The criticism of Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard has not diminished after Arsenal’s loss to Bournemouth yesterday Saturday, even though the game was not bad from either team.
Bournemouth’s six-point win against Arsenal this season could have implications at the top of the Premier League.
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Bournemouth’s dramatic win over Arsenal in Saturday’s afternoon game in the Premier League has opened up the possibility of a piece of European history.
Arsenal have lost both home and away to Bournemouth this season, following uncharacteristic 2-0 defeats at the Vitality Stadium and Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium.
After dropping six points to Andoni Iraola’s unpredictable Bournemouth side, the Gunners could be the catalyst behind a Premier League opener.
Bournemouth turned the game around and beat the north London side thanks to quick goals from Dean Huijsen and Evanilson, leaving Mikel Arteta’s men just seven points ahead of sixth-placed Nottingham Forest – with one game more played.
Chelsea in fifth place and Aston Villa in seventh place are also seven points behind Arsenal, while Manchester City and Newcastle United are even closer. Everything is now open, to use an expression.
The chances are slim, but Arsenal are theoretically still in danger of falling out of the top five in the Premier League and thus missing out on an automatic Champions League place, despite the extra place Arsenal themselves secured with their 3-0 win over Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarter-finals this season.
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If this unlikely scenario occurs, the Premier League could end up with as many as seven places in next season’s Champions League.
The top five in the Premier League would take the five spots awarded via league placement, and none of these teams are in European competition – with one exception: Arsenal.
If the Gunners were to somehow fall out of the top five but win the Champions League at the same time, they would become the sixth English team in Europe’s premier club competition next season by automatically qualifying as tournament winners.
Arsenal will have a difficult away encounter at the Parc des Princes with Paris Saint-Germain in the other semi-final of the Champions League on Wednesday 7 May.
And with Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur having had a terrible season domestically but closing in on an all-English Europa League final, the winner would become the Premier League’s seventh qualified team as Europa League champions.
Manchester United’s Europa League victory in 2016-17 also made Champions League history. The Red Devils qualified for the Champions League as Europa League winners, and the following season became the first time five Premier League teams played in the same Champions League group stage.
United, Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City all reached the last 16, making England the first country ever with five representatives so far into the tournament.
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I’ve got a friend with thick glasses and alleged abilities in math and probability calculation to come up with two answers.
How likely is it with seven clubs qualified for the Champions League from the Premier League before the start of the season and what is the probability today, Sunday 4 May. The answers that I have no prerequisites to follow were: 0.000073% chance before the season and 0.21% chance today.
