Chapter Eighty-Five: The Dust Settles

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There are two games that will decide the title, the first in the afternoon when Liverpool host Newcastle United and the second in the evening when Aston Villa host Swansea City.

The other two games will also determine the final qualification for next season's Champions League and Europa League, with Arsenal away to Chelsea and Manchester United hosting Southampton.

In addition to Villa's and Swansea matches, Watford's home game against West Bromwich Albion also affects the place for the last relegated team.

Ten teams, five games, and the attention of fans across England is all here.

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In the last round of the league, the FA generously arranged these five key games in different time periods to facilitate fans to watch the game.

Of course, as is customary, there are only three time slots to be arranged, so no matter what the FA does, there will always be overlapping fixtures.

First up are the midday matches, Chelsea vs Arsenal and Manchester United vs Southampton.

As it stands, Chelsea are two points ahead of Manchester United and Arsenal three points ahead of Southampton. But more coincidentally, these two pairs of teams are the lower ranked side with a goal difference. So apart from Arsenal, the other three teams must win this game if they want to qualify for next season's Champions League or Europa League.

Although the two games started at the same time, it was the referee who blew the whistle, which meant that the actual start time of the two games was inconsistent, with Manchester United's game almost ten minutes later than Chelsea's.

Chelsea and Arsenal can be said to represent the strongest defensive and attacking teams in the Premier League respectively, and today's game is also a battle of the strongest spear and the strongest shield.

It's just that Arsenal also has the same problem as Chelsea, that is, "bias". Chelsea are weak in attack and strong in defence, while Arsenal are the opposite.

So when these two teams meet each other, no one can say the final result, because everyone knows that no matter which team it is, it is not easy to break through the opponent's defense.

In the end, it was Chelsea's luck that was the better of their luck, or rather their defensive counter-attack was more dominant, and the Blues won the game 1-0.

Meanwhile, at Old Trafford, Manchester United and Southampton drew 1-1.

Chelsea and Arsenal are two teams that have a chance to retain their European qualification even if they don't win this game. However, Manchester United and Southampton are already behind on points, so they only have one goal left, and that is to take all three points.

It's just that in the 80th minute of the game, the two teams were still on the same running line. Just as the teams were preparing for the final match, the result came from the other pitch as Chelsea won 1-0 against Arsenal.

It was a bolt from the blue for the Red Devils, as it meant that Chelsea were five points above them and they had completely lost their Champions League qualification for next season. Southampton, on the other hand, heard the result, as if they had been beaten up, Arsenal had lost, and their goal difference was ahead of Arsenal, so as long as they won this game, even if it was just one goal, they could qualify for next season's Europa League.

It's just that even if this game loses its meaning for Manchester United, no matter what the result is, they will not just give up on themselves and give up the game, which is about the dignity of a football team. As one of the top defensive teams in the Premier League, Manchester United clearly won't leave Southampton with too many chances.

So in the last ten minutes of this game, Southampton's several attacks were also in vain, and the two teams finally shook hands with a score of 1:1.

Arsenal didn't leave the pitch immediately after the loss, but kept an eye on the Old Trafford game, and when the result of the draw came out, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Villa had Manchester City's forward Mancini to thank, Arsenal undoubtedly owed Manchester United a defence.

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An hour after the end of these two games, the second game of the day also kicked off.

Compared to Liverpool's title competition, this game does not mean much for Newcastle, and the difference in strength between the two teams is a bit huge, so this game did not leave too much suspense, and the Reds won the opponent 3:0 at home.

The result of this game was not unexpected, and Liverpool's previous draw by Leicester City was already a gutter capsizing, but the fact that this happened once was enough to teach them a profound lesson, so it is clear that the Reds will not make another low-level mistake in this final moment.

The same goes for Vera.

Liverpool's win over Newcastle means Villa will have to pick up three points to win the title, but against Swansea, a team that is still in the midst of relegation, Villa really have no pressure.

It's just that losing to a team like Southampton that is not as strong as itself is enough for Villa to happen once. So in the face of Swansea, Villa still went all out, even if the opponent also broke out with amazing strength for relegation, but their strength was not as good as Southampton after all, and they still lost the game 1:3 despite their desperate efforts.

Watford were much easier on the final pitch, already two points ahead of Swansea and well ahead of their opponents on goal difference, so they only needed to keep a draw to avoid relegation. If Swansea want to be relegated, they must win the game against Villa, but this is unlikely. In the end, Watford still drew 3-3 with West Bromwich Albion and managed to stay in the Premier League.

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Won the championship.

Third crown of the season.

It's just that the whole team of Villa didn't express too much excitement about this championship.

The reason is simple, after Liverpool's draw with Manchester City in the last round of the league, the title of this season has been basically decided. Therefore, when the facts really developed according to the established track, everyone was not excited.

Of course, after all, it is a triple crown of the season and Villa's first Premier League title, so it is just too much not to be excited. Celebration banquets, press conferences, float parades, needless to say.

In fact, Wang Shuai still has some regrets about the three championships this season. Because he miscalculated the experience reward of the Europa League champion, when all the games of the season were over and the rewards of the season tasks were sent, he found that if he could really win the League Cup, he didn't need any top scorer and best assist, as long as he won a championship, his host level could be improved again.

Now, we have to wait for next season's Community Shield.