Chapter 567: The crazy devil can’t protect four anymore

After the game, Guardiola became depressed again.

I saw Chelsea's poor performance and the point difference between the two sides narrowed, so my heart started to feel alive again.

As a result, I didn't expect that I was determined to win against Manchester United, but I still couldn't do it.

Chelsea actually won this round, and the point difference between the two sides was widened to double digits again.

Come on, just keep lying down!

It is better to worry about gains and losses than anything else!

As soon as the mentality calmed down, Manchester City won the game.

In the 27th round, Manchester City defeated Black Cat Sunderland 2:0 in an away game.

In the 28th round, Manchester City defeated Stoke City 1:0 at home and won two consecutive victories.

Chelsea's recent momentum has been a bit strong. Since being tied with Burnley in the 25th round, they have won consecutive victories in the next three rounds and have won three consecutive games.

In the 29th round, Chelsea won again. A wave of 4 consecutive victories made the pursuers behind the Blues completely give up.

The league has entered the final stage. There are not many games left, but Chelsea has an extremely huge advantage.

They are 10 points ahead of second-placed Tottenham and 12 points ahead of third-placed Manchester City.

Yes, Manchester City dropped points again.

Before this round of home game against Liverpool, they had just defeated Monaco 2:1 in the Champions League away game and eliminated their opponent with a total score of 7:3 over the two rounds.

Although they won in the end, the Champions League game was too close to the 29th round game.

Manchester City, which has experienced huge losses in the Champions League, tied with Liverpool at home.

This game was a losing battle for both sides. Neither side took advantage, but instead allowed other teams to reap the benefits.

However, Manchester City is quite satisfied with getting 1 point. After all, it is only 2 days since the last Champions League game. Most of the players have not recovered their physical fitness. They are facing a strong team like Liverpool. They can It’s pretty good to play like this.

But for Liverpool, this result was not what they wanted.

Liverpool is now 16 points behind Chelsea, and there is basically no hope of winning the title.

So for them, the most realistic goal is to get a place in next season's Champions League.

The person who is inextricably locked up with Liverpool in the fourth position in the league is none other than the experienced Arsenal, who are trying to secure the fourth place.

Originally, Arsenal unexpectedly lost to West Bromwich Albion in this round, and Manchester City had just experienced a tough away game. This allowed the Liverpool people to see the opportunity, so they desperately tried to get all three points from Manchester City.

But Manchester City is really a hard nut to crack. Even though they were not at their peak due to physical problems, Liverpool tried their best and still couldn't win it in the end.

As a result, Liverpool missed this perfect opportunity to widen the gap with Arsenal.

The two teams are currently tied with 56 points, split into fourth and fifth place.

The two teams have the same goal difference, but Liverpool has scored more goals, so it is temporarily ranked fourth, but this lead is almost negligible.

In addition, Arsenal are crazy about securing the fourth place. When it comes to competing for fourth place in the league, no one in the entire Premier League dares to say that they are more professional than them!

Therefore, everyone in Liverpool was still a little nervous, and the closer they got to the back, the more nervous they became.

Fortunately, there is not no good news for Liverpool. Arsenal will face Manchester City at home in the next round.

This is a great opportunity for them to sit back and watch. If Manchester City loses, they can narrow the gap with Manchester City.

If Arsenal lose, then they can leave Arsenal behind.

It would be best if these two teams tied!

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In the 30th round, before it was Manchester City's turn to play, a huge upset had already occurred.

The leader, Chelsea, actually lost 1:2 to the bottom-ranked Crystal Palace at home, while Tottenham defeated Burnley 2:0 away from home, so that the point difference between the two teams narrowed to 7 points!

There are eight or two rounds left in the league, and the seven-point advantage is still huge, but if Chelsea loses one or two more games, the result will be difficult to say.

Therefore, because of Chelsea's unexpected loss, the Premier League became lively again.

The championship battle, which originally seemed to have no suspense, began to become suspenseful again.

Compared with Chelsea winning the championship, if a quasi-rich club like Tottenham, which has not won the championship for many years, can win the championship, it will probably cause a greater sensation.

