The penalty shootout continues
In the last 5 matches of the season, Arsenal will successively face Newcastle, Fulham, West Ham, Burnley and Crystal Palace. Meanwhile, Man City's opponents are Everton, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and Aston Villa.
The battle of wits in the final rounds of the two teams is likened to a fateful penalty shootout, with 5 turns for each side. Arsenal has beaten Newcastle and Fulham. Meanwhile, Man City almost lost to Everton last weekend. Thus, Arsenal has taken a 2-0 lead. If this weekend, The Gunners continue to beat West Ham and Man City cannot beat Brentford, the race will probably end.
Match worth hundreds of millions of pounds and billions of British pounds
That is the confrontation between West Ham and Arsenal at the Olympic stadium this Sunday. West Ham has just been pushed down to the relegation zone after a 0-3 defeat to Brentford. In that situation, Tottenham unexpectedly beat Aston Villa right at Villa Park. The right to self-determination at this time is no longer in The Hammers' hands, so they only know to win all the remaining matches to hope the opponent stumbles.
How great the difference between staying in the Premier League and relegation is, no one needs to explain to West Ham anymore. Just staying in the highest league in England, they will have at least 100 million pounds. Not only that, the prospect of relegation is really too bad when stars will flee, financial resources will be narrowed, and it is not certain that they can recover after that shock.
As for Arsenal, this is a match that is considered to be worth billions of pounds. Why is that? Because throughout the Mikel Arteta era, the club owners invested too much, accepting the difficult early years, patiently indulging Mikel Arteta to help the "Gunners" have the strength they have today.
However, if they lose to West Ham and Man City wins, everything that was once beautiful may return to a gloomy color. West Ham, although weak, playing at home with the determination to survive to stay in the Premier League, is certainly not an easy opponent. Plus the nature of a London Derby, no one can confirm that Arsenal will win as easily as the Derby last week with Fulham at the Emirates.
The dream is still there for both Man City and Brentford
Last week, the "Bees" defeated West Ham very convincingly with a score of 3-0. Home field is just an advantage, it is the overwhelming play, destroying a team that is very thirsty for victory like West Ham, that shows Brentford's bravery.
Currently, Brentford is 7 points behind Aston Villa's 5th position and the two teams have 3 more matches. Villa is losing 2 consecutive matches and seems to be putting all their strength into the Europa League final, and there are likely to be stumbles in the remaining rounds. Brentford is in a position to play in the Conference League, but if they can proactively do something more glorious, they will not want to miss it.
If West Ham is allowed to stay in the Premier League, they will have about 100 million pounds. This is also a figure that could flow into Brentford's account if they hear the Champions League song next season. Money and fame are in front of Igor Thiago and his teammates.
With Man City, they are not a team that is too thirsty for the Premier League title when they have won it too many times under Pep Guardiola's era. However, when they have tried to race until these rounds, there is no concept of wanting to give up from the Etihad home team.
Last weekend, when the final whistle at Hill Dickinson sounded, Erling Haaland reassured his teammates just like Declan Rice said after Arsenal lost to Man City in round 33. This shows that the determination to race to the end and complete the domestic treble of The Citizens' stars is still intact. This is a transitional season for Man City after Kevin De Bruyne's generation, if it ends with the Premier League title, it will be a great stepping stone for Ryan Cherki's generation later.
