Tottenham Hotspur na kansu a kasan tebur na Premier League bayan wasanni biyar, kuma hanyar da suka sha kashi 3-0 a hannun Aston Villa a karshen mako ta ba da bayani mai nauyi game da dalilin wannan.

Unai Emery ya zo wasan bayan ya gano cewa tsakiyar filin Tottenham — babban abin da aka kashe £300 miliyan a kansa lokacin bazara — ita ce raunin da za a iya amfani da shi. Shirin tafarkin sa ya wargaza wannan tsakiyar tun daga busa farko.

Villa mai gudana ya ruguje Spurs a tsakiya

Hanyar Emery ba ta saba ba sosai. Ya yi watsi da mai gudu mai sauri na gefen da yake saba da shi, ya maimakon haka ya jera Emiliano Buendia da John McGinn suna juya ciki daga gefuna, tare da Johan Manzambi yana aiki cikin yanci da zurfin filin a matsayin nambah goma.

Dabaran ta haifar da matsaloli ga Tottenham tun farko. Manzambi ya shiga cikin akwatin cikin shiru don bude zura kwallo, kuma yanayin ya kara karfafawa a rabi na biyu, inda Villa suka yi ta shiga tsakiyar filin cikin sauki.

Jerin ayyukan da ya takaitawa wasan a mafi kyawun bayani shi ne kwallon nasara ta Buendia — sakamakon jerin tura kwallon tara a cikin dakika 31 wanda ya karyata tsakiyar Spurs sau uku kafin Buendia ya kammala a sararin da babu mai tsarawa. Haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Manzambi da Nicolas Jackson wajen gina kwallon na ƙarshen yana da muhimmanci sosai: sabon ƙungiyar Villa biyu suna bunƙasa daidai inda sabuwar ma'aikatan Tottenham biyu ke gazawa.

Abin da ke sa wannan ya fi cutarwa ga Roberto De Zerbi da Tottenham ba wai kawai tsarin matsawa na tsakiyar ya ruguje ba — shi ne cewa Emery ya san hakan zai faru. Ya gina dukkan shirin wasansa a kan wannan tsinkaya, kuma ta yi aiki sosai.

Tsarin matsawa mutum-da-mutum na De Zerbi na iya inganta da lokacin horarwa, amma lokaci da haƙuri sun riga sun ƙare don Spurs da ke zaune a kasan tebur.

Alonso ya kasa shirya yayin da Brentford ta tarwatsa Chelsea

Wata labarin dabara mai muhimmanci na karshen mako ya fito daga Brentford, inda nasara ta 3-0 a kan Chelsea ta taso da tambayoyi masu tsanani game da shirye-shiryen Xabi Alonso.

Brentford suka kasance su ne su a gida — shirye-shirye, marasa hutawa, kuma masu rinjaye na jiki. Tsarin matsawa mutum-da-mutum ya tilasta Chelsea shiga cikin salon wasa da ya dace da masu gida, kuma suka yi amfani da hakan ta hanyar guntun bugun kusoshi kan kwallon farko da ta uku, da farmaki kan na biyu.

Mafi yawan yanke shawara da aka duba na Alonso shi ne zaɓin haɗin tsakiyarsa. Sanya Jordan Henderson da Valentin Barco — 'yan wasa biyu da suke yin wasansu na farko na cikakken Premier League, ɗaya sabon zuwa ƙasar kuma ɗayan tsohon ɗan wasa wanda ba shi da saurin da ya dace don tsayawa kan ƙarfin matsawa — a kan tsakiyar Brentford ya kasance babban haɗari wanda bai yi aiki ba.

Tsarin da ya maimaita kansa ya nuna masu kare Chelsea sun makale da kwallon ba tare da hanyoyin wucewar da za a dogara da su ba. Henderson, a wani lokaci mai muhimmanci, ya karbi kwallon ba tare da wata hanya ta gaba ba ya buge wucewar da aka yanke, wanda kai tsaye ya kai ga kwallon biyu ta Brentford.

Malo Gusto da Romeo Lavia, dukansu a kujerar ajiyar, da sun fi dacewa da wannan kalubale na musamman. A mafi fadi, tsarin 3-4-2-1 na Alonso ya zama mai sauƙin karantawa da shirya — Chelsea sun yi ƙoƙarin ratsa kwallon sau 28 a wannan wasan, kowannen an kore shi ba tare da wahala ta musamman ba.

Don Chelsea ta nemi gasa don gasar, Alonso zai buƙaci nuna ƙarfin daidaitawa na dabara mafi girma — kuma zai buƙaci yin hakan da sauri.