The last make-up match of the 7th round of the Premier League ended on January 20, Beijing time. Manchester City defeated Tottenham 4-2 at home, and the points rose to 42 points. The point difference with the leader Arsenal has narrowed to 5 points, but Play one more game.

After being reversed by Manchester City, Tottenham have a record of 1 draw and 5 losses against the other five traditional giants in the Premier League this season. In addition to the draw against Chelsea, they lost all their matches against Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City, and were even double-killed by Arsenal. The lack of ability is its biggest shortcoming.

　　The ball possession rate in this campaign is 58.6% to 41.4%, and the pass rate is 584 to 412. Although Manchester City has an advantage, compared with their usual possession rate of over 70% and about 700 passes in the past, their advantage has declined. Obviously, this shows that Tottenham also have a strong ability to control the ball.

　　The direct reason for Manchester City conceding two goals in a row at the end of the first half was that they were intercepted by Tottenham in their own penalty area.

As a result, Kulusevski and Emerson each scored a goal within 3 minutes, helping Tottenham lead the easy side by two goals.

　　However, Manchester City was superior after all. In the 51st minute, Alvarez scored a supplementary shot to get back a goal. The key was that Mahrez instigated the offensive with a cross from the right.

In this campaign, De Bruyne did not appear, and Mahrez became the brightest star in Manchester City's formation.

After that, Harland's header to equalize the score came from Mahrez's header ferry assist.

　　The two goals of Manchester City's overtake score also came from Mahrez. He made 2 of 4 shots the most in the game, and also sent 3 key passes, directly participating in all 4 goals of his team. Mahrez was named the Manchester City team and the official Premier League player of the match.

　　Haaland reopened his scoring account after three scoring droughts. In this campaign, he made 2 of 3 shots, but missed a one-on-one chance with the opponent's goalkeeper Lori, and missed the goal once. Has recovered, but is still far from his peak state.

However, only 21 rounds of the Premier League have ended, and Harland has scored 22 goals. This kind of scoring efficiency is already frighteningly high.

　　In fact, Manchester City's attackers all performed well in this campaign. Alvarez made 1 of 4 shots, Glarish had 4 key passes, the most in the team, Mahrez and Haaland's two report cards is more eye-catching.

In contrast, Tottenham's Kane made 0 of 3 shots, Sun Xingmin and Perisic both made 0 of 1 shot, and none of the three had key passes.

Tottenham's best performance is Kulusevski, 1 shot 1, 4 key passes, Emerson also 1 shot, compared with Mahrez and Harland, it is really nothing .

　　Tottenham ranked fifth with 33 points after their defeat in this campaign, 5 points behind Newcastle.

　　However, Manchester City coach Guardiola was not satisfied with his opponent's performance after the game: "From the first minute, there was a lack of guts, passion and motivation to win. The same is true for the fans. They were silent for 45 minutes. I hope Fans come back. We have Arsenal on fire and they haven't won the Premier League for 20 years. My interpretation is reality, everything is so comfortable [at Manchester City] but the opponents don't wait for you. We were lucky today, do you think we can catch Arsenal with the way we play? Impossible!"

　　Yangcheng Evening News reporter Xu Yangyang

　　("Yangcheng Evening News" January 21, 2023 Edition: A06)