No. 233: The final game of the Premier League
At the end of the 37th round of the league, Chelsea won the round with 79 points and won the Premier League one round ahead of schedule. However, the league points are low enough, and it is the lowest title point in the Premier League in recent seasons.
The Reds are now second in the league with 71 points, eight behind Chelsea. And the third place is not Arsenal, but Manchester City, who won this round of games and has reached 68 points.
Arsenal, on the other hand, dropped to fourth place, with 67 points now on points, one point behind Manchester City, who never imagined that they would be overtaken by Manchester City at the very end of the game to become fourth in the league.
The gap between third and fourth in the league is still huge. There are four Champions League qualifying places in the Premier League, but the top three in the Premier League are direct into the group stage of the round of 32. The fourth in the Premier League will go to the qualifying round of the Champions League, and only by beating their opponents in the qualifying rounds will they have a chance to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in the round of 32.
The loss in this round still has a great impact on the Arsenal team, after all, the league ranking has dropped to fourth place.
Of course, there is still one round of league games left, and Arsenal still have a chance to overtake Manchester City and return to third place in the league.
Although the weight of the league is not very important now, the Arsenal team still has to fight for it. And this last round of the Premier League is very important for Dongfang Chen.
Dongfangchen's tally of goals this season is still 29, and he is one goal away from equalling Alan Shearer's record of 30 goals in two consecutive seasons.
In this final round of the Premier League, the East is sure to fight for it, and he must score at least one goal.
At this point in the Premier League, there is very little suspense, and the only suspense is the team in the relegation zone.
At this time, there is only one team that has been relegated confirmed, West Ham United, who are now on thirty-three points and are already going to report in the Championship.
The second-to-bottom and third-to-bottom teams are now not relegated, with Wigan Athletic, who are second from bottom, and Blackpool, who are third from bottom, are tied on 39 points.
Birmingham, who are 17th in the Premier League, have the same number of points as them, and they are also 39 points.
And it's not just these three teams who are still struggling in the relegation zone, with two teams in front of Birmingham City with 40 points, Wolves and Blackburn Rovers, all five of whom are likely to be relegated in the final round of fixtures to report to the Championship.
Now everyone is more concerned about the Birmingham team, which won the League Cup and FA Cup double in England last season. And this season, they also reached the final of the League Cup with Birmingham City. However, it is surprising that they are deep in the relegation zone in the league.
After Dongfang Chen and Alex McLeish left the Birmingham team, the strength of the Birmingham team did drop a lot, but no one expected that the Birmingham team would be so miserable and have to fight for relegation in the final round of the league.
In the final round of the Premier League, Arsenal will travel to Fulham to face Fulham, and this game will be about whether Dongfang Chen can equal Alan Shearer's record of 30 goals in two consecutive seasons.
Wigan Athletic are away to Stoke City, Birmingham are away to Tottenham Hotspur, Blackpool are away to Manchester United, and Wolves are going to face Blackburn.
This final relegation shape is very complicated, and anyone can escape from the sea of suffering at the last moment, and of course, anyone can sink directly into the abyss.
This last round of the Premier League is still hiding such a big drama, which still surprises many people, and it can be seen from here how competitive the Premier League is this season.
At this time, Dongfang Chen has no mind to pay attention to these games in the relegation zone, and he now has to focus on the most round of games, Arsenal's away game against Fulham.
Fulham are not an underdog, they have been in good form this season, they are currently eighth in the Premier League and have reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, only to lose to Stoke City in the semi-finals.
This is a testament to the quality of the Fulham team, and Fulham have also won against Manchester United and Chelsea this season, so Arsenal really don't underestimate Fulham.
At this time, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger still attaches great importance to this final round of the league, and he is now thinking about hitting the third place in the league, and he does not want to play in the qualifying round of the Champions League.
Manchester City are now one point ahead of Arsenal and will have to give it their all in the final round.
