In the early morning of February 20, Beijing time, the 26th round of the Premier League, Manchester City home 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool home 3-1 Norwich, these two games changed the 3 major patterns of the Premier League, Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur These 5 giants are implicated.
Mahrez equalised on a penalty in the 92nd minute and was beaten by Kane in the 95th minute as City lost 2-3 at home to Tottenham Hotspur, ending a 15-game winless run and swallowing their first defeat in 106 days. This 2-3 upset brought the Premier League title suspense back.
Because Liverpool, who started first, beat Norwich 3-1 in this round and quietly won the league for the fifth consecutive time. Now, Liverpool are only six points behind Manchester City with one less game. In other words, if Liverpool take all 3 points in the make-up match, they can narrow the point difference with Manchester City to 3 points. Some time ago, Scumbag Klopp also said that there is no suspense in the Premier League title race, and now that he has succeeded in poisoning milk, Guardiola pressure has come.
One 2-3, one 3-1, these two games not only affected the Premier League title race, but also had a huge impact on the fight for the fourth place and relegation.
Tottenham Hotspur, which was originally in a good situation in the fourth place, suffered a three-game losing streak before facing Manchester City, and if they lose to Manchester City this time, they will most likely withdraw from the fourth place. Before the match, Tottenham boss Antonio Conte also admitted that their hopes of competing for the fourth place may be only 1%. After a 3-2 away win over Manchester City, Spurs saw hope again, while both Manchester United and Arsenal were under pressure. Although Manchester United can still rank 4th in the Premier League, they are only 1 and 4 points higher than Arsenal at No. 6 and Tottenham Hotspur at No. 7, respectively, in the case of more than two games.
In terms of relegation, after Norwich lost 3-1 to Liverpool away, they slipped two places after only one point in three rounds, directly falling to the bottom of the Premier League. Of the bottom three teams, only Norwich lost this round, with both Burnley and Watford winning.
Now, Norwich are still five points behind Fourth-placed Newcastle with one more game, the relegation situation is not good, and they are likely to have another round of travel after returning to the Premier League with the Championship last season.