In the early morning of May 15, Beijing time, in the 34th round of the English Premier League, after Manchester City defeated Tottenham 2-0 away, it not only surpassed Arsenal by 2 points to reach the top of the table, but also assisted Villa to lock the top four in one round in advance, and also announced that Tottenham Hotspur officially missed the Champions League next season.
Before the game, Manchester City accumulated 85 points and one round less to temporarily rank second, only 1 point behind Arsenal at the top of the table, Tottenham Hotspur accumulated 63 points and one round less to temporarily rank fifth, 5 points behind Villa, who ranked fourth, both teams have only two rounds of league games left, so the result of this game will affect Arsenal, Manchester City, Villa, Tottenham 4 teams, especially Villa and Tottenham.
Previously, Arsenal, Manchester City, and Liverpool locked the top four in advance, plus the Premier League did not have an additional Champions League place next season, so only one last qualification remained, and Tottenham Hotspur gradually drifted away from the race for four due to the previous wave of four consecutive defeats.
Tottenham had no way back from hosting defending champions Manchester City this time, although they have won all of their home games against Pep Guardiola's side in the past four seasons, and now this psychological advantage has been wiped out, and finally the home team has fallen, and there is no chance to continue to play the role of Manchester City's number one sufferer.
With Tottenham's loss, the suspense of the Premier League four this season is over, and Villa only has one round to lead by 5 points, locking up fourth in advance, and catching the last train for Premier League teams to qualify for next season's Champions League, which is also Villa's return to the Champions League after 41 years.
In addition, Tottenham also missed the Champions League next season one round ahead of schedule and can only participate in the Europa League.
In addition to the fight for the fourth, the title situation is basically clear, Manchester City has 88 points to overtake Arsenal, leading the standings with a two-point advantage, and the championship suspense will be revealed in the final round. According to statistics, this is the 10th time in the history of the Premier League that there has been a last-round title race, and in the first nine times, the leading teams have won all of them, the last four of which have been done by Manchester City.
According to the schedule, Manchester City played at home against West Ham in the last round, Arsenal also played at home against Everton, Guardiola's team only needs to win to ensure the title, achieve an unprecedented 4 consecutive titles in the Premier League, and will also become the first team in the history of the English professional league to do it, Arsenal can only "sit and wait for a miracle", while winning themselves, hope that West Ham United can stop Manchester City.