In the 24th round of the Premier League, Chelsea and Manchester United have upset the weak brigade, Spurs also lost 2-3 to Southampton, other teams in the title group have all won three points as desired, Manchester City 2-0 Brentford at home, Arsenal 1-0 Wolves, Liverpool 2-0 Leicester City at home, Klopp's team continues to pressure Manchester City, because if the team wins the make-up game, the point difference between the two teams will be reduced to 6 points, and the suspense of the Premier League title will come back. The competition for the top four is also fierce, because Manchester United can still win in the supplementary round can still surpass West Ham in fourth place, Arsenal than Manchester United in one less round of the same accumulation of 39 points, the supplementary win will force Manchester United to be fourth, so every subsequent round of competition will change, the battle for the four is indeed more intense in the past season.
Spurs also have a chance to return to the top four after losing, as the team is currently missing three rounds, but it is Arsenal who have lost points in advance. Manchester United will accumulate 42 points to win the playoffs, Arsenal will accumulate 45 points for the full victory of the playoffs, and Tottenham will also accumulate 45 points for winning the playoffs, so West Ham, who is currently in fourth place, will fall out of the top four, and Chelsea's 47-point lead will also be sharply reduced. At present, only Manchester City and Liverpool have a more obvious lead, and other strong teams need to avoid accidentally losing points.
City's subsequent league opponents are Norwich, Tottenham, Everton, Manchester United, Crystal Palace, Brighton, Burnley and Liverpool, and if Spurs and Manchester United can intercept Manchester City, even if it is a draw, Liverpool may successfully overtake their opponents to return to the top position in the direct matches. Liverpool's subsequent league schedule is Burnley, Norwich, Leeds United, West Ham, Brighton, Manchester United, Watford and Manchester City, the pressure on the Manchester league schedule is very large, and it can also affect the top ranking, compared to Liverpool's schedule has some advantages.
Liverpool and Chelsea also have League Cup and FA Cup matches, plus the Champions League is a fourth-tier battle, Manchester City only have the FA Cup and Champions League and league schedule, but it can be more advantageous. Chelsea's league qualification this season is the need to qualify for the Champions League, and the team's subsequent fixtures are Crystal Palace, Burnley, Newcastle, Norwich, Brentford and Southampton, and the schedule is not difficult. Chelsea's opponents who conceded points in the league were 1-1 Burnley, Everton and Brighton, in addition to 2-3 West Ham, 0-0 Wolves, and the weak team lost 13 points, so Chelsea must also avoid upset points while the schedule is good.
City currently score the most goals and concede the fewest, and it is indeed difficult to shake, unless it is a strong dialogue to score directly. Manchester City's points conceded this season are 1-1 and 0-0 Southampton, 0-2 Crystal Palace, 2-2 Liverpool, 0-1 Tottenham, in addition to the League Cup 3-5 defeat to West Ham out, the Champions League 0-2 Paris, 1-2 Leipzig, the focus of the team is to go further in the Champions League knockout stages, guardiola has also recently made clear his desire for the Champions League.
After this round, Guardiola denied Manchester City the best team in the world, and said that the best team was Chelsea, who won the Champions League, while reminding Liverpool of the pressure after winning the make-up game. This is also a precautionary measure to avoid losing the top position in the league table in the case of multi-line combat. City's 2-0 advantage over Brentford's game stats was clear, with shots 14-6 on goal, shots on target 6-2 and corners 9-3. However, the first goal was scored in the 39th minute, and it was a penalty made by Sterling, Rasmussen became a point boy, otherwise Manchester City could not have taken the lead in the first half, and Mahrez's penalty was also solid.
Manchester City have won a total of 5 penalties in the league so far this season, and some of the game penalty points are also extremely critical scoring points, which also shows that the team does not have many ways to break the dense defense, relying on the personal ability of the core players. City's goal in the second half was in the 68th minute, David Raya's mistake, Sterling broke the ball and directly broke the goal, the goalkeeper saved Manchester City's three excellent shooting opportunities before conceding the goal, but also tried his best, and the mistake was also credited. After a two-goal lead, Manchester City controlled the game, and the players did not consume much physical energy after that, which also benefited the team's subsequent match against Norwich.
Norwich are also in the relegation zone at the moment, and the team is in urgent need of points, so sitting at home will also be fully defensive, and a draw is acceptable for the team. This season's Norwich home record is 3 who can draw 3 and lose 8, there is no victory against the team competing for the title, respectively, 0-5, 0-1 Arsenal, 0-1 Manchester United, 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur, 0-7 Chelsea, 0-5 Manchester City, 0-3 Liverpool, from the performance against the strong teams, it is difficult for Norwich to score points in Manchester City. Because the Champions League knockout rounds will then open, Manchester City will have more rotations against Norwich, because Guardiola pays more attention to the victory and defeat of European matches.