The 2023/24 Premier League season continues, and the title race for the Premier League this season has entered a white-hot stage, and the title battle between Manchester City and Arsenal has intensified. At 3 o'clock in the morning on May 14, Beijing time, in a match in the 37th round of the English Premier League, Liverpool will challenge Aston Villa away, and the outcome of this game will still affect the two major patterns of the Premier League championship and the fourth.
Liverpool experienced a low period last season, and finally ranked only 5th, missing this season's Champions League, Klopp upgraded the squad in the transfer market, Liverpool soared in the fourth line this season, and won the League Cup, but just when the team was in a critical period of the season, Klopp publicly announced that he would leave Anfield at the end of the season, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, Liverpool for a period of time after that, the players were like chickens, going all out in the game, wanting to win the championship to give Klopp.
But Klopp's tactics are at the cost of consuming the player's energy, in the season into the sprint stage, Liverpool was first blocked by Manchester United in the FA Cup, missed the title, and then Manchester United blocked Liverpool again in the league, Liverpool lost the top position in the Premier League, the Europa League and the league suffered two consecutive defeats at home, and the third line collapsed at the same time, so that Klopp ran out of energy, so far a complete collapse, in the title race by Manchester City and Arsenal to get rid of the gap.
Aston Villa, under Unai Emery, have made a meteoric rise this season, reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, becoming the only Premier League team in the semi-finals of the three major European cups. In the Premier League, Aston Villa beat Tottenham, Manchester United, and Chelsea, the three big BIG6 teams, occupy the top four positions. With four points ahead of Tottenham and just two league games remaining, Aston Villa are one step away from securing Champions League qualification.
Aston Villa's recent form has not been ideal, with a 6-2 aggregate defeat at home and away in the UEFA Europa League and a 6-2 aggregate defeat to miss out on the final. They have suffered three consecutive defeats in all competitions and are winless in the Premier League for the second game in a row. Liverpool ended a two-game winless run in the league after beating Tottenham 4-2 at home in the last round.
Aston Villa have beaten Manchester City and Arsenal at home against BIG6 sides this season, and are unbeaten in two legs against Chelsea, winning one and drawing one. Aston Villa are winless in their last seven meetings with Liverpool, but at home, Aston Villa have beaten Liverpool 7-2 and 5-0, and in the first leg of this season, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3-0 at home.
Aston Villa are currently four points ahead of Tottenham, and only one more win will lock up Champions League qualification in advance, after being eliminated from the UEFA Cup, Emery said in an interview that winning Champions League qualification is the only goal of the season, so Aston Villa has a strong fighting spirit. On the other hand, Liverpool won the last round and locked up the third place in the league two rounds in advance, and there is no motivation for the rest of the games.
The outcome of this round will affect the Premier League's title and four pattern, if Aston Villa can win at home against Liverpool, then Villa will lock the top four in advance, Tottenham is ahead of schedule to miss next season's Champions League, which is a huge blow to the Spurs, next Wednesday morning, Tottenham will play against Manchester City in the make-up match, when Tottenham's morale will fall to the lowest point, Manchester City will be the beneficiary, can end the embarrassing record of 4 consecutive defeats at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and it is a huge blow to Arsenal, There is no way to see sworn rivals Tottenham stop Manchester City.