At 0:30 Beijing time on December 4, the last game of the 14th round of the 2023-24 Premier League season and the most eye-catching game will be played between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur in the "Blue Moon". The biggest highlight of this game is: Tottenham Hotspur, which has lost three in a row, can face a strong opponent away from home, and can he retreat under the leadership of manager Postecoglou?
The latest Premier League standings
After 13 rounds, Manchester City are in second place with 29 points, one point behind leaders Arsenal.
Tottenham Hotspur have 26 points and have slipped to fifth.
Postecoglou is under increasing pressure
It must be said that Postecoglou did lead Tottenham Hotspur to play "attacking football" that "shocked" the entire Premier League at the beginning of the season, and at one point led the standings with record results.
However, as the schedule progressed, injuries, suspensions and challenges from opponents still allowed Tottenham to suffer defeats and the number of consecutive defeats has increased to three.
At present, player injuries are a major "problem" for Tottenham, Perisic will be basically reimbursed for the season by Whiteman, Richarlison, Sessegnon, Solomon may return around Christmas, and injuries to Maddison and Van der Ven should continue until 2024.
How to get more out of the players who can play is a test for Postecoglou. Perhaps, the Australians should adjust their "overly aggressive" tactics appropriately?
Manchester City "respond to change with the same".
Although Manchester City has qualified for the Champions League group stage in advance, in the fifth round of the midweek, Manchester City still "contributed" a wonderful "let two chase three" good game, relying on goals from Haaland, Foden and Alvarez, defeated RB Leipzig 3-2 again and locked up the top spot in the group.
It should be noted that in the last four meetings between the two teams, Tottenham have won three of them. However, the root cause should be that Tottenham's previous managers were more 'defensive'.
In this game, Manchester City's lineup and tactics should not change much, and Haaland is still Manchester City's "biggest attraction". Of course, in the face of Tottenham's attack, Manchester City's defence still needs to be more careful.
There is a good chance that this game will be a "goal shootout" and Manchester City should be able to laugh at the three points.
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