In the early morning of May 21, 2023, Beijing time, the penultimate round of the 2022-23 season of the Premier League began to compete. Six games were held last night and this morning. After some fierce competition, the teams finally achieved different results. Among them, Tottenham lost 1-3 at home to brentford, Crystal Palace drew 2-2 away to Fulham, Liverpool drew 1-1 at home to Aston Villa, Manchester United beat Bournemouth 1-0 away, Wolves drew 1-1 at home to Everton, and Arsenal lost 0-1 away to Nottingham Forest. These games are very exciting, and every team is trying their best to win. Although some teams performed well, some teams lost. In a word, this game has brought wonderful football feasts to the fans.
In the Premier League, Arsenal once led Manchester City by eight points, but many fans still think that Manchester City will win the championship, although they need to win two more games. In the last round, after Manchester City beat Everton, Guardiola gestured with the number 2, as if to say that they needed two more games to win the championship. Next, Arsenal’s performance was really disappointing. First of all, they were defeated by Brighton at home, and then in the away game against Nottingham Forest, they gave their opponents a chance to avoid relegation and let Manchester City win the championship ahead of time. In the 18th minute of the game, Odegard passed the ball back directly to White, which led the opponent to instigate a counterattack and finally scored. Then, Arsenal collapsed completely. Both Jesus and Saca tried to make a penalty, but the referee didn’t make a penalty. Finally, navas tried his best to save the ball in the last 20 seconds of the game, but Arsenal still suffered a two-game losing streak of 0-1 away.
Liverpool performed quite well in the last four stages. They won seven games in a row and were unbeaten in nine rounds, which once filled the fans with expectations. However, just like when they competed with Manchester City for the title, stability still seems to be their shortcoming. In today’s home game against Villa, although Liverpool once tried to catch up, they could only accept the result of a draw. In the 19th minute of the game, Liverpool made a mistake in defence. konate fouled Villa and gave him a penalty. Fortunately, Watkins’ attack missed the doorframe and Liverpool escaped. However, Liverpool’s defence didn’t learn from this mistake, and only seven minutes later, they had a loophole again. Villa made many crosses in the frontcourt, and finally Luis’ oblique cross found Ramz who was unguarded. He volleyed the goal and opened the scoring for Villa. Although Liverpool kept fighting back and had some chances in the subsequent games, they failed to score goals. Until the 89th minute of the game, Liverpool passed the ball to the right continuously, and Salah broke into the restricted area with the ball. He passed the ball to the goal with the instep of his left foot, and firmino, who came off the bench, successfully volleyed it and pulled back a city for Liverpool.
At the same time that Liverpool lost, Manchester United played against Bournemouth, who had no desire for anything, and scored in just eight minutes. Eriksson picked the ball accurately on the left side of the top of the restricted area, Bournemouth’s defence made a mistake, and Senesi picked the ball between them, which was like a gift for casemiro. Casemiro took the ball and easily swept it into the net. Manchester United controlled the game with a dream start of 1-0. Although Manchester United didn’t rewrite the score again, they kept it steady until the 83rd minute, Bournemouth quickly counterattacked, Moore got a good chance to go to the right side of the penalty area and tried to push the far corner, but Degea bravely saved the goal. Manchester United successfully held on to Bournemouth’s threatening attack and finally got the last laugh with a score of 1-0.
In terms of standings, Manchester City won the championship three rounds ahead of schedule, which is the third consecutive championship and the second dynasty in Premier League history since Ferguson coached Manchester United. They have won five championships in the past six years, which is enough to prove their dominance. In the competition for the fourth place, Manchester United beat Newcastle slightly, although the goal difference was still ranked fourth. Liverpool can’t beat Villa. Although firmino grabbed a point for Liverpool at the last minute, he kept his theoretical hope for the fourth place, but this hope seems very slim. Because Newcastle and Manchester United only need one more point, they can sit firmly in the top four. In terms of relegation, Everton was unable to beat Wolves, while Nottingham Forest succeeded in relegation ahead of schedule after defeating Arsenal. Now only Leicester City, Everton and Leeds United are competing for the last place to avoid relegation. Let’s wait and see.
In the top scorer list, Norwegian player Harland, who is only 20 years old, has done well, and has scored 36 goals so far, leading the top scorer list. And England player Kane is not to be outdone, followed by 28 goals. However, it is very difficult for Kane to catch up with Harland because Tottenham only have the last round left, but he still has a chance to break through the spectacular score of 30+ goals. It is worth mentioning that Salah failed to score today, so he can’t be the fourth player to score 20+ goals this season. Mitrovic, on the other hand, has tied Watkins’ goals after his two goals, and raised the threshold of the top ten shooters to 14 goals.
Thank you for reading. I hope you have some knowledge of the latest Premier League matches. Football matches are always full of fierce competition and unexpected results, which makes people fascinated by the charm of sports. We will continue to provide you with more reports on sports events, so stay tuned.
