In the 18th round of the Premier League, Newcastle lost 0-1 to promoted Luton Town, and Manchester United lost 0-2 to West Ham. Newcastle have lost three of their last four Premier League games, and lost 1-2 to AC Milan in the Champions LeagueManchester United and Newcastle have the same disease, with 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 3 rounds of the Premier League, and a 0-1 loss to Bayern in the final round of the Champions League is also the bottom of the group. At present, in the Premier League standings, Newcastle ranks seventh with 29 points, Manchester United ranks eighth with 28 points, and Newcastle Manchester United, which has been in poor form recently, has become a difficult brother.
At the start of the season, both Newcastle and Manchester United were on a good footing, with Newcastle starting the season with a 5-1 thrashing of Villa on their Premier League debut, and Manchester United beating Wolves 1-0 to get the season off to a flying start. Subsequently, although Newcastle suffered a wave of three consecutive defeats, Manchester City and Liverpool are super strong teams, which is understandable. After surviving a difficult schedule, Newcastle ushered in an explosion, beating Sheffield United 8-0, Crystal Palace 4-0, and Arsenal 1-0, with an unbeaten record of five wins and two draws in seven consecutive Premier League rounds. And in the 13th and 14th rounds, Newcastle defeated Chelsea and Manchester United, two traditional giants, in a row, and the momentum is still strong. Unexpectedly, the morale of Newcastle was defeated 0-3 to Everton, and since then it has fallen into a slump, losing three of the last four Premier League rounds, including a 0-1 upset loss to promoted polo team Luton Town in this round.
Manchester United's recent record has been similarly poor, with six games played in six games since December, five Premier League + one Champions League game, with an overall record of one win, one draw and four defeats. Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was also the Premier League Manager of the Month in November, but now, Ten Hag has become one of the favourites to go out of the Premier League. It is worth mentioning that in this season's Champions League, Manchester United and Newcastle are also at the bottom of the group, and in the final round of the group stage, Manchester United and Newcastle both lost at home. It can be said that Newcastle and Manchester United have been surprisingly similar recently, and both have suffered a huge decline.
In this round, including Luton, which won an upset over Newcastle, the bottom three teams in the Premier League standings broke out collectively to get an unbeaten record of 2 wins and 1 draw: Luton Town 1-0 Newcastle in the third place, Burnley 2-0 Fulham in the bottom 2, and Sheffield United also drew 1-1 with Villa, who were in second place. It is worth mentioning that Luton, Burnley, and Sheffield United are also the three promoted polo teams in the Premier League this season.
Another key game in this round of the Premier League, Tottenham vs Everton!Tottenham are in the running for the top four, and Everton, despite being at the bottom of the table, have won four in a row without conceding a goal in the last four rounds, and the two teams in their prime meet in this round. Tottenham snatched the start, with a strong ability to grasp opportunities, Richarlison and Son Heung-min scored, and Tottenham led 2-0 in the first half. Everton went crazy and finally pulled a goal back in the 82nd minute by Gomez, and in stoppage time, Danjuma hit the woodwork, and Tottenham escaped a thrilling 2-1 win in stoppage time.