In the early morning of April 9, Beijing time, the 32nd round of the 2021-22 Premier League season began, and today took the lead in a game of contention, Newcastle sat at St James's Park against Wolves. After 90 minutes of fighting, Newcastle beat Wolves 1-0 at home.
Newcastle's previous wave of 6 wins, 1 draw and 7 rounds of unbeaten run allowed them to escape from the relegation zone, but the recent poor schedule suffered 3 consecutive defeats after the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the last round, and Wolves narrowed the point difference with Manchester United to only 2 points after a wave of 4 rounds and 3 wins some time ago, seeing a glimmer of hope for European qualification. After the opening, Newcastle fought fiercely, and in less than a minute, Newcastle counter-attacked with a broken ball in front of the field, and Saint-Maximan's powerful shot in front of the arc of the penalty area was blocked. In the 11th minute, Newcastle suffered an injury attack, Fraser left the field injured and Almiron came on as a substitute. Almiron had a good chance shortly after he came on the pitch, he stepped in on the right to unload the ball for a half-knife chance, but he swung past the defender and hit the goal high over the crossbar.
A minute later, Newcastle was still attacking on the right, Kraft inserted a small angle in the back row and was blocked by the goalkeeper, in the melee in front of the goal, Wood fell to the ground and swept the ball into the net, and then VAR ruled that the ball was offside in the first goal. In the 51st minute, Newcastle launched an attack with a long pass from the top of the field, Wood grabbed a nod and gavel at the top of the arc of the Wood penalty area, and Bourne, who followed up in the back row, swept in front of the two defenders, and goalkeeper Jozesa struggled to save the ball.
In the 63rd minute, Newcastle counter-attacked quickly, Longstaff crossed from the right, and Saint-Maximan's small penalty area turned around and fired a powerful shot, which was not pressed well and directly hit the plane to miss the opportunity. 6 minutes later Wolves made a mistake in front of the field, Newcastle broke the ball and quickly counterattacked, if Erinton sent a scalpel-style straight plug, Wood successfully entered the penalty area and single-handedly passed goalkeeper Josésa, who pounced on Wood, referee Banks decisively blew a penalty, VAR confirmed and upheld the original judgment, Wood personally handled the penalty in one fell swoop, and Newcastle broke the deadlock 1:0. Wolves then had a chance to equalise, Silva's shot into the corner was saved by goalkeeper Dubravka, and Newcastle won 1-0 at home to Wolves, ending a three-game losing streak.
In terms of the standings, the one-point difference between Manchester City and Liverpool has a fierce championship competition, and this round of Manchester City's home match with Liverpool may also be the final decision to belong to the championship. In the scramble for the fourth, Tottenham, Arsenal are slightly ahead, and Manchester United are three points behind in 7th. Wolves had a chance to overtake Manchester United today, but they were unable to win back-to-back, and after being killed, they still trailed Manchester United by two points and ranked 8th. After ending a three-game losing streak, Newcastle's side moved up to 14th, 10 points higher than the relegation zone, and the relegation situation is very good.
In terms of top scorers, Salah is at the top of the list with 20 goals, Jota, Son Heung-min are tied for 2nd place with 14 goals, and Ronaldo, Mane and Kane are tied for 4th with 12 goals. De Bruyne, Sterling, Mahrez and others are just in the top ten with 10 goals.