286: Crystal Palace return to the top of the Premier League
At the end of the 26 rounds of the 2013-2014 season, the Premier League standings have changed again. The points situation is as follows
At the top of the list is Crystal Palace, with 19 wins and 7 losses, 57 points, 62 goals scored and 24 goals conceded, with a 38-goal margin.
Ranked second is Chelsea, with 17 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, 57 points, 48 goals scored and 21 goals conceded, with a 27-goal margin.
Ranking third is Arsenal, with 16 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, with 54 points.
Ranked fourth is Liverpool, with 16 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, with 53 points.
Ranked fifth is Manchester City, with 16 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, 52 points, 70 goals and 29 goals scored, with a 41-goal margin.
Ranked sixth is Tottenham, with 15 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, with 50 points.
Ranked seventh is Everton, with 12 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses, with 45 points. ??
Ranked eighth is Manchester United, with 12 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, with 42 points.
No one expected that Crystal Palace would quietly rush to the top of the Premier League. This is very shocking.
Are Crystal Palace really going to create a miracle this season?
Miracle at Nottingham Forest, Miracle at Kaiserslautern?
If this is the case, Tong Yi would be awesome!
Now Crystal Palace fans are very excited and excited. They all hope that Tong Yi can lead Crystal Palace to win the Premier League championship this season. They Crystal Palace want to create miracles. They, Crystal Palace, want to win the first top league championship in the club's century-old history!
They Crystal Palace want to make history.
However, Tong Yi knows very well that it will be very difficult for Crystal Palace to win the championship this season.
Look at Chelsea behind them, who are also watching with eager eyes, as well as Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams. The competition is very strong.
But Crystal Palace still has a chance.
Isn't it true that these teams are now in their fatigue period, their levels have declined one by one, and their results have also plummeted.
This is the case with Arsenal.
After losing to Crystal Palace, they lost to Liverpool 1-5 in the 25th round of the league, and drew 0-0 with Manchester United at home in the 26th round, which caused them to lose their top spot in the league.
Arsenal are really unlucky!
They failed to hold on during this devilish schedule, thus losing and losing the top spot in the league.
It will be very difficult for them to return to the top of the league now.
There are now many media reporters claiming that Arsenal lost the Premier League championship this season at this time.
Arsenal fans think so too!
This is a critical period for the league!
If you lose the chain at this time, you will almost lose the league championship.
When Wenger was interviewed by media reporters, he said, "It's a pity that I couldn't hold on at this time and something unexpected happened. This pair of
For us, it is very likely to be fatal. We cannot make any more mistakes in the next game! "
Yes, Arsenal really can no longer afford any surprises.
Even Chelsea and Manchester City failed to seize the opportunity at this time!
Originally, with Arsenal pulling their hips, Chelsea and Manchester City both had excellent opportunities to surpass Arsenal and reach the top of the Premier League.
However, in these two rounds, Chelsea had one win and one draw, while Manchester City even drew 0-0 with Norwich City away from home, and drew 2-2 with Sunderland at home. After two consecutive draws, they completely lost the chance to reach the top of the league. A chance at the top of the table.
It’s really deadly!
Originally, Chelsea was only two points ahead of Crystal Palace. During this period, Chelsea won two consecutive victories, instantly closing the two-point gap. Doesn’t this mean that they have reached the top of the Premier League by virtue of their goal difference?
Crystal Palace is really amazing!
After losing five games in a row in the league, they won another eight games in a row!
Strong!
No wonder Tong Yi was able to win the Premier League Coach of the Month for January in the 2013-2014 season.
Tong Yi is well deserved!
At this time, it is no wonder that many media reporters are enthusiastic about Tong Yi and claim that Tong Yi can lead the team to win the Premier League championship as a newly promoted team.
However, at this time, when Tong Yi was interviewed by media reporters, he said, "Although we are currently ranked first in the Premier League, I don't think we will definitely win the league championship. There are still 12 rounds left, saying This is all too early!! Our competitors are very strong, and they are not one team, but a group of teams. Faced with the encirclement and suppression of so many teams, it is still very difficult for our Crystal Palace to win the championship. But I believe there should be no problem in qualifying for the European competition."
Yes, Tong Yi's goal now is still to qualify for the European competition, not the Premier League championship.
This makes Webster, Adriana and other media reporters feel very wise.
They all think that this guy Tong Yi is simply a sober and exquisite person in the world!
At this moment of pride, he was not arrogant, but was still calm and wise in Wubi. It was really incredible. No wonder this guy Tong Yi can succeed, he deserves to succeed.
Sure enough, all success is not a fluke.
Webster and others also believe that it is actually very difficult for Crystal Palace to win the championship. An eight-game winning streak has almost reached its peak, and it is impossible for Crystal Palace to continue to win continuously like this. Maybe it will be like the beginning of the season, after winning seven consecutive games, and then losing consecutive games rapidly.
