In the early morning of February 13, Beijing time, the 25th round of the 2021-22 Premier League season was contested for 5 games. After some competition, Manchester City beat Norwich City 4-0 away, Brentford drew 0-0 at home to Crystal Palace, Brighton Hove won 2-0 away to Watford, Everton beat Leeds United 3-0 at home, and Southampton drew 1-1 away to Manchester United.
Last round of upsets were forced to draw by the bottom weakers, manchester United returned home last night against southampton, which has been in hot form lately, and Manchester United almost copied the pattern of points conceded in the previous game. After Ronaldo missed a great opportunity in the opening 7 minutes, in the 20th minute, Manchester United sent a precise long pass from the backfield, Rashford inserted into the right side of the box at high speed in front of the cross, Sancho followed up the push to the empty goal, Manchester United opened the record 1:0. After Southampton pounced violently, The Manchester United side also held firmly in the first half, but as easy as the first half of the game, the opening 2 minutes of the battle, their defense was lost, Southampton launched a quick counterattack, El Yunussi rushed in from the left to send a delicate oblique, Adams followed up with a semi-single knife to push into the far corner, the ball hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced into the net, Southampton equalized 1-1. After that, both sides also had opportunities, but they did not grasp it, and in the end, Manchester United won first and then drew with Southampton in a 1-1 draw and suffered two consecutive draws.
Manchester City, whose first two rounds were terminated by Southampton to a 12-game winning streak, played away to relegation weaker Norwich City in the early hours of this morning, and the Blue Moon was very stable. In the 4th minute, Díaz sent a precise over-the-top long pass from the center line, Mahrez unloaded the ball on the right side of the penalty area, and the B back row followed up to stop the ball and shake off the defenders, and BOOM's ball was blocked by the goalpost. In the 30th minute, Manchester City pressed on the right side, Walker broke through the bottom cross with the ball, the front point crowd missed the ball, Sterling unloaded the ball on the left back point and shook off the defense and shot vigorously, the ball went straight into the far corner of the goal, Manchester City opened the record 1:0. Just 2 minutes into the opening of the Yibian battle, Manchester City played a delicate combination on the left side of the front, Sterling should be straight, Gundogan entered the penalty area and crossed the goal, in a melee, Foden swept the ball into the net, and Manchester City led 2-0.
Although Sterling often comes to play happy football, today he is very stable, in the 69th minute, Manchester City's right corner opportunity, a tactical combination after Foden's penalty area corner should be obliquely hanging back point, Dias inserted a header in the back row to the top of the goal, Sterling easily head-hammer relay into the empty goal to open the net, Manchester City 3:0 lead. In the 88th minute, Draper entered the penalty area to grab the point and was pushed down by Hanley, referee Marina blew a penalty, Sterling took the penalty and scored a hat-trick, Manchester City won 4:0 away to Norwich City, opening the winning streak mode again.
In terms of the standings, Manchester City once again threw the pressure to Liverpool after winning the first game, and they once again led Liverpool by 12 points to the top of the table after winning two consecutive games. In terms of competition for the fourth, Manchester United once again won first and then drew, surpassing Arsenal by 1 point in the case of more than two rounds, and the goal difference was less than West Ham United, and they could only rise one place to rank 5th.
In terms of top scorers, Salah tops the list with 16 goals, while Jota is still second behind with 12 goals. Sterling became the Third Premier League player to score a double-double goal of the season after scoring a hat-trick today, and Manchester City has another player in the top ten of the top ten. Cristiano Ronaldo suffered a goal drought and was tied for 6th place with Mane and others with 8 goals.