By the 35th round of the Premier League, the championship and relegation have come to an end.
Different from last season, this season, due to Manchester United's strength, the defending champion, though ranked second, has also been pulled back by eight points.
In the 35th round, Chelsea are at home against Tottenham. If they lose the game and Manchester United beat Arsenal, the difference between the two teams is more than 11 points, Manchester United will win the championship three times ahead of schedule.
The focus of the two championship games will be held in London. For a time, the whole football world has focused on London.
The first is the London derby between Chelsea and Tottenham. The significance of this battle is not only the derby, but also a glimmer of hope for the title. Tottenham are only three points away from the fourth place Manchester City. If Chelsea win, they can continue to keep the pressure on Manchester United, and if Tottenham win, they will not be left behind by Manchester City.
Derby is undoubtedly the most special, whether for their own interests or damage the interests of opponents, Tottenham have enough motivation to fight for Chelsea, in order to keep the hope of winning the championship and maintain the position of London boss, the two teams in Stamford Bridge for a desperate struggle.
Tottenham away from Sandro in 19 minutes advanced a world wave, but in the first half 45 minutes, Lampard's long-range shot caused Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez to get rid of the ball, the ball rolled from Gomez crotch into the goal, and in the first half, Chelsea equalised.
In the second half, Chelsea continued to besiege, but Tottenham's defense was very stable, and they were unable to break through the gate of Tottenham. When the game was 89 minutes, the fans of Chelsea were desperate. Drogba got rid of the forbidden area and shot. He did not hit the right part in a hurry, but it turned into a pass. Kalou scored the goal from the back post, and the goal was 2 1 to Tottenham.
Manchester United certainly didn't watch the game because in nine hours they will go to the Emirates Stadium to challenge the Gunners.
However, Manchester United heard of the news of the victory of Chelsea. The way the blues won made Manchester United worried. The goal at the end of the first and second half showed that Chelsea had enough toughness, physical fitness and fighting spirit. If they were in such a state in the Champions League, the advantage of one and a half goals would not be safe.
But now it's too late for Manchester United to think about it. They need to focus all their energy on their old rivals Arsenal.
Manchester United and Arsenal have played 211 games in the past, with Arsenal 77-46-88. Since the establishment of the Premier League, there have been 46 battles between the two sides. Arsenal are 11-13-22, with 7-6-6 at home. The two sides nearly four confrontation, Arsenal actually all lost. The Gunners' last victory over Manchester United dates back to November 2008, and then they drew one and lost six in seven games. It is worth mentioning that the last time United beat the Gunners five times in a row was from 1983 to 1985.
Although the strength is dominant and the psychological advantage is not small, they just had a fierce fight with Chelsea in the middle of the week. Although they won the game away from home, they consumed a lot. This game against Arsenal is very risky.
Because of the victory of Chelsea, Manchester United's dream of winning three rounds ahead of time has been dashed, but this game still needs to be won, otherwise Ferguson's plan will not go on.
It's a crucial game when the game comes to a critical period. There are not many Manchester United fans who go to the Emirates Stadium to help. On the contrary, because Arsenal lost the hope of winning the championship, the number of Gunners' fans decreased a lot, which is basically the same as an ordinary League game.
This game, Manchester United do not want to league accident, they sent all the main line-up battle, and no hope of winning Arsenal, in addition to training injured Fabregas also out of the main line-up to meet.
After the start of the game, Arsenal, who played at home, did not regard the game as an unimportant one at all. From the first minute, they launched a full court press against Manchester United.
In the third minute, under the pressure of the opponent, Vidic didn't kick far. Wilshere stopped the ball in the front of the penalty area and shot hard with his left foot. The ball could have gone out of the right post.
In the seventh minute, Clichy's left-wing cross, Walcott high-speed into the penalty area 8 yards shovel shot, but in Ferdinand's defense, Walcott hit the ball high.
Arsenal's two goals inspired the Manchester United players and they felt that they didn't want to let them go.
Sure enough, then Arsenal attack constantly, constantly use the force to speed up the pace of the game, use their physical advantage to suppress Manchester United.
Manchester United didn't prepare for defensive counterattack in this game. They made an attack team, but under the pressure of Arsenal, they were forced to play defensive counterattack.
