In the early morning of April 12th, Beijing time, in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Liverpool suffered a 0-3 home defeat to Atalanta, the sixth-highest team in Serie A. Their promotion prospects were worrying. According to the data website Squawka, the probability of the Red Army, the favorite to win the championship, has plummeted from 52.4% before the game to 9.1%, and is currently only ranked fourth; while Leverkusen, which has been undefeated in 42 games and has crushed West Ham United, has a probability of 47.6%. rose to number one.
After such a complete defeat, Liverpool's record of 34 unbeaten home games in the season passed away. They have only won 2 games in the past 5 games, and lost to Manchester United 3-4. They were eliminated from the FA Cup. The Red Devils tied again in the league and handed over the top spot, which directly took away their morale. Now the Europa League front is also in danger. From the fourth-tier championship to the gradual collapse, after working hard for a season, it was ruined in two games. Now except for the League Cup championship that has been won, it is very likely that no other trophies can be won. In the words of fans: Thousands of words put into one sentence, it’s all Manchester United’s fault!
As a result, Klopp's team launched a revenge operation. The UEFA Champions League in the 2024/25 season will adopt a new competition format and there will be 4 new main draw places. Two of these will be awarded to the two leagues in which the club performed best in European competition last season (i.e. the two leagues with the most European competition points last season, which is based on the total European competition points obtained by each team in the league divided by the league number of participating teams), each of the two associations will receive an automatic quota for the Champions League (European performance quota). This quota will be allocated to the highest ranking team in the domestic league except for the team that has directly qualified for the Champions League. team.
After the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals ended yesterday, the Premier League points had already been tied with the Bundesliga, and it was expected to squeeze out the opponent to get extra places. However, tonight's Premier League teams Liverpool, West Ham United, and Villa played. , only Villa narrowly defeated the opponent. According to ESPN reporter Dale Johnson, currently in the European War standings, Italy continues to rank first with 18.428 points, Germany ranks second with 16.785 points, England ranks third with 16.750 points, Spain and France are closely behind with 15062 and 14750 points respectively. Followed by. With only the top two nations claiming an extra Champions League spot, it was certainly a bad night for England.
Looking at the current Premier League standings, Manchester United ranks sixth with 49 points, 11 points behind Aston Villa. With only 7 rounds left, although the Red Devils are far behind, they are not without a chance. Ten Hag's team has one game less than its opponents. Although there is still the distraction of the FA Cup, the opponent they face is Coventry, a British Championship team with limited strength; and Villa will then have to face Arsenal, The three major teams of Chelsea and Liverpool, as well as the UEFA Champions League and Lille's away match. If it can remain stable, Manchester United still has a good chance of reaching the top five. Everything makes sense in this way. They are afraid that Manchester United will enter the Champions League in fifth place and Liverpool will commit suicide to retaliate against Manchester United.