When the time comes, Tottenham fans will have to become serfs to sing and ride on Arsenal's head to dominate.

Arsenal, who were stimulated, seemed to be on fire at home and launched a mad attack on Manchester City.

When Manchester City saw this posture, they were immediately happy!

What they are least afraid of is others fighting against them. Since you are seeking death, don't blame us for being ruthless.

As a result, Manchester City quickly took countermeasures to match attack with attack.

In the 5th minute of the first half, Manchester City immediately launched a counterattack after completing an interception in the midfield. De Bruyne passed a long pass to Lin Quan on the right wing, and Lin Quan dribbled the ball towards the penalty area.

The opponent's goalkeeper chose to attack, and Lin Quan passed the ball out after the opponent's attack. Aguero, who rushed to meet the ball, fired an angry shot into the empty goal. Manchester City turned away and scored the first goal.

Arsenal's side was obviously a bit unexpected. They didn't expect such a result.

They took the initiative to launch a fierce attack, and in the end it was Manchester City who scored first!

But Arsenal had no intention of giving up. Since they were already lagging behind, they had to attack even more.

For a time, Arsenal's offensive was so intense that it even formed a siege on Manchester City.

This Arsenal team under Wenger is really pleasing to the eye once the passing and cutting coordination is achieved.

But the premise is that they can play well, but Manchester City's formation was relatively tight this time, which did not give them much space to pass and cooperate. As a result, Arsenal's thunder was loud and the rain was light, and the offense was weak. It was lively, but there were very few shots that were actually threatening.

On the contrary, they themselves, because of the heavy pressure of the soldiers, left their own rear very empty. As long as Manchester City launched a counterattack, Arsenal would be in a hurry, and sometimes they would even have to use tactical fouls to stop the opponent's attack.

For this reason, Arsenal paid the price of several yellow cards.

Especially Xhaka. During this period, he was both a father and a mother. He had to focus on offense and defense. He was as tired as a dog. But no matter how diligent he was, he could not resist Manchester City's sharp attack by himself. In the counterattack, after Xhaka was booked, it created a lot of hidden dangers for Arsenal's defense.

Seeing that the first half of the game is coming to an end, we still have to watch the little tiger Walcott at the critical moment.

In the 40th minute of the first half, after receiving a pass from Mustafi, the little tiger rode alone on the wing and used his extraordinary speed to get rid of the defensive player. He went to the meeting alone and scored the key goal to equalize the score. .

This goal was very beautiful and also very morale-boosting.

The Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium were so excited that they shouted Walcott's name to pay tribute to the team's meritorious veteran.

Since joining Arsenal in 2006, the little tiger has played for Arsenal for 11 years!

There is almost no player older than him in the entire team.

Although he has suffered a lot of injuries, although Arsenal's real thigh now is Sanchez.

But when Walcott is healthy, he is always the most reliable support in the hearts of Arsenal people!

On the sidelines, Wenger couldn't help his excitement and waved his fist fiercely, muttering something silently.

After he took over Arsenal, because he had no money, he had to turn his attention to those young demons with potential.

Arsenal have acquired many young players from the transfer market over the years.

Some of them were successfully kicked out, while others were unknown and lost to everyone.

Walcott is definitely one of the best. Walcott has made great contributions to Arsenal over the years, and it only cost 5 million pounds to buy him. How cheap!

In this regard, I want to cleanse Walcott because his salary is too high (weekly salary of 140,000 pounds), coupled with his age, multiple injuries and declining condition.

Thinking of this, Wenger couldn't help but sigh, he is really not a human being!

Arsenal has an unwritten rule. For veterans over 30 years old, Arsenal often signs players once a year. In this way, if the opponent's condition is not good, Arsenal can immediately clean them out to save salary expenses.

There is no other way, I am so scared of poverty that I want to break every penny in half and spend it.

Fortunately, in the past few years, the team's debts have been paid off, and life is a little more abundant.

But in today's Premier League football, the level of money burning has long been different from when he took over Arsenal.

With just the little rice he has in hand, without the capital injection from the club's major shareholders, he can't even beat big players such as Manchester City and Chelsea.

