In the early morning of February 20, Beijing time, the 26th round of the 2021-22 Premier League season began, and today there were 8 games of competition. After a battle, Newcastle drew 1-1 away to West Ham United, Liverpool defeated Norwich City 3-1 at home, Burnley beat Brighton & Hove 3-0 away, Aston Villa lost 0-1 at home to Watford, Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 away, Southampton beat Everton 2-0 at home, Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 3-2, and Arsenal beat Brentford 2-1 at home.
After the whole team was assembled, Liverpool saved the suspense of the Premier League title with excellent play, and today they have won consecutive good news. Home against the relegation of the weak team Norwich City, Liverpool although completely suppressed the opponent, but the win is also a bit thrilling, the onslaught of the half failed to score, Easy side of the opening only 2 minutes Liverpool is the first to lose the ball, Sargent on the left side of the penalty area to take the ball back to pass, Raheica followed up with the ball to cut a few steps across the strong pump, the ball hit Matip and refracted into the net, Norwich City 1:0 to break the deadlock. Accidentally conceded the ball to completely detonate Liverpool, in the 63rd minute, Henderson sent a precise over-the-top slant in the middle of the field, Zimikas entered the left side of the box and crossed the ball to the middle, Mane came to record a wonderful upside-down golden hook, the ball was in the net, and Liverpool equalized 1-1. Just three minutes later, goalkeeper Alisson drove forward into an assist, Salah inserted the ball at high speed at the top of the arc of the penalty area to deftly unload the ball, and then Salah shook down the attacking goalkeeper Gunn and hit the empty goal, Liverpool scored two goals in three minutes to win the score 2:1. In the 80th minute, Henderson again delivered a precise pass, and Díaz inserted a light pick to win, and Liverpool sealed the victory 3-1.
After Liverpool beat Norwich to win 5 consecutive games, they received a "big gift" from Tottenham Hotspur in the early hours of this morning, and the 3-game losing Tottenham Hotspur played against the unbeaten Manchester City in 15 rounds, from the state point of view, this seems to be a suspenseful strong dialogue, but in the opening 3 minutes, Spurs gave Manchester City a heavy blow. Spurs launched a quick counterattack in the midfield, Son Xingyu successfully inserted a single knife at high speed against the offside, facing the attacking Ederson, Son Xingyu selflessly crossed the cake, Juve's old Kulusevsky easily pushed the empty goal to win, Andttenham Hotspur made a fantastic start 1:0. After conceding the ball at the beginning, Manchester City launched a fierce counterattack, and in the 20th minute, on the left side of the Gundogan penalty area, he turned around and shot vigorously, and a ball from BOOM was blocked by the goalpost. In the 32nd minute, Sterling's 45-degree angle on the left side of the field was accurately angled, de Bruyne grabbed the point in front of the goal, goalkeeper Lowry saved the ball, this time Gundogan seized the opportunity to make up for the shot, Manchester City equalized 1-1.
In the 58th minute, Spurs counterattacked quickly, Seseneon's arc at the top of the penalty area was tilted to the left, Son Heung-min followed up with a slight adjustment to the stop and sent a subtle oblique hanging, Kane in the middle of the road successfully volleyed from close range, Spurs once again exceeded the score 2:1. In the 73rd minute, Spurs counter-attacked again, Kane turned on the left side of the penalty area and fired a furious shot, but then referee Taylor, after confirming the VAR, decided that Kulusevsky was offside and the first ball was blown off. In stoppage time, the two sides set off another wave of climax, first the ball hit Romero in front of the goal with an inverted triangle cross from the left side of the B-seat penalty area, referee Taylor blew a penalty after a few minutes of VAR confirmation, Mahrez took the penalty and City tied the score again 2:2. 7 minutes of stoppage time, only the last half of the minute remained, Spurs on the right side quickly tore through the Manchester City defense, Kulusevsky continued to adjust the edge of the penalty area to send a subtle over-the-top pick, Kane after the point to carry the defender's powerful head hammer to attack the goal, the ball hit the ground and bounced into the net, Kane still achieved a second degree, Spurs finally 3:2 to suppress the whistle to kill Manchester City, ending Manchester City's 15-round unbeaten run.
In terms of standings, Liverpool received a big gift from Tottenham after winning, and the suspense of the Premier League title was really getting bigger and bigger, and Liverpool narrowed the point difference to only 6 points in the case of one round of less games. Black Horse West Ham United is powerless to beat Newcastle, they will not be able to surpass Manchester United to temporarily return to the top 4, before "let" 4 Arsenal, Tottenham Tottenham today have been chasing forward, Spurs double Manchester City behind Manchester United 4 points, Arsenal is only 1 point difference, 1 goal difference ranked behind West Ham United. Chelsea stopped their slump to win two in a row, they are now on top of Manchester City Liverpool, and the next is a few points ahead of the four groups, and the third position is very solid.
In terms of the top scorer list, Salah once again opened the gap after scoring again, leading teammate Jota by 5 goals to the top of the table. Mane, Dennis scored to catch up with Ronaldo, Son Heung-min and others tied for 4th with 9 goals. After Mahrez scored a penalty shot, 8 goals caught up with B Fee and others just squeezed into the top ten.