As Southampton defeated Reading 7-0 away from home, Manchester United lost 1-2 at home to Manchester City.
The points gap between the two teams quickly shortened to five points.
As for Manchester City, although they won Manchester United, compared with the top two teams in the league standings, the gap is still too far.
When BBC TV's Daily Match analyzed the league situation after this round, the guests almost all held their own opinions.
Charlene Lahiri and Alan Shearer are unswervingly supporting Southampton and believe that Ferguson will be difficult to solve Manchester United's biggest bottleneck, especially when every Premier League team has figured out Manchester United's tactics.
Although Alan Hansen does not have a good relationship with Ferguson, this time he believes that Manchester United is likely to win the championship.
As for Southampton, if you want to win the championship, come back next season This controversy in Match of the Day also extended to the pages of major newspapers in the UK and Europe the next day.
The fierce competition in the Premier League has attracted the attention of all fans around the world.
Whether Southampton can achieve the great feat of counterattack is also concerned by countless fans.
Coincidentally, Atletico Madrid's performance in La Liga this season is also quite eye-catching.
Entering the final stage of the league, the Shelters still firmly controls the league leader's position.
Although the lead is not obvious, being chased by Barcelona, and may be pulled down at any time, this is undoubtedly the greatest achievement for La Liga fans.
After all, for the past decade, the league title has always been between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Now, Atletico Madrid is finally making a strong comeback Dark horse teams have appeared in both the Premier League and La Liga, which immediately injected a new blood into football fans around the world.
Countless fans are scrambling to pay attention to these two teams and the two major leagues.
Especially in the Premier League, Southampton's positive momentum in the past two seasons, coupled with its record of defeating many wealthy teams and winning the championship in the International Champions Cup, has made fans around the world talk about this team and send their best wishes.
High hopes.
Now, the Saints are doing amazing things It would be even more ideal if the reversal could be completed After defeating Reading, Southampton ushered in the quarter-finals of the Europa League against Lazio.
As a guest in Italy, Southampton relied on Vidal's key goal to beat Lazio 1-0 away from home.
It was Drogba who assisted Vidal.
The Ivorian was always going strong.
He grabbed the spot in the penalty area and passed the header to Vidal, assisting the Chilean midfielder to score the key goal.
Then came the FA Cup semi-finals, Southampton's opponent was Wigan Athletic.
Although Southampton did not try their best, two goals from Hazard and Sturridge still ensured that Southampton defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 at home and successfully reached the final.
In another arena, Chelsea faced Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.
In the end, Benitez's team relied on the advantage of home court to defeat Manchester City 2-1 and successfully reached the final.
When Southampton competed in the FA Cup, Manchester United, which had been eliminated early, defeated Stoke City 2-0 on the road with goals from Robin van Persie and Michael Carrick.
But this game was very controversial, because after Manchester United took the lead in the fourth minute through Carrick, the scene has been very passive, and Stoke City played vigorously and looked very threatening.
But at the critical moment, the referee gave Manchester United a penalty kick, and Van Persie made the penalty kick.
In the end, Manchester United won 2-0.
Because Southampton participated in the FA Cup and missed one game, Manchester United successfully expanded their points to eight points.
Three days later, Southampton hosted Lazio at home.
Although Manchester United won, expanding their lead and putting a lot of pressure on Southampton, goals from Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale ultimately helped Southampton defeat visiting Lazio 2-0 at home. .
After the two rounds, Southampton eliminated Lazio with a total score of 3-0 and reached the semi-finals.
After the draw, Southampton’s opponent in the semi-finals was Benfica, the strong team of the Portuguese Super League.
After returning to the Premier League, Southampton ushered in the thirty-fourth round and challenged Swansea away from home.
Laudrup's team has played quite amazingly this season, continuing Swansea's beautiful football style in the past, which has made fans talk about it, especially the Spanish midfielder Michu, who has become the best player in the Premier League.
The most amazing scorer.
Southampton challenged Swansea away from home, and everyone in the Saints did not dare to be careless.
In fact, the game was also very hard.
It wasn't until the 76th minute of the second half that Southampton's left-back David Alaba scored a crucial goal, and the assist was center Ibrahimovic.
After that, Southampton continued to threaten Swansea, but Laudrup did not dare to lose and was determined to counterattack.
But in the 81st minute, Hazard's key goal from the substitute finally forced Swansea to accept the defeat.
Southampton finally escaped from the away game with the help of David Alaba and Hazard.
But this battle was extremely difficult.
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Laudrup's team could be said to be proud of the defeat.
At the same time, Manchester United was not idle.
With Robin van Persie's hat trick, they defeated the visiting Aston Villa 3-0 at Old Trafford.
They scored three points again and continued to maintain an eight-point advantage. .
But in the middle of the week, Southampton ushered in a make-up game.
Sitting at St.
Mary's Stadium, relying on goals from Ibrahimovic and Vidal, they defeated Allardyce's West Ham United 2-0, narrowing the gap again.
Points difference.
With four games left in the league, Manchester United is still five points ahead of Southampton.
Facing such a fierce championship battle, the entire UK felt a tense atmosphere.