In this case, don't have too much ambition.

Arsenal will never win the title before I retire.

Thinking of this, Wenger temporarily gave up the idea of ​​​​purging Walcott.

Walcott did not know that he had received such benefits because of this goal. He seemed very excited after scoring.

While rushing to the sidelines, he kissed the team logo on his jersey. In this way, he expressed his love and loyalty to the team, and in this way, he begged the professor not to clean him.

Obviously, Walcott has heard rumors that the team may want to cleanse himself, so he is full of a sense of crisis and works so hard in the game.

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Facts have proved that Arsenal people were still happy too early.

They thought Walcott's goal sounded the clarion call for a counterattack, but unexpectedly, less than two minutes after Walcott's goal, Manchester City immediately retaliated.

It was almost the same as the first goal, but the assister was replaced by David Silva, and the scorer became Lin Quan.

Arsenal's substitute goalkeeper Ospina has nothing to do about this. The opponent's shot is too tricky. Even if Cech is on the court, he may not be able to do anything!

If Cech hadn't been injured in the last game and couldn't play, Wenger would have trusted Cech, an experienced veteran, in such a crucial game.

The Emirates Stadium felt like a basin of cold water had been poured on it. The Arsenal fans, who had been noisy before, seemed to have been strangled by the neck and became silent.

Some fans who were psychologically fragile had already begun to cry at this time.

If Arsenal lose this game, they will be 3 points behind Liverpool.

There are not many games left in the league. For a top team like Liverpool, 3 points is already a gap that is difficult to recover.

Although Arsenal has rich experience in securing the fourth place, no one can guarantee that they will successfully secure the fourth place this year.

After all, the competition for the Premier League this year is unprecedentedly fierce.

With the gradual recovery of Chelsea and Liverpool, the quiet rise of Tottenham, coupled with the still strong Manchester City.

The competition for Champions League seats in the Premier League is becoming increasingly fierce. Compared with these teams, Arsenal does not actually have an advantage. It may even be weaker than the above four teams in terms of absolute strength.

Their only advantage is probably that they have rich experience in securing the fourth place, and they can always create miracles in the second half of the league!

But if we lose this game, it's hard to say whether a miracle will happen.

So Arsenal really can't afford to lose. Since their unexpected loss in the last round, they can't afford to lose a game now, not even a draw.

In the second half, Arsenal went crazy and attacked Manchester City like a mad dog.

They knew they had no way out and they couldn't lose this game no matter what!

Under heavy pressure, Arsenal's players rarely collapsed under pressure as before, but instead played their own highlight moments.

In the 52nd minute of the second half, after a series of amazing passing and cutting cooperation, the Deadman sent a fatal through ball. Sanchez rushed on the horse and rushed to the ground before the defender could clear the ball. However, Manchester City goalkeeper Navas made a brilliant save. , fell down and threw the ball away.

The Arsenal fans in the stands were all holding their heads, with expressions of shock and regret on their faces.

What a pity this goal is!

If it scores, it will be the best goal in the Premier League this round!

Arsenal's attack this time was not over yet. The dead man stood in the corner kick area. After observing the positions of the players on both sides in front of the goal, he chose to bypass the front point and shoot the ball backwards.

Mustafi sensed his teammates' intentions, threw away the defender, jumped high, swung his head towards the goal, and scored the ball.

The Emirates Stadium once again fell into carnival, and countless people cried with joy because of this goal.

It’s not easy, it’s really not easy!

Many people thought they were doomed to lose, because if they played at the same pace as the first half, Manchester City would definitely win in the end.

But unexpectedly, the players used wonderful cooperation and tenacious fighting spirit to equalize the score again.

Arsenal fans no longer expect to win this game. They now only hope that the referee will end the game quickly, and they accept a draw.

But Manchester City wouldn’t accept it!

After Arsenal scored, Manchester City immediately launched a comprehensive counterattack.

Arsenal attacked so fiercely before, the players' physical energy consumption was very high, but Manchester City's consumption was relatively small, so according to Guardiola's plan, they should have taken over the game in about 60 minutes!

And now is the time!