Tottenham overcome Man.City

Having just fallen out of the top 4 after 3 consecutive defeats in the Premier League, Tottenham have faced the toughest challenge in their efforts to recover. They have to play away at Manchester City (Man.City) in this round (11:30 p.m. on December 3).

Man.City (right) is still rated higher than Tottenham

At present, all bookmakers in the betting market rate Man.City's chances of winning much higher. In fact, Tottenham has never been afraid of Man.City under Pep Guardiola. Tottenham is the team that has won the most against Man.City, even winning on the way to the Champions League final. Postecoglou's main problem now is personnel. What a strong team, when Tottenham is currently missing 10 players due to injury or suspension! That is also the biggest reason why Tottenham has weakened and lost consecutively in the last 3 rounds.

In addition to the suspended Cristian Romero, the injured players who cannot play at the moment are Ryan Sessegnon, Alfie Whiteman, Ivan Perisic, Manor Solomon, Micky Van De Ven, Richarlison, James Maddison, Ashley Phillips, Rodrigo Bentacur. Pape Matar Sarr is doubtful about his ability to play. Among the above mentioned cases, there are cases that can be called "shaping the style of play" for Tottenham under Postecoglou, such as Sarr, Romero, Van De Ven, especially Maddison. Along with Son Heung-min, Maddison was one of the two best players during the period when Tottenham led the Premier League.

Without Maddison, Son himself is not as good as expected, but that is just an example. On the one hand, Postecoglou's Tottenham plays with a team strategy rather than relying on individual ability, and the familiar strategy is now in ruins due to a lack of suitable personnel. On the other hand, the "firefighting" players are not only inferior to the main squad in terms of technical ability, but also lack battle experience.

This is also the season that Man.City is weakening compared to expectations. They have continuously lost points in the last 2 rounds and if they lose points against Tottenham again, this will be the first time in 5 years that Man.City has not won in 3 consecutive rounds in the Premier League. More importantly: this is not a "temporary form". This season Man.City has continuously lost to Wolverhampton and Arsenal in the Premier League (and recently drew with Chelsea and Liverpool).

The most important link in Man.City's style of play, especially in attack, is Kevin De Bruyne, who has been absent for a long time due to injury. On the other hand, Man.City's familiar style of play has been "figured out" (Pep Guardiola himself admitted). On the other hand, when Man.City focuses on attacking, their defense is no longer as tight as before.

Tottenham's attacking tendencies are always very high. The home team Man.City must aim for victory if they do not want to set a record of losing points for themselves. This Man.City - Tottenham match will therefore be very attractive, with a high probability of many goals and both sides will score. Of course, the probability of Man.City's overall victory is still higher.

Also today at 9pm, the Premier League will have a number of other notable matches:

Chelsea - Brighton

Liverpool - Fulham

West Ham - Crystal Palace

Bournemouth - Aston Villa

Phuong Quynh

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