The race for the Premier League title is over, but Manchester City still needs to win games in order to maintain themselves in the qualification zone for the next Champions League season.
Four teams are directly fighting every round to stay ahead of each other - Newcastle, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Aston Villa. Currently, Newcastle is the one leading the race with 66 points after beating Chelsea 2-0 in the St. James' Park – and Arsenal can fall back in line if they lose to Liverpool also on Sunday.
Manchester City had the chance to jump to second place, but failed to score against Southampton and the game ended in a draw with no goals. In the post-match interview, Rúben Dias had some words for The Saints players.
“They don’t even try to play. They are just wasting time the whole game. I don’t even feel they wanted to play the game, or win the game – they are just sitting around” - Dias said.
For the most part of the game, Southampton only played defense versus Manchester City and had almost no chances to score a goal. After hearing the sharp words coming from the center-back, The Saints' social media team prepared a highlight of the game with all the chances the City failed to deliver.
No way Southampton posted this. pic.twitter.com/vty7W9AJwb
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) May 11, 2025
Southampton were the first team relegated to the Championship this season. After failing to beat Tottenham in early April, the relegation was confirmed, being the first team off the Premier League for the next season. Along with The Saints, Leicester City and Ipswich Town are also joining England’s second division in the 2025/26 season.
This was one of the worst performances in the team’s history. Southampton were the first team to be relegated with as many as seven games left in the season. The last time the team failed to stay in the Premier League was in the 2005/06 season, and it only came back in 2012.
The two remaining fixtures in the EPL for - at least - the next year will be against Everton at Goodison Park and Arsenal at St. Mary’s Stadium (home).
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