As United struggle for the 6th place, arsenal and Tottenham's battle for the fourth place is entering a white-hot phase.
In today's article, we will mainly talk about the battle between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur!
Arsenal: The squad is arsenal's short board
In the early hours of this morning, Arsenal stubbornly defeated West Ham United away from home, allowing Moyes' side to quietly compete for a Europa League or European Association Cup qualification, but Arsenal also suffered a lot of losses, Saka and fuan Jianyang, who had just returned, were replaced due to injury in this game.
Arteta once went to the United States in the winter window to meet the boss
Although after the game, Arteta claimed that Saka did not have much of a problem, but he also admitted that Saka had suffered some minor injuries before, and Arteta also said that Saka was too tired.
Yes, the 20-year-old England international has played in 39 games this season, including 36 starts, although not the season he has played the most at Arsenal, but due to the epidemic, Arsenal have still spent a fairly intensive period of time even if they have not played in Europe.
For example, in the past April, Arsenal played a total of 5 Premier League games in about 19 days from 5 April to 23 April, with an average of 3.8 days to play a game, while Saka only played a full 90 minutes in one game!
At the same time, Fuan Jianyang's problem, Arteta thinks he is not in serious trouble, and the injured center-back Ben White still needs further examination.
Fuan Jianyang has just returned and almost encountered injuries
But there is no doubt that Arsenal are showing fatigue, the young Arsenal can recover more quickly physically, but the mental exhaustion is also worth noting.
For example, before Arsenal's away win over Chelsea, Arsenal had been defeated by Crystal Palace, Brighton and Southampton, three middle Premier League teams, and if there were 9 points, the Premier League would have lost Itsting Points for the fourth time, and even Arsenal could reverse Chelsea and stand in the 3rd position.
The good news is that Arsenal have the next week to relax and not rush to deal with the final 4 rounds.
But in any case, Arsenal, with only 20 first-team players, is not easy, such as Tierney and Thomas are still unable to play, of course, not only injury problems, but also other more complicated situations, how to rotate players.
Tavares played all over the field in a row
After Arsenal full-back Tierney was injured, this season's reintroductional youngster Tavarez started consecutive games and played all over the field, and although Arsenal have won three consecutive games against strong opponents, arsenal fans are still terrified.
It's not that Tavares is too good, it's that the opponents are too bad in these three games!
This season, Arsenal have only had three players playing left-back in the Premier League, of which Tierney is a well-deserved main player, Tavares has been more of a substitute before, and Xhaka has made a cameo appearance in this position.
But at the moment Tierney is injured, Thomas is also injured, Xhaka is basically locked in the midfield position, Tavares is not even easy to find a substitute, maybe Cedric can play this position, but Arteta still has no such move at the moment, maybe it illustrates some problems.
Lacazette has only come on as a substitute once in his last four games
There are also problems with the front, with Lacazette's contract negotiations with Arsenal still not progressing, and recently due to coronavirus positive problems, he only played in injury time in Arsenal's game against Chelsea, and the rest of the matches were started by the younger Nketiah.
However, the bad thing is that Nketiya is also about to expire his contract with Arsenal, although he has performed well recently, but it should be noted that the last 4 Premier League games are Nketiah's only four Premier League games this season, and whether his performance can continue after the opponent has studied it thoroughly is the direction that Arteta needs to consider!
Arsenal are still 2 points ahead of Tottenham, but that advantage could easily be reversed, especially as the two teams also have to play a London derby in New White Hart Lane! Arsenal, which has a rather weak squad, may suffer a big loss because of the transfer strategy in the winter window.
However, Arsenal still have the advantage in the schedule, after all, in the last few matches, Arsenal's opponents are weaker.
Tottenham Hotspur: Sun Kai is getting better!
When Arsenal suffered a three-game defeat, Conte led Tottenham Hotspur to collect points and overtake Arsenal, but when Arsenal returned, Spurs were defeated by Brighton and forced to draw by Brentford.
Son Heung-min is in great form this season
However, in yesterday's match, Spurs beat Leicester City 3:1, and Son Xingyu's two passes and one shot helped Spurs get back on track, which made the competition between the two sides into a white-hot.
Compared to Arsenal, Tottenham's current squad is more organized, of course, there are four injuries: this season's main midfielder Skip, Reguilon, Tanganga, mostly midfielders.
However, Kulusevsky and Bentankur, who joined in the winter window, brought Conte a lot of help.
At present, Son Heung-min is the second highest in the Premier League top scorer list with 19 goals, and as long as he and Kane complete the connection, even a team like Manchester City is difficult to overcome, which is the biggest winner and loser of Conte and Tottenham.
Tottenham Hotspur fixtures
Compared to Arsenal, Tottenham's squad is not a problem, the main problem is the gap between the two points and the need to play a game with Liverpool next weekend.
You know, this season's Liverpool are hard to find a defeat at home in the Premier League! And now it's a crucial moment for Liverpool and Manchester City to chase the Premier League title, and the chances of Spurs trying to score points away from home are low!
Once they lose this game, Spurs will at least have to beat Arsenal in the London derby, and it is not impossible for Arsenal to concede two more points, because Arsenal will have to face Newcastle after 2022 after 2022 in the 37th round (losing to Liverpool)!
As long as they can tie the score, Tottenham's chances will be greater, because in terms of goal difference, Spurs still have a certain advantage!
Conclusion: Arsenal are still in the lead, but both sides have a chance to get in!
Judging from the past schedule of the season, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have their own faults, neither team is in perfect form, and making mistakes is a common thing, so it is difficult to judge who can enter next season's Champions League until the lead reaches about 6 points.
But if you say, Chatball Jun is more looking forward to who will play the Champions League, Chatball Jun is still biased towards Arsenal, the main reason is that Arsenal let go of a large number of people in the winter window, but did not introduce a player, which is undoubtedly a big move, Chatball Jun believes that Arsenal's summer window this year's reinforcements will not be less than last season's more than 100 million euros!
As for Tottenham, there is more debt, and Whether Levy has the confidence to keep Kane and Conte, I am afraid it will take a lot of energy, and the reinforcement side may face a similar situation in the winter window: being cut off by various things.