1-0! 0-0! The Premier League is in a state of change: Haaland is silent and Manchester City is upset, Villa succeeds in extending his life

The 36th round of the Premier League ushered in many focus battles. Manchester City, the "fighting for the Five Army" and Aston Villa took the lead in attacking. As a result, the defending champion Manchester City was tied 0-0 by Southampton, who had been relegated. Haaland's comeback was in a sluggish state, and the five consecutive victories came to an abrupt end. Guardiola, who loves to make trouble, made the league's five-game chaos even more. It's exciting to think about it. If the Blue Moon Army did not win a Champions League place in the end, what would it be like? Martin's Villa narrowly beat Bournemouth 1-0 away, with 6 wins in the last seven league rounds, retaining hope of fighting for a Champions League place. In other games, Everton played 3-1 away, Mikorenko, Michael Keane and Beto each scored 1 goal; Brighton also won the Wolves 2-0 away game, Weirbeck scored a penalty, Gruda added icing on the cake, winning a tough battle, retaining hope of fighting for a European place.

Southampton 0-0 Manchester City

This should have been a "routine three-pointer" game, but Manchester City once again refreshed the fans' understanding of them. Before the game, Southampton had been relegated early, and had not won a single victory in the past 11 rounds of the league, while Manchester City had just won four consecutive victories and was in high morale. However, Guardiola's team "dreams back to the Tang Dynasty" at St. Mary's Stadium and could not play football anymore.

The whole game, Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 73%. The team completed 26 shots, but only had 5 shots on the spot. The striker Haaland, who returned from injury, was completely frozen by Southampton's iron barrel formation. He only had one shot in the game and had two excellent chances to kick. Ding Ding Bruyne took the free kick and walked around the wall and headed straight to the corner of the goal, but flew out while rubbing the crossbar.

Malmush, who appeared on the bench, once shot in the penalty area in stoppage time, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out, missing the final shot. In the end, Manchester City could only accept a 0-0 draw. Although they still rank third in the standings with 65 points, they only lead 6th Villa by 5 points in one extra game, and their qualifying for the Champions League is in danger.

Aston Villa 1-0 Bournemouth

Compared with Manchester City's downturn, Aston Villa re-entered the five-group on the away game with an affordable 1-0 victory over his opponent.

Watkins scored the only goal in the game. Although he was sent off in the final stage, Martin still led the team to defend the fruits of victory. This is Villa's sixth victory in the past seven league rounds, and their points tied with Chelsea and Newcastle United. The three teams have 63 points together, and the gap is only in goal difference and schedule.

Latest standings: The five-game draw with Southampton in the first game was 65 points, still ranked third, but the lead was greatly reduced, and the initiative was still in the hands of Guardiola. Villa, Chelsea and Newcastle United have 63 points, with Villado playing in one game, which also means that if Newcastle and Chelsea score points in this round, they will surpass Manchester City in one fell swoop. Nottingham Forest temporarily ranked 7th with 61 points (one game less), and is still eyeing him.

The final schedule for Premier League five:

Manchester City: Bournemouth, Fulham

Newcastle United: Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton

Chelsea: Newcastle United, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest: Leicester City, West Ham United, Chelsea

Villa: Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United