30,000 people witnessed 3-0! The top of the Premier League changed hands again, Liverpool became second, and Manchester City's fourth consecutive championship was gone
If you choose the league with the most suspense in the five major leagues, the Premier League is definitely the best, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City coming out of 20 teams to form the Premier League title contender this season. Because the point difference between the three teams is extremely weak, the result of a game often changes the situation of the championship race.
The first game in this round is defending champion Manchester City, and their opponents are relegation team Crystal Palace. Last season, Crystal Palace surprised many fans by beating Manchester City home and away. Manchester City drew 2-2 at home in the first leg of this season's game and still failed to snatch three points from Crystal Palace. Therefore, Liverpool and Arsenal fans are expecting Crystal Palace to stop Manchester City once again and sweep away a title rival for them.
Just three minutes into the game, the deadlock was broken and it was Crystal Palace who scored. Taking advantage of a counter-attacking opportunity, Mateta slotted home to give Palace a 1-0 lead. However, in the 13th minute, the hero of the Manchester City team stood up, De Bruyne played a wonderful world wave in the corner of the penalty area, helping the team to pull the score to 1-1!
In the 66th minute, Manchester City made a comeback when Kevin De Bruyne found Haaland with a cross from inside the box, who easily pushed the empty net and helped the team further extend the score. Four minutes later, it was De Bruyne again, who received a direct volley from Rodri in the penalty area, scoring the 100th goal of Manchester City's career, and also killing the suspense of the game in advance. In the final moments of the game, Edouard scored another goal for Crystal Palace to save some face. In the end, Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 4-2 to remain unbeaten in 24 games in all competitions and continue to follow Liverpool in the table.
And Arsenal, who played next, did not encounter too many obstacles. Away at league giants Brighton, Arsenal played a perfect game in front of more than 30,000 home fans. With goals from Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard, Arsenal beat Brighton 3-0 and took all three points with ease. With this victory, Arsenal also overtook Liverpool with 71 points and returned to the top of the standings, followed by Liverpool with 70 points with a game less, and Manchester City with 70 points temporarily in third place due to goal difference.
With the deepening of the league, the suspense of the Premier League championship will also enter the white heat, I don't know which of these three teams can have the last laugh?