Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[tusandii]

It's been a surprising week in the Premier League, especially for Manchester City. The reason is that of the top 3 club matches this week (Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal), only Manchester City got less than optimal results. The reason is that Liverpool and Arsenal both got very satisfying results. Namely, Liverpool managed to beat Brentford with a landslide score of 4-1 and Arsenal also managed to beat Burnley with a landslide score of 5-0. And with this result Manchester City has a 4 point difference with Liverpool. The difference in points is quite heavy. Because we know that Liverpool is indeed fierce this season. So a difference of 4 points will definitely feel very far for Manchester City.

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Manchester City VS Chelsea [1]
Burnley VS Arsenal[2]
Liverpool VS Brentford[3]

It's very surprising but this is football it's hard to get the right predictions so you have to be careful betting on every weekend match and I'm sure if you use a multi bet your bet will definitely lose because Manchester City only ended in a draw and this is the reason I chose double chance when using multi bets not to worry too much when there are surprises like this but betting on single bets is better.

There was something strange that I saw in the match between Manchester City and Chelsea as Haaland and De Bruyne did not appear as usual.
Usually Haaland and De Bruyne can intelligently find opportunities to score against clubs that are much weaker, but in yesterday's match De Bruyen seemed to have difficulty scoring and Haaland was also unable to score anything.
Surprisingly, Chelsea's defense is not as usual, which seems to be conceding more often, but against Manchester City yesterday it looked very strong and even put up fierce resistance.
For Arsenal and Liverpool, I don't need to comment because the big score makes me quite satisfied, but the problem is that Manchester City's position is worrying.

[Sebas.tian]

I think slowly but surely , EPL title fight will be between Liverpool and Arsenal because I can already see City losing points here and there because their main focus right now is to go back 2 back UCL winners and I can't blame them. However , I can't say that Chelsea didn't deserve to take point or points today because overall they played good and determined to fight for the win.  

I think the same thing too, because what happened to Manchester city in their home surprised many people that predicted for their favour in that match and Liverpool and Arsenal are very comfortable to be among the two teams that will embrace this title. It was a great day for Chelsea because for Chelsea to first Manchester city to achieved a goal at 42 minutes in the first half made me to believe that Manchester city performance in this match was very poor. I know that, it will be difficult for Manchester city to lose premier league title and still lose UEFA champions league title, because they have dominated well in the UEFA champions league more than the premier league competition this period.

[Solokan]

It seems that the strategy used by Chelsea in this match really suits their style of play. And I didn't expect this match to end in a draw. Because usually Man City always manages to win when they play at home. Just a draw is actually already a lot of progress for Chelsea. Because not many can hold Man City to a draw at the Etihad Stadium. and in this match Man City's defense seemed to be a little careless and this was not usual. Because if Chelsea succeed in taking advantage of the opportunities they have, they might get 3 goals in this match. Unfortunately, Chelsea's striker still seems quite nervous when facing the opponent's goal.

Yes, I also didn't expect that Pep's team would end up with a score of 1-1 against Chelsea and honestly I also didn't expect that Haaland and De Bruyne wouldn't score and honestly I was amazed by the strategy that Pochettino and that there were so many opportunities for Chelsea and if Chelsea can take advantage of opportunities well, it looks like Chelsea has the potential to win. Yes, usually Manchester City always wins at home, but now Manchester City has to admit that Chelsea is a team that cannot be taken lightly. Yes, with the result of Chelsea's match against Manchester City being a draw, of course that is good progress for Chelsea.

Now it looks like Manchester City must be able to consistently win if they want to win trophies this season because to be honest, Manchester City's draw against Chelsea will make it difficult for Manchester City to win trophies this season because Liverpool have successfully won against Brentford and Arsenal have also been successful against Burnley. Now Manchester City is in 3rd place because it has been successfully overtaken by Arsenal and to be honest, even though this match between Manchester City and Chelsea drew 1-1, this is a dangerous situation for Manchester City. Looks like Pep has to do something to make Manchester City even better.

