[OSEN=정승우 기자] Angie Postekoglou (59), manager of Tottenham Hotspur, made a bitter comment.
Britain’s ‘The Athletic’ reported on the 29th (Korea time), “Tottenham coach Postekoglou asked his players to resemble Christian Romero.”
Tottenham Hotspur lost 2-3 to Arsenal in the ‘North London Derby’ in the 35th round of the 2023-2024 Premier League season held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England at 10 pm on the 28th.
Tottenham, who failed to add points, stayed on 60 points (18 wins, 6 draws, 9 losses) and failed to close the points gap with Aston Villa in 4th (67 points). On the other hand, Arsenal kept first place with 80 points (25 wins, 5 draws, 5 losses), keeping a gap of 1 point with Manchester City (79 points), who had played one game less.
Tottenham used a 4-2-3-1 formation. Son Heung-min was in the front row, and Timo Werner, James Maddison, and Dejan Kulusevski were in the second line of attack. Rodrigo Bentancourt, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg defended the back four, and Ben Davis, Mickey van der Ven, Christian Romero, and Pedro Foro formed the defensive line. The goal was saved by Guglielmo Vicario.
Arsenal fought back with a 4-3-3 formation. Leandro Trossard, Kai Havertz, and Bukayo Saka formed the attacking combination, while Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, and Martin Odegaard filled the midfield. Takehiro Tomiyasu, Gabriel Magalhaangas, William Saliba, and Ben White played as the back four, with David Raya wearing the goalkeeper’s gloves.
Arsenal scored the first goal. In the 15th minute of the first half, Saka sent a corner kick from the right side, and Hojbjerg tried to clear it but got his header in, but instead it was sucked into the goal.
Arsenal added a goal. In the 26th minute of the first half, Arsenal launched a counter-attack, and Saka, who caught the pass at the same time, calmly beat the defender in the box and attempted a right-footed shot, giving them a two-goal lead. to them.
Arsenal ran away with a three goal lead. In the 38th minute of the first half, Havertz, who was waiting in the box for a corner kick from the left side, connected with a powerful header and managed to score.
At the 44th minute of the first half, Tottenham created an opportunity for a chase goal. The ball was passed from behind in one turn to Son Heung-min in the front row, and Son Heung-min caught the ball well and shot inside the box. The ball went over the crossbar.
The first half ended with Arsenal leading by three goals.
Tottenham’s chase goal came on 19 minutes of the second half. Arsenal goalkeeper Raya made a passing error, and Romero, who was leaning forward, received the ball. He shot straight to make the score 1-3.
Tottenham scored again in the 40th minute of the second half. While Arsenal were defending, Rice hit Ben Davis in the gravel. The referee awarded a penalty after VAR. Son Heung-min, who played as a kicker, scored without a mistake.
The hunt ended here. Tottenham failed to score an extra goal and lost 2-3.
After the match ended, the UK’s ‘Football London’ published the score of the players of both teams. Son Heung-min got 6 acceptable points.
The media evaluated, “Son Heung-min scored a chase goal by kicking a penalty correctly in the second half of the game, but other than that, he had no influence on the game. He put in a lot of effort, but the result was not satisfactory.”
The top scorer is midfielder Romero, who scored Tottenham’s chasing goal. The media gave him 8 points, saying, “He never gave up. He tried a header that hit the goal post in the first half, and put pressure from all over the field in the second half .Raya’s misplaced pass was well converted into a goal.
According to the British BBC, Son Heung-min said, “When I scored the second goal, I was able to turn the game around. It is difficult and painful to concede goals, especially in a derby game like this.”
“We created some good chances. There were moments when goals were disallowed due to hitting the post or fouls. The opposition did a good job, but I think we all need to improve,” he urged.
Son Heung-min said, “If we want to improve further, we need to pay attention to set pieces,” noting that two goals were conceded from set pieces in this game.
He continued, “It was a big game against Arsenal and we need to be strong at set pieces,” and asked his teammates to focus on free-kick and corner-kick situations.
Director Postekoglou made a bitter comment. Coach Postecoglou said, “Romero was great,” and “He’s a World Cup winner.”
“Romero must share what he has inside with other players,” emphasized Postecoglou.
He said: “It’s disappointing. The result is disappointing. We wanted to win for the fans and for the club. We didn’t do that and it’s up to the fans what they think of the performance.”
“I thought we played good football overall and we played well We dominated the game most of the time and we knew our that we were a team that could do that.”
“Arsenal is a team that is good at handling details. There were not thousands of details,” said Postekoglou, adding that the game was about both teams’ ability to handle details.
Tottenham, who want to progress to the UEFA Champions League again, must face Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City among the remaining games. Tottenham conceded 7 goals in two games against Newcastle United and Arsenal. We need to reduce the number of characters allowed. /reccos23@osen.co.kr
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