LONDON: One level separates the cumulative tallies of Liverpool and Manchester City over the previous 4 Premier League seasons so there may be little shock that they head into the final weekend of the present marketing campaign with all nonetheless to play for.
The final day of the season guarantees some blockbuster motion as Champions League qualification and relegation go right down to the wire on Sunday (May 22), however the title race is the place most eyes will likely be educated.
The battle for supremacy between City and Liverpool has been a repeating storyline over latest seasons and the 2 sides go into the final weekend with Pep Guardiola’s champions one level forward of their rivals on Merseyside.
And for instance simply how evenly matched the perimeters are, City have amassed 355 factors because the begin of the 2018-19 season and Liverpool 354.
Guardiola will go one higher than any membership he has been at beforehand if he wins his fourth Premier League trophy when his City aspect take on Aston Villa.
The Spaniard has received three league championships in cost of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City however will attain unchartered territory on the Etihad if his aspect recover from the road and clinch their sixth Premier League title total.
They prime the standings on 90 factors, with Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool, who end at residence to Wolverhampton Wanderers, on 89. The scenario has echoes of the 2018-19 season, when City pipped Liverpool to the title by a single level.
“We know what we have to do. Be ourselves and give everything we have to win the game,” Guardiola informed a information convention on Friday.
Any hope of former Liverpool nice and present Villa boss Steven Gerrard doing his outdated aspect a favour in the title battle is dampened by the truth that City have received their earlier six league video games in opposition to the Midlands membership. They haven’t misplaced to Villa since September 2013.
FA Cup winners Liverpool have a beneficial residence sport in opposition to Wolves, who haven’t received in six video games.
However, with the possibilities of City slipping up thought of slim, Klopp’s gamers could have one eye on their Champions League final date in opposition to Real Madrid subsequent weekend.
Tottenham Hotspur can safe their return to Europe’s elite competitors with at the very least a draw at Norwich City.
Having leapfrogged their rivals Arsenal into fourth place in little greater than every week, Antonio Conte’s males are heavy favourites in opposition to the already-relegated backside aspect.
Arsenal host an Everton aspect driving excessive after securing their Premier League survival with a comeback win over Crystal Palace on Thursday.
That means certainly one of both Leeds United or Burnley would be the third workforce to be relegated.
Both gambled on altering their managers in a bid to stay in the highest flight – Leeds introduced in Jesse Marsch in February whereas Burnley have Mike Jackson in short-term cost after sacking Sean Dyche in April.
Leeds journey to Eleventh-placed shock aspect of the season Brentford, whereas Burnley host Newcastle United trying to keep away from dropping to the second-tier for the primary time since 2015.
Source : channelnewsasia.com