[BRINIRHA]

Well I hope Liverpool don't make any mistakes in the second half. Because after all, Brentford is not an easy opponent. Even last season, Brentford always gave surprises in every match against strong teams. It's just that this season Brentford's performance is not as good as last season. So I think Liverpool will be able to secure full points in this match.

Now the second half has entered the 53rd minute. And the score has not changed, namely 0-1 in favor of Liverpool. But now Liverpool seems to be increasingly controlling the match and their dominance continues to increase. Liverpool must not let their guard down just because they are leading. Because just one mistake can make Liverpool experience bad results.

Just 2 minutes later, Mac Allister, who has already played 118 Premier League games and now has 18 goals, made it 2-0 to Liverpool. M. Salah should also have scored a goal, in minute 51, so it was only a matter of time before the 2:0 for Liverpool happened. Now: At that moment he scores the goal, minute 68 and Mohamed Salah makes it 3-0, now it is decided, liverpool wont lose the game today. Maybe there will be 1 or 2 more goals, we'll see in the next 20 minutes. Liverpool now in first place with 57 points and manchester city in second place with 52 points, with 2 games less.

edit: omg, the next goal. 3:1 Toney dit it.

And in the end the match ended with a score of 1 - 4. And this was a fairly easy win for Liverpool. And at the same time, Liverpool is now even stronger in first place because they managed to collect full points in this match. Man City failed to beat Chelsea and only got a draw. But Arsenal played very well and managed to score 5 goals against Burnley. Now the position of the top 3 standings has changed. Liverpool still leads with 57 points, while in second place Arsenal managed to move ahead of Man City. Arsenal has a total of 55 points. And Man City only has 53 points for the time being. But even though Man City is ranked 3rd now, Man City actually still has a big chance to quickly overtake Arsenal. Because Man City has 1 postponed match that they can take advantage of.

[Abdulzuruku01]

I never predicted such a result before the game. Manchester City lost very important points at home today. Chelsea could have won this game if they had more talented strikers. I liked Rodri's performance for Manchester City, he comes on at critical moments and does important things for his team. Last year Ilkay Gundogan was doing this kind of things. This year he is doing it. He was one of the best players of the day for Manchester City.

I was just surprised that Manchester City couldn’t win the match. Even after the first half of the match was played and Chelsea was ahead of them, I was still expecting Manchester to win the match in the second half, but the match ended in a draw. Chelsea played well in the match, they should have won the match, but just as you said, Chelsea lack strikers, which has been one of the problems they have been having right from the beginning of the season. If Chelsea had had experienced strikers, they would have scored more than a goal in the match. Jackson wasted some opportunities that he had in today’s match.

From the beginning of the match, Chelsea were under pressure, but any chance they had always looked dangerous to Manchester City. If Chelsea had experienced strikers, Manchester would have conceded many goals. But even though Mauricio Pochettino still gambled by substituting his strikers, some changes were not necessary in that match, and as soon as he did, Chelsea created no more chances and which Manchester City should have won the game if they had had enough time.

My prediction was incorrect because with Chelsea's performance this season, I never expected them to play much better against Manchester City. I was thinking that Pep Guardiola would correct his mistakes from the first league and win with a large goal difference, but the match ended in a draw; if Chelsea can use this same energy to play their remaining matches, they will have a better position in the table.

[abhiseshakana]

Manchester City vs Chelsea has been an exciting game between two teams and both teams have drawn in this game. We saw a few days ago Chelsea lost against normal team but this man city performance against was really interesting. Although the game was played at an average ground for Man City, they did not perform well and did not win the match but ended up with a draw. Although Manchester City had 70% possession of the ball most of the time in the match, Chelsea did not have that much possession with only 30% of the ball and they drew the match with Man City. Both teams had great attacks and neither team could organize due to strong attacks.However, the match was very good and both teams attacked until the last minute to share the points. And most people lost in this match most players bet on Man City and Chelsea, but people who bet on a draw won a lot more.

