Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The new season is coming.

Manchester United has been having a rough time recently.

They were eliminated by Manchester City in the FA Cup, they are not doing well in the league, and they were defeated in the Champions League.

In order to prepare for this Champions League, they postponed the match with Manchester City, but now it is all in vain.

What is even more depressing is that Chelsea won this round and surpassed Manchester United by two points to become the second place.

Although they played one more round, the second place is also real.

After the 28th round of the league, Arsenal was far ahead with 68 points, Chelsea ranked second with 58 points, and Manchester United and Manchester City, who played one less round, ranked third and fourth with 56 points and 53 points respectively.

The top four teams are basically clear, but the rankings between the second, third and fourth places still need to be competed for.

In the next round of games, the top four teams all won and continued to move forward together.

Among them, Manchester City defeated Leeds United 2-1 away, kicking it into the abyss of relegation.

In the 30th round of the league, Chelsea and Manchester City both won easily, while Arsenal met Manchester United on a narrow road.

In the end, Arsenal tied Manchester United 1-1 at home and continued to remain unbeaten in the season.

The points gap between Manchester United and Chelsea widened to four points. Even if they can beat Manchester City in the make-up game, they will still be third.

Moreover, Manchester City also won this round of games, and the gap between them and Manchester United was narrowed to one point.

This made Ferguson a little annoyed.

Fortunately, in the 31st round, Chelsea and Manchester United both won the game, while Arsenal and Manchester City drew, which made Manchester United's third place slightly more stable.

In the 32nd round, Arsenal beat Liverpool, Manchester United beat Birmingham, Manchester City beat Wolves, and Chelsea tied with Middlesbrough.

In the 33rd round, Arsenal tied with Newcastle, Manchester United beat Leicester City, Manchester City tied with Tottenham, and Chelsea lost to Aston Villa.

At the end of this round of games, the rankings changed again.

Arsenal ranked first with 77 points, Manchester United ranked second with 69 points, Chelsea ranked third with 68 points, and Manchester City ranked fourth with 64 points.

However, Manchester City and Manchester United played one less game, which still has certain variables.

It is worth mentioning that Liverpool, ranked fifth, now has 51 points. If Manchester City wins the next game, Manchester City will lock in the Champions League qualification!

This can almost be said to be a done deal!

Sure enough, in the 34th round of the game, Manchester City defeated Southampton 3-1 and locked in the top four of the Premier League four rounds in advance!

This result made all Manchester City supporters excited.

They haven't felt the Champions League for too long!

At the post-match press conference, a reporter asked Van Gaal: "Mr. Van Gaal, congratulations on reaching the goal of entering the Champions League! Will you adopt a rotation policy in the next game?"

Van Gaal shook his head: "We have a higher goal, strive for the top three!"

Another reporter asked: "Do you think this goal is promising?"

Van Gaal smiled: "The ball is round!"

After the Manchester City game, Manchester United, which started two hours later, unexpectedly lost to Portsmouth, while Chelsea drew with Everton.

Arsenal won Leeds United 5-0, expanding their lead to 11 points.

In this way, Arsenal almost locked the league championship!

In the 35th round, Arsenal drew with Tottenham away, Manchester United lost 0-1 to Liverpool, Chelsea lost to Newcastle, and Manchester City was tied by Leicester City.

This is interesting.

Arsenal is leading by 12 points. As long as they get one more point, they will firmly lock in the Premier League championship.

Moreover, he is ten goals ahead of Manchester United, and it can be said that he has basically secured the championship.

Manchester United and Chelsea now have 69 points each, while Manchester City has 68 points.

In other words, everyone has the hope of getting second place, and they may also fall to fourth place.

Manchester United and Manchester City will have another direct confrontation, and this game will be decisive!

In the 36th round, Arsenal will face Birmingham at home.

Although Arsenal was in average form in this game, they finally tied their opponents 1-1.

And they have thus secured the Premier League championship this season!

At the moment the game whistle blew, Wenger excitedly raised his hands and applauded the fans at Highbury Stadium.

At this time, he could never have imagined that this would be his last league championship at Arsenal.

The torrent of the times will be accompanied by money, and his suffering will be

The heart was crushed in the dust.

In other matches of this round, Manchester United lost to Blackburn, while Chelsea and Manchester City won one after another, and Manchester United fell directly to fourth place!

With the end of this game, Manchester United suffered a rare three-game losing streak, which surprised many people.

Of course, Manchester United's head coach Ferguson will not be in any crisis of dismissal, but their recent weakness has made everyone think that Manchester United needs to strengthen in the summer.

When the reporter asked the old Sir Alex this question, the old Sir Alex just said coldly: "Sorry, no comment!"

Hearing this, the reporters knew that he would start to spray their players again when he went back.

The reporters expressed sympathy for those big-name players in their hearts.

However, Manchester United's chance to enter the top three is actually still in their own hands.

Because in the 37th round, Manchester United will face Chelsea at home.

As long as Manchester United can win this game, Manchester United can still surpass Chelsea with the advantage of goal difference.

However, our comrade Ranieri used the classic counterattack tactics again, leaving Manchester United somewhat helpless at Old Trafford.

After all, as long as Ranieri doesn't want to win the game, the possibility of him losing is not very high.

They scored a goal by Crespo in the 35th minute of the first half, and maintained the lead until the 80th minute of the game.

Manchester United bombarded Chelsea's goal, but Chelsea's defense was quite solid, and even Van Nistelrooy couldn't take much advantage of the young player Terry.

It was not until the 80th minute that Giggs's cross hit Glen Johnson's arm, which made the referee award Manchester United a penalty.

Van Nistelrooy scored in one fell swoop and equalized the score.

In the end, Chelsea tied Manchester United with a score of 1 to 1, keeping their lead at three points.

On the other hand, Manchester City did not seize the opportunity and was tied by Middlesbrough away.

However, Manchester City played with a rotation lineup in this game, and even Fabregas played in the second half of the game.

It seems that Van Gaal is ready to fight Manchester United in three days!

As long as Manchester United can be defeated in this game, the top three in the league can be locked in advance!

This will also be the last tough battle of Manchester City this season!