Chapter 0161: The Storm Rises (First Update)
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While Manchester United and Everton clash at Wembley Stadium, the remaining eight matches of the 35th round of Premier League fixtures were also played.
Manchester City beat Stoke City 4-0 at home at noon on Saturday to increase their league points to 64 points, pushing Arsenal out of the top four and continuing to chase Tottenham and Manchester United by one point.
Then, on Sunday afternoon, Arsenal drew away to Sunderland, levelling Manchester City with points, but still ranked fifth due to goal difference.
Shortly after Arsenal's game, leaders Leicester City beat Swansea 4-0 at the King Power Stadium to extend their lead to 76 points and extend their lead to 11 points again.
It looks like the Premier League title is getting closer and closer to the Foxes.
In particular, in the final game of the Premier League at 8pm on Monday night, Tottenham Hotspur was completely withdrawn from the title race after a 1-1 draw with a desperate West Brom at White Hart Lane.
With only three games remaining, Tottenham are 10 points behind Leicester City and have no theoretical hope of winning the title.
Now, the only thing that theoretically surpasses Leicester City is Manchester United, who have been postponed due to the FA Cup semi-finals.
If they can beat the Hammers West Ham United in their replays, they will reach 68 points, eight points behind Leicester City with three games remaining.
It just so happens that the next round of fixtures will be Manchester United vs. Leicester City, which will ultimately decide the league title this season.
As long as Leicester City are unbeaten away, they will win the first Premier League title in the club's history three rounds ahead of schedule!
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And because Manchester United still has a theoretical possibility of overtaking Leicester City to win the title, the PFA award ceremony originally planned for this Monday in London had to be postponed.
In fact, if it weren't for Marcus Rashford's impressive performance in the second half of the season, and now even reaching the top five of the European Golden Boot table, the English Professional Footballers Association would have awarded the best player of the year to Leicester City's midfield core Riyad Mahrez.
However, at a crucial moment, United's strong presence in England was evident and they lobbied the Professional Footballers' Association to push back the award by a week, i.e. after the 36th round of the Premier League match between United and Leicester City.
In the words of Woodward's speech at the association, it would be a shame for the professional footballers association if the team that won the league championship did not get the best player, and the player who won the European Golden Boot did not get the best player.
At this time, Manchester United Club shouted the slogan of reversing Leicester City to win the title for the first time, and it was also the first time that Manchester United Club shouted the slogan of letting Rashford compete for the European Golden Boot.
The sudden strong voice of Manchester United Club is actually the result of Catherine Gloria negotiating with Manchester United Club at the suggestion of Rashford.
Rashford had to do so after learning that the English Professional Footballers Association was about to reveal the final list for Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year. Because these two awards are not only honors for him, but also tangible benefits: these are related to two high-star system tasks, representing 80 attribute points and 40 skill points.
Catherine Gloria did not disappoint Rashford and she managed to make a move for Manchester United.
In fact, Manchester United is also gambling on this.
Manchester United wants to get out of the trough and return to glory, it needs good results, and it needs a new king. They are betting that Rashford, who has behaved super-well since his debut, can take on this heavy responsibility!
Of course, Marcus Rashford's England household register also played a key role in this.
It's like there is a saying in the scientific community that science has no country, but scientists have a country. This sentence is also true when transplanted to football, that is, football does not have a country, but players have a country, and this country of the best players is also very important, especially since Rashford himself is British.
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Leicester City is very dissatisfied with this situation, believing that the English Professional Footballers' Association's practice violates the association's rules and that Manchester United is promoting hegemony.
In an interview with the media, Mahrez angrily said that the English Professional Footballers Association was engaged in racial discrimination and wanted to rely on his best player because he was not British.
According to Mahrez, the PFA of the Year is a look at a player's overall performance throughout the season, and a man like Marcus Rashford, who has only played professional football for two months, is not eligible to participate in the annual award at all. If he ends up winning this selection, it will be the biggest stain on this selection.
But he won't let that plot succeed and next weekend he will lead Leicester City to a win away at Manchester United and lift the club's first top-flight title at Old Trafford. And he also has to teach Marcus Rashford, a young man, what kind of player can be the best player in the game.
Rashford didn't have any extra words about Mahrez's challenge, and when interviewed by reporters, he simply said: See you at Old Trafford on Sunday!
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In fact, it's not just Leicester who are unhappy with Manchester United, but many other clubs are also very unhappy with it. At regular meetings of the Premier League, many club leaders have sneered at Woodward.
Manchester United's strength in the Premier League has made them the target of public criticism, originally because of the decline of Manchester United's performance during the Moyes and Van Gaal periods, this hostility has been eased, but in the second half of this year, Manchester United suddenly rose again, which has aroused many people's vigilance.
No one wants to see the Premier League fall back into Manchester United's reign of terror, and no one wants to see the Premier League under Alex Ferguson, Manchester United win 13 league titles in 21 years.
It was the glory of Manchester United, but for other clubs, it was a sinking and a tragedy, everyone was overwhelmed by Manchester United, and in the game it was a game that made Manchester United take what they wanted.
Of course, because of the strength of Manchester United, they also have a lot of friends in the Premier League.
This is just like the US imperialism in today's world, because of its hegemony, many countries are extremely dissatisfied with it, and they are always thinking about resisting this hegemonic rule.
However, because of this hegemony, US imperialism has too many friends around the world, even hardcore brothers, so that they can exert their influence to any corner of the world.
Manchester United's situation is similar to this.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that United have many younger brothers and friends, they wouldn't have been able to get the English Professional Footballers' Association to change their agenda. I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~