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

[OcTradism]

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

It is a bad match and disappointed result for Manchester City but they just had a draw, not a defeat. In addition, they got a disappointed match but have yet lost a battle, the Premier League title competition. They wasted one opportunity to create more pressure on Liverpool and chance to make a 2-point difference against Liverpool. It's certainly unwanted result but it's not actually too bad for them if we look at a general picture of the competition.

Manchester City are still in a good position and they don't have to feel fearful of losing the title. Winning one more match and they will have same total points like Liverpool, I am sure if they get it, it's not a bad result for the race.

[zaim7413]

Manchester City vs Chelsea has been an exciting game between two teams and both teams have drawn in this game. We saw a few days ago Chelsea lost against normal team but this man city performance against was really interesting. Although the game was played at an average ground for Man City, they did not perform well and did not win the match but ended up with a draw. Although Manchester City had 70% possession of the ball most of the time in the match, Chelsea did not have that much possession with only 30% of the ball and they drew the match with Man City. Both teams had great attacks and neither team could organize due to strong attacks.However, the match was very good and both teams attacked until the last minute to share the points. And most people lost in this match most players bet on Man City and Chelsea, but people who bet on a draw won a lot more.

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

The draw achieved at the Etihad stadium meant that Manchester City was stuck in third place, this result also meant that Manchester City failed to approach Liverpool at the top of the standings. Even though Manchester City appeared very dominant, they had difficulty penetrating Chelsea defense which appeared very strong. Chelsea was able to take advantage of the opportunity and surprise the crowd who packed the Etihad stadium with a goal scored by Sterling just before the end of the first half.

Rodri prevented Manchester City from losing after managing to make the score 1-1. Manchester City continued to try not to lose points in the remaining match time but no additional goals were scored. It is very interesting to see the EPL competition this season because Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City continue to try to collect points to reach first place.

[MinoRaiola]

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

A result with a big surprise. Chelsea have been playing very differently for many weeks, they still havent formed a strong team and now they are playing to a draw against one of the best. Manchester City had a great chance to win the game in minute 95, it was close. But its now 1-1 and the two points will be missing against city in the fight for the championship. They play Brentford at home in 2 days and if they win that they be 1 point behind liverpool, I thought they be top of the league for a few weeks. Now everything is possible again and Arsenal are still in the game for the championschip.

[BALIK]

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

It is a bad match and disappointed result for Manchester City but they just had a draw, not a defeat. In addition, they got a disappointed match but have yet lost a battle, the Premier League title competition. They wasted one opportunity to create more pressure on Liverpool and chance to make a 2-point difference against Liverpool. It's certainly unwanted result but it's not actually too bad for them if we look at a general picture of the competition.

Manchester City are still in a good position and they don't have to feel fearful of losing the title. Winning one more match and they will have same total points like Liverpool, I am sure if they get it, it's not a bad result for the race.

This match felt bad for Manchester City. Manchester City played very well in this match. The players tried their best to score. They created a lot of opportunities. But they were not able to break Chelsea's defense.

Manchester City had a chance to go top of the table if they won this match. Manchester City is now the third team in the table with 53 points in 24 matches. Arsenal have 55 points in 25 matches and Liverpool have 57 points in 25 matches. Even if City win their next match, they will be 1 point behind Liverpool. Arsenal and City will need to win every game consistently if they want to go top of the table. Dropping a point in a match will make their top spot in the table precarious.

[Solokan]

Now Arsenal is very great, they managed to shift Manchester City from the runner up position in the English League because Arsenal competed against Burnley with a fantastic score of 0-5 as the hosts Burnley were embarrassed and Burnley couldn't score a single goal against Arsenal but yes, of course it is normal if you look at the ranking because Arsenal's ranking in the Premier League is certainly very far from Burnley. and I liked seeing M.odegaard's performance because he opened the first goal and was great in the 4th minute Arsenal was able to score a goal through him.

