On April 17, the 35th round of the Premier League started, and the top five teams in the Premier League all won.
Top-ranked Chelsea defeated Everton 3-0 at home.
Second-ranked Manchester United won 2-1 away from home and narrowly escaped with Rooney's last-minute winner.
Third-ranked Leeds United narrowly defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 away from home.
Fourth-ranked Liverpool beat Fulham 5-1 at home.
Arsenal, ranked fifth, defeated Manchester City 3-1 away from home.
In the standings, Chelsea ranks first with 88 points, followed by Manchester United with 79 points, Leeds United with 76 points, and Liverpool with 73 points.
Arsenal only has 58 points, which is already far away from the first tier. If Arsenal wants to reach the Champions League next season, they can only pin their hopes on this year's Champions League. Now Arsenal has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and will face Villarreal in the semi-finals, and is very likely to reach the final.
If Arsenal wins the final, the fourth-ranked team in the Premier League this year will have to play in the UEFA Cup next season.
Therefore, the three teams in front did not dare to gamble and just wanted to take the initiative into their own hands.
Therefore, the last three rounds of the league are particularly important.
Chelsea, who are leading, only need to score 1 point in the next three rounds to win the championship early. However, they will face the challenge of Manchester United at home in the next round. Whether Chelsea can win the championship two rounds early at Stamford Bridge depends on See if Ferguson and Manchester United agree. Because the next two games are Chelsea's away games, Mourinho's team definitely wants to lift the championship trophy at home.
Manchester United first challenged Chelsea away from home, followed by two home games against Middlesbrough and Charlton.
As for Leeds United, they will face West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham in the final two rounds. Liverpool will face Aston Villa and Portsmouth in the final two rounds.
In the upcoming 36th round of the league, the two teams will meet directly face to face at Elland Road Stadium.
Therefore, the last three rounds of the league are crucial to the previous teams.
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Helen and her roommates were sitting in front of the TV in the dormitory, eating and watching TV.
Helen was holding a small cake while her roommate was eating chips.
"Won't you woo woo... have some?" The roommate asked Helen if she wanted to eat French fries.
"Woooooo~" Helen's mouth was full of cake and she could only wave her hands.
The two of them had to give a report today, so they were busy until the evening.
Helen quickly ordered the food for delivery, then ran to the dormitory to watch the game between Leeds United and Liverpool.
On the TV screen, two commentators were explaining the situation in the first half.
"Morientes' goal completely took advantage of the weakness of Leeds United's two central defenders today who are not tall enough."
Martin Taylor and Ian Duck are the commentators for Sky TV today, while Sky TV's front commentator Andy Hinchcliffe and two other commentators are commentating on the game between Chelsea and Manchester United.
"Yes, let's take a look at the replay. It was Riise's forward move. We saw Liverpool's left midfielder today, Stephen Warnock, stationed in the middle, attracting Milner's defense, and then the wing was blocked. There was a lot of room for Riise to move forward, and then there was Riise's cross. Let's pause and take a look at the penalty area. When Liverpool passes the ball to Riise in the penalty area, Robbie Fowler is alone in front of the goal. Matthiessen was marking him. We continued, and then Morientes, who had just retreated, suddenly came to the front point and pushed the ball in. Liverpool took the lead." Taylor was explaining Liverpool's first-half goal.
"That's right, Albchisson's absence has indeed had a great impact on Leeds United. All of a sudden, Leeds United has lost a high point, and apart from him, Leeds United has no other particularly high central defender. Today Coach Li asked Mills to partner with Matteisen. We saw that there are hidden dangers when defending high-altitude balls." Dak pointed out the problem of conceding the ball in the first half.
"There is no other way. In this kind of crucial game, Leeds United's other two central defenders, Coach Li, don't dare to let them play. Ferdinand is not tall enough, and Kevin Dawson is a little less capable. This kind of Coach Li will not let him play in key games."
"Here at Liverpool, we saw that the absence of Alonso and Gerrard due to injuries had a great impact. There were big problems in offensive organization in the first half. That goal was a relatively difficult offensive opportunity, but they Got a grip..."
On the TV, the two commentators were still crackling, and the two girls in front of the TV finally finished a bunch of food. After being hungry all day, they burst out with amazing energy and finished all the takeaways they ordered.
their roommate asked Helen as they were picking up the trash before the second half of the game started.
"Do you understand all the tactics the commentator said?"
"I don't understand." Helen said bluntly.
"Then would it be boring for you and Coach Li to date each other? Don't you have something in common?" The roommate was worried that George Li would dump his best friend after the period of love was over and the novelty was gone.
"No, when he came to pick me up two days ago, he asked me to tell him the precautions for recovering from an acute ankle sprain."
Then I heard the voice of the commentator coming from the TV.
"Albchesson has a sprained ankle and will be out for a while. I don't know if he can make it to the UEFA Cup final next month."
"Leeds United won 2-0 in the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals two days ago. It can be said that they have one foot in the final."
The roommate was stunned for a while.
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The home team's locker room was eerily quiet. After everyone returned to the locker room, no one spoke.
George Li kept touching the beard growing on his chin.
The players all looked at their head coach, thinking that the head coach was angry and was planning how to spray them.
Most of the players, having played under George Lee for two seasons, are already familiar.
George Li's ability to troll people was also brought up by famous teachers. But he is different from his teacher Ferguson. He will spray in different ways and in a roundabout way. The spray will make you feel extremely uncomfortable, but you have to accept it.
Finally, someone couldn't help but break the quiet atmosphere.
"I am responsible for conceding the ball. I should have struck earlier so that Morientes would not succeed." Edwin van der Sar, the oldest player in the team, spoke first and took the responsibility for conceding the ball.
"In the second half, I will take the initiative to stick to Morientes. Danny, please help me fill the position." Although Matheson is not very tall, he is a little taller than Mills, who played as a central defender today.
De Jong and Parker then looked at each other, then De Jong nodded to Parker, who spoke to the others.
"I can help the defense keep an eye on Fowler, so they can free up Morientes. Nigel will stay in front of the penalty area."
"Today the midfielder on the opposite side pays more attention to defense, less forward penetration, and attacks mainly from the wings. Since Nigel can defend the position in front of the penalty area, then I will find a way to cooperate with the full-backs to limit their wings." Graveson I also thought of something.
Then after everyone finished speaking, they continued to look at George Li, waiting for him to speak.
"Ah, very good."
After thinking for a while, George Li found that what the players said made sense, and he had nothing to add.
In fact, Leeds United still had a slight advantage in the first half. As for the goal, it was because today's central defender was a bit shorter.
However, being short has the advantage of being quick to turn around and recover quickly. In the first half, Liverpool's two central attacks were severely restricted by Leeds United. However, this may have something to do with the fact that Alonso and Gerrard did not play in Liverpool.
"What you said is good. Now, let's talk about what our offense should pay attention to in the second half, Alan."
"Ah~, me?"
Smith was stunned for a moment and looked at his other teammates who all started to smile evilly.
You are planning to become a coach after retirement, right?
