1-3, Arsenal lost away to Stoke City.

Many people did not expect this result before the game, and Arsenal, who are ranked second in the league, would lose to Stoke City, which was an upset in this round of the game.

In another key game in this round of the game, the Red Devils Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-1 at their home stadium, and Manchester City also lost 1-2 to Everton at their home stadium.

At the end of the 36th round of the league, Chelsea are still at the top of the league table, and their points remain unchanged at 76 points. The second-placed team in the league has changed again, with the Red Devils once again overtaking Arsenal to move into second place in the Premier League, with 70 points. Third in the Premier League is Arsenal with 67 points. In fourth place is Manchester City, who still have 65 points.

Now the Premier League is in its final stages, with two rounds to go. At this time, Chelsea lost but were firmly in first place, but they were not yet able to win the title in advance, as they were only six points ahead of Manchester United with two games to go, and there were only two games left in the Premier League.

Chelsea will need at least one point from their next two rounds if they are to secure the title.

At this time, there is not much suspense left in the Premier League, the top four teams in the league have been determined, the top four teams have not yet been ranked, but they have confirmed the qualification for next season's Champions League.

The number of places to qualify for the UEFA Europa League next season has also been determined, and now the only thing that is not determined is the relegation team, at this time, the relegation of the Premier League is very severe, and the teams affected are also very many, which is the most chaotic and tragic relegation form of the Premier League in recent years.

By this time, the Premier League is often not about the title race, but about relegation.

Of course, the top four teams in the Premier League this season are not good, and they are also the lowest points in recent years, and Chelsea at the top of the table have not reached 80 points, which is indeed too low.

However, at this time, Dongfang Chen and the Arsenal team have no mind to care about the league, and now all their minds have been put into the upcoming final of the English FA Cup.

The English FA Cup is still a very important competition in England, and the Arsenal team naturally attaches great importance to this title, and they must win this title.

Arsenal's goal this season was to win the league title, but it is clear that their goal for this season has not been achieved, and the league title is no longer their share.

However, now the Arsenal team has won a League Cup, ending the embarrassing situation of not having a championship for many years, but the weight of the League Cup is too light, and everyone does not pay much attention to the League Cup, which naturally cannot satisfy the Arsenal team.

Arsenal want to see a return on their investment this season, and now the FA Cup in England is what Arsenal are looking forward to.

Competing with Arsenal for this season's FA Cup title is Stoke City, who have just beaten Arsenal in the league and are in high spirits.

However, in terms of historical record, Arsenal clearly have the upper hand.

In the 93 historical meetings between the two sides, Arsenal has the upper hand with 49 wins, 21 draws and 23 losses. Since the beginning of the Premier League, Arsenal and Stoke City have met six times, with the Gunners winning four and losing two. In the most recent meeting, Arsenal lost 1-3 away to the 'Potters'.

However, after Stoke City were promoted to the Premier League, Arsenal scored every time they faced Stoke City.

So, in many ways, Arsenal are very advantageous. In this game, there are obviously more fans who value the Arsenal team.

However, in the previous Premier League game, Arsenal lost away to Stoke City, which also affected some people and made them turn their heads to the Stoke City team.

There's a reason why these fans support Stoke City, who are the quintessential air raiders, with more than 10 players in their squad and over 1.90m tall, and 69 per cent of Stoke City's goals in the league this season have come from set-pieces, with headers accounting for a significant portion of that.

And the current Arsenal team does have some problems in putting high balls, so it is normal for some people to support the Stoke City team, after all, a few days ago, the Stoke City team just taught the Arsenal team how to behave with a header.

Naturally, the match attracted a lot of attention, with both Sky Sports and the BBC broadcasting the match live.

Stoke City are very serious about this game, and their club has even given a death order that they must win this game to win the FA Cup this season.

Stoke City manager Pulis is very serious about this game and has a very strong confidence.

