This score line is somehow funny and surprising to me. While I was hoping that Manchester City will escape the competition in the top five by winning convincingly today against Southampton they rather decided to share points, now Manchester City is still in probability.
Why I said this is funny is that Southampton who is already relegated held Manchester City to a goalless draw. Like, what are they now actually fighting for? This match has shown me that there's no match fixing in EPL, if not, it could be a easy task in the above match.
Since this match ended till now, I have been asking myself why Southampton have not put this kind of performance that earned them a draw with Manchester City today, perhaps they would have escaped their relegation to the English Championship. On the part of Manchester City, I will say that they are gambling with their chances of not qualifying for the hotly contested Champions League spot. It is now certain that either of Tottenham and Manchester United will take one spot so the only available slot is being contested by Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle. This is the reason Manchester City never needed this draw.
I thought if Manchester United or Tottenham win the Europa league, that English premier league is going to have 6 representatives in the champions league next season. The winner of the Europa league has an automatic slot in the champions league draws, outside the provision of the qualification slots allocated to the various leagues. This is how I think the champions league is right now. So any team that finishes in the 5th will play champions league. So next season we are expecting England to have 6 teams in the champions league.
Yes, I know that too. Because the team that wins the Europa League will be in the Champions League. They will not be in the Premier League quota but in the Champions League from the Europa League winner's quota. That's why the first five places are still important for the Champions League. Also, having six teams from a country go to the Champions League will have a very positive effect on that country's UEFA points ranking.
