So…let’s catch up on World soccer and get caught up on the key competitions; Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. Things are winding down and we have a huge month of May to determine the winners.
Premier League Update
Match Week 35 is done and some Week 36 games are completed as well. The Champion is decided, Manchester City, but still plenty of action and lots of drama. The Race for the Top 4 was thought to be done, and maybe it still is, but Chelsea decided to make things interesting. A recent run of good form has added points to their total while Liverpool and Tottenham have wobbled just a bit. Chelsea is still alive and has an epic battle with Liverpool this weekend. Must see TV.
Race for the Top 4.
Manchester City 30-3-2 93 points. 35 games. Champions.
Manchester United 24-5-6 77 points. 35 games.
Liverpool 20-12-4 72 points. 36 games.
Tottenham 21-8-6 71 points. 35 games.
Chelsea 20-6-9 66 points. 35 games.
Arsenal 17-6-12 57 points. 35 games.
If Chelsea can take down Liverpool this weekend, could be an interesting last week of the season. Tottenham needs to keep winning as well.
Race for the Relegation Zone. Still a tight race and teams fighting to get out of the zone. Southampton and Stoke City both in danger of relegation but one win could pull them out. Crazy. Teams in 15-16-17 positions are all still at risk. West Brom has picked up 8 points but are dangerously close to relegation. Likely they are going down but finding away to hang on by the narrowest of margins. Stoke City and Southampton need to get wins and hope teams above them lose. Time is running out. Still no one officially relegated. Just two weeks left.
16. Huddersfield 35 points
17. Swansea City 33 points.
18. Southampton 32 points.
19. Stoke City with 30 points.
20. West Bromich Albion 28 points.
Big Matches Next Weekend
Liverpool v. Chelsea. HUGE Top 4 Battle.
Weekly Highlights
Manchester United 2 Arsenal 1. Arsene Wenger is starting his farewell tour as manager of Arsenal and he was part of a great game and late winner this weekend, unfortunately…it did not go his way. Some great action here from two Top 6 clubs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQ51rcqgIU&feature=onebox
FA CUP Update
And then there were 2. Finals are set.
Chelsea v. Manchester United and their ex-manager Morinho. Should be interesting. May 19th at Wembley at 11:15 A.M. Can’t wait!!
Champions League Update
Semi-Finals action round 1 is complete:
Liverpool 5 v Roma 2. Salah puts on a dominating performance but Liverpool gives Roma just a little life late in the match.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMBuaGR0VRE&feature=onebox
Real Madrid 2 v Bayern Munich 1. Real Madrid win, but Bayern gets an important away goal. Bayern was the better team most of the day….just couldn’t finish and left several goals on the field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV9XlOw0Dyw&feature=onebox
Round 2 games are tomorrow May 1 and Wednesday May 2. Check it out if you can.