Former a defender as a player, he began his coaching career in the lower divisions of England after retiring from football, with early spells at teams such as Bournemouth and Gillingham. Place has also managed Stoke City twice, in 2006 and this is his second time in charge of Stoke City, during which time he has earned a wide reputation.

In the 2007-2008 season, Pulis led Stoke City to a runners-up finish in the Championship, which led to direct promotion to the Premier League. After the overtake, Stoke City was relegated every year under the tutelage of Pulis, and he also found his own unique set of playing styles, and the team's high-flying skills and tactics and fierce style of play made the team win the title of "City in the Sky" among Chinese fans.

And now this season, Stoke City have a very good result, finishing eighth in the Premier League, and have also led the team to the final of this season's English FA Cup, and are expected to win the FA Cup. This is also the best result since Pulis led the team.

Of course, Pulis is hoping to get even better, and he wants to win the FA Cup and start a new chapter in his coaching career.

Of course, it will be difficult to achieve this goal, because now in front of him is a strong Arsenal team.

Although, just a few days ago, his side had beaten a strong Arsenal side, but Pulis knew that Arsenal were strong and it would be very difficult for them to win the FA Cup against Arsenal.

However, Pulis will not give up and at this time, he will have to give more confidence to the Stoke City players so that they can have more confidence to win the FA Cup.

Speaking to reporters before the game, Stoke City manager Pulis said: "Arsenal are very strong, they are now the third team in the Premier League, but they are not in form now, a few days ago, we Stoke City just beat them, I don't think we have too much difference between Stoke City and Arsenal, I firmly believe that we can get this long-term victory, we will be the champions." ”

Prince added: "There are a lot of quality players in the Arsenal squad, but in my opinion there are only two people who deserve our attention, one is Cesc Fabregas and the other is Dongchen. As long as the link between the two is severed, Arsenal will be no threat. ”

Prince added: "Of course, Dongchen has a lot of personal quality, he is one of the best strikers in England at the moment, he will put a lot of pressure on us, but I firmly believe that we can watch him, as we did in the league, and this win will definitely belong to our Stoke City team." ”

Pulis is confident and his confidence is contagious to his players, with Stoke City centre-back Hutter saying: "We've been preparing for this game for a long time, we've prepared very well, and now the team is in very good shape and we are confident that we can beat the opponents, even if the opponents are strong against Arsenal. ”

Stoke City striker Crouch also said in front of the media: "The quality of the Arsenal team is obviously good, their players are very good, they are really a big threat for our Stoke City team. However, we are in very good form at the moment, we have just beaten them in the league, which says something about it, we are capable of beating them, we are confident of beating them, and we firmly believe that the victory must belong to our Stoke City team. ”

It can be seen that the whole Stoke City team is full of confidence, and it seems that last weekend's league game gave Stoke City a lot of confidence, which is definitely not good news for Arsenal.

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger had this to say to reporters: "Indeed, Stoke City manager Pulis is right when he says that they are in very good form at the moment, and we are not in a very good form for Arsenal, which is a very difficult thing for us. ”

Arsène Wenger added: "In my opinion it will be a very difficult game, the opponent is not weak, and the opponent is very characteristic, and their air attack team will be a very big threat to our Arsenal team. ”

Arsène Wenger added: "Of course, we will not give up this game, we will give it our all, this FA Cup is very important for us at Arsenal, it is no less than the league title, we need this title so badly. ”

Arsène Wenger continued: "A lot of the players in our squad are not at their best, and the one we are most concerned about is not at his best, and that will even affect this game, maybe East will not be in the starting line-up for this game, he will be on the bench and waiting for his chance. ”

The media reporters at the scene were shocked when they heard this, they didn't expect such a thing to happen, Dongfang Chen actually had to fade out of the starting lineup of the Arsenal team, sit on the bench and wait for the opportunity?

Many media reporters don't want to believe Arsène Wenger's words, but in the last round of the league, Dongfang Chen's table is really not good, his state is really poor, if he is still in this state now, Arsène Wenger is really likely to put Dongfang Chen on the bench.