Chapter 26: Survive to the End

On May 2, 2014, the first day after Labor Day, the 37th round of the Premier League 2013-14 season officially started!

Blackburn, who played first, showed their hunger for the title, and against Cardiff City in the relegation zone, the Roses showed no hint of politeness. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info updates the fastest

In the 18th minute, Ronaldo crossed from the right and Phil Jones headed home from close range, the last time he scored at home was in October 2014. In the 77th minute, it was another J Ronaldo pass, Neymar's shot from the right side of the box deflected, and the unguarded Frank Lampard scored his 10th league goal of the season from eight yards. In the 91st minute, Neymar crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and substitute Harry Kane's header from 10 yards was headed in by Pogba for his first league goal in three months.

After this game, Blackburn Rovers guaranteed themselves to remain at the top of the table, while Cardiff City, who returned to the English top flight after 51 years, were relegated early.

Manchester City, who then came on the field, lived up to expectations, beating Everton 3:2 away, Everton youngster Ross Barkley scored the world's wave, Sergio Aguero scored an equalizer and retired injured, Dzeko scored twice, and Lukakula was close to the score. Everton suffered back-to-back defeats and lost their chances of qualifying for the European places.

Arsenal did not give up on winning the title either, beating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at home, with Olivier Giroud netting the only goal of the game as Arsenal completed their last home game of the season.

The top three players all took all three points, while Chelsea and Liverpool fell behind.

Chelsea drew 0-0 at home to Norwich City, with Schurrle and Luiz hitting the woodwork in both halves.

Selhurst Park battled it out as Liverpool drew 3-3 at Crystal Palace, with goals from Joe Allen, Sturridge and Carroll, but the Reds conceded three goals in nine minutes in the final nine minutes. After Liverpool failed to win in 2 rounds, the title hope was completely dashed.

At the end of this round, the standings are gradually clear, Blackburn Rovers dominates the table with 80 points, Manchester City continues to chase after a point, Chelsea still beats Arsenal in third place on goal difference, but Chelsea and Arsenal with only 76 points have bid farewell to the league title this season, and Liverpool, who are in fifth place with 75 points, still have the possibility of competing for a straight pass to the Champions League zone.

With only one round of the league remaining, only Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City remain in contention for the title.

Blackburn, who are one point ahead, only need to win to secure the title, while Manchester City must not only win themselves but also pray that Blackburn will not be able to take all three points.

However, Manchester City's opponents in the final round are West Ham United, who have no desire for anything, while Blackburn's opponents are Liverpool, who are determined to qualify for the Champions League.

This means that if there are no surprises, Manchester City's side will be nine out of ten on the three points, while Blackburn's side will have too many variables and will have to fight Liverpool until the last minute.

At 15 o'clock local time on May 11, all the games in the final round of the Premier League kicked off at the same time, and before the game, Arthur and Klopp had warned all members of the team's first team that they must abandon all information from the outside world, ignore the news from Manchester City, and devote themselves to this desperate battle with Liverpool.

The game was played in light rain, and the Rose Theatre sent a simple raincoat with the Blackburn crest to all the fans who came to watch the game, and Arthur never skimped on these small details.

Liverpool starting line-up (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defenders: Johnson, Skrtel, Ager, Flanagant

Midfielders: Jordan Henderson, Lucas, Joe Allen

Forwards: Milner, Carroll, Sturridge

Blackburn Rovers starting line-up (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Cesar Azpilicueta, Phil Jones, Alderweireld, Branislav Ivanovic

Midfielders: Marcos Alonso, Frank Lampard, J Ronaldo

Front: Bale, Suarez, Neymar

......In the referee's crisp whistle, the final Premier League match between Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool finally kicked off!

After the start of the game, Blackburn Rovers fans found that they did not attack at the beginning of the day because they had to take all three points, as expected, but slowly tried to advance towards Liverpool's half.

Similarly, Liverpool's players did not start with a fierce scramble, but rushed in front of the Blackburn players and harassed them slightly.

Nearly ten minutes have passed, and the players on both sides have only attacked a few times.

There was not a single shot on goal, which made some fans in the stands feel confused, are the players not yet warmed up?

In the anxious state of mind of the Blackburn fans, the game passed another ten minutes, nearly thirty minutes, and both sides combined for only two shots on goal, the most threatening was Bale's long-range volley from the edge of the penalty area, which was the best way to score.

