In the 87th minute, Manchester United tenaciously completed the winning goal. Ferdinand's header allowed Manchester United to win Swansea away. In this way, they were still two points behind Southampton, maintaining the suspense until the end.
One round!
"Winning the championship at home is the most wonderful thing." Noriya said at the post-match press conference.
Although Southampton fans feel a little regretful, they also feel that this statement is quite reasonable.
May 12th, the last round of the league!
Southampton plays against Stoke City at home, and Manchester United challenges West Bromwich Albion away!
"We don't need to consider Manchester United's game, do you understand? We just need to score more goals... Stoke City is not a strong opponent, and their performance is fundamentally different from ours. They have thirty-seven rounds.
They have only scored thirty-three goals and conceded forty-four. If they had not been lucky and won some key victories, they would have been relegated now... and they have no fighting spirit. At our home court,
What we have to do is control the midfield and then try to attack as much as possible."
At this point, Ji Ya added: "Don't forget, as long as we draw, we can win the championship."
The players laughed one after another - yes, this is the truth, we can win the championship if we tie!
There really isn't much fighting spirit in Stoke City.
They were originally a mid-range team with the goal of relegation. Now that relegation has been completed, there is no problem. They also have no chance of entering the European competition. They also focused on training young players in this game. After all, the main players played
In a season, the competition is not important now. Of course, we need to train the new players.
This made many Manchester United fans dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do. Who made them fall two points behind?
Their opponent, West Bromwich Albion, is actually more motivated, just like they were against Southampton.
Benteke is very motivated in this game, because Robin van Persie has determined that he will not play in the last game, which means that as long as he can score one goal in this game, he can score 27 goals.
The ball beat Robin van Persie and became the top scorer in the Premier League this season!
This is an amazing honor!
Of course, he now understands that if he only wants to score goals, his opponents will only focus on him.
So he suppressed his temper and continued to run on the court, looking for opportunities.
Southampton kept passing the ball, waiting for the opportunity to launch a fast break.
This kind of attack requires the most patience. Fortunately, Southampton's players have enough patience, because they only need a draw to win the championship!
Of course there is no rush.
As for the fact that they have scored 96 league goals this season and are only four short of reaching 100 goals, this is not something that Southampton needs to consider now.
What they want is a league championship to prove their status!
Prove that they are already a top team!
After constantly controlling the ball, Southampton finally found an opportunity.
Mkhitaryan took the ball in the middle, saw that no one was coming to defend him, and suddenly took a long shot!
This long-range shot created a very exciting world wave. The ball passed over the heads of the defenders, then fell quickly and plunged into the dead center of the goal!
After scoring the goal, Mkhitaryan opened his arms directly and ran to the stands. The Southampton fans also shouted crazily. They liked this Armenian very much. After all, he joined the team when he was in the English League.
He followed the team all the way to the Premier League, and performed even better after returning to the main lineup this season... Of course they will like players like this very much.
Before the end of the first half, Southampton's offense scored again, but this time it was not Benteke - William broke through from the wing and created a free kick, and Mkhitaryan drove the free kick into the penalty area.
Inside, Wundt stepped forward to assist and scored with a header, expanding the lead!
Southampton fans celebrated excitedly. They took a two-goal lead in the first half. It seemed that there was no problem at all in winning this game!
Even in the second half of the game, they might have a chance to score 100 goals.
However, only two minutes after the start of the second half, Crouch, a tall man, scored a header in the penalty area to regain a point. Chambers had actually grabbed the header, but the fifteen centimeter height difference meant that he still
A little bit different...
This made the atmosphere tense again.
Because at halftime, Southampton fans knew that Manchester United had almost beaten West Bromwich Albion in the away game. Goals from Shinji Kagawa, Hernandez and Rooney made them 3-0.
With a long lead, if Southampton capsizes in the gutter, Manchester United can really create a miracle in the first half.
Seeing hope, Stoke City began to get excited - although they have no grudge against Southampton, it is still very interesting to have the opportunity to interfere with other people's championship!
So they began to press the attack and sent several main players at the same time, trying to cause more trouble for Southampton.
That's part of football - you never know when the unexpected is going to happen!
Under such circumstances, even a strong team can only temporarily avoid the opponent's limelight during the game.
Ji Ya was directing the team to recover. He was not too worried, because even if the score was tied, it would not be the end of the world, but once the score was tied, the players' mentality would be unbalanced, which would not be good.
At this critical moment, several experienced players on the field began to show their value.
Matuidi began to concentrate on defense, Vidal also retreated, Wundt began to put out fires everywhere, and even winger Willian began to retreat to assist in defense.
Their rich experience makes them keenly aware of what they should do now.
This allowed Southampton to withstand the opponent's attack.
After spending this period of the opponent's most arrogant period, Southampton quietly launched a counterattack!
It was not a particularly subtle counterattack, but after making a clearance in the backcourt, Matuidi passed the ball directly forward. Benteke used his physical fitness and speed to leave the opponent's defender behind, forming a one-man attack!
At this time, Benteke was no longer thinking about being the top scorer. He was only thinking about one thing - connecting his legs... Oh no, score this ball!
Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Benteke didn't do anything fancy. That's not what he's good at. He directly chose to dribble the ball directly past the goalkeeper!
This time, the goalkeeper was caught off guard and rushed over. The next moment, Benteke pushed the ball into the empty goal!
The overall situation is decided!
Countless Southamptonians present, whether players or fans, jumped up at the same time!
The cheers of landslide and tsunami enveloped the entire St. Mary's Stadium!
