The Premier League's big reversal in the fight for a European place: Chelsea hold the initiative in the fight for 6 Manchester United win is still out of play

Wisdom Football

2024-05-16 09:09Posted in Zhejiang Sports Creators

In the early morning of May 16, Beijing time, in the 34th round of the English Premier League, two stoppage times, three teams competing for European places killed each other, as a result, Chelsea won 2-1 away from Brighton, and Manchester United defeated Newcastle 3-2 at home, ending two consecutive defeats in the league.

Now that the Premier League has missed all the games, everyone is left with only the final game, at 23 o'clock in the evening of May 19, Beijing time, 10 Premier League final games at the same time started at the same time. After 37 rounds of Premier League matches, the race for European places has changed. Chelsea's win and Manchester United's thusmant Newcastle changed the Premier League's sixth-best finish in sixth place with 60 points, firmly holding the initiative in the race for sixth, and as long as the Blues press Bournemouth at home in the final game, they can lock up sixth and secure a Europa League spot. Although Manchester United beat Newcastle, the two teams are tied on 57 points, 3 points less than Chelsea, but Manchester United is the only team in the top eight teams in the Premier League with a negative goal difference, a full 18 less goal difference for Newcastle, so as long as Newcastle defeats the desperate Brentford away in the final game can lock up seventh and get a place in the Europa League, and Chelsea needs to finish the game without a win in the sixth. Therefore, Manchester United won a European place from the Premier League, and can only expect Chelsea and Newcastle to lose, and still have no initiative.

Manchester United is basically betting on the FA Cup final (the FA Cup winner gets a Europa League place) and beat Manchester City, although the Red Devils are not as strong as the Blue Moon Army, but the Cup is decided to win or lose, and the Red Devils still have a little bit of life. If United do not qualify for the Champions League next season, Ten Hag's position will be in jeopardy.

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