Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[rahmad2nd]

I also didn't think Tottenham would lose against the Blues, judging by the current performance of the Blues who are ranked lower than Tottenham made me surprised by the results of the match, maybe because of the Blues' confident performance so they could beat Tottenham.

Romero's absence will probably provide difficulties for Tottenham themselves, but the manager will certainly do his best for the next match despite the absence of their players. Although Tottenham lost at home to the Blues they still received praise from two Sky Sports pundits, with this defeat Tottenham failed to return to the top of the standings, the result  against the Blues was also the Spurs' first defeat in the English league this season. Spurs themselves had won first thanks to Dejan Kulusevski's goal, Spurs also had to play with nine players after Romero and Destiny Udogie received red cards during the match. Chelsea managed to reverse the score in the 75th minute before sealing victory in injury time.

Really, I'm not surprised, because I predicted it beforehand. It's just that, I think Poche will rotate some of his players, especially their center forward. because, previously I have referred to many references that Chelsea will make changes. but in fact, Poche still plays Nicolas Jackson as the main starter. As the match progressed, Spurs took the lead in the 8th minute and I already suspected that this would happen.
as I said, Chelsea has the potential to provide resistance and even win the match if Poche is willing to innovate and experiment by rotating some of his players. especially, for the goalscoring players they have. but luck said otherwise, even though what I predicted was correct. However, the actual course of the match did not match expectations. Chelsea was able to win this match, because two Sprus players were given red cards. plus, unmitigated, two Spurs players were withdrawn due to injury. Ange took Maddison out, Van de Van, because he was allegedly having injury problems. Chelsea's victory over Spurs was due to nothing other than great luck.

On the Spurs side, this defeat was very detrimental to them. apart from 2 players being injured. the other two had to be absent due to red cards. Now, Spurs are in 2nd place. and it seems that Ange Postecoglou has to be prepared for a decline in his team's performance in the next few matches. Let's see, can Spurs come back or vice versa.

[Lida93]

What an eventful night! It was packed with drama and an amazing Jackson Hat-trick.
Tottenham's goalkeeper made some important saves; otherwise, the score could have been even worse. Despite receiving two red cards, Tottenham held Chelsea off until the very end, revealing the strength of this current Spurs team. Chelsea, on the other hand, struggled against 9 men, which indicates their current weaknesses. Chelsea's performance against 9 men wasn't great, but they got lucky. Overall, Chelsea team seems to have some work to do. Congratulations to them for seizing the opportunities and winning the match.

Tottenham fans criticized Chelsea for playing against 9 players, but they failed to acknowledge their own players' mistakes in committing serious fouls.
Ange was not feeling good with the result as well as son. I can see that from his expression after the match ended. Son, has been trying so hard in making the situation even better but he can't.

I think that anyone shall only care with the result on the board. People with good sense will not care with some drama but the result is something that being determined as the result from the match that has already happened before.

The same Tottenham fans criticizing Chelsea for playing against two man down Tottenham team are forgetting so quick that it was almost same drama that happened in their favour that they had to play against 9 man Liverpool team three weekends ago and got a victory against them, this is karma reoccurring.

Ange Postecoglou tactic of defending from the midfield (upline defense ) with a two man down was lame. It is common that any coach will sit the defense in the 18th yard box to reduce pressure and goals but  Spur manager couldn't think of that and Chelsea hard to capitalize on the silly tactic with counter attacks. The EPL table will be gradually taking shape as I had expected to see the team's in high forms and performance at the beginning of the season losing more future games.

[twiki]

I think it's natural when you look at the match that happened because in the end when 11 players against 9 players it will be very difficult especially it's Chelsea where when they face a club that is comparable in terms of level then they will play better than playing against a club whose level is below them.
In addition, many goals were scored in this match because even if it was 11 against 11 Chelsea could also play well even the previous 2 goals they were blocked by VAR which made this really very reasonable when saying Tottenham's defeat in this match.
This is not a matter of statistics and history of previous matches because in the end 90 minutes clearly prove that sometimes even the club that is not favoured can still get 3 points with unexpected scores and drama in 90 minutes of the match.