It seemed that everyone was tense, nervous, anxious and uneasy with Manchester United and Southampton.
This atmosphere even continued to the Premier League Chairman's Summit.
As the owner of a Premier League team, he will naturally not engage in tit-for-tat or even fight like ordinary fans.
Even if it is a rival team like Arsenal and Chelsea, or Manchester United and Manchester City, when the boss meets face to face, everyone still smiles and greets each other and respects each other.
After all, the identity and status are there.
It would be a bit inappropriate to be like ordinary fans.
But even so, because the competition for the league championship, the competition for Champions League qualification, and even the competition for the three relegation places have completely heated up, the atmosphere at the Premier League Chairman's Summit is still a bit tense.
Fortunately, this time there was no big topic at the Premier League Chairman's Summit.
The Premier League CEO Scudmore stood up and introduced some of the Premier League's situation, problems encountered, etc.
Among them, Scudmore focused on Liverpool forward Suarez.
The Uruguayan forward bit Chelsea defender Ivanovic for some unknown reason during Liverpool's match against Chelsea in the just-concluded round 34.
Although it escaped the referee's eyes at the time, it did not escape the omnipotent media and live broadcast cameras.
Regarding Suarez's extremely bad behavior, the Football Association has spoken harshly and will definitely impose additional penalties.
Even the Premier League criticized him by name at the Chairman's Summit.
It can be seen that this time, the Football Association and the Premier League have the idea of cleaning up the atmosphere of the Premier League, wielding a big stick in their hands, and want to teach Suarez a lesson.
According to initial estimates from outside media, at least ten games will start.
Thirty-eight games in a season and a ten-game suspension are undoubtedly quite serious.
If the FA were more cruel, I'm afraid The media also dug up explosive news, that is, once the suspension time is too long, Suarez is likely to transfer and leave the Premier League at the end of the season to avoid suspension fines from the Football Association.
In addition, the possibility of Liverpool participating in the Champions League next season is gone.
Suarez is eager to participate in the Champions League and prove his strength, which also makes him likely to transfer to a team that can participate in the Champions League this summer.
The really interesting scene of this Premier League President’s Summit happened after the meeting ended.
When Scudmore announced the meeting was over, Abramovich left his seat first, taking Chelsea CEO Granovskia with him, and walked towards Liverpool owner John Henry.
"What's going on?"
Yang Huan turned around and asked Peter Kenyon.
The bald man immediately came forward and said, "I guess Chelsea wants to poach Suarez."
When Yang Huan heard this, he immediately felt funny.
Damn it, isn't this a trick deliberately planned by Abramovich?
Suarez just bit your player during the match against Chelsea, and he had to face a heavy fine and a long-term ban, but you turned around and went to poach Suarez.
Isn’t this the favorite fodder of conspiracy theorists?
Just when Yang Huan was smiling, Peter Kenyon gently reminded Yang Huan again.
Looking at Peter Kenyon's eyes, I found that Arsenal's general manager Gazidis also walked towards John Henry and Ian Ayre.
Could it be that Arsenal is also interested in Suarez?
Yang Huan looked at Peter Kenyon, who nodded heavily.
It was very likely that Chelsea spent a huge sum of money to introduce Torres from Liverpool, but the Spanish forward turned out to be an out-and-out parallel import.
Not to mention his poor performance, he also occupied a considerable amount of the team's salary space.
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As for Demba Ba, who was introduced to Newcastle during the winter break, everyone knows that this guy is fine as a substitute, but if he really wants to support Chelsea's front line by himself, he is not qualified.
For a team like Chelsea that aspires to the Champions League, the front line must at least be a first-class scorer.
Looking at the entire European football world, the most likely and safest target is naturally Suarez.
After all, the Uruguayan forward has no problem adapting to the Premier League.
Moreover, Suarez's technical characteristics are so comprehensive and his tactical adaptability is better than that of Torres, so he is worth buying.
As for Arsenal, the striker has always been an old problem.
Strictly speaking, the Gunners' front line has not been easy since Robin van Persie switched to Manchester United.
In addition, Wenger now has money in his hands and his back is tight.
The competition for the top four in the league this season is so fierce that the Gunners have to increase investment in signings and strengthen their own strength.
Otherwise, if the strength of other teams improves, Arsenal will be hopeless in the Champions League.
It has to be said that this is also the butterfly effect brought about by the rise of Southampton.
After all, there are only four teams in the Champions League.
If Southampton grabs a spot, other teams will lose one chance.
Yang Huan sat in his seat and looked at the group of people not far away at leisure, obviously trying to understand the situation.
However, both John Henry and Ian Ayre kept shaking their heads, as if to say, Suarez is not for sale.
But these words are so pale and feeble.
Liverpool has no hope of winning the Champions League.
Suarez is very determined to transfer.
In addition, Suarez's contract terms include a termination clause of 40 million pounds.
Teams that can afford this money will naturally take action.
Yang Huan thought of this, and Huo Ran also stood up.
"Come on, Peter, let's go and join in the fun."
After saying that, he strode towards the crowd
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