Chapter 25: The Cruelest Season

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In the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League, Blackburn met Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid, and in the first leg, Blackburn went to the Bernabeu to suffer a rout that has not been seen in many years in recent years, and lost completely with a score of 0:3.

Although after returning to the Rose Theatre, Blackburn Rovers mustered all their strength and prepared to stage a shocking comeback, but unfortunately the score of 2:0 did not allow them to reverse and advance.

Bale, who gave his all during the race, couldn't help but feel sad: "It was the worst European game I've ever had, and this win has made the hurt even deeper. Now we should take heart because the league is not over yet. ā€

At a time when the Spanish media is ridiculing the Premier League champions, the league has become Blackburn's only fig leaf this season.

The Premier League title race this season remains unclear until the 34th round after the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Chaos like never before, Manchester City lost to Chelsea away and the leaders finally faltered, with Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool winning respectively. It was Arsenal, who inexplicably made a big death away from home, losing to Everton and falling to fifth in the standings.

After Manchester City lost in the 33rd round, it has been caught up by Blackburn, both teams are 70 points, but the goal difference is more advantageous, or Manchester City has more advantages, leading Blackburn by 8 goal difference, so in the case of a flat record, it is still Manchester City first, Blackburn second.

Chelsea comfortably beat Manchester City at home and are currently third with 69 points, while Liverpool are also comfortable away from home to move up to fourth with 68 points. More tragic is Arsenal, they actually lost 1-3 away to Everton. With rivals winning, Arsenal's defeat was somewhat fatal, with 67 points and fifth place.

With only 5 rounds left in the league, from first to fifth, the situation has become very delicate. Manchester City, Blackburn, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal are already tied together, with just three points and one win set aside.

In other words, a win or defeat in one game can change the outcome of a battle.

From the perspective of the situation, Blackburn's last five opponents are Stoke City, Swansea, Arsenal, Cardiff City and Liverpool, among which the games with Arsenal and Liverpool are difficult, but considering that these two games are in the Rose Theater, it is entirely possible for Blackburn to overtake Manchester City and win the Premier League title this season.

Manchester City's opponents in the last five rounds are Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace, Everton and West Ham United, which is even less difficult than Blackburn, including two games with Liverpool and Everton, which are more difficult to play, Liverpool has to fight for the championship, and Everton has the firepower of the "little monster" Lukaku.

Chelsea's final five opponents are Swansea, Sunderland, Liverpool, Norwich City and Cardiff City, all of whom are in the lower middle of the league except Liverpool, but while they should have points, Chelsea will have to expect Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City to make mistakes.

Liverpool's opponents in the final five rounds are Manchester City, Norwich City, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Blackburn Rovers. Without a doubt, it is the most difficult of the teams in the top five at the moment. However, the three "six-point" battles also allowed Liverpool to firmly grasp their fate in their own hands.

Arsenal have West Ham United, Hull City, Blackburn, West Bromwich Albion and Norwich City in their final five rounds, and they may not really realise how deadly this game is until the end of the season. After all, when you make a mistake, you can only hope that other opponents will make a mistake, but when the league is fighting until the bayonet is red, how can so many teams make mistakes?

In the last 5 rounds, the five teams will fight to the death, and the time to see the real chapter is finally coming, so Blackburn is out of the Champions League at this time, which can be said to be a blessing to some extent.

On April 12, the 34th round of the Premier League began. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Heathborough massacre, kick-off has been delayed by seven minutes for all professional football matches in England this weekend.

Blackburn Rovers took the lead, winning 3-1 at home to Stoke City, with Neymar scoring twice in the first half. In the 42nd minute, Stoke pulled a goal back when Arnautovic split the ball and Peters crossed from the left into the far corner for his first Premier League goal. Hernandez, who came off the bench in the second half, extended the score, and finally the Roses easily won the three points 3-1.

The 34th round of the focus of the battle was contested at Anfield Stadium, although Manchester City has only lost 1 game against Liverpool in the last 10 league games, but has not tasted victory in the last 11 visits to Anfield with 4 draws and 7 losses, and has only won 1 game in 25 away games against Liverpool in 33 years. Liverpool maintained their winning streak in recent successes, with City replacing Kolarov with only Klich and Sergio Aguero on the bench. In the end, Liverpool narrowly beat Manchester City 3-2 at home, with James Milner and Skrtel scoring in succession, Silva and Glen Johnson equalising with an own goal and Jordan Henderson stunning.