What's more important is that the Crystal Palace is now very unstable.
The conflicts between Pogba, De Bruyne and Goretzka have become public, affecting the entire team.
If Shen doesn't handle it well, Crystal Palace will collapse.
Moreover, more importantly, Crystal Palace will have to face strong teams such as Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea.
When facing these strong teams when competing for the championship, these strong teams will not give you Crystal Palace any chance. It is almost foreseeable that Crystal Palace will lose these four games, so can they still win the Premier League championship?
Obviously impossible!
Moreover, in the next 27th round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will face Manchester United.
In the opinion of these media reporters, Crystal Palace must lose this game.
But to be honest, Tong Yi is really not afraid of Manchester United.
Manchester United's recent results are also very bad. In the past three rounds, they have two draws and one loss, and have not won a ball.
It shows that Manchester United's recent state is not very good.
To be honest, at this time, Moyes really has not completely controlled the Manchester United team.
Manchester United has a lot of internal problems. How can they compete with Crystal Palace?
Tong Yi is confident about this league match, but for the games against Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, Tong Yi must be serious. These opponents are really difficult to deal with and must be taken seriously.
Of course, Tong Yi's attention has not yet been focused on the league.
Because next, Crystal Palace will have to usher in an FA Cup match and a Europa League match before returning to the league to challenge Manchester United.
Tong Yi did not deliberately give up on these cup competitions!
Because they still have a lot of young players to train, they can also give those substitute players more opportunities to play. So, he should take it seriously and let these substitute players play seriously to see how far they can go? If they go further, they will be able to get more opportunities to play.
Therefore, this is still very important for Crystal Palace's substitutes and rotation players.
These guys are going to fight hard in the Cup.
After all, if they keep winning, they will always have a chance to compete. If they lose and are eliminated, their chances of playing will be greatly reduced.
For themselves, they also have to fight hard!
Two days after the match against Everton, Crystal Palace ushered in the fifth round of the 2013-2014 English FA Cup. They went to an away game to challenge Cardiff City.
Many people believe that Pogba will continue to start in this game.
Because if you keep looking at his status, Pogba has been in such good shape recently that he will definitely get a starting qualification.
However, it was obvious that Tong Yi had slapped them in the face again.
Pogba did not start, and was not even included in the squad. Pogba rested.
Tong Yi made some rotations in this game. Crystal Palace’s starting lineup is as follows
Goalkeeper Speroni
The back four from left to right Schultz, Delaney, McCarthy and Aurier
Double defensive midfielder Weigl and Kimmich
Single attacking midfielder Goretzka
Front three from left to right Bruno Alves, Heskey and Sane
When seeing the starting lineup of Crystal Palace, the media reporters shook their heads one after another. They all thought that the Crystal Palace game was completely over and it was impossible to win this game. Who do you look down on in this starting lineup? Although Cardiff City is also a newly promoted team, their strength is not bad, right?
This season, they have also strengthened their ranks.
However, they are currently ranked second from bottom in the Premier League and are favorites for relegation.
However, all the main players are participating in this game. How can you, the Crystal Palace, compare with others?
Media reporters all believed that Crystal Palace would lose this game!
Snapped!
Goretzka hit these guys in the face so hard with a long shot that their faces were swollen!
One to zero!
Crystal Palace relied on Goretzka's outstanding performance to score a world-beating goal, as well as goalkeeper Speroni's wonderful performance, to defeat Cardiff City 1-0 and successfully advance to the next round of the FA Cup.
To be honest, Cardiff City actually has a chance in this game.
In this game, Cardiff City took 21 shots, and 13 of them were on target. It was full of threats. There are even three chances to score goals. If it weren't for Speroni's outstanding performance as a goalkeeper, the winner of this game would have been their Cardiff City team.
It's a pity, it's really a pity.
After the game, when Tong Yi was interviewed by media reporters, he said, "To be honest, we were able to win this game because of luck. Today's Cardiff City team played well Very good, the victory should belong to them! But our players also performed well, especially Leon and Julian, who helped the team win this game!"
After the game, Crystal Palace goalkeeper Speroni won the best player award of the game.
After the game ended, many media reporters started making trouble again. They all feel that it is a bad decision for Speroni to stay in Crystal Palace. If you look at Speroni's strength and condition now, he is unable to become the main player in Crystal Palace. This is unreasonable.
It just doesn't make sense that Speroni would be Edouard Mendy's replacement.
They all persuaded Speroni to leave Crystal Palace and go to other mid-to-lower Premier League teams where he would definitely be the main player. They even made a long list of names to recommend to Speroni.
These guys really don't want Crystal Palace to be good, and they are crazy about causing trouble for Crystal Palace.
By this time, Tong Yi had already led the team to leave England and go to Ukraine.
