In the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, the 37th round of the 2021-22 Premier League season was played first, in order to give way to the FA Cup final, a focus showdown in the 37th round was played at Old Trafford today, manchester United home against Chelsea. After 90 minutes of fighting, United drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea.
Manchester United had previously fought for four key moments, the first four rounds of helplessly lost 3 games, which made it very difficult for them to fight for the fourth, today against Chelsea, if they have not yet won, it is basically a theoretical hope. After the opening, Chelsea had the upper hand, and only a corner kick on the United side created a chance, and Ronaldo's small-angle upside-down golden hook shot was deflected out of the left side of the penalty area. In the 28th minute, Kante burst in with the ball in the middle of the road, Havrtz inserted into the box and pushed hard, and goalkeeper De Gea bravely blocked the ball. After more than 50 minutes of difficult defense, Manchester United still lost, in the 59th minute, James on the right side of the penalty area on the top of the cross, Havertz small penalty area forward header ferry, the back point of the undefended Alonso to meet the ball volley, the ball into the net, Chelsea 1:0 to break the deadlock.
Just 2 minutes later, Manchester United counterattacked on the right side of the field, Matic was blocked, and then he followed up with a counterattack and then loved you to hold the ball, after adjusting a step forward, Matic exquisitely over the top pick pass, C Ronaldo inserted the ball very deftly in time, followed by the volley in one go, the ball was also straight into the net, Manchester United 1:1 quick equalizer. In the 78th minute, Ronaldo took the ball on the right and forced it into the right side of the penalty area to shoot from a small angle, and goalkeeper Mendy struggled to save the ball.
In the 80th minute, Manchester United was almost killed, Kante broke the ball on the left side of the field to send a precise oblique plug, Mount inserted the penalty point in front of the heel exquisite return, James followed up to meet the ball with a strong left foot shot, BOOM, the ball was blocked by the far post, Manchester United escaped the disaster. In the 87th minute, Rudiger prevented United from quickly counter-attacking and received a yellow card, and a minute later he raised his foot too high on the defensive end and kicked at Elaanga's head, and referee Dean did not give Rudiger a second yellow card. Neither side scored in three minutes of stoppage time, culminating in a 1-1 home draw with Chelsea.
In the standings, the situation between Manchester City and Liverpool's one-point difference has not changed, Chelsea failed to win consecutively today, but they are as many as 8 points higher than Tottenham, and the fight for four is still very stable. Manchester United's side drew with Chelsea, only 1 point in the last 3 rounds, 5 points behind Arsenal in the case of more than 2 rounds, and only 3 rounds left in the Manchester league schedule. Manchester United's last 3 opponents are Brentford, Brighton Hove and Crystal Palace, first of all Manchester United to ensure that they will not drop the chain to win 3 consecutive wins, while also hoping that Arsenal's last 5 games can only be 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses (or worse than this), Arsenal's last 5 opponents are West Ham United, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle and Everton, Arsenal's chances of winning Leeds United and Everton at home are still very high.
In terms of top scorers, Salah's 22 goals are still at the top of the list, and C Ronaldo caught up with Son Heung-min after scoring an equalizer today, and the two were tied for second place with 17 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo is five goals behind Salah, and with only three rounds left, he still has a chance to catch up with him to maintain the good form of the recent consecutive goals.