Due to the century-old rivalry between Tottenham and Arsenal, as well as the always popular scenes of the North London Derby, and the fact that the two teams are currently ranked first and third in the standings respectively, this game is naturally a The focus battle of this round of Premier League has attracted the attention of countless fans!
It is for this reason that Sky TV this time sent their golden combination, Andy Gray and Martin Taylor, to commentate on this highly anticipated North London derby!
"Good evening, dear viewers, today the two of us will be explaining this North London derby for you!" Since they have commented on Tottenham and Arsenal games many times before, Andy Gray and his partner Martin Taylor commented on this Naturally, it is impossible for the two teams to have a strange feeling. "For coaches Nelson and Wenger, this is a game worth six points. If Tottenham win this derby, then they can continue to advance in the points." They are at the top of the table and are eight points away from Arsenal. If Arsenal win this round, they can narrow the gap with the top spot to two points! It can be said that today's North London derby will be a big win for Arsenal. Tottenham and Arsenal are two teams of great significance!"
"Let me first introduce the starting lineups of the two teams for this game." Andy Gray had just finished talking about the pre-match situation of the two teams, and Martin Taylor immediately took over to avoid appearing in the live broadcast room. In the cold game, "As for Arsenal, since Wenger's goal is to take all three points, the professor naturally has no reason to hide the main force or deliberately hide his clumsiness - goalkeeper Lehmann, and the four defenders from left to right are Arsenal. Shri Cole, Xigan, Kolo Toure and Laurent, Vieira and Cesc Fabregas partnered in the defensive midfielder, Reyes, Bergkamp and Ljungberg lined up to take charge Delivering cannonballs to the King of Highbury and waiting for opportunities to score, Henry's single arrow is forward at the front!"
"Coach Wenger put Xigan and Cesc Fabregas into the starting lineup to replace Campbell and Gilberto Silva who were absent due to injuries in this game. However, in general, the injuries of these two generals The suspension still casts a shadow over Arsenal." Andy Gray expressed his opinion. Obviously, the ace commentator is not optimistic about Arsenal's prospects in this North London Derby. "Although Cesc Fabregas is indeed amazingly talented, he has performed very well in several games on behalf of Arsenal, and it has also greatly enriched his talents." Arsenal's offensive routine, but his and Xigan's defensive abilities are simply not up to the level of Gilberto and Campbell. So in this game, they are likely to be targeted by Tottenham as a defensive loophole. If Wen If coach Gerard doesn't take precautions against this, then Arsenal is likely to suffer a big loss from this."
"Now let's talk about Tottenham. Coach Nelson sent out his best 4-3-3 formation today." Watching Andy Gray commenting on Arsenal's lineup, Martin Taylor continued to speak. Said, "The goalkeeper is Petr Cech. The Czech national goalkeeper still maintains an amazing record of clean sheets in the Premier League this season. I don't know if he can still face Arsenal's strongest offensive line in the Premier League today. This record can be continued. In the defense, Evra and Stephen Karl are separated on the left and right, and Vidic and Ledley King partner as central defenders. These four players, together with Mascherano who serves as a single midfielder, An extremely strong steel wall was built in front of the Czechs. In the midfield, the iron triangle of Xabi Alonso, Basturk and Mascherano entered the starting lineup as expected. In In front of them is the attacking trident composed of Robben, Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo!"
In this north London derby, Tottenham did not have a main player absent for some reason. At this point, they are obviously much luckier than Arsenal, which lost two generals, Campbell and Gilberto, before the game.
After the game started, Tottenham, who had won the right to kick off, took the lead in attacking, intending to take advantage of their home court to gain an advantage and put the initiative of the game under their control; Arsenal, who lacked Campbell to guard the defense, Taking the initiative to shrink the formation after the opening, it seems that they intend to lure Tottenham to press the formation up, so that they can take advantage of Henry's speed to threaten Tottenham's goal!
Although giving up the offensive football that he has always insisted on is inevitably a bit inferior, it has to be said that Wenger's arrangement has indeed achieved good results. After switching to defensive counterattack, under the physical defense of Vieira and others, Sigan, the biggest weakness of Arsenal's defense, was well covered up. Even if Drogba and others successfully broke through Xigan's defense zone, it would be difficult for them to get enough space to shoot. After Arsenal defended Tottenham's attack, they were able to launch a counterattack, taking full advantage of Henry's speed advantage!
In the 29th minute of the game, Alonso's through ball to Drogba was intercepted by Vieira, and Arsenal immediately launched a quick counterattack. Fabregas's pass accurately found Henry who was in space on the left. After receiving the ball, the Highbury King accelerated and rushed straight into the Tottenham penalty area. As a result, he was brought down by Mascherano who returned to the defense in time before entering the penalty area. On the ground!
Seeing Mascherano tripping Henry, Bennett immediately awarded Arsenal a direct free kick in a good position, but he did not give Mascherano a yellow card warning. In Bennett's view, Henry did not have an absolute scoring opportunity just now (there were Vidic and Ledley King ahead), and Mascherano's foul action was not serious, so there is no need to ask for more He shows a yellow card.
However, just when Cech directed his teammates to set up the wall, Henry, who was already in place, took advantage of the opportunity when everyone focused on the wall to suddenly kick and shoot the ball directly into the unguarded gate. !
Henry's shot caught everyone off guard. No one thought that Henry would actually break the routine and make a sudden attack on this occasion. He would not wait for the referee's whistle and hit the goal while the opponent's players were still setting up the wall!
The next development was even more shocking, because at this time, Bennett, who was the referee of the North London Derby, did not rule as Tottenham players expected when Henry took the free kick. , but under the astonished gazes of Tottenham players and fans at the scene, he pointed one finger at the center circle of the stadium, indicating that Henry's direct free kick was valid and Arsenal took the lead by one goal!
One to zero! In the 29th minute of the game, with an unexpected free kick, Arsenal temporarily led Tottenham 1-0 at White Hart Lane and took the upper hand in this derby!
Let me tell you, what's going on? Seeing Bennett's gesture, all Tottenham players had confusion written on their faces. They couldn't figure out why Henry's goal was considered valid by Bennett!
In this way, as Henry's sneak goal was declared valid by Bennett, Tottenham temporarily trailed Arsenal by one goal in this North London derby. Cech's league record of consecutive clean sheets was finally fixed at the regrettable number of 1,399 minutes!
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