30 January 2052 – A strange symmetry unfolded across England this evening, where three matches provided three distinct lessons in inevitability.
Manchester City 4–1 Queens Park Rangers
Mathematics does not lie. Three goals from Henry Kelly, timed with cruel precision at minutes 21, 53, and 83, ensured that QPR’s resistance was an illusion. A late consolation from Briand did nothing to change the arc of the game. City’s 52 points place them firmly in third, a number that speaks of order in a league drowning in volatility.
Reading 1–1 Crystal Palace
Even decay has its patterns. Reading’s Martinsen struck in the 16th minute, but entropy reasserted itself through Roldán’s 85th-minute equaliser. Neither side proved capable of stability, both suspended in the mediocrity of mathematics: symmetry of goals, symmetry of failure.
Swansea 2–3 Wolves
Swansea descend further toward statistical oblivion. José and Anwari briefly suggested survival, yet Marihno’s brace (36, 51) and Oliva’s stoppage-time strike shifted the balance. Wolves, even under the weight of their budgetary punishment, remain capable of clawing upwards. Swansea remain on 17 points, a number too fragile to support life.
Three matches, three narratives of inevitability. In the end, the Premier League table is not chaos but arithmetic written in goals and defeats.
– Karina