Volume 3 Chapter 118 A Fierce Race

"This is a complete failure for the Premier League", the British newspaper The Guardian put out a sensational front-page headline early in the morning.

"In less than 24 hours, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United were eliminated from the Champions League quarter-finals, this is the first time in the Champions League in nearly six years, Wenger did not create a miracle at the Camp Nou, Mourinho eliminated his old club Chelsea, and Lord Fryser regretfully lost to Bayern Munich"

'The fierce title race in the Premier League, especially between the two Champions League quarter-finals, and the league title encounter between Manchester United and Chelsea, has almost drained their energy, should we arrange our league schedule better?'

The FA said that I am an operating company, and I am only responsible for the commercial development and broadcast fees of the Premier League, and the results of each team's Champions League are my business.

For this result, the whole Liverpool team is very unhappy, of course, not because they are thinking about the great glory of England, but the teams that are separated from the European front can put all their energy into the league.

This is certainly not good news for them to overtake the points, and they have returned to the league to immediately make the atmosphere of winning the championship boiling.

The Manchester Evening News took the lead in being the mouthpiece of Lord Ferguson, launching attacks on other teams, "We are strong contenders for the title every year, it is not unusual for us to overtake the scoreline, Carlo Ancelotti has just arrived in the Premier League, Benitez's side have always been inconsistent"

"He's better take care of himself," Benitez shot back in an interview, "and now we're competitive on all three fronts, we've got a lot of bench depth, he's been saying he's going to retire in the summer, and I think it's the best time for him to retire"

Ancelotti said that I am still at the top of the list, I am low-key, and I lost the Champions League again, and the boss of Abu is unhappy again, especially when he loses to Mourinho, which makes him lose face!

To be honest, he has almost lost interest in investing in Chelsea now, and his investment in the past two years has been significantly reduced, relying more on Chelsea's own management, and his enthusiasm has almost been exhausted by repeated Champions League defeats.

However, two consecutive Champions League final defeats have obviously hurt Chelsea's vitality, and Ancelotti has been able to bring the team to this level this season, which is still very level.

The atmosphere in Melwood was calm, everyone knew what their task was now, only now that fate was no longer in their hands, they could only do their best.

Take a look at their next five games:

4.11, home to Fulham, 4.20 home to West Ham, 4.25 away to Burnley, 5.02 at home to Manchester United, 5.09 away to Hull City.

The schedule is relatively favorable for them, with three home and two away, although there are West Ham United and Manchester United, but they are all playing at home.

But the most dangerous thing for them is also these two games, once they lose points, they will lose the initiative and the opportunity to overtake.

Liverpool fans run outside Melwood every day with scarves and banners to support the team, a potential second Premier League title they can win, but the first for the new Liverpool.

[The 20th English top flight trophy, please bring it to New Anfield], banners like this are everywhere, and many fans call it New Anfield to commemorate the success of the team's restructuring.

All the fans want to start a new team with a league title, which means a lot for the team and for the club.

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"Audience friends, we are now broadcasting for you the match between Liverpool and Fulham, Fulham are in 11th place this season under the leadership of Roy Hodgson, and in terms of the intensity of competition in the Premier League this year, it is not bad, Liverpool ...... today", Zhan Jun said in the live broadcast room.

Liverpool launched a fierce attack from the start, and Fulham naturally had defensive counter-attacking tactics, with Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun commenting on the game while broadcasting the situation of other teams.

The bitter battle for the Premier League title has officially begun, every team is wound up, and new changes are coming at every turn.

The most exciting thing is the fans and the media, and it is likely that this season's winner will not be decided until the final round.

Here Liverpool has been unable to break through Fulham's goal for more than 30 minutes, Mackin does not like this kind of stubborn team, once the space in the box is blocked, his power will be greatly reduced, because his greatest talent is to use space and timing.

"Well, Manchester City are 3-0 up over Birmingham City and reaching the last four of the UEFA Cup and the FA Cup final, which has boosted the morale of Benitez's side, while Chelsea and Manchester United are still 0-0," said Zhan Jun.

"Benitez has been his best season in charge of the league this season, even better than the year he won the title at Liverpool," Zhang said, "but it also has something to do with Manchester City's luxurious bench line-up"

"Yes, they are sitting on the bench with Bam Adebayo, Robinho, Zabaleta, and they can play in any team," Zhan Jun said with a smile.

Recently, there have been more comments in England that Manchester City are optimistic about Manchester City winning the title, and some people are even starting to look forward to Manchester City's treble, knowing that they have eliminated Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals, and Benitez seems to have brought the tradition of Chelsea to Manchester City perfectly.

"Eh, Chelsea also scored, Drogba, 45 minutes, knocked on Bolton's door", Zhan Jun said as he looked at the live score scroll below the live stream.

"Hey, then Liverpool and Manchester United are under a lot of pressure in the second half", Zhang Lu said, "especially Manchester United, they met Chelsea, Manchester City, and Liverpool in the last few rounds, and now Chelsea they have lost, the next round is to play Manchester City away, and then the penultimate round to Liverpool, all of them are a sea of knives and fires"

"Liverpool's side depends on Mackqin, as long as he doesn't play, Liverpool's current attacking ability will not last at all", Zhang Lu concluded.