However, at this time, the initiative is no longer in the hands of the Arsenal team. Manchester City have the initiative and it is clear that they will not want to be overtaken by Arsenal in the final round of the league and will be determined to sit firmly in third place.
In this final round of the Premier League, Manchester City's opponents are Bolton Wanderers, who will take on their opponents away from home.
Bolton's strength should be worse than Fulham's, so Manchester City's side should be a little easier, as long as Manchester City's side wins the game, no matter what Arsenal's last-minute results are, they will be behind Manchester City, only to settle for fourth in the league.
However, even so, Arsène Wenger has no intention of giving up, and during his pre-match training preparations, he has repeatedly stressed in front of the Arsenal players that they must win this game and give it their all, as if it were an FA Cup final.
However, at this time, the minds of many Arsenal players are no longer on this, at this time, their minds are in the upcoming holiday, and even the minds of some guys have flown to the sun and sand.
Of course, there are also some guys who have flown directly to other teams, such as Nasri in the Arsenal team, and his mind has completely gone to Manchester City at this time. In his mind, it was clear that he would be more happy to see Manchester City finish third in the league, and in that case, he would be a man of heights.
At this time, Arsène Wenger had a very stern face, viciously accusing the Arsenal players, and severely criticizing the Arsenal players, so that the Arsenal players cheered up, this final round of the game is very important, must win, must win!
Yes, Arsène Wenger has given the order to die, this final round of league games must be won, otherwise the Arsenal players will regret it.
Arsène Wenger has made it clear that if the team does not win in the final round of fixtures, their holiday will be extended and shortened, much to the disgrace of Arsenal fans.
The Arsenal players are also gathering their minds to prepare for the final game of the league, which will also be the last game of the season.
Speaking to the media ahead of the game, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "This season's Premier League is not over for us at Arsenal, we have to win this last round of games and we have to win. ”
Journalists are well aware of the reasons why Arsenal are desperate to win, but they are not convinced that Arsenal can overtake Manchester City, after all, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini also spoke before the game, saying: "Our goal this season is to qualify for the Champions League and obviously we have done the job. But we prefer to go straight to the main stage of the Champions League rather than qualifying. ”
Mancini's words have made it obvious that the third place in the league must be their Manchester City team, they will not give up the third place in the league to Arsenal team lightly, and they will go all out in this final round of games.
Arsène Wenger also said in an interview with the media: "We have a very strong opponent in this game, but that doesn't stop us from winning, we are in a good situation and I firmly believe that it will be our Arsenal team that will win. ”
Arsène Wenger also cheered for Dongfang Chen: "This game is also very important for Easter, now he is still one goal away from being able to tie Alan Shearer's record, I think his strength is very strong, he should score goals, equaling Alan Shearer's record, and even I firmly believe that Dongfang Chen will break Alan Shearer's record, next season, we will witness a legendary moment together." ”
The media reporters are a little unconvinced, now Dongfang Chen has not equaled Alain Shearer's record, and now you say that you want to break Alain Shearer's record, which is a bit ambitious!
Media reporters don't think Dongfang Chen can match Alan Shearer's record, and at this time, Arsenal's form is not catching up. After winning the FA Cup, the Arsenal players were completely relaxed, they had almost given up on the rest of the game, and at this time, it was difficult for them to tighten up.
Moreover, the opponents of the Arsenal team in this round of games are not weak, and it is still their home stadium, and the Arsenal team is really very difficult to beat the Fulham team. At least before the game, media reporters were not convinced that Dongfang Chen could equal Alan Shearer's record.
Reporters spoke to Arsenal striker Dongchen ahead of the game about equalling Alan Shearer's record.
Dongfang Chen said: "Okay, I'm going for Alan Shearer's record in this last round, and I will definitely score in this game." Not only will I score in this game, but I will also lead Arsenal to victory. ”
Dongfang Chen also said: "Fulham's strength is really good, which is really difficult for our Arsenal team. But that's not a reason to stop me from going, we are confident to beat them, and the victory in this game must belong to our Arsenal team, definitely! ”