Highlights of the Premier League's closing day: Manchester City, Arsenal compete for the title, and Klopp ushers in a farewell moment

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2024-05-19 15:50Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

The 2023-2024 season has produced four of the top five league titles, and now only the suspense of the Premier League title has not yet been revealed.

At 23:00 on May 19, the 38th round of the Premier League will start at the same time, who can win the championship? Who is going to Europe? And who will say goodbye to the Premier League? Let's witness it together tonight.

Round 38 matchups:

Round 38 pre-match standings:

(1) Contest

In a long season, the championship is determined by the number of points, and it is not easy to keep the suspense of the championship until the last round.

The Premier League is known as the "world's number one league", the main reason is not that their champions are necessarily stronger than the champions of other major leagues, but that their competitive atmosphere is far more brutal and fierce than the rest of the major leagues.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for the Premier League to decide the title in the final round.

Without going into detail about the classic images from past seasons, let's focus on tonight's title race.

Manchester City, 88 points, goal difference 60.

Arsenal, 86 points, goal difference 61.

Tonight, Manchester City host West Ham United and Arsenal host Everton.

In terms of strength, there is basically no suspense for Manchester City and Arsenal to win. But this is the final round after all, and it is necessary to take all the situations into account.

If Manchester City wins, Arsenal's result doesn't matter anymore.

If City draw or lose, Arsenal win to win the title.

Manchester City loses, Arsenal wins, then Arsenal wins, this is easier to understand.

Manchester City draws, Arsenal wins, or Arsenal wins, this is because now Arsenal has more goal difference than Manchester City, as long as Manchester City does not win, their goal difference will not be able to surpass Arsenal.

So when the two teams have the same number of points, it must be Arsenal who win the championship.

Whether tonight's title plot will be exciting mainly depends on whether Manchester City will be "winless". Friends who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, cheer on Moyes and the Hammers he coaches!

(2) Fight for five, fight for six

Isn't it "fighting for four"? How did it change to "fight for five and six"?

Because there is no need to fight for the "four", with Villa locking the top four in advance, the Premier League BIG4 for next season's Champions League has also been determined in advance.

Originally, the Premier League had a chance to get five Champions League places next season, but those two extra rewards ended up in the hands of the Bundesliga and Serie A, and the fifth place in the Premier League can only play in the Europa League next season.

But then again, although the Champions League quota has been confirmed, the Europa League quota is still up for grabs. Looking at the teams currently ranked 5th to 8th, it can be said that "either rich or expensive", getting a Europa League seat can still save some face, and it is even more embarrassing if you run to play in the Europa League or have no European games to play.

Tottenham and Chelsea need to fight for fifth place, as only fifth place will secure qualification for next season's Europa League, while a sixth-place finish would require Manchester City to win the FA Cup to extend their Europa League place to sixth place in the Premier League.

Newcastle are hopeless in the race for fifth, but still have a chance to finish sixth, and if they come to sixth and expect Manchester City to win the FA Cup, they will have a good chance of qualifying for the Europa League.

As for Manchester United, they could theoretically have risen to sixth place to ensure their participation in next season's Europa League (FA Cup or sixth in the league), but in practice, Chelsea would need to win Brighton by a dozen or so while Chelsea lose and Newcastle don't win, or ......

Rational analysis, since the final round is basically a strong and weak matchup, and the competition for Europa League qualification will not put too much pressure on the players, if nothing else, the order of 5 to 8 should not change, what do you think?

(3) Downgrade, farewell

The relegation of Burnley and Sheffield United has long been closed. Luton Town still have theoretical hopes of relegation, but in practice it is difficult to pull off a miracle.

Luton Town, who are 18th, are three points behind 17th-placed Nottingham Forest and have a goal difference of 12.

There are still 3 points to chase, and 12 goal difference is too difficult. It would take Burnley six or seven to win against Nottingham Forest and six or seven for Luton Town to win Fulham, which is simply impossible.

The top three in the Championship last season had no choice but to say goodbye to the Premier League and go home as a group.

Another important highlight in the final round was Jurgen Klopp's curtain call at Anfield.

What kind of wonderful pictures will the Red Army soldiers leave behind for this farewell battle? In what way will the fans who came to the scene pay tribute to Uncle Scum?

At 23:00 today, let's pay attention to the end of the Premier League.

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