Premier League: Liverpool vs Tottenham! Why does Tottenham perform so well against Manchester City and Liverpool? Understand in three minutes

Today’s first topic: Premier League – Liverpool vs Tottenham!

Many fans are puzzled why Tottenham is so strong against Manchester City and Liverpool this season, even managing to beat City twice and draw with Liverpool?

Why does Tottenham have such a good record against Manchester City and Liverpool? Can they still perform like this today? Let’s dive deeper.

Manchester City and Liverpool share one similarity: their defenders play very high up the pitch, among the highest in the big five leagues.

Manchester City is the most aggressive, following Guardiola’s system, pushing the formation forward and having defenders take on more midfield responsibilities to create numerical advantages in the opponent’s half.

Therefore, their defenders basically live near the halfway line.

Liverpool isn’t as aggressive but is quite similar.

Having such a high defensive line makes it very easy to be caught on counterattacks.

Guardiola and Klopp both understand this, so whenever they meet recently, they relentlessly attack behind the opponent’s defense, exploiting this weakness.

Do other teams not see this weakness in Manchester City and Liverpool? They can see it but can’t keep up with it.

Manchester City compensates with recovery speed, boasting the fastest sprinting defender in the Premier League, Walker, who was the fastest in the entire league in the 19/20 season.

What about Liverpool? They rely on a unique skill: catching opponents offside.

Liverpool has currently caught opponents offside 140 times, ranking first in the Premier League by a wide margin.

They have practiced this move for many years; on one hand, they have excellent coordination, and on the other, they have the highly intelligent Van Dijk who can dance on the offside line.

How exactly do they catch opponents offside?

For example, this was against Chelsea.

Van Dijk sees Pulisic with the ball and knows Pulisic is about to pass.

He then turns his head to locate Chelsea’s forward Havertz.

Then he starts running back... it takes courage for a defender to do this!

They successfully caught Havertz offside, which was very effective and saved a lot of energy.

This technique is truly top-notch and hard to break; even Manchester City has fallen into this trap repeatedly.

But Tottenham’s two forwards also have historic-level chemistry.

Son and Kane have connected 43 times, the highest in Premier League history, making them arguably the most synchronized forward duo ever.

Not only are they synchronized, but they also have a unique trait: forwards faster than them aren’t as smart, and forwards smarter than them aren’t as fast.

How do they play against Liverpool?

Son and Kane precisely line up on the same line and simultaneously signal for the ball, making it very hard for Liverpool to decide who will get the pass or who to catch offside.

If you mark Kane, Son can score.

If you mark Son, Kane is also a top striker.

Their chemistry is so good that Kane can close his eyes and still know exactly where Son is.

The offside trap is already difficult, but catching two players offside instead of one is insanely hard.

If the offside trap fails and they can’t catch up, it means being exposed to a one-on-one breakaway.

In their last encounter, Tottenham had four one-on-one chances but only scored twice, which was below their usual performance.

Son has already scored 19 goals this season, his best form ever.

According to official Premier League stats, his shot conversion rate is as high as 33.3%, ranking first in the league.

Liverpool has only rested for four days; can they withstand the in-form Son Heung-min?

Although veteran fans know the Premier League seems to want to keep the Red vs Blue title race alive until the last moment for viewership.

However, winning three points and dominating are two different things. Can Liverpool satisfy their fans fully? What do you think? I expect Tottenham to lose narrowly at most.

Alright, for today’s other matches, I will still send text analysis this evening. If anything is unclear, feel free to ask me. “Watch the game and understand it,” see you there!

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