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Tottenham Hotspur coach Enze Postecoglou's 'Son Heung-min replacement strategy', which was aiming for four consecutive league wins, failed.
Form recovered and Son Heung-min, who is known for his 'Man City Killer', rested on the bench throughout the first half, returned to a painful defeat.
Son Heung-min came to the ground late, but his sense of goal did not recover properly. So I had a chance that was close to perfect, but unfortunately I failed to score a goal. It was blocked by the Manchester City goalkeeper.
Tottenham unfortunately lost 0-1 in the 27th round of the English Premier League (EPL) against Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, at 4:30 a.m. on the 27th (Korea time). Manchester City's Erling Holan's winning goal in the 12th minute of the first half was finally not recovered.
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Tottenham Hotspur coach Enze Postecoglou's 'Son Heung-min replacement strategy', which was aiming for four consecutive league wins, failed.
Form recovered and Son Heung-min, who is known for his 'Man City Killer', rested on the bench throughout the first half, returned to a painful defeat.
Son Heung-min came to the ground late, but his sense of goal did not recover properly. So I had a chance that was close to perfect, but unfortunately I failed to score a goal. It was blocked by the Manchester City goalkeeper.
Tottenham unfortunately lost 0-1 in the 27th round of the English Premier League (EPL) against Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, at 4:30 a.m. on the 27th (Korea time). Manchester City's Erling Holan's winning goal in the 12th minute of the first half was finally not recovered.
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'That shot should have gone in...'
Tottenham Hotspur coach Enze Postecoglou's 'Son Heung-min replacement strategy', which was aiming for four consecutive league wins, failed.
Son Heung-min, who is known for his form and reputation as a "Man City killer", was rested on the bench throughout the first half, and the result was a painful defeat.
Son Heung-min came to the ground late, but his sense of goal did not recover properly. So I had a chance that was close to perfect, but unfortunately I failed to score a goal. It was blocked by the Manchester City goalkeeper.
Tottenham unfortunately lost 0-1 in the 27th round of the English Premier League (EPL) against Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, at 4:30 a.m. on the 27th (Korea time). Manchester City's Erling Holan's winning goal in the 12th minute of the first half was finally not recovered.
With this, Tottenham failed to win four consecutive league games. Tottenham, which had previously won three consecutive league games and raised its ranking to 13th (33 points), missed the opportunity to reach 12th place.
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Tottenham Hotspur coach Enze Postecoglou's 'Son Heung-min replacement strategy', which was aiming for four consecutive league wins, failed.
Form recovered and Son Heung-min, who is known for his 'Man City Killer', rested on the bench throughout the first half, returned to a painful defeat.
Son Heung-min came to the ground late, but his sense of goal did not recover properly. So I had a chance that was close to perfect, but unfortunately I failed to score a goal. It was blocked by the Manchester City goalkeeper.
Tottenham unfortunately lost 0-1 in the 27th round of the English Premier League (EPL) against Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, at 4:30 a.m. on the 27th (Korea time). Manchester City's Erling Holan's winning goal in the 12th minute of the first half was finally not recovered.
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The biggest cause of the defeat was Postecoglou's selection strategy, which even locally evaluated as "disgusting change". On the same day, Postecoglou excluded Son Heung-min from the starting lineup, Dejan Klusevski and Jed Spence, who have recently shown the best form in the team. Legendary commentator Peter Crouch told TNT Sports just before the game that Son Heung-min, Spence and Klusevski were all the best players in the Ipswich away game.
Postecoglou gave young, energetic players the start of the game. We activated a 4-3-3 tactic. Brennan Johnson and Wilson O'Dowbert, who recovered from injury, were placed as wing forwards and Matisse Tell as center forwards. Lucas Beribal, Rodrigo Bentancur and James Maddison are in the second term. Pedro Porro, Archie Gray, Kevin Danso and Destiny Udoji defended the goal, and Guglielmo Vicario defended the goal.
As a result, this tactic was a fiasco. I struggled throughout the first half. First of all, he rarely showed a sharp breakthrough in the front line and was controlled by Manchester City's defense. This is why there are many long passes. In the center, he lost to a midfielder fight.
Manchester City continued to abuse Tottenham's side with Erling Holan in the lead of 'Special Goal Scorer'. In the 7th minute of the first half, the right side of Tottenham's goal area was robbed. Nunes crossed, Holan fired a shot, but Vicario Keeper blocked it.
However, Holan eventually scored in the 12th minute of the first half. Doku caught the ball on the left side and crossed it. Holan penetrated through the Tottenham defender and pushed it with his left foot. Manchester City's offensive continued after that. Doku's shot was blocked by Vicario Keeper in the 20th minute of the first half. In the 27th minute of the first half, Sabiu's shot right in front of the goal crossed the crossbar. Tottenham finished 0-1 in the first half, barely blocking an extra goal.
The second half began, but still coach Postecoglou did not take out a replacement card. Early in the second half, Tottenham diligently aimed for an equalizer. In the 11th minute of the second half, Odobert took a pass from the prisoner and shot, but he crossed the crossbar. Danso took a header shot of Porro's cross in the 14th minute of the second half, but it was in front of the goalkeeper.
In the end, Son Heung-min appeared. In the 22nd minute of the second half, Tel, Odover, Bentancur and Udoji were all missing, and Kulusevski, Son Heung-min, Papesar and Jed Spence entered. Coach Postecoglou also thought a big change was needed to change the flow.
The sparkle effect has occurred. Tottenham came to take the lead for a while. But there was no goal. In the 37th minute of the second half, Timo Werner also came out.
In the 39th minute of the second half, Son Heung-min missed a decisive equalizer chance. Johnson quickly broke through the right side of Manchester City. Then, he crosses to Son Heung-min, who was rushing from the center to the goal. Son Heung-min hit a non-stop shot at the speed he ran to. But he was blocked by Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson's animal reflexes. He blocked the low ball with his hands. It's a scene where I'm disappointed if it was slightly released.
This was the last chance. Manchester City later scored after Holan penetrated into the penalty box after a physical fight with a defender in extra time, but the score was canceled after being ruled a handball foul through VAR. Still, Tottenham's defeat did not change.
Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