Now Arsenal can breathe a sigh of relief because Manchester City could not get maximum points because they drew against Chelsea with a score of 1-1. Arsenal failed to become champions last season, but now this season they have another chance to become champions this season. Mikel Arteta has so far succeeded in bringing Arsenal well to its current position. Now Liverpool's competition is fiercer with Arsenal. What is certain is that Arsenal does not want to repeat this season as second place, but of course they definitely want to become first place.

But of course the competition between the 3 strongest teams in the Premier League is still not over and what is certain is that these 3 teams will use all their strength to win the trophy this season.

[Silence Scream]

Manchester City vs Chelsea has been an exciting game between two teams and both teams have drawn in this game. We saw a few days ago Chelsea lost against normal team but this man city performance against was really interesting. Although the game was played at an average ground for Man City, they did not perform well and did not win the match but ended up with a draw. Although Manchester City had 70% possession of the ball most of the time in the match, Chelsea did not have that much possession with only 30% of the ball and they drew the match with Man City. Both teams had great attacks and neither team could organize due to strong attacks.However, the match was very good and both teams attacked until the last minute to share the points. And most people lost in this match most players bet on Man City and Chelsea, but people who bet on a draw won a lot more.

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

Chelsea is a team full of big surprises this year. The damage they inflict on Manchester City will perhaps deprive them of the championship. There is currently a 4 point difference between them and the leader. Even if they play the missing match and win, they cannot become leaders. If they had beaten Chelsea and won the other match, they would have been leaders. I think Chelsea did a good job.

[pusaka]

I think slowly but surely , EPL title fight will be between Liverpool and Arsenal because I can already see City losing points here and there because their main focus right now is to go back 2 back UCL winners and I can't blame them. However , I can't say that Chelsea didn't deserve to take point or points today because overall they played good and determined to fight for the win.  

I think the same thing too, because what happened to Manchester city in their home surprised many people that predicted for their favour in that match and Liverpool and Arsenal are very comfortable to be among the two teams that will embrace this title. It was a great day for Chelsea because for Chelsea to first Manchester city to achieved a goal at 42 minutes in the first half made me to believe that Manchester city performance in this match was very poor. I know that, it will be difficult for Manchester city to lose premier league title and still lose UEFA champions league title, because they have dominated well in the UEFA champions league more than the premier league competition this period.

The results achieved by Manchester City this week are very favorable for Liverpool, they now have a distance of 4 points. Although Manchester City still have 1 match yet to play, but even if they win they will still be below Liverpool by 1 point. Arsenal also benefited from what Manchester City achieved, it opened up their chances even greater to be able to compete for the Premier League title. The Premier League this season is becoming more interesting, Manchester City are not as great as last season, and at the same time Liverpool can also return to their best game.

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

A result with a big surprise. Chelsea have been playing very differently for many weeks, they still havent formed a strong team and now they are playing to a draw against one of the best. Manchester City had a great chance to win the game in minute 95, it was close. But its now 1-1 and the two points will be missing against city in the fight for the championship. They play Brentford at home in 2 days and if they win that they be 1 point behind liverpool, I thought they be top of the league for a few weeks. Now everything is possible again and Arsenal are still in the game for the championschip.

Again and again Chelsea can hold Manchester City to a draw in the Premier League, which is quite surprising, but it happened again. Their first meeting at Chelsea headquarters, they also drew and they repeated it again in the second meeting. Chelsea is very good especially in keeping the defense area, yes they managed to build a solid defense regardless of the 1 goal scored against them. In this match Manchester City were really made difficult by their guests, and even they had to wait until 83 minutes of the match to be able to create a goal as well as equalize in this match.

[Xcode7]

This match felt bad for Manchester City. Manchester City played very well in this match. The players tried their best to score. They created a lot of opportunities. But they were not able to break Chelsea's defense.

Manchester City had a chance to go top of the table if they won this match. Manchester City is now the third team in the table with 53 points in 24 matches. Arsenal have 55 points in 25 matches and Liverpool have 57 points in 25 matches. Even if City win their next match, they will be 1 point behind Liverpool. Arsenal and City will need to win every game consistently if they want to go top of the table. Dropping a point in a match will make their top spot in the table precarious.