It seems to me that Chelsea won quite naturally and predictably. Firstly, Chelsea is a strong team and their level of play is much higher than that of Tottenham. secondly, the preparation for the match in Chelsea is a level higher. and finally, let's not forget about the fans. Chelsea fans create such an atmosphere that anyone will play at their best.
Yes, Tottenham had 9 players but that's no excuse. It's your own fault. Poor preparation and lack of experience..

[Yogee]

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Manchester United's squad does not have an experienced striker. Hojlund cannot be considered a first-line striker. More importantly, we can clearly see that Manchester United are not doing well in the 4-2-3-1 formation, they are having a lot of trouble scoring goals, yet Ten Hag continues this formation. Manchester's attack is unlikely to improve without changes in this formation and match strategy.

It's also quite puzzling why he keeps the 4-2-3-1 formation. He may be trying to experiment which of the player combination would fit his preferred style. That sounds good in a way but it's just weird that he doesn't mix it up.

It's not just about the strikers but also the goalkeeper having a slow start too which is also surprising since Onana isn't some newbie.

[twiki]

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Manchester United's squad does not have an experienced striker. Hojlund cannot be considered a first-line striker. More importantly, we can clearly see that Manchester United are not doing well in the 4-2-3-1 formation, they are having a lot of trouble scoring goals, yet Ten Hag continues this formation. Manchester's attack is unlikely to improve without changes in this formation and match strategy.

It's also quite puzzling why he keeps the 4-2-3-1 formation. He may be trying to experiment which of the player combination would fit his preferred style. That sounds good in a way but it's just weird that he doesn't mix it up.

It's not just about the strikers but also the goalkeeper having a slow start too which is also surprising since Onana isn't some newbie.

I think that Manchester United have enough experiments and that’s why Hug doesn’t want to change anything. Things are not going according to the best plan for the Red Devils anyway. Manchester United needs stability and good interaction between players, so it’s better than changing something again. Changes for Manchester United are not good for them...

[bitzizzix]

Actually Man City have better performed than Chelsea and looks difficult for beating City exactly they are on the top position, but did you watch last night match when Chelsea beating Tottenham Hotspur although as away match? many unpredictable result with Premier League matches and I don't think have surprise when Chelsea continue their winning trend for upcoming match to defeat Manchester City. Have many days left for taking rest with Chelsea not participants in Champion League seems have good chance than Manchester City will play on Champion League match tomorrow then few days later they will face Chelsea.

Looks interested if Chelsea can defeat another favorite teams as City and they will slowly move to higher position standing with their position still drop 10th place.

Chelsea's victory over Tottenham will certainly be a big motivation for them and this will increase the confidence of Chelsea players in facing the match against Manchester City. Even though they are in a slump, what must be remembered is that Chelsea is one of the top teams in the Premier League, so in the match against top teams should not underestimate Chelsea.

In terms of strength, Manchester City is better than Chelsea, everything is possible but I will bet on something that is realistic, regardless of the same surprise happening again as Chelsea did at Tottenham's home ground, but I think the percentage of Manchester City to win is very big.

Knowing too well that Chelsea's victory yesterday was based on the injuries that some Tottenham players had and joined with the red card. Chelsea shouldn't be given any credit on winning their next match with Manchester City. This is because City is stronger than them and have not lost only two matches. Manchester City have their complete players for that match and they will be playing aggressively because they saw how Chelsea won Tottenham.

Chelsea performance is unpredictable as they will win one match today and lose the next two or three next matches, which makes it not impossible for the blues to win because of inconsistency and poor performance. Chelsea will only play their best and see what will be the outcome, if possible maybe a draw but it can never be a win for them.

And whatever the reason, the Tottenham vs Chelsea match was really very interesting and I was very entertained because the match between the two teams was full of drama and five goals were disallowed, seven yellow cards and two red cards were issued by referee Michael Oliver, and five of them were valid. 1 Tottenham goal and 4 Chelsea goals and the final score is 1-4.
And the two red cards received by Tottenham were indeed their fault, perhaps because the atmosphere of the match was so fierce that Tottenham got carried away. And it's true that you think Chelsea can't be consistent in every match, but sometimes there are surprises. And in the match against Manchester City I think Chelsea will lose, because in terms of game and squad, Manchester City players are much better than Tottenham and Chelsea and they also play more relaxed and don't get carried away by the opponent's atmosphere.

