The suspense of the Premier League title came to light on the first match day of the 37th round on May 21st-Arsenal lost to Nottingham Forest 0-1 as a guest, and scored 81 points with one round left in the schedule, four points behind Manchester City, so they had to watch their unbeaten rivals reach the top in advance, thus achieving their "three consecutive titles" in the Premier League. Nottingham forest has accumulated 37 points after winning this round, and also announced the relegation in advance.
In this campaign, Nottingham Forest must win in order to avoid relegation. Although Arsenal have lost the initiative to win the championship, they still want to be a living horse, and both sides have done their best in this campaign. In the 19th minute, Arsenal captain Odegard made a return error in the midfield, which made Nottingham Forest form a quick counterattack of three strikes and two strikes in the frontcourt. White made a direct assist and Awoniyi scored a single goal.
After Arsenal conceded the goal, they nest laid siege to Nottingham Forest. The ball control rate of the whole game was over 80%, and he shot 11 times, almost twice as much as his opponent, but only 3 shots were right. Nottingham Forest only shot six times, but it hit twice. Among them, Awoniyi went to the meeting alone in 35 minutes. Nottingham Forest almost expanded its lead if Arsenal goalkeeper Ramsdale saved the danger. In the end, Arsenal led the Premier League standings for 248 days but failed to reach the top, setting the longest leading time for teams that failed to win the championship.
After Nottingham Forest won by surprise, the home fans were very excited.
Ramsdale said helplessly after the game: "This is very difficult! All the hard work for months is over. We just can’t find a way out today. Nottingham Forest has done a good job. They know what they need to do, and it is difficult for us to break through them. This is a disappointing ending. "
Carragher, a famous player in the Premier League, explained the reason why Arsenal missed the Premier League title: "The strength of Arsenal’s 11 starters is not too far from that of Manchester City, and the styles of the two teams are similar, but Guardiola (the head coach of Manchester City) raised the standard so high that now Foden can’t enter the starting lineup, and they are still introducing high-level players, which is the difference between Manchester City and Arsenal."
Arsenal scored 50 points in the first half of this season, but the state in the second half declined obviously, giving people the feeling of anticlimactic; Although Manchester City has been catching up for a long time, it has always been calm and calm, and finally has the last laugh. This is actually a reflection of the strength gap between the two sides. Manchester City is still two rounds less than Arsenal, scoring 90 goals and only losing 31 goals, with 61 goal difference; Arsenal scored 83 goals and lost 43 goals, and the goal difference was 40. The goal difference is the data that best reflects the strength of the team. In fact, there is a grade difference between the two sides. In this sense, Manchester City deserved to win the championship, and Arsenal have done their best.
After six games in this round, the situation of relegation and the fight for four has also become clear: Everton has 33 points, Leeds has 31 points, Leicester has 30 points, and there are still two rounds left. These three teams are ranked fourth, third and second from the bottom. After Southampton, which is at the bottom of the points, has been relegated in advance, the remaining two relegation places will be produced among these three teams; As Manchester United beat Bournemouth 1-0 in this round, Liverpool drew Villa 1-1 at home, Newcastle and Manchester United ranked third and fourth with 69 points, and Liverpool ranked fifth with 58 points left in one round. As long as Newcastle and Manchester United score one point in the remaining two rounds, they will lock the top four places in the Champions League next season. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pai pai.ycwb.com)
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