I was surprised by Chelsea's defense in this match, they played very well unlike usual.
And on the other hand, Manchester City, who played with their entire main squad, did their best, but it was very difficult for Manchester City to penetrate the Chelsea team's tight defense.

Now the top flight competition is getting hotter, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City are only 1 point apart and with so many games remaining this season, the competition is quite difficult to predict.
This season is a little different, usually in previous seasons only 2 teams competed until the last week to win the title, but I am sure that this season the 3 top teams will compete with the same potential to become champions.

[asriloni]

Manchester City vs Chelsea has been an exciting game between two teams and both teams have drawn in this game. We saw a few days ago Chelsea lost against normal team but this man city performance against was really interesting. Although the game was played at an average ground for Man City, they did not perform well and did not win the match but ended up with a draw. Although Manchester City had 70% possession of the ball most of the time in the match, Chelsea did not have that much possession with only 30% of the ball and they drew the match with Man City. Both teams had great attacks and neither team could organize due to strong attacks.However, the match was very good and both teams attacked until the last minute to share the points. And most people lost in this match most players bet on Man City and Chelsea, but people who bet on a draw won a lot more.

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

Chelsea is a team full of big surprises this year. The damage they inflict on Manchester City will perhaps deprive them of the championship. There is currently a 4 point difference between them and the leader. Even if they play the missing match and win, they cannot become leaders. If they had beaten Chelsea and won the other match, they would have been leaders. I think Chelsea did a good job.

Even though chelsea was not even moving up but it has good performance against the big club. People were not even expecting this to happen too. It's caused by we did know that city would be played the game with de bruyne but it has no a lot of change against chelsea.
We can't deny the fact that if chelsea performed really well in this match. I can't even believe it how two good defenders of chelsea are performing so well. I think that MOTM from chelsea in this game was disasi. This guy was actively blocking everything that came to the goal keeper. Petrovic is now so impressive in this game but he has made some important save.

People are concerning the performance from haaland right now. it's caused by this guy was not able performing better compared to the last season. Haaland is not so productive and i think that he has problem with his positioning.
Chelsea was putting some defenders to keept him. haaland felt so damnt bad to leave from chelsea's CB. I do know that if haaland may be frustrated with the result against manchester city.
It's in the mission to get EPL trophy this seaosn.

[klidex]

Liverpool are now sole leaders, Arsenal are 2 points behind, and City can overtake Arsenal by 1 point if they win their game in hand. I'm really looking forward to the end of the round (how these separate games on Monday annoy me) to see what the bookmakers think. Maybe Liverpool and City's odds for the title are already equal?

Arsenal did me proud today, I think it is safe for me to say that Arsenal have improved in their game play to the point that have been able to overtake Manchester City yesterday and and now the second leading club in the Premier League for this season at this point and just two points below liverpool. I have Take a look at the last five matches and all I can say is that they have really proved and there is every possibility that they can overtake Liverpool at the table.

Arsenal played Crystal Palace 5-0 , then went ahead to play Nottingham Forest 1 over 2 with Arsenal leading the match, then they met with Liverpool who are the leading club and gave them a 3 - 1 defeat, then went ahead to win West Ham with a 6 powerful goal over none and the last one yesterday which was 5- 0 win over Burnley. Arsenal will be playing it next Premier League on 24th of this month against Newcastle and sure its a sure win for Arsenal too. Well done guys!

Arsenal has returned to its best performance and continues to win to be able to compete with the top 3 clubs, with Arsenal's victory yesterday against Burnley now Arsenal has overtaken Manchester City with a difference of 2 points. But Manchester City still has 1 match remaining that has not been played but if Manchester City fails taking advantage of the remaining matches, Arsenal will be in 2nd place for the time being. Of the top 3 clubs, only Arsenal was able to get full points in 5 matches Liverpool lost 3 points while Manchester City lost 2 points.

