Sometimes, in football, we can't predict what will happen. In today's match, if I had been told that Southampton would be able to draw against Manchester City, I would have fully denied it. I would have said that the person did not know anything or that they were not following the match, because I believe Manchester City is far better than Southampton and has everything needed to win the match. But surprisingly, the game ended in a draw, which nobody was expecting.
I would say that this is even a moment when Manchester City needed the match most, but despite all their efforts, they still ended the match with just one point. As for the Southampton team, I don't know why they played so seriously, even when they have already been relegated. Maybe they just wanted to have a good record against Manchester City. If that is the case, they should have played like this against other teams instead of relying on defensive tactics. If they had, they might not have ended up relegated.This is how they always play against big teams whenever they are relegated. It’s similar to how they played against Arsenal last season when they were also relegated. The funny thing about Southampton is that they were only able to gather 12 points out of 36 matches played it is really very bad.
So true, sometimes we really can't predict what will happen in football despite how good a particular side is and how poor or bad the other side is. It's always 90 minutes that's the deciding factor. Who would have imagined that Manchester will not win this match let alone think that they wouldn't score at least one goal. Domination upon dominance yet they failed to break through the defence throughout 90 minutes. Lots of coupons is already gone due to this very game. Even me, I have lost two different coupons just because of this game. 0 - 0 who would have actually predicted this score line!
This defeat will cost Manchester City their position because if Chelsea and Newcastle win their matches, they will push City down to 5th position. However, football is full of surprises and one saw this coming. This is the second match that Southampton have played on a clean sheet out of their last 47 matches. This is Ike a big relief to Southampton.