tottenham for two years is that the right wing is superb, but there is a lack of a right-choice left wing. Coach Joel has used Lennon and Malblanc to make cameos on the left flank, and has also tried veteran Murphy, but these right-footed players have played on the left with average results. Last season, Jol's bid to buy Myburgh's left-footed striker Downing was unsuccessful, and this year, in addition to continuing to arrange cameos, he may pin his hopes on the newly joined Wales left-wing Bayer.
The forward line is Tottenham's strongest link, and the combination of Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane, Defoe and Darren Bent is so famous and capable that it can even rival the forward line of the four giants of the Premier League.
Overall, Tottenham's squad has improved compared to last year, but the improvement of the main squad is not obvious, especially the problems of central midfield and left flank still exist, and coach Joel wants to complete the "dragon jump" from fifth to top four, these legacy problems may become a hidden problem.
Mourinho said that in addition to the traditional semi-finals, the Premier League can compete for the title this year, and Tottenham Hotspur, which praised Tottenham's ambition in the transfer market, but also flattered. Judging from the odds offered by major British bookmakers, Tottenham ranks fifth outside the top four, but the gap between the specific odds and the top four is too large, from the perspective of strength, it is obviously unrealistic for them to compete for the title this season, if they can reach the top four, it is already the most ideal result.
But in any case, Tottenham is by no means a hard bone to eat, and Manchester United still need to have a good pair of teeth.
The moment the whistle blew the game, United were in the groove.
After three rounds, the pressure on Manchester United's players was extremely high, and the outside world was skeptical of Manchester United's appearance, and some media outlets even began to call Manchester United 'money mercenaries'. In such a situation, it is not possible to play well, so you can imagine how much pressure the media and fans put on the club.
However, the long-term dominance of the Premier League, as well as the adjustment of the old man, still gave the Red Devils a psychological advantage and made Manchester United more confident, and after the whistle blew at the start of the game, Manchester United launched a fierce attack on Tottenham Hotspur.
Manchester United assisted on the left side today, and Ryan Giggs continued to attack the right side of Tottenham Hotspur, and Jonk also moved to this side from time to time, which put a lot of pressure on Tottenham Hotspur's right-back Jokowi.
Jonker has a large range of activities, two wings, in the middle of the penalty area, outside the penalty area, he can be seen everywhere, which makes Tottenham Hotspur also like a big enemy, dare not be careless, can only shrink the defense, was suppressed in his own half, Manchester United formed a siege on Tottenham Hotspur at the beginning.
Tottenham Hotspur did have enough sadness in this game, if it was placed in the past. Even just that past season, Tottenham Hotspur was even at Manchester United's home turf, at Old Trafford. still dare to fight with the Manchester United team, after all, no matter who has the morale to impact the giants, but the momentum of Manchester United today is really not covered, as if it has pushed Tottenham to the ground, Manchester United is riding on the body of the Tottenham man and beating him fat, just waiting to knock out the opponent.
There is no way, who meets someone in Manchester United today is unlucky. Tottenham came to the door at this moment, and it was difficult not to be unlucky!
Tottenham Hotspur met Manchester United, who are now vowing a victory, and. In addition, because of the fear of Jonker, this made the Tottenham Hotspur players a little shrunk after the start of the game, like this. It's even more passive.
In the Premier League. Manchester United are famous as the home dragons, otherwise Old Trafford would not have the nickname of the Theatre of Dreams, and it is up to all Premier League opponents to get out of Old Trafford, and Tottenham Hotspur was obviously unlucky today.
When it comes to Manchester United now, Tottenham Hotspur is indeed a little overwhelmed.
'The big men in Tottenham's forward line have to drop back into their own box often to help improve the team's header advantage in the box.
Dimitar Berbatov has returned to his own penalty area to help his teammates defend the air. It can be seen how passive Tottenham were after the opening, and now there is no ability to counterattack. Such a scene is really enough for Tottenham manager Joel to be anxious about.
Amid the constant fouls by Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United's free-kick came and Tottenham Hotspur's goal was in danger.
Near the baseline, the Tottenham Hotspur players preferred to give Manchester United a corner rather than see them successfully pass the ball into the box for fear of the Manchester United players completing the lethal pass.
Before the game, Joel analyzed the players of Tottenham Hotspur that Manchester United's midfield is now luxurious, and the forward line is also super scary because of Jonk's storage, and the cooperation between these stars is terrifying. In Joel's eyes, Manchester United's biggest weakness is that the team's heading ability is relatively weak, well, just relatively.
Therefore, the players of Tottenham Hotspur faithfully carried out the manager's intentions, preferring to give Manchester United free kicks and corners rather than allowing Manchester United to play a smooth attack comfortably.