Recently, Arsenal have performed extraordinary and have been able to score lots of goals in every match they have faced, who knows what motivation Mikel Arteta has provided so that Arsenal can be very productive and able to keep their defense tight making it difficult for opposing clubs who are trying to put up a fierce fight in the last 2 matches Arsenal were able to score lots of goals and keep clean sheet and that was a very satisfying result.

[Jody.Drummer]

Apart from the results of Manchester City which surprised many people because they had to get a draw at home to Chelsea, I was also surprised by the results obtained by Tottenham because they had to lose at their own headquarters because they were defeated by Wolves with a score of 1-2. in this match Wolves really managed to provide very tight resistance to Tottenham. They excelled first at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second half Tottenham managed to equalize.  But moments later Wolves were able to create another goal to put them back ahead in this match. Tottenham's hard work in the second half did not pay off, yes Wolves managed to apply a solid defense so that Tottenham were unable to penetrate the defense they built. Although Tottenham dominated the game especially towards the end of the match, they failed to get another goal to at least make the score even again.

[barisbilgili]

The results achieved by Manchester City this week are very favorable for Liverpool, they now have a distance of 4 points. Although Manchester City still have 1 match yet to play, but even if they win they will still be below Liverpool by 1 point. Arsenal also benefited from what Manchester City achieved, it opened up their chances even greater to be able to compete for the Premier League title. The Premier League this season is becoming more interesting, Manchester City are not as great as last season, and at the same time Liverpool can also return to their best game.

It cannot be denied that this draw is very detrimental for Manchester City and profitable for Liverpool and Arsenal, but I like this because now because Manchester City's draw has made the competition between Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City even more fierce.

I never thought that Manchester City would fail to win against Chelsea, they were playing at home, they were in top form and they were also playing with their full squad, but this is football, lots of surprises happened that we didn't imagine before.

[rendravolt]

Liverpool, Arsenal or even Manchester United have considered Chelsea as heroes in last night's match because they managed to hold Manchester City to a draw. No one expected that Pep Guardiola's squad would be held to a draw by Chelsea at the Etihad stadium and perhaps this would be a major blow for the hosts because they failed to secure full points.

Chelsea even took the lead before the first half ended and it was clearly surprising to many parties how Manchester City, which is famous for its ball possession and tight pressing, could concede first. They are not their usual self and there are many wasted opportunities. Manchester City even had to struggle to equalize and were lucky they were still able to get the goal back. If not, it is certain that Manchester City will lose at home and it will be a shame that the one who beats is Chelsea. Well, this result means Liverpool and Arsenal can breathe a sigh of relief because now Manchester City has a gap that they have to reduce in order to occupy the top position.

[Velvet78]

Liverpool, Arsenal or even Manchester United have considered Chelsea as heroes in last night's match because they managed to hold Manchester City to a draw. No one expected that Pep Guardiola's squad would be held to a draw by Chelsea at the Etihad stadium and perhaps this would be a major blow for the hosts because they failed to secure full points.

Chelsea even took the lead before the first half ended and it was clearly surprising to many parties how Manchester City, which is famous for its ball possession and tight pressing, could concede first. They are not their usual self and there are many wasted opportunities. Manchester City even had to struggle to equalize and were lucky they were still able to get the goal back. If not, it is certain that Manchester City will lose at home and it will be a shame that the one who beats is Chelsea. Well, this result means Liverpool and Arsenal can breathe a sigh of relief because now Manchester City has a gap that they have to reduce in order to occupy the top position.

Manchester City were really not impressive. I thought maybe Chelsea's scoring first would fire up Manchester City players for the win. But they still struggled too much to score the equalizer. Haaland wasted a huge goal chance by a header. If that header ended up with a goal then maybe Manchester City would have had more time for a comeback.

Manchester City have really been struggling to get comfortable wins against Chelsea home in the recent years. They were still able to get 1-0 wins before but this time it ended up with a draw. This is a really good job for a Chelsea which are having tough days.