Both lost! Manchester United Hotspurs Premier League continues to play badly, the worst UEFA Cup championship in history is about to be born

In the early morning of May 17, the 2024/25 Premier League season was the first to stage two focus games. Tottenham and Manchester United, who met this season's Europa League final, both lost, maintaining unbeaten rankings of 16 and 17, and continuing to play badly in the Premier League. Five days later, the Europa League final will kick off, which also means that the worst Europa League champion in history is about to be born.

Manchester United won the Premier League last time back to the 29th round of the Premier League on March 17, when they defeated the newly promoted Southampton 3-0 away. In the seven rounds of the Premier League, Amorin's team had no wins 2 draws and 5 losses. In this game, Manchester United challenged the Blues Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Although Manchester United sent most of the main players, they were obviously a little absent-minded on the court. In the 72nd minute, two Chelsea full-backs completed the connection, and Rees James assisted Cucurella to head the ball and scored the only goal in the game. The Blues finally won 1-0.

In this game, Manchester United's possession rate was 53%, but there were only 4 shots and 1 front-line data in the whole game. Chelsea shot 11 and 3 straight shots. Although the offensive efficiency is also not high, it is still much better than Manchester United, so it is reasonable to win.

Tottenham's opponent in this round is Aston Villa, who is also determined to be the top five in the Premier League. If Manchester United at least sent most of the main players, Tottenham Hotspur was completely defeated. In the whole game, they had only 31% possession rate, and their 3 shots and 1 positive shot was extremely dismal. In contrast, Villa, who played at home, scored 18 shots while occupying most of the ball control, and 7 of them were on the right track. Consa and Kamala each scored 1 goal in the second half, helping Villa win 2-0 at home. After 2 games, Manchester United and Tottenham continued to rank 16th and 17th. The former draws 2 draws and 6 losses in 8 rounds, while Tottenham draws and 5 losses in 7 rounds. Looking at the Premier League this season, Manchester United has lost 18 games, while Tottenham has lost 21 games. With only the last round left in the Premier League, Manchester United and Tottenham ranked 13th in the theoretical ranking. This also means that Manchester United and Tottenham, the two Premier League "heroes" will create the lowest domestic league rankings for the championship or final team in the history of the UEFA Cup.

Since the 2009/10 season restructuring, the team that reached the UEFA Cup final or won the championship ranked the lowest in China and is ranked 12th. In the 2022/23 season, Sevilla beat Roma 4-1 in the Europa League final to win the championship, and that season they ended up ranked 11th in La Liga. In the 2009/10 season, Fulham from the Premier League passed the hurdles and entered the first Europa League final after the restructuring, but eventually lost to Atletico Madrid 1-2 and missed the championship. And that season, Fulham only ranked 12th in the Premier League.

Manchester United and Tottenham's ultra-low rankings and bad performances in the Premier League have attracted many football celebrities' dissatisfaction. Former Gunners coach Wenger said in an earlier interview with Bein Sports that the UEFA Champions League should automatically advance to the UEFA Champions League, not necessarily the Champions League. Especially in the Premier League, there are already five teams that can advance to the Champions League, which is an issue that UEFA needs to consider and examine. Richards and Hiller, two former Premier League stars, said bluntly that these two teams performed too poorly in the Premier League, and it would be shocking if they won the UEFA Champions League through the UEFA Cup.