A crisis meeting at Chelsea – who would have thought of that at the beginning of the season? In September 2021, the Blues started the season with another Champions League trophy in mind, and the Premier League crown too, but it soon became obvious that the English championship is out of touch for Thomas Tuchel and his squad. And when Real Madrid famously defeated Chelsea in this year’s quarterfinals, the only remaining trophy for the Blues is the FA Cup. But….due to ownership issues, and whatever other reasons, even the guaranteed Champions League place is no longer guaranteed, forcing Tuchel to react ahead of Leeds game.🛣 @ManCity are unbeaten in their last 16 away #PL matches (W13 D3) – it is their longest ever away unbeaten league run in their history #WOLMCI pic.twitter.com/ky8gbiDGMN— Premier League (@premierleague) May 11, 2022 The Blues have won just two of their last seven Premier League fixtures, with Wolverhampton draw after a 2-0 lead was the last straw for the German tactician. After a big difference during the season, Chelsea are now only one point ahead of Tottenham and Arsenal, three games before the end. A win over relegation threatened Leeds tonight would confirm them the Champions League spot for the next season, and would lift up the morale ahead of the FA Cup finals against Liverpool.Manchester City confirm: Erling Haaland is one of us!So, Tuchel decided to cancel the Sunday day off and organize a team meeting in order to finish the season properly.„I also had some plans on Sunday morning and they were cancelled, but this happens. If you want to be loved on a daily basis, you should not become a football coach at a high level. It will simply not happen. And whatever decisions you take – taking players out, leaving them out – if you have a reason my experience is to give the reason and then what can he do? He needs to accept it. He signed for Chelsea and this is the decision. It’s not like I bring you [the players] in because you’re not good and I punish you now. This is not the atmosphere in which we did it. But listen, they accept it. I have the feeling they believe and trust in this kind of mentality that we did this together. I have my part in it. Everybody was here and the reaction to it was very nice because they then stayed, spoke with each other, and we used the Sunday morning to go over it. We just cleared the air and sometimes it’s necessary” said the German.Guardiola: Everyone in England wants Liverpool to be championsUnlike Tuchel, Manchester City boss doesn’t need a crisis meeting, since his team is winning and will probably win the Premier League trophy again. But, Pep Guardiola has other ‘battles’ to fight. The Spaniard spent another huge transfer amount, this time for Erling Haaland, and he had to defend it, after various statements. He also had to respond to former United defender Patrice Evra, who stated that he needs strong characters in the dressing room, in order to finally win the Champions League.„Most of my players have won World Cups, European Championships, Champions Leagues and leagues. Maybe Evra is right or maybe he’s doing a good quote to come back to Manchester United to work there. Maybe there’s a good chance now. Good, Patrice — if we were together I would show you the personality and character of my players right now that we have, absolutely. For the people, the Haaland transfer it’s just money. If you want to think about that, think about that. When Liverpool in the 70s or 80s or United, who spend more money? It was Norwich? Norwich spend more money in that period? Or Leicester spend more money on them? No, they spend more money than the other ones but the money for them is completely different from now“ said Guardiola ahead of Wolves game. The last time these two teams met, The Citizens won 1-0 after a penalty and a red card to Wolves player, so they must be careful with a team who already took one point from Chelsea after trailing 2-0.PREMIER LEAGUE – Rearranged matchesTuesdayAston Villa – Liverpool 1-2 (1-1)/Luiz 3 – Matip 6, Mane 65/Wednesday21:45: (1.48) Leicester (4.40) Norwich (6.75)21:45: (4.60) Watford (3.50) Everton (1.82)21:30: (4.90) Leeds (3.60) Chelsea (1.75)22:15: (10.5) Wolverhampton (5.80) Man.City (1.27)Thursday21:45: (2.30) Tottenham (3.40) Arsenal (3.35)***odds are subject to change