In the twentieth minute of the second half, Liverpool finally knocked on Fulham's door, and it was Makqin again, who returned to collect more than two-thirds of the team's goals.

"Look at the ball, chance, Mackin smashes Etuhu with his right foot in a tight space at the top of the arc, followed by a left-footed shot, good ball, the ball goes in...... Come in...... It's not easy", Zhan Jun exclaimed.

The whole Anfield was boiling in an instant, knowing that they had more than 20 shots on goal this time, but not a single goal was scored.

"Macklin, it's him who saved Liverpool again, the 30 mark, his league goals have officially come to 30, a terrifying number, the entire history of the Premier League can be counted on one hand"

The top three of the top four all scored back and forth, but Manchester United, until the last minute of the game, they could not knock on the door of Blackburn, after the game with his head bowed Rooney looked lonely, Ferguson turned and entered the passage.

"Oh, Manchester United were held to a draw by Blackburn, their title hopes are basically gone, 4 rounds, 7 points from the top of the table, the key is that there are three teams ahead", Zhan Jun said as he watched the 1-0 win over Fulham on the field, hugging Liverpool in celebration.

[With only four rounds left, Manchester United fell first, and they lost on two fronts in one week!] 】

The next day, the newspapers reported on last night's penultimate league game with a headline, and when you're unlucky, no one minds stepping on it, even if you're Manchester United.

Even Ferguson himself admitted after the game that this season's league title no longer belongs to Manchester United, but he still stubbornly said that they will fight until the last minute, especially against Manchester City and Liverpool, and they will not give up.

And Manchester United did it, in the penultimate round, Manchester City vs Manchester United, Manchester City derby, after 90 minutes, the score was 0:1, Manchester City overturned Manchester United at Old Trafford, Manchester United avenged at the Etihad, and Manchester United became the biggest spoiler of the championship.

It was the first game of the round and when it was over, the Chelsea and Liverpool fans raised their arms and cheered!

Less than five hours later, Chelsea welcomed Tottenham Hotspur, a second spoiler, and Chelsea fans were in mourning after 90 minutes of the north London derby at White Hart Lane.

2:1, they failed to seize the opportunity to open the gap, but gave Liverpool a chance!

"Boom", the whole Liverpool is about to explode, their game in this round is scheduled to the end, there is still one day, as long as they win, they can tie the top spot!

A day later, Anfield, 90 minutes later!

'Liverpool, Liverpool, they're level on top points, my goodness, three teams with the same number of points, three league games to go, it's the toughest title race ever', Peterson exclaimed.

"4:2, thanks to Gerrard's brace, Mark's pass and shot, and Skrtel's header, Liverpool beat Mancini's side again"

McManaman hurriedly went to the information, and then said quickly: "Now Manchester City and Manchester United have the most goal difference, Manchester City 56, Manchester United 58, but Manchester United is too far behind, then Chelsea 48, Liverpool is the least, only 43, so they are still in third place"

'As long as Manchester City don't make mistakes in the last three rounds, the title is theirs, after all, they have a goal difference lead by too much, but they play Arsenal in the penultimate round and the crucial thing is that they play the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup next week,' said Peterson.

Maika nodded, "Looking at the fixtures in the last three rounds of the league, Chelsea are the best, they don't have strong opponents and they don't have European distractions, and Liverpool have to do better."

The race for the Premier League title is in full swing, with three teams on the same number of points, only three rounds left in the league, and the British media have reached a climax ahead of schedule, and they don't even have time to pay attention to the Champions League.

In the first leg of the Champions League semifinals that just ended, due to the change of grouping, Barcelona and Inter did not meet, they killed Lyon and Bayern Munich at home and away respectively, and it seems that they want to meet the rhythm of the final.

But Mack Qin doesn't have time to care about this, even if Barcelona completely kills Mu Bird against the sky, he doesn't care, now they have to fight for every league goal.

A week later.

Oh my God, Manchester City 3:1 Villa, Stoke City 0:1 Chelsea, Burnley 0:4 Liverpool! Vucinic scored twice, Steven Gerrard scored again from distance, Mackin scored a hat-trick and scored a late penalty.

The whole media is crazy, it's so fucking exciting, there are still two rounds, it's still a tie, and Liverpool chased the goal difference to just 2 Chelsea!

[32 goals!] , crazy Mark, with two rounds to go, he has the potential to break the Premier League scorer record with 34 goals! 】

Next round matches: Arsenal vs Manchester City, Sunderland vs Chelsea, Liverpool vs Manchester United!

The Times: A suffocating championship race, with the top three with the same number of points likely to split in the next round, with Manchester City and Liverpool at stake.

The difficulty for Manchester City is that they have to play away from home in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in midweek, and the difficulty for Liverpool is that even if Ferguson and Manchester United can't win the title themselves, they won't let Liverpool step on their corpse to win the title, they will definitely do their best!

"The newspaper is right, even if we lose our qualifications, I'm going to pull Liverpool down!" , Ferguson, who had just arrived in Liverpool, looked very red when he met his enemies.

They have only won the league once less than Liverpool now, and he himself knows that he can't do it for a few years, how can he let Liverpool win the title again, so what is it called pulling it off the throne!

It's just that after having Mackqin, is it okay? , the battle of fate, is on the verge of breaking out......