In the 20th minute of the game, United finally got a chance to shoot. Nani counterattacked straight from the right, Gao Xiaodong burst into the restricted area, passed koscielny and then passed the ball from the bottom. Rooney shot from the middle and was blocked from the bottom line by defender joru.
The game was so difficult that the set piece became an important weapon for Manchester United to score. Scholes took the corner kick and Gao Xiaodong rubbed the ball back before the winter, while Evra's small angle shot at the back hit the side net.However, this was the most threatening attack of united in the first half. Under the strong pressure of Arsenal, United's counterattack was either a pass error or a foul damage by Arsenal, which failed to break the gate of Arsenal.
Arsenal had a big advantage in the first half. In the 32nd minute, Walcott hit the ball from the right and Vidic grabbed van Persie and hit the bottom line with his hand, but the referee didn't find it.
The scene was booed. From the slow motion playback, Vidic held out his hand to block the ball. In the 36th minute, Clichy passed the ball, Ramsey's left foot low shot from 25 yards missed. In the 38th minute, Evra passed the ball and Rooney's long-range shot was blocked out of the bottom line by the defender.
Then Arsenal did not create too many opportunities. At the end of the first half, the two teams drew 0-0.
At the beginning of the second half, Arshavin replaced Nasri and Arsenal continued to strengthen their attack.
Manchester United knew that they were not as fit as Arsenal because they played a game in the middle of the week, so after a 15 minute break, they started to attack after the second half, trying to catch Arsenal unprepared and then defend and counter attack.
Arsenal's players are still relatively young, did not expect the first half of Manchester United will suddenly launch a fierce attack, was really caught off guard.
In the 47th minute, Gao Xiaodong shot with his right foot from 24 yards and the ball was as fast as lightning. Arsenal goalkeeper szexini spared no effort to save the ball.
Two minutes later, Nani cut in quickly and shot from a small angle 6 yards from the left side of the penalty area, but then hit the ball on the side net.
In the 53rd minute, Gao Xiaodong suddenly pulled to the right cross, Hernandez's forward header was a little slow, and the ball was cleared out of the restricted area by the goalkeeper.
Manchester United's attack threat is not small. It makes Arsenal's defence in a hurry. If they insist on it, the young Arsenal will collapse. But at this time, their physical fitness has delayed Manchester United's development. Ten minutes later, their attack slows down and gives Arsenal a chance to breathe.
Seeing Gao Xiaodong hit the bottom line on the flank and was attacked by three Arsenal players, but no Manchester United player took over, and finally had to kick in the defender's leg to get a foul, Ferguson sighed, knowing that he might not be able to win the game.
Sure enough, after the relief, Arsenal continued to press for the whole match, once again suppressing Manchester United in the half court attack.
In the 60th minute, park replaced Scholes. Ferguson strengthened his defense and changed the goal of three points to one point.
Then the game turned into a half court attack and defense, Manchester United defend, Arsenal around Manchester United's half court drill a variety of offensive and defensive routines.
In the 75th minute, Gao Xiaodong's physical strength was exhausted, so he had to buy a small tonic pill to supplement his physical strength. However, Gao Xiaodong could not take Manchester United's attack alone, so he could only involve part of Arsenal's forces to relieve the pressure of the rear.
The last 20 minutes are the most difficult and tense for Manchester United fans this season. They have long given up the idea of getting three points. They only hope that Manchester United can keep their unbeaten record.
However, the draw is also extravagant, without physical fitness, everything else is empty talk, Manchester United insisted on 85 minutes, in the 86th minute, Arsenal midfield song stopped Rooney's pass in the front field and handed it to Wilshere, Wilshere straight forward, van Persie burst into the restricted area right rib to attract defense and then the inverted triangle backhand, young Ramsey shot low from the right foot at 12 yards, van der Sar's response There was no way, the ball rolled into the lower right corner and Arsenal took the lead 1-0.
In addition to stoppage time, Manchester United still have about 10 minutes to recover the defeat. However, Manchester United just went back for three minutes, and then were suppressed by Arsenal. Then when van Persie's volley from the top of the forbidden area turned the score into 2-0, Manchester United could not recover. Finally, they lost to Arsenal 0-2 away, not only losing their unbeaten gold medal, but also being defeated by Chelsea We've got a five point gap.