The Comeback



Yesterday at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspurs resumed their match corresponding to the seventh round of the Premier League; an important match for the citizens who, after the controversial defeat against Manchester United, were obliged to win; the same happens to Antonio Conte's team that is increasingly moving away from the top four positions in the standings and remember that like City, the Hotspurs lost the North London Derby.





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Both Guardiola's team and Conte's team should make changes in their starting teams after playing demanding games last matchday; a clear example was Pep's decision to form a highly offensive team because in the two previous games for both the Carabao Cup and the Manchester Derby the team had more than 100 minutes without shots on goal, that is why Mahrez, Julian Alvarez, Grealish and Erling Haaland would be in charge of the attack of the citizens. On the part of Conte's team, which in my opinion has a short team, one that does not allow him to make deep changes, he should look for a better performance with respect to that 3-4-2-1 scheme, which I think the serious problem is in the wingers and that line of three defenders.





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This game is divided into 45 minutes for each club where ManCity was more convincing than the visiting team. The citizens after continuing to play poorly, saw Tottenham who with very little reached the box twice before the end of the first half and got two goals; Kulusevski and Emerson were the scorers where the pressure and counterattack was enough to bring down the goal defended by Ederson; that result predicted another defeat for Pep's team which was celebrated not only by the Hotspur fans, but also by Arsenal and Manchester United fans; but without making changes and ordering the team even more, ManCity ordered their attacking lines and that was enough to break Conte's team that with every goal they conceded was collapsing.





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Mahrez was undoubtedly the most valuable player, two goals and an assist, although I can also say that he originated the play for the first goal scored by Julian Alvarez; the Algerian in his constant attack on the right side of the pitch shows Tottenham's defensive problem where their left back and stopper are not reliable, no matter who plays in that area because as it was evident in the game against Arsenal, Saka was fundamental in the Gunner attack and yesterday it was Mahrez who in 45 minutes wreaked havoc to Antonio Conte's team. We will have to wait and see how fruitful this Man City comeback is, as they are now only five points behind the Premier League leader with two games left to play against Arteta's team and knowing that this Saturday they face Arsenal vs. Manchester United, so if Man City defeats Wolverhampton Wanderers FC this weekend, we may have more excitement.





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I don’t understand what is it that’s Tottenhams problem. You had it and let it go and if they even miss out on top 4, they will look back to this game and all they will feel is regreat.

For a team that is strong in the second half, they turned out to be very poor in this second half. I don’t think they can ever have a full game in which they were very good.

After going two goals up, I expected them to come out and try to defend. Not force the issue. But at the end they fucked up. Maybe it wasn’t their fault, City was just too good for them.

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I think there is bad management on the part of Conte and the Tottenham board and I find it hard to believe that there is no player in the club's youth teams who is better than Emerson and another who plays on the left wing.

Watching this game and comparing it to the Derby against Arsenal, I maintain that the team gets psyched up to play and perform for 45 minutes and then switches off; that is bad and I think the fault lies with both the players and the coaching staff.

Conte should be warned because one more defeat and I think he will be removed from the team and as a joke, there is already a rumor that Tuchel may be his replacement.

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Manchester City was outstanding in the second half and Mahrez was astonishing. Spurs need to get a new goalkeeper in this January window because Loris is finished, that third goal from City should be an easy catch for him but somehow the ball went passed him, to me he was never a top goalkeeper in my eyes. I just hope Spurs get a keeper as soon as possible.

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Mahrez was a force of nature in the second half.

It bothers me that Tottenham didn't organize and didn't take advantage of the fact that ManCity played with their four attackers in line and left Rodri practically alone in the middle; they never pressed, nor recovered the ball in that area and I think they only once took advantage of that confrontation between Aké and Kulusevski, which the Swede always had the advantage.

Today I read a rumor that Tottenham is thinking about Oblak and I think it may be time for that goalkeeper to be in the best league in the world and I still think that they should sign a left and right back.

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