[Zanab247]

I just read this, the local media in my country said that there are 6 Man United players who want Ten Hag to leave. But it doesn't detail who those players are. But I myself was a little disappointed with Ten Hag's performance. He did not immediately bring Man United to improve. Last season they had a positive effect. But this year has been terrible. Even players who don't get along have to be separated and will even be sold. It doesn't seem to have to be that way, players and coaches should be equally appreciative. Because I think the player that Ten Hag exiled is a good player.

Ten Hag is not the caused of Manchester united poor performance in this season because, he was the one that made the team to ended up top 4th in the premier league competition last year which he can still do something meaningful if the players can organize themselves through out the remaining games. I guess, Manchester united coach made some mistakes during the summer by releasing their formal goalkeeper that saved the teams from the hands of the strong teams last season but since they brought in new goalkeeper, many things has changed negatively in their performance.

 I know that, if Ten Hag fail to resolve this poor performance on ground before the end of their three games, he can get a sack letter from Manchester united president and he will bring in new coach that can help the team to develop good results before the end of the tournament.

[Zoomic]

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Manchester United's squad does not have an experienced striker. Hojlund cannot be considered a first-line striker. More importantly, we can clearly see that Manchester United are not doing well in the 4-2-3-1 formation, they are having a lot of trouble scoring goals, yet Ten Hag continues this formation. Manchester's attack is unlikely to improve without changes in this formation and match strategy.

It's also quite puzzling why he keeps the 4-2-3-1 formation. He may be trying to experiment which of the player combination would fit his preferred style. That sounds good in a way but it's just weird that he doesn't mix it up.

It's not just about the strikers but also the goalkeeper having a slow start too which is also surprising since Onana isn't some newbie.

I am surprised when people refuse to see an obvious thing or when they see something obvious but try to drag in something else to distract attention. The first person had mentioned that Hojlund is the problem of Manchester United because he is not an experienced striker while the other person said that the problem of Manchester United is the goalie because he is having a slow start in the Manchester United team.

I will rather say both Hojlund and Onana, none is the problem of Manchester United. The formation both mentioned above is one of the problems and we should instead blame the coach for that. Right from time, Manchester United is known for playing wing football and the current formation doesn't allow the players to explore the wing. In other words, wingers like Rashford doesn't recognise Hojlund, those are the problems.

[Mr.right85]

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Manchester United's squad does not have an experienced striker. Hojlund cannot be considered a first-line striker. More importantly, we can clearly see that Manchester United are not doing well in the 4-2-3-1 formation, they are having a lot of trouble scoring goals, yet Ten Hag continues this formation. Manchester's attack is unlikely to improve without changes in this formation and match strategy.

It's also quite puzzling why he keeps the 4-2-3-1 formation. He may be trying to experiment which of the player combination would fit his preferred style. That sounds good in a way but it's just weird that he doesn't mix it up.

It's not just about the strikers but also the goalkeeper having a slow start too which is also surprising since Onana isn't some newbie.

I think the reason why Manchester United are struggling is not really because of the formation but the style of play that Ten Hag has decided to introduce this season. If you observe closely you’d notice that the system isn’t the same with last season. He played a double pivot last season and Eriksen was the DLP..Casemiro as the No.8. The pivoters that kept him going, were they at the top of their game?
I was shouting about Eriksen since last season citing his physical decline and it became very evident this season
Do you continue with the same personnel even with an obvious decline? No. Both Casemiro and Eriksen are not at their once best levels anymore. Game accumulation and age - Key factors.

The game is getting more physical and demanding, I expected Ten Hag to adjust but he hasn’t done anything this season. Manchester United need good midfielders that can create and are good with the ball at their feet.
No manager will be happy with final third specialists without a combative or ball carrying 8 in his squad. There’s little or no link up play between the strikers and it’s has resulted to weak attacks.

