In the early morning of April 20, Beijing time, all three teams in the top 5 of the Premier League made their debuts, and the two supplementary matches attracted much attention. The games of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City will directly change the pattern of this season's title race and competition for the fourth place.
In the table, Liverpool temporarily lead Manchester City by two points and rank first, Chelsea are more than 10 points behind the duo, temporarily in third place, while Arsenal are three points behind Tottenham Hotspur in fifth place with one less game.
The first start was the London derby, and Chelsea's clash with Arsenal has a long history and many stories. This time, the Blues are at home and face Arsenal again. In terms of the total value of the two teams, Arsenal is 560 million, and Chelsea is 880 million.
After winning Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi-finals last weekend, Chelsea have won 8 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches in all competitions. Arsenal's recent situation is much more tragic, losing consecutively to Southampton, Brighton and Crystal Palace, while the team has suffered three consecutive defeats, the last five league games have won 1 and lost 4, and they have dropped chains in the key moments of the race for four.
In the London derby, the two teams attacked and defended quite quickly, just 13 minutes into the opening, the inferior Arsenal took the lead, Christensen's return pass was too small, and Nketiah seized the opportunity to complete the goal.
Just seven minutes later, Chelsea equalised, with Cheek assisting Werner after a steal, who scored.
In the 27th minute, Arsenal started passing back-to-back and Saka broke through to Erdegaard, who assisted in a Goal by Smithrough.
In the 31st minute, after a steal from Chelsea, Mount assisted Azpilicueta to equalize again.
In the 57th minute, Chelsea's defence made consecutive mistakes and Nketiah scored another goal to give Arsenal a 3-2 lead.
In the closing stages of the match, Azpilicueta pulled Saka on a penalty. Saka scored in one fell swoop, scoring goals.
In the end, Arsenal beat Chelsea 4-2 away from home, ending a three-game losing streak in the Premier League. After this campaign, Arsenal tied Tottenham Hotspur on points, 3 points ahead of Manchester United, who played one game in multiple matches, and the difficulty of Manchester United to compete for four was further increased.
Let's take a look at Manchester City's game against Brighton. Manchester City, who played at home, finally felt the strong pressure from Liverpool, as Liverpool beat Manchester United 4-0 24 hours ago, the top of the Premier League table changed hands, Liverpool had one more game, temporarily surpassed Manchester City with a 2-point advantage.
Manchester City, with a total value of 1.04 billion, has not been in good shape recently, losing to Liverpool in the SEMI-final of the FA Cup last weekend, a difficult draw with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, a previous league draw with Liverpool, and the Blue Moon, who has not won in three consecutive games, is in desperate need of a victory.
Brighton's recent performance has been impressive, and Brighton, who has basically won the relegation points, has faced Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in two consecutive away games, all of which have won in a cold. You must know that before this, the team has recently drawn 1 draw and 6 losses, and there is no fighting spirit at all.
In the first half, City launched an onslaught and Brighton basically defended with all their might.
However, in the face of dense defense, Manchester City seemed to have no better way, shooting 9-0, Manchester City could not find a good way to break the goal in the half.
In the 53rd minute, after a long attack, the Brighton defence was still lost. De Bruyne delivered assists after a back-to-back dribble, and Mahrez scored to give City a 1-0 lead.
In the 65th minute, City extended their lead and Foden's long-range shot refracted and City took advantage of two goals.
In the 83rd minute, the Brighton goalkeeper made a mistake in passing, De Bruyne assisted and B-slot sealed the win.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Brighton 3-0 at home and overtook Liverpool by one point in 32 matches with Liverpool to regain the top spot in the Premier League table.