EPL Final Day: Arsenal Or Man City For Tittle, Will Man Utd Or Newcastle Qualify For Europe?
Arsenal and Manchester City fans all over the world will be glued to their TVs today watching and hoping that their team better the other’s result and win this year’s Premier League.
The two teams are currently separated by two points.
Pep Guardiola’s leaders will clinch a historic fourth successive league title if they defeat ninth-placed West Ham at Etihad Stadium.
But Arsenal who is in second place will be champions for the first time since 2004 if they beat Everton at Emirates Stadium and City fail to win on the final day.
However, if Man City draw and Arsenal wins, the Gunners will be winning the title having a 1-goal difference over Man City.
Speaking ahead of the final match, Guardiola said: “The destiny is in our hands, but if you are thinking that they are going to drop, you are wrong. If you are thinking that Everton are going to do something, forget about it. I have seen Arsenal all season.
“We just focus on what we have to do against West Ham. There is not any contamination in my brain about anything other than what we have to do to beat West Ham.”
For Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta, “The magic is already happening because this is what every football supporter wants and lives that it goes to the last game.
“The last minute of the Premier League at this level, the most beautiful league in the world by far where you have two teams. This is what you want, this is why it’s the most competitive league in the world.
“The unpredictability is like a drug. You are still there, you still have to earn it and it’s uncertain. There are a lot of factors which can change things around very quickly but when you manage to do it, it’s phenomenal.”
Race For Europe
Meanwhile, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Manchester United are fighting for the two remaining spots in Europe.
While the four clubs qualifying for next year’s revamp Championship League have been guaranteed in Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa, there are still places in the Europa League and Europa Conference League to be decided.
Tottenham, Chelsea, Newcastle and Manchester United are in contention for Europa League and Europa Conference League places.
The team that finishes fifth will play in the Europa League.
Spurs, who are at relegated Sheffield United, start in fifth.
Chelsea, sixth on 60 points, are at home to mid-table Bournemouth.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side starts the day in a Conference League play-off round spot but can still snatch a place in the Europa League by winning and hoping Totheham or lose.
Finishing sixth will also be enough to qualify for the Europa League if Manchester City defeat Manchester United in the FA Cup final on 25 May.
With a 57-point tally, Newcastle (away v Brentford) and Manchester United (away v Brighton) are seventh and eighth respectively.
Seventh will be enough for the Europa Conference League only if Manchester City win the FA Cup.
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