[hahay]

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Manchester United's squad does not have an experienced striker. Hojlund cannot be considered a first-line striker. More importantly, we can clearly see that Manchester United are not doing well in the 4-2-3-1 formation, they are having a lot of trouble scoring goals, yet Ten Hag continues this formation. Manchester's attack is unlikely to improve without changes in this formation and match strategy.

It's also quite puzzling why he keeps the 4-2-3-1 formation. He may be trying to experiment which of the player combination would fit his preferred style. That sounds good in a way but it's just weird that he doesn't mix it up.

It's not just about the strikers but also the goalkeeper having a slow start too which is also surprising since Onana isn't some newbie.

That way, the problem maybe about Manchester United made a mistake in recruiting players during the last transfer window, so that at this moment Erik ten Hag finds it difficult to build a good team performance with the existing squad. After all, if for example Manchester United brought in more appropriate players, then it maybe not difficult for Erik ten Hag to implement a strategy that suits the composition of players in Manchester United's squad this season. But perhaps, Erik ten Hag still needs time to restore the good performance for Manchester United like in his first season last season, who knows.

[Mr.right85]

The goal by Newcastle against Arsenal is illegal. I don't know what those VAR referees were doing. This is ridiculous.
There was a foul in attack, committed by the Newcastle player against the Arsenal player, which was close to the Arsenal goalkeeper.
This goal is a joke. This is the second time VAR is failing, after the Liverpool goal against Tottenham, which was unfairly denied.
Maybe VAR should be cancelled. VAR is doing more harm to the football than it goes any good.
Newcastle became a really strong team and they will have big influence in the Premier league, but the fair result of this game was 0-0.

Honestly, it’s was shameful. I expected more from VAR and the Referees but it’s unfortunate that the EPL is slowing losing its credibility. One of the major problems with this VAR in the EPL is the fact that referees aren’t asked to go take a look at the monitor enough. The ambiguity of what a ‘clear and obvious error’ constitutes is damaging the decision making. Why not just ask the centre referee to go view the monitor while you’re all deliberating the decision? I’m sure that Newcastle goal would have been disallowed if the ref was allowed to view the monitor.
Referees should be allowed to go take a look at the screen for subjective decisions. The whole of PGMOL needs to be overhauled. Their ineptitude has become farcical.

[arimamib]

I just read this, the local media in my country said that there are 6 Man United players who want Ten Hag to leave. But it doesn't detail who those players are. But I myself was a little disappointed with Ten Hag's performance. He did not immediately bring Man United to improve. Last season they had a positive effect. But this year has been terrible. Even players who don't get along have to be separated and will even be sold. It doesn't seem to have to be that way, players and coaches should be equally appreciative. Because I think the player that Ten Hag exiled is a good player.

Ten Hag is not the caused of Manchester united poor performance in this season because, he was the one that made the team to ended up top 4th in the premier league competition last year which he can still do something meaningful if the players can organize themselves through out the remaining games. I guess, Manchester united coach made some mistakes during the summer by releasing their formal goalkeeper that saved the teams from the hands of the strong teams last season but since they brought in new goalkeeper, many things has changed negatively in their performance.

 I know that, if Ten Hag fail to resolve this poor performance on ground before the end of their three games, he can get a sack letter from Manchester united president and he will bring in new coach that can help the team to develop good results before the end of the tournament.

I think Manchester United's problems don't come from individuals, but those have become rooted problems in the club from top to bottom and individuals just make those worse with their decisions and attitude. Ten Hag is the right man for the team but not for the whole club. He cant do it alone. it needs willingness from the owner to put the right man in the right place in the board and team management.

Players also make it worse like leadership issue in the team who is not fully respected. Players dont show their desire to play for the club. it's so clear to see that there is no unity in the squad. these all make it hard for Ten Hag to execute his plan properly on the pitch and off the pitch.

