OUR TOPS
OM's solid first half
Solid in the duels, applied in the positioning, the OM players deprived the Spurs of the ball during the first act of this match.
If the attackers lacked inspiration to find the opening despite a good strike from Mattéo Guendouzi just before the break (45th + 1), the Marseille defense showed a good face, to the point of exasperating Antonio Conte whose men seemed without solution.
For one half, the one in which they played 11 against 11, OM were at the level expected in the Champions League.
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Richarlison, strong head
Uninspired in the first period like the other Tottenham attackers, the Brazilian finally scored a double header, each time receiving a cross from the left.
If he was free of any marking on the first (76th), the former Everton player on the other hand won his duel against Samuel Gigot to register the second (81st).
Tottenham are the team who have scored the most headed goals this season in the big five leagues.
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OUR FLOPS
Chancel Mbemba's red
This is THE turning point of the match.
Authors of a very good first half, the Marseillais returned from the locker room with the desire to concretize their domination, but they were unfortunately weighed down by the rapid expulsion of Chancel Mbemba.
The Congolese defender (28) was guilty of a foul on Heung-Min Son when he was in the position of last defender.
At ten against eleven, his teammates resisted for almost half an hour the timid assaults of the Spurs before yielding twice in five minutes (76th, 81st).
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The absence of Alexis Sanchez
His sense of goal and his experience of the Champions League would perhaps have allowed the Marseillais to find the fault at the start of the match, when OM dominated the meeting.
But Alexis Sanchez, excluded during his last appearance on the European scene (March 8, 2021, with Inter against Liverpool), was suspended for this match against Tottenham.
Author of a very good start to the season with three goals to his credit, the Chilean missed this evening on the front of this Marseille attack carried by a timid Luis Suarez.