Tottenham Hotspur was completely suppressed, and there was only one shot on goal after 30 minutes of the game, and the pressure on Manchester United's back line was very small, and the team's excellent header central defender Conferdinand became a positive Indian center forward, constantly fighting for headers in the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area.
However, Tottenham Hotspur's players have long been on guard and have focused on the header bombardment of Manchester United players, and Hudstone, who has a 'temporary cameo' at central defender, defused most of Manchester United's high-altitude bombardment.
Well, it has to be mentioned that the saddest thing about Tottenham Hotspur is that their occasional attacking chances have nothing to do against Hargreaves.
Even when Manchester United is all on the field and attacking in full swing, Hargreaves is still near the midfield and doesn't press out, he is such a player, it seems that the team's attack has nothing to do with him, he just needs to defend well. This also made Tottenham Hotspur Hotspur coach Joel on the sidelines itch his teeth with hatred, and he couldn't wait to point at Hargreaves' nose and scold: Do you know why Bayern Munich was unwilling to give you an Englishman with a high salary? What are you doing so low-key?! Why don't you go up and attack, attack! Oooooooo
Joel is even more pessimistic about the outcome of the team today, with Hargreaves here, Tottenham Hotspur's only few offensive opportunities, there is no way to gain anything at all, his biggest idea now is that Tottenham Hotspur can withstand Manchester United's attack, can end the first half with a score of 0-0, well, and then end the second half with a score of 0-0, which is the best and most acceptable result for Tottenham Hotspur.
However, the difference in quality between the two sides was in place, and the Tottenham Hotspur players were under constant pressure, and their defence was finally broken through by a heavy chisel from Manchester United on the 33rd minute of the game.
A beautiful upfield combination that led to Ryan Giggs' attention with the ball caught the attention of Tottenham Hotspur defender Janus and then combined with Patrice Evra's cross to bring Janas and Gardner out of his own defence.
At this time, the football reached the feet of Nani.
Nani fired another shot from distance, which caught the attention of the Tottenham Hotspur defenders. While the opponent was focusing on him, he pushed the ball straight out of the ground under his feet.
Jonk receives the ball on the line of the penalty area and suddenly makes a turn to the left. Trying to break through from that side, Rocha immediately came up to intercept, but at this time, the football was already passed by Jonk from the other side when he turned.
Paul Scholes cut in nicely from the back line and made a small anti-offside play. After receiving the ball behind the Tottenham defenders, the rest was simple. He took advantage of Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Robinson to block the angle of his shot before he pushed it into the far corner and the ball rolled into the goal with ease.
1 to 0!
Manchester United were bombarded for 33 minutes. It was a clever cross from Guò that led to Scholes' goal.
Scholes subconsciously began to step forward when he saw that Jonk received Nani's pass, and of course he didn't expect Jonk to be able to play such a 'feint pass'. Deceived Rocha. His forward insertion was just out of the brilliant consciousness of a striker.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped forward, the football came, which made Scholes ecstatic, he didn't expect his opportunity to insert forward was so good, at this time, he didn't think about it, and looked at the goal. Shoot straight into the far corner and see the ball go into the net. After being stunned for a moment, he immediately lifted his jersey, covered his head, ran wildly, and shouted: "In!" Entered! Entered! Entered! Entered! ”
Scholes didn't have many chances to score, and after scoring the first goal, the usually calm ginger head was also very excited, and the veteran stepped up at the crucial moment to knock on the door of Tottenham for Manchester United.
Ferguson finally waved his arms on the sidelines to celebrate the goal, such an unbridled celebration is rarely seen in the old man's place, and under such pressure, such a release is really timely.
The configuration of a single striker and two wingers used by Manchester United in this game is very different from the style of play that Jonker is familiar with in the past, but there are some similarities with the style of play during the Chelsea period, but Manchester United's style of play is more focused on quick cooperation and has higher requirements for players.
Therefore, after the goal, Ferguson was so happy, this goal was scored with perfect cooperation in the front, the ball runs more and more like Manchester United's inherent routine, the stubborn old man will not change the tactics of the whole Manchester United because of one person, come to Manchester United, everyone has to adapt to Manchester United, to adapt to Ferguson!
Jonk seems to have found his place in the store as well!
The sight of Paul Scholes scoring saw the entire Old Trafford stadium fall into a frenzy, with the name of the goalscorer being shouted excitedly over the live radio.
After chanting Scholes's name, many fans also excitedly shouted Jonker's name, fans know the ball, of course they know that this goal, Scholes shot beautifully, this goal is wonderful, but in the whole goal process, Jonke's exquisite pass is the finishing touch.
Thunderous applause!
Old Trafford has now become a sea of joy, with the bouncing red jersey like a wave in an ocean, first as a wave and then as a sea of crimson.