[eebkhs]

that. Chelsea face Man City and we all know  they can not beat Man City.
Chelsea have big clubs like Newcastle,  Brighton and then Man United in line after they finish Man city can they get all wins in the game?
This drop of Tottenham from top will be the begin of Citys reign on top of the premier league.  Pep has already signalled they will not play when it comes to defending the premier league. Tottenham tried but the two card helped Chelsea win.

Actually Man City have better performed than Chelsea and looks difficult for beating City exactly they are on the top position, but did you watch last night match when Chelsea beating Tottenham Hotspur although as away match? many unpredictable result with Premier League matches and I don't think have surprise when Chelsea continue their winning trend for upcoming match to defeat Manchester City. Have many days left for taking rest with Chelsea not participants in Champion League seems have good chance than Manchester City will play on Champion League match tomorrow then few days later they will face Chelsea.

Looks interested if Chelsea can defeat another favorite teams as City and they will slowly move to higher position standing with their position still drop 10th place.

Of course, no one should doubt that Manchester City are far more favored than Chelsea, none other than because the performance of these two teams is very much different this season, just look at Manchester City, who can always dominate the top five positions, while Chelsea are almost nothing impressive this season, which causes them to be far below the top five with the current position 10. Therefore, maybe everyone is very confident that

[poodle63]

I just read this, the local media in my country said that there are 6 Man United players who want Ten Hag to leave. But it doesn't detail who those players are. But I myself was a little disappointed with Ten Hag's performance. He did not immediately bring Man United to improve. Last season they had a positive effect. But this year has been terrible. Even players who don't get along have to be separated and will even be sold. It doesn't seem to have to be that way, players and coaches should be equally appreciative. Because I think the player that Ten Hag exiled is a good player.

Ten Hag is not the caused of Manchester united poor performance in this season because, he was the one that made the team to ended up top 4th in the premier league competition last year which he can still do something meaningful if the players can organize themselves through out the remaining games. I guess, Manchester united coach made some mistakes during the summer by releasing their formal goalkeeper that saved the teams from the hands of the strong teams last season but since they brought in new goalkeeper, many things has changed negatively in their performance.

 I know that, if Ten Hag fail to resolve this poor performance on ground before the end of their three games, he can get a sack letter from Manchester united president and he will bring in new coach that can help the team to develop good results before the end of the tournament.

We can't take his result last year as a way to distinguish his performance this season. Ten hag is making manchester united performs so poorly and this can't be tolared. Ten hag needs at least to make manchester united qualify for the europa league.
This will be really helpful for manchester united to enter into the european cup again. Many people have been complaining about this said that if ten hag is not changing the situation and they demand him to leave from the club.
The management gave ten hag more time but i think that we need to evaluate the performance of him with united till the middle of season. you can't really sure to defend a coach that is slowly destroying your favorite club, right?
Let's see what movement will be made by ten hag at the middle of this season. Im waiting to see some names to be bought by united.

[Yogee]

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It's also quite puzzling why he keeps the 4-2-3-1 formation. He may be trying to experiment which of the player combination would fit his preferred style. That sounds good in a way but it's just weird that he doesn't mix it up.

It's not just about the strikers but also the goalkeeper having a slow start too which is also surprising since Onana isn't some newbie.

I am surprised when people refuse to see an obvious thing or when they see something obvious but try to drag in something else to distract attention. The first person had mentioned that Hojlund is the problem of Manchester United because he is not an experienced striker while the other person said that the problem of Manchester United is the goalie because he is having a slow start in the Manchester United team.

I will rather say both Hojlund and Onana, none is the problem of Manchester United. The formation both mentioned above is one of the problems and we should instead blame the coach for that. Right from time, Manchester United is known for playing wing football and the current formation doesn't allow the players to explore the wing. In other words, wingers like Rashford doesn't recognise Hojlund, those are the problems.

Of course the blame ultimately falls on the manager as he has command responsibility on the field but you cannot excuse the players poor performance. Onana may have the best possible defensive formation but he could still commit mistakes and the manager could not control that.

I agree that certain players thrive on certain positions so forcing them to play a different formation could limit their abilities. It's good that you also mentioned wing football since I was thinking of the 4-4-2 when I said about mixing it up.