Unfortunately, the shot flew over the crossbar and was at least a metre away from Liverpool's goal.

Just when the fans who were looking forward to the intense game were about to fall asleep, Blackburn suddenly launched a very dangerous attack.

Frank Lampard passed the ball to Neymar on the wing, Neymar made a few quick changes of direction feints, and seeing that Flanagan was not fooled, he directly started a change of direction and brought the ball to the middle, and Lucas in the middle also remembered the manager's instructions before the game and rushed over to help defend Neymar.

Seeing Lucas pressing up, Neymar suddenly shifted the ball to the feet of J Ronaldo with a big foot, seeing the assist king of this season get the ball, Joe Allen hurriedly met it, who knew that J Ronaldo didn't give him a chance to defend at all, and before he could run to him, he knocked the ball to Lampard who followed up in the middle with a strong cross.

Henderson, who defended against Frank Lampard, was about to get up when he didn't expect Lampard to just lift his foot and leak the ball.

In this way, in the surprise of the Liverpool players, the football came to Suarez, and Skrtel, who defended Suarez, also focused on Lampard, who was supposed to receive the ball, but he didn't expect the football to suddenly come to Suarez, and he was surprised that he reflexively wanted to stretch out his foot to break the football, but Suarez leaned on him with his shoulder, and at the same time picked up his left foot and shot at the football.

Mignolet's reflexes were quick and he proved why he was the winner in the race against Reina, and in the drizzle he swooped down to lift Suarez's point over the crossbar!

"Ahh Suarez yelled in frustration, but with this shot, Blackburn's attack finally came to an end.

Blackburn's attack is even better, Liverpool's midfield three big players are completely focused on defense, and there is no strength to organize the attack, and now Blackburn has completely suppressed Liverpool into the opponent's half.

Bale received Suarez's pass and shot out again, Liverpool's defenders and goalkeepers broke out in a cold sweat, Mignolet has been the busiest man during this time, he has already cleared two shots each from Bale and Suarez.

When serving, Mignolet did not kick off with a big foot, but threw it to Skrtel with his hand, Skrtel just got the ball, Bale's pressing came, Skrtel quickly handed the ball to Ager, Ag didn't stop and handed the ball to Flanagant, Flanagan was ready to hand the ball to the midfielder after receiving the ball, but he saw that his midfield teammates had a follower in front of him, and he reluctantly passed the ball back to Agg.

Ager, who had the ball, saw Suarez running over, and didn't dare to let the ball stop at the back, so he passed the ball to the front with a big foot, but when the ball reached Milner's head, it was pushed back to Alonso's feet by Azpilicueta, so Blackburn's new round of attack began.

Alonso took the ball and threw Sturridge behind him with a change of speed, and when Henderson stepped forward to intercept, Alonso passed the ball to Frank Lampard, and a simple pass combined to break through the entire Liverpool midfield.

Seeing that Lampard was about to come to the edge of the penalty area, Lucas rushed up, facing the interception of Lucas in front of him, and the chase of Henderson in the back, a diagonal pass from the magic lamp, and the football reached the feet of J Ronaldo.

J Ronaldo didn't stop the ball after the ball was directly plugged and passed the ball to Bale in front of him, Bale used his strong body to entangle Johnson, while leaning towards the goal, running his calf swing, the football flew towards the goal like a cannonball.

Mignolet looked at the powerful stretch of the door, did not dare to pick it up, could only use the palm of his hand to prop up, and the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the crossbar.

Blackburn Rovers were awarded their sixth corner of the first half, but the game also came in first-half stoppage time, and if nothing else, it would be Blackburn's last attacking chance of the first half.

After Neymar sent the corner, although the landing was very good, Suarez's header at the back post was also of good quality, but Mignolet reacted quickly, grazing the post with a left-handed ball and flying off the line.

After Blackburn Rovers re-opened a corner, the ball was directly won by Mignolet, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

In this way, Blackburn entered the break with reluctance, and the best player of the first half undoubtedly belonged to the Reds goalkeeper Mignolet.

If Blackburn can win the whole game, then with the god-level performance of this game, coupled with the good performance in the previous 37 rounds, Mignolet is fully qualified to compete for the best goalkeeper in the Premier League this season.

However, even Mignolet, who is in good shape, can withstand the bombardment of Blackburn's soldiers and survive to the end? (To be continued.) )