Original title: Manchester City “nearly shaved his head” and named Wang Guashuai “ride on a roller coaster” to the top
| Manchester City players celebrate winning the championship / Visual China |
Yesterday, the 2021-2022 Premier League ushered in a thrilling final round of competition. “Leader” Manchester City played against Villa at home, still trailing 0-2 in the 69th minute, but finally staged a shocking 3-2 reversal and won the Premier League championship for the sixth time in team history.
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola went from a helpless face in a desperate situation, to the emotional release of screaming in the sky after overtaking the score, and then to crying with joy at the final whistle, his mental journey was like riding a roller coaster. The Spanish coach has won ten titles in Europe’s top five leagues, including four in the Premier League, three in La Liga and three in the Bundesliga.
All suspense solved
With the final round of the match, the Premier League this season ended. Although Liverpool defeated Wolves 3-1 at home and scored 92 points, they were still runner-up by one point. Chelsea and Tottenham ranked third and fourth respectively. The top four teams will be next season. Compete in the Champions League. Arsenal and Manchester United are in fifth and sixth place and will play in the Europa League. West Ham are seventh and will go to the UEFA Cup.
Leeds United successfully avoided relegation after beating Brentford 2-1. Burnley lost 1-2 at home to Newcastle, and will play the Championship next season with Watford and Norwich, who were relegated earlier.
The battle of the championship is thrilling
Before this round, Manchester City was only 1 point ahead of Liverpool, which means that if they want to reach the top, they must win and must not lose points. The opponent Villa’s coach happens to be the legendary Liverpool star Gerrard. In the game, Villa tried their best, and Cash opened the scoring in the 37th minute, while the former Liverpool player Coutinho scored another victory in the 69th minute, helping Villa lead 2-0.
Guardiola, who was in a desperate situation, released consecutive winners and losers from the 56th minute, replacing Mahrez and Bernardo with Sterling and Gundogan.
The two substitute Raiders played a key role in the battle. In particular, Gundogan scored a header only 8 minutes after his debut in the 68th minute, which greatly boosted the morale of the team, and it was Sterling who assisted him with a cross.
After that, Rodri scored a long-range shot to tie the score for Manchester City. Gundogan received an assist from De Bruyne in the 81st minute to complete the lore.
Guardiola’s two substitutions played a key role in the reversal, showing his top coaching ability. He said after the game that he had never met an opponent like Liverpool in his coaching career because they made Manchester City improve every season and push Manchester City to improve. The stronger the opponent, the higher the gold content of the champion.
Asian players win first golden boot
In this round of Tottenham and Norwich, the only suspense is who can win the golden boot this season. Since Liverpool’s Salah, who occupied the top scorer list in the Premier League before the game, scored one more goal than Tottenham’s Son Heung-min, this game is related to whether Son Heung-min can win the golden boot. In the end, Tottenham won 5-0. Sun Xingmin scored twice. He and Salah both scored 25 Premier League goals and tied for the top scorer. However, five of Salah’s goals were penalties, and none of Son Heung-min’s were penalties.
This season, Son Heung-min has played 35 times in the Premier League, with 86 shots and 49 shots on target. The conversion rate of shots into goals is as high as 26.7%. He scored 12 goals with his left foot and 11 goals with his right foot. balanced. Son Heung-min won the Premier League Golden Boot for the first time as an Asian player, and this “shooter king” has a very high gold content.
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Xu Yangyang
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