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Manchester United needs stability and good interaction between players, so it’s better than changing something again. Changes for Manchester United are not good for them...

No problem if the goal is stability but also comes with a risk as they become more predictable if they keep using the same formation. They will probably become a mid-table team if they play 4-2-3-1 the entire season.

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The game is getting more physical and demanding, I expected Ten Hag to adjust but he hasn’t done anything this season. Manchester United need good midfielders that can create and are good with the ball at their feet.
No manager will be happy with final third specialists without a combative or ball carrying 8 in his squad. There’s little or no link up play between the strikers and it’s has resulted to weak attacks.

Do you think that's the main reason why he uses the same formation? He wants to control the center for defensive purposes while keeping a small window for attack?

[yudi09]

It seems to me that Chelsea won quite naturally and predictably. Firstly, Chelsea is a strong team and their level of play is much higher than that of Tottenham. secondly, the preparation for the match in Chelsea is a level higher. and finally, let's not forget about the fans. Chelsea fans create such an atmosphere that anyone will play at their best.
Yes, Tottenham had 9 players but that's no excuse. It's your own fault. Poor preparation and lack of experience..

The referee in charge of the Tottenham vs Chelsea match which saw Tottenham lose 1-4 at home was not Simon Hooper but Michael Oliver. Luckily they didn't blame Oliver for the red cards given to two Tottenham players. If Hooper had served as referee in this match like in Week 7 of the Premier League vs Liverpool, perhaps Romero's hard tackle which endangered Chelsea players would not have received a red card.

Chelsea won with a reasonable score because it was in accordance with the quality of the game given by the entire team, not because of the referee's help so that Chelsea could win or not because of a robbery. If VAR had not canceled Chelsea's two goals, a score above 4 could have happened.

[Cookdata]

In essence, Pochettino managed to embarrass Tottenham at home, even though at the same time Tottenham had a very good trend at this moment. As for Chelsea, obviously beforehand we might also underestimate Chelsea because of the bad trend experienced by Chelsea at this moment too . But what happened was very unexpected, who thought Chelsea managed beat Tottenham with a score of 1-4, obviously it was a surprise when the performance of the Chelsea team was not good at this moment. So yes, I think this victory is a success for Pochettino to beat his old team, and obviously this is a very embarrassing and disappointing defeat for Tottenham.

I knew that this board is going to be full of Chelsea talk today, just because they managed to win one game, they all over my TL proving what they are not, who beat 9 men and celebrate. That doesn't deserve any honor, it's like wanting to fight but wait for the opponent turn back and then stabbed them and then continued to hit them because they know they couldn't stand up again.

If not that Chelsea was super weak, how many minutes did it take Tottenham to scored their first goal in that match, it was barely under 7 minutes when Kulusevski scored Chelsea and gave Tottenham a lead not until Romero cost them a a defensive malnutrition. Chelsea had that as advantage and equalized to balance the game into the half time.

Destiny made Tottenham defensive system to become worse after he bag another red card and that's when Chelsea thought it's opportunity to feast on Tottenham. What is there to celebrate about, I understand that they have been looking for 3 points just so Pochettino could remain in the club but he shouldn't over celebrate over mediocre win. Heard his comments after the match and was talking shit about Arteta and Var, they shouldn't worry, Manchester City will disgrace them the way they disgrace Tottenham in Stamford Bridge.

[shinratensei_]

5 valid goals
5 goals disallowed
9 yellow cards
2 red cards
21 minutes total added time
Nicolas Jackson's 3 goals

Those are some of the things that happened in the London derby last night and who would have thought that Spurs would lose 1-4 at home against Chelsea. Maybe something like this rarely happens considering the amount of drama that was created during the match and this was Spurs' first defeat of the season and Chelsea was the team that managed to stop them in their tracks. On the other hand, Spurs were unlucky because they had to play with 9 players after Romero and Udogie received red cards. Pochettino's squad clearly used this well to control the game and Nicolas Jackson scored a hat trick in this match. Spurs failed to overtake Manchester City in the standings and this victory put Chelsea back into the top 10 of the standings.