Chelsea 1-0 away to Lixwansea, Chico was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards, and Demba Ba scored back-to-back winners. Chelsea are still one at the top of the table after ending their losing streak on the road.

The last Arsenal beat West Ham 3:1 at home, Jarvis scored first, Podolski scored twice, and Giroud scored a goal, which was also Arsenal's first victory in the last five rounds.

At the end of this round, Blackburn Rovers finally finished at the top of the table with 73 points after more than half a year this season, with Chelsea in second place with a one-point deficit, while Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal in three to five places have 71 points and two 70 points respectively.

Although Blackburn Rovers dominate the table, if they lose, even fourth-placed Manchester City can overtake them in an instant if they win, and the competition in the Premier League is becoming more and more fierce.

On April 19, the 35th round of the Premier League began.

Blackburn Rovers were still the first of the top five, but they couldn't extend their start this time. In the game against Swansea, Blake Rovers scored early, and in the 23rd minute, Pogba passed the ball, Suarez carried the defense and fired a low shot from eight yards to break the goal drought in the last four games.

However, Swansea scored twice in a row and in stoppage time Ben Davies headed in a corner from the edge of the six-yard box. In the 62nd minute, Tiot tackled Ennis in the penalty area, and Bernie took the penalty kick to overtake the score.

Blackburn equalised just before the break-up when Bale cut inside on the edge of the box and slotted home for his 23rd goal of the season, including 14 in the league.

Chelsea were unable to capitalise on the happy news of a surprise draw between Blackburn Rovers and underdogs, losing 2-1 at home to Sunderland, although the Blues' Samuel Eto'o took the lead, David Wickham equalised and veteran Bryan Borini slotted home a controversial penalty. Chelsea's five-game winning streak at home ended and Jose Mourinho's unbeaten run of 77 league games at home ended and he lost his best chance at the top of the table.

With the top two sides dropping points, third-placed Liverpool seized the opportunity to win 3-2 at Norwich, with James Milner netting twice and setting up Carroll's 20th league goal of the season. Hooper and Snodgrass twice closed the gap. Liverpool are level on Blackburn Rovers on points after six consecutive wins, and are only second in the table on goal difference.

Arsenal and Manchester City, who were the last in the top five, both played strongly, and Arsenal beat Hull 3-0 away. Ramsey scored a cross and Podolski scored twice. Arsenal snapped a losing streak on the road. Manchester City won 3-1 at home to West Bromwich Albion, with Sergio Aguero, Zabaleta and Demichelis scoring a goal each and Dorrance pulling one back.

At the end of the 35th round, the top of the table still belongs to Blackburn, who lead the group with 74 points, Liverpool are second with a disadvantage of nine goal difference, Manchester City and Arsenal are third and fourth in the table with 73 points, and Chelsea, who were second in the table until the start of this round, are now only fifth.

On April 26, the 36th round of the Premier League kicked off, and the first of the top five to appear were Chelsea and Liverpool.

A key game at Anfield saw Chelsea travel to Liverpool, with Jordan Henderson's mistake allowing Demba Ba to break the deadlock before Samuel Eto'o set up Willian to seal the win. Liverpool's six-game winning streak was ended, and the championship situation was instantly worrying.

The next Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 2-0 away, Dzeko scored, Yaya Toure scored a pass, and Blackburn Rovers with a game less to play moved to the top of the standings again.

In addition to the strong dialogue between Chelsea and Liverpool in this round, there is also a key battle, that is, Blackburn Rovers vs Arsenal.

The main battle was contested at the Abu Dhabi-Rose Theatre Stadium, and the two sides entered a stalemate from the opening stage, and neither side dared to act rashly for the sake of this match. The game took a turn for the worse in the 63rd minute when Koscielny was fouled for a handball in the box and Suarez scored his 30th league goal of a single season to give Blackburn the most economical score to win the six-point battle.

Blackburn Rovers topped the table with 77 points, Manchester City with a one-point difference, third-placed Chelsea with 75 points, and fourth- and fifth-placed Liverpool and Arsenal with 74 and 73 points respectively.

With only two rounds at the end of the league, Blackburn Rovers in first place and Arsenal in fifth place are eligible to continue to compete for the title, even Blackburn, who are temporarily at the top of the table, only need one defeat to lose the qualification for the Champions League, and even another draw is very likely to fall into the Champions League zone.

The last-minute battle of the top five is the most brutal season in the history of the Premier League, can Blackburn hold up? (To be continued.) )