LONDON-The English Premier League you want no matter knowing how crazy gets this season, and no matter how hard you suffocate someone win the title in May There it is written in the manual of the league: The winner is the team with the most points after 38 games.
But if last week's any guide, the team that ends up lifting the trophy quickly move to fall.
In a week, on the spot for someone who finally take control of the race to take the craziest of the recent history of English football title set the four contenders Leicester City Championship, Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City in pictures, surpassing the world nervousness and stage fright. At this rate, it is hard to imagine that any of them to reach the finish line first, without collapsing.
"Every manager tries tempers calm," said West Ham manager Slaven Bilić after the first Tottenham on Wednesday to deny. "It is a very seasonal, very open."
Tuesday night, the leaders surprise Leicester City seemed to open the door to make more established rivals some ground. Foxes drew 2-2 against West Brom in trouble, so that only three points ahead of Tottenham and six ahead of Arsenal.
Here was a chance the North London club Manchester City to be or even to show the room for the title a certain authority in the race. Instead, 24 hours after the expiry of Leicester, lost three fighters. Arsenal lost 2-1 at home to Swansea City, Tottenham lost 1-0 on their way to West Ham and Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool collapsed.
"The Premier League the most competitive league in the world is," Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said apologetically. "We can see every week."
Competitive, yes. But full quality and claim it is not. foxes would put 57 points after 28 games in third place in the Bundesliga, in Spain, the third and fourth Italy. You are to win the championship pace with 77 points, the lowest level since 1996-1997.
"I always say that the Premier League will be by a team with 80 points or less won," said coach Manuel Pellegrini Manchester City.
However uncertain foxes that have only one of their last three games, which are willing to share their leadership to extend this weekend at least one of Arsenal or Tottenham are guaranteed to lose points. Both parties are at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
There was two weeks North London Derby set the largest in 20 years. The stars were aligned with the two legitimate contenders for clubs and their meeting at a crucial time of the season.
And of course, each side still easily win the championship. Tottenham could even go top with a win. However, the shock feels different now. These are two teams recover from the embarrassment, do not attempt the team to remember who go out of Leicester.
Arsenal has at least seven times the opportunity to go to the pitch since November 1 upwards, but the Gunners capitalized at less than half of them. Spurs hope Since 1964 the initiative in March or later to take for the first time.
But Tottenham, full calendar precisely the wrong time. Over the past five weeks, they played two eight games in Europe, one in the FA Cup and five in the league. This week Pochettino, said they have three games in six days.
"Do not be anything to complain about," he said after the nerve added, Tottenham spent Performance Wednesday afternoon. "No excuses. We were poor."
Arsenal, malaise is deeper than a busy schedule. Olivier Giroud stiker not achieved since mid-January and Alexis Sanchez is endless since January 30 in the rear, each ball creates a potential disaster. And, as often happens with Arsenal, devastated the team from injury. (Arsenal has not been the same since Santi Cazorla came with damaged knee ligaments in November down.)
Every time one of these factors, the Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger is also annoyed by pitch extinguishes the morale of his team. The Gunners hit the post three times they lost 2-1 at Swansea.
"Football is football," Wenger said. "It is cruel sometimes."
Worse, sometimes boring football is. Only Manchester City asking. the third defeat of the season at the club in a row fell to 10 points with a game in Leicester. The team has suffered in Ukraine after winning the Champions League last week and lift the League Cup on Sunday.
More for her fans worried that the most talented team does not seem to care in England. City, which was used to control the ball, lost and spent possession battle in his last two outings in the Premier League.
One reason for this was the announcement Looming midseason as City manager Manuel Pellegrini would be replaced this summer by Pep Guardiola Bayern Munich. Although players have denied their action, while the club now as owner feels good. Pellegrini can ding on anything he wants over the keys.
"We are not thinking about the title yet," he said.
With 10 games remaining, it seems, no one else.
Write to Joshua Robinson in joshua.robinson@wsj.com
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