What a game, funny how I missed all the fun and highlight. I believe if there were more time added to the match there would have been more goals up to 8. The only team that has ben able to withstand the pressure of one man down or two men down is Liverpool. The team is well structured that even when they have a possible red card they still press their opponent and as well score. It has been proven several times. During the first three matches of Liverpool this season in two straight games they got a red card but they were able to win one and loss one. Its so unfortunate that Tottenham was unable to withstand the pressure after the two red card. Well this is the first loss for them.

Source: https://twitter.com/espnfc/status/1721650622112403703

Spurs continued to appear pressing even though they lost two players in this match and proved that coach Ange was not afraid in the slightest to face Chelsea with a more complete squad. However, apart from their first defeat, Spurs also suffered another loss because James Maddison and Micky van de Ven were reportedly injured and it is certain that in the next match these two key players will be absent. On the other hand, the two players who received red cards, namely Romero and Udogie, will also miss several matches because of the sanctions they have to receive. It seems that the Spurs defense line is now vulnerable and not strong enough to withstand attacks from their next opponents, of course this is not what is desired and coach Ange must start determining other strategies to overcome the absence of several of his defensive players.

The club has been losing a lot. After spurs got red card and some players were injured. I have nothing to say but this really puts totenham in disadvantage at this time. Chelsea will face manchester city soon and this is going to be another big match.
It seems like that there will be a lot of big matches to come soon till end of this year. Totenham will be facing wolves which will become a easy match for totenham and it can also be used to bring back the mentality from the players after embarassing lose against chelsea.
Totenham is still at the second place right now but ange needs also to do some evaluation toward totenham's club. It's caused by some players might be very emotional.

This is obviously putting totenham in very big disadvantage compared with another club. Totenham needs to learn from previous match if being emotional during the match will give the club a lot of disadvantage like that.

[Falconer]

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The referee in charge of the Tottenham vs Chelsea match which saw Tottenham lose 1-4 at home was not Simon Hooper but Michael Oliver. Luckily they didn't blame Oliver for the red cards given to two Tottenham players. If Hooper had served as referee in this match like in Week 7 of the Premier League vs Liverpool, perhaps Romero's hard tackle which endangered Chelsea players would not have received a red card.

Chelsea won with a reasonable score because it was in accordance with the quality of the game given by the entire team, not because of the referee's help so that Chelsea could win or not because of a robbery. If VAR had not canceled Chelsea's two goals, a score above 4 could have happened.

Tottenham must really regret the bad result against Chelsea. I didn't expect Chelsea to win the match with a score of 1-4 against them when Chelsea's performance was very unstable. Tottenham tended to be better with their unbeaten record, but all that was destroyed by Chelsea in the drama of 2 red cards and 5 goals for the match.

Chelsea were basically overwhelmed against Tottenham's defense which at times was still well concentrated. Tottenham ultimately had to give up due to a lack of players and manpower, so it was only natural that Chelsea could score 3 additional goals since the second red card was given to Tottenham players.

[Minecache]

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Manchester United's squad does not have an experienced striker. Hojlund cannot be considered a first-line striker. More importantly, we can clearly see that Manchester United are not doing well in the 4-2-3-1 formation, they are having a lot of trouble scoring goals, yet Ten Hag continues this formation. Manchester's attack is unlikely to improve without changes in this formation and match strategy.

It's also quite puzzling why he keeps the 4-2-3-1 formation. He may be trying to experiment which of the player combination would fit his preferred style. That sounds good in a way but it's just weird that he doesn't mix it up.

It's not just about the strikers but also the goalkeeper having a slow start too which is also surprising since Onana isn't some newbie.

Manchester United's 4-2-3-1 formation is not doing well. Even in the pre-season matches we have seen that United's players could not do well in this formation. Ten hag should have introduced the team to a new formation and a new match strategy. and experimenting with the team. But he did nothing of the sort. He has kept the match strategy and formation unchanged. As usual, Manchester United have underperformed in the Premier League, Champions League and EFL Cup. And I would say coach Ten Hag is definitely more responsible than Manchester United's players. I don't see much effort from Ten Hag to improve Manchester United's performance.