For this match Tottenham Hotspur lined up in 4231 at home with Romero, van der Ven, Udogie, RoyalEmerson at the back, Bentangcur, Bissoma at the back, Maddison at attacking midfield, Werner, Kulusevskis on the wings, and Son up front.
Crystal Palace lined up 361, defenders Anderson, Ward, Richards, wingbacks Munoz, Mitchell, backs Wharton, Lerma, attacking midfielders Ayew & Eze, striker Mateta
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Tottenham Hotspur is now considered to be the return of the entire line, back to the early season formation, Crystal Palace was clear from the start, to strengthen the midfield to steal, and as soon as possible to launch a counter-attack, at the beginning of the Tottenham Hotspur although there is a constant pressure on the Crystal Palace, but the Crystal Palace side of the two rely on the Ayew and Eze also have to create some pressure
After 17 minutes, Tottenham fought back in their own half. Crystal Palace were too high. Sun suddenly turned in the center of the field and passed straight down. werner sprinted across the center line and turned it into a one-two on the spot. It was a good chance to take the lead, but werner hesitated as he entered the box. As a result, he chose to push the ball to the right and it ended up being blocked by the keeper. In fact, he could have just shot the ball the moment he entered the 18-yard line
As you can see, with Maddison back, Tottenham can play a more pressing game, with the double wing backs able to get forward. Tottenham concentrated mainly on Udogie on the left. While werner can't be great at organizing the play, he always opens up the defense and allows Udogie to come up and distribute the ball, which can create a constant flow of traffic where Crystal Palace will never get loose in the middle of the defense and use the physical ability of the front three to hold the ball up for counterattacks. They did a good job of picking up passes. They could hit the Tottenham box quickly a couple of times, but they still needed one last shot on goal
The two teams played a stalemate in the first half, but in the second half, Spurs started to play on the right flank, and soon after, at the 53:00 mark, Kulusevski sprinted down the right side of the field and passed directly to the center of the field, and Son followed up with a shot from 13 yards, which hit the center of the post and bounced off the post, but Spurs were very close to scoring a goal.
Surprisingly, Crystal Palace were on the attack at 57:00 when Eze attacked the top of the Spurs penalty area with his strong body and dribbling ability, Bentangcur had to drop him in exchange for a free kick, Eze opened up a very quick free kick and scored straight away to give Crystal Palace a 1-0 lead away from home over Spurs
Tottenham Hotspur's Coach Anger soon couldn't hold back, as he replaced Bentangcur, who had fouled the ball that led to the loss of the ball, with Johnson at 63:00, in order to strengthen the attacking side of the ball and grab points.
Johnson came on to play on the right wing, stacking up with Kulusevski, who was much better going forward and immediately had a chance in front of the goal, but kicked it wide.
Tottenham launched a series of strong attacks. Madrid backed off a bit to allow the passing space to widen and continued to pass the ball. Finally, in the 76th minute, Tottenham picked the ball forward in midfield. André didn't stop the first time. The second time, he tried to clear the ball but didn't kick it. Tottenham applied pressure there and then pushed the ball forward. Andriy tries to protect the ball a third time, but in the end, he slips under a fierce robbery from Chaudhry. Chaudhry takes the ball into the box and he passes it straight down the ground. Chaudhry sprinted seven yards from the far post and robbed a goal straight away
Tottenham scored a goal, their morale was high and they kept applying pressure. On the contrary, Crystal Palace was very confused. At this moment, Alec and Alec were both replaced. No one could hold the ball in front of Crystal Palace to counterattack. As a result, they were under constant pressure. Soon, in the 79th minute, Alec passed it directly to the box from the left. Roma rushed up, hit a bouncing ball from the top of the six-yard box and broke the goal. Tottenham suddenly went over the top
