The final game of the 28th round of the Premier League was Tottenham Hotspur's 5-0 home defeat to Everton, and manager Frank Lampard was also under great pressure, and individual fans were shouting for class, so the subsequent schedule still needed to go all out to grab points. Tottenham's performance this season has not been stable, and the ability to win a big score in this round also shows that the opponent's defense is flawed, and the manager's response has also made Everton fans dissatisfied. After this match, Manchester City ranked first in the Premier League table with 69 points in 28 rounds, and Liverpool ranked second with 63 points in 27 rounds, and Klopp's players still have the advantage of competing for the title.
Chelsea has 53 points in 2 rounds, two rounds less than Manchester City, if the make-up match is completely won, the point gap with Manchester City will be narrowed to 10 points, and there is also the possibility of competing for the title, and Chelsea is currently in third place. Arsenal are fourth with 48 points in 25 rounds, and if they win all three rounds of the playoffs, the points will reach 57 points, while manchester United only accumulates 47 points in the 28 rounds behind them, it can be said that the Gunners can stabilize the team's top four rankings if they win the make-up game, and the unstable Manchester United is very likely to play the Europa League next season.
Sixth-placed West Ham are behind Liverpool in this round and could then fall out of the European zone. Tottenham's recent recovery of form, two consecutive league wins, in addition to a 3-2 away defeat to Manchester City, so the subsequent make-up matches may also be won smoothly, so the Premier League competition will be more intense. Manchester United derby loss to Manchester City is indeed a morale impact, C Ronaldo this scapegoat due to injury suspension also avoided being questioned more, but even so, many people still think that C Ronaldo still needs to consider the next stop, because Manchester United is not recognized, the current Red Devils do have too many problems to solve, not individual players can turn things around.
Manchester City's 4-1 Manchester United match reflects the stability of the team, of which De Bruyne is the most critical, because he staged a good play of the second time, Manchester United can only accept a fiasco without C Ronaldo, after the game Manchester United team really need to reflect on it. Other strong teams have also won this round, including Chelsea's 4-0 Burnley offensive end, and Liverpool's 1-0 West Ham have also indirectly helped strong teams such as Manchester United in the fourth battle, because West Ham is indeed the closest mid-range team to the top four this season. Arsenal's 3-2 away win for Watford also exposed some problems, and if the problems of the defensive line are not solved, the Gunners may lose points in the following games.
Originally, everyone thought that the Manchester City derby would be extremely fierce, because Manchester United was capable of scoring points, but in fact it was one-sided. Because City scored in the opening four minutes and De Bruyne scored a good second, the Belgian is indeed the needle in Manchester City's strong dialogue this season, because winning Chelsea before is also the only goal he scored. United's defence in this game does have a lot of holes, so it is really difficult to defend the top four positions.
Looking back at Manchester City's strong dialogue games this season, De Bruyne has performed well, and his growing keyness is also confirmed. This season, Manchester City's 1-0 home to Chelsea was the result of De Bruyne's sudden cold shot in the second half, and the most stable goalkeeper in football today is helpless. City's 2-1 Arsenal penalty De Bruyne was also involved, he split the ball to Cancello, and then his teammates cooperated and passed to Bernardo to create a penalty, and Mahrez hit the penalty. The goal against the score was also De Bruyne's goal of creating opportunities for Cancello and Rodri, the former being blocked out and the latter scoring the goal of the counter-score. City lost 3-2 to Tottenham, the second goal was also De Bruyne's pass to Bernardo, who passed the opponent's handball, the team hit a penalty to equalize the score, if it were not for the subsequent defensive instability caused by the goal conceded, Manchester City could still get a draw in the predicament.
De Bruyne received Bernardo's pass in the opening four minutes of the game and shot directly at the deadlock, such a fast goal also plunged United into chaos, and the pre-deployment was also affected. United players then used fouls to limit city players, which is also the case for opponents, because City can play counter-attacks more quickly, and Braune threatened the goal again with a counterattack shortly after scoring, only this time Maguire made a contribution. Manchester United equalized by personal ability, it is undeniable that Sancho is really integrated into the team, and the efficiency of the offensive end is constantly improving, but he is not the kind of player who turns things around, and the holes in the defensive line also increase the overall defensive pressure of the team, so there are not many excellent offensive opportunities.
United were still thankful for their equaliser, and seven minutes later De Bruyne put their opponents behind again. At that time, Foden formed a breakthrough and completed the goal after picking the ball, the Manchester United goalkeeper saved the ball, Gralich completed the supplementary shot and was blocked again, and De Bruyne made up for the success again during the critical period. At that time, United defended with their eyes, so the opponent could complete three shots in front of goal, and De Gea was indeed wronged.
De Bruyne's set-pieces in the second half were also threatening, and De Gea also made a world-class save, otherwise the team would have been pulled a big point gap by the opponent earlier. Maguire also received a yellow card for bringing down De Bruyne, all of which showed that United were passive in the second half. Jesse Lingard conceded a goal four minutes after coming on as a bench for the Wizards, this time a corner kick opportunity, and Mahrez made a contribution. At the end of the game, the big man scored twice, and United's defense was indeed extremely bad, because this opportunity was an attacking opportunity after stealing.
United's missing players in this game are Cristiano Ronaldo, Varane and Luke Shaw. Manchester City's personnel is an absolute advantage, derby against Sterling, Jesus, Zinchenko, Fernandinho and other players did not appear, the substitute player is Jindogan, Guardiola is also for the next game. United's players who did not play were Bailey, Jones, Dalot, Mata and Nemanja Matic, and the players who came off the bench were Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford. The gap between the two teams is still very obvious, followed by the Champions League, Liverpool will meet The National Milan at home in the early morning of Wednesday, manchester City will play the Champions League home game against Portugal Sport in the early morning of Thursday, this opponent should be very easy to win, because although this team is unbeaten in the last three games, it can be seen from the first leg of the competition that the team's strength is not good, and the second leg of the away game is indeed unable to score points on Manchester City.
Manchester United will be at home to Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend, and the Devils fixture schedule will continue to test Manchester United's defensive line, because there is a Second Leg of the Champions League against Atletico Next week, the Red Devils must stay in the Champions League matches, so facing Tottenham Hotspur need to attack and defend at the same time, otherwise it is inevitable to repeat Everton's mistakes.