The fans were very excited to celebrate when they saw Scholes score, and this goal also made them feel a lot more relieved. Don't look at Manchester United's offensive is very strong, Tottenham Hotspur is almost powerless, but, as long as the goal has not been scored, then, Manchester United fans' hearts seem to be hanging, have been worried, and now seeing the goal in the pocket, the stone in their hearts has fallen to the ground slightly.
"Tottenham Hotspur have no way to fight back under Manchester United's attack, it's just that Manchester United haven't scored, and now, the goal has finally come, this goal is a heavy blow for Tottenham Hotspur, they will definitely be confused now, do they press out to attack, or continue to defend to the death?" Lineker said.
'If you press out to attack, then Tottenham Hotspur's backline will be more porous and United will likely score again before the end of the first half.' Eddie Gray said.
"However, if you don't press out, continue to defend stubbornly, but you have already lost the ball, is there any point in holding on?" Lineker said, he also asked himself, "However, considering that there are still ten minutes left in the first half, Tottenham Hotspur chose to continue to defend and try not to concede a goal, which should be the most desirable, in case of conceding again, once two goals behind, Tottenham Hotspur want to turn the tables in the second half, it is simply impossible." Trailing 0-1, there is hope for them. ”
Of course, there is one sentence that Lineker did not say, and that is that Tottenham Hotspur's hope is only a theoretical hope. After all, everyone can see that in this game, they were comprehensively suppressed by Manchester United, and they had no power to fight back, and the Red Devils who showed their fangs were not opponents even Tottenham, which was recognized as the top five in terms of strength.
After kicking off again, Tottenham Hotspur remained stubborn, but the defence moved forward and added the possibility of attacking. They know that United's defence has always been short circuited and will want to find a flaw in United.
If you can sneak attack, then you will make a lot of money.
However, the players of Tottenham Hotspur have been disappointed, although the current Manchester United backline is a bit too much, but in the face of the current Tottenham Hotspur team that has been suppressed and has no ability to fight back, Manchester United's backline is still quite solid.
Rio Ferdinand is a midfielder in United's defence and a veteran of the squad with plenty of experience.
Serbian central defender Nemanja Vidic is the best central defender in the world today, naturally has the best, and he is also doing quite well in defence.
Brown and Patrice Evra have provided assists on a regular basis, but the question is, Tottenham Hotspur will still struggle to capitalize on the gap between United's two wings, why? There is also a Hargreaves, Hargreaves can not fight more than half the court from beginning to end, he swims in the middle circle, often fills in to the wing, in a word, Tottenham Hotspur wants to attack effectively, first of all, you have to find a way to pass the Hargreaves level, but unfortunately, now it seems that they are really lacking.
In the 41st minute of the game, Tottenham Hotspur broke the ball at the back, and they immediately launched a quick counterattack, Zim Bonda passed the football out, and Bayer tried to dribble past Hargreaves, but he was directly cut off by Hargreaves from his feet, and after Hargreaves broke the ball, he did not press the ball himself, but split the football to the side.
After Evra received the ball on the side, he dribbled the ball along the side near the bottom line, it should be said that Tottenham Hotspur's return defense is still very timely, even when they counterattacked just now, they were more cautious to attack, and when they saw that it was wrong, they quickly returned to the defense.
Patrice Evra watched for a moment and saw that there was no chance of a cross, so he took the ball back and passed it to Nani to reorganise the attack.
Giggs then asked for the ball, Nani quickly shifted, Giggs took a few steps forward, attracted the attention of the opponent, and immediately distributed the ball to Nani again, this pass showed Giggs's passing skills, his pass, from the combination of two Tottenham Hotspur defenders, quickly skimmed to the feet of Nani on the wing.
Nani didn't waste this pass from Ryan Giggs, he didn't hesitate to receive the ball and went straight into the box.
At the front point, Carrick jumped.
He jumped so that Malbranck, who was defending him, jumped too.
However, neither man was able to get to the ball.
Nani's pass, a little floating, a little weird, swept over the heads of the two.
At this time, at the back point, a person rushed out, like a roc spreading its wings, and in the air, a powerful head cone hit the goal, smashing the football into the Tottenham Hotspur goal!
England is now in the national goal, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Robinson was stunned by this header that seemed to fall from the sky, he didn't even have time to make a pounce, just stretched out his hand slightly, and the ball had smashed into the goal!
Goal Jonker!
This is a goal that detonated the excitement and passion of tens of thousands of people in the entire stadium.
Two to zero!
Jonker helped Manchester United extend the score!
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Jonk, that's right, Jonk, it's Jonk who scores! What a powerful header on goal, Robinson had no choice at all, could Jonker's strong goal represent the Red Devils' all-round rise? ”
"Manchester United today is unstoppable, Jonker is in surprisingly good form today, is that killer who scored a lot of goals back!" (To be continued......)