Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[bangjoe]

The Chelsea match against Manchester City in his conclusion Chelsea confirmed that they made changes to their games, as I mentioned before if they had a draw or win played against Manchester City proved that they really had progress after winning against The Spur, playing with a draw with Arsenal and today draw with a team that has very good performance in the English Premier League.
Even seen from the match statistics in full time, Chelsea with Manchester City in the instruments had just shown balance of the match, both from the dominance of the ball, my opportunities and shots concluded it was balanced because it had a little difference.

Chelsea is experiencing a positive trend. It is worth recognizing Chelsea's overall performance in front of the Stamford Bridge public even though they only got 1 point.
Manchester City's first goal from the penalty spot, which was successfully executed by Haaland, had something odd after I observed it. In my opinion, the VAR tool does not work well in the process of checking potential penalties.
In the 72nd minute there was a handball when the ball kicked by Ederson hit Walker's hand, but no handball was given when the score was 3-3.

Yes, I also saw the hand ball, but it must be that and no one can replace the referee's decision, I think at that moment he doubted his decision.
I hope that Chelsea's positive trend can take place and they prove that they are back, because honestly there are many Chelsea supporters who were disappointed because of the decline that occurred in Chelsea in several seasons.

Poshettino may have found the key to Chelsea can rise again, at least they get qualifications to enter the UCL League next season.

One of the key players who has made Pochettino start to rediscover Chelsea's secrets on a positive path is Cole Palmer.
Palmer, who was a player sold by Manchester City, performed well in this match and became a nightmare for Manchester City.

I think about Cole Palmer in the match wanting to prove that he has the ability and is worthy of considering as a potential player to Pep Guardiola, and maybe he feels successfully prove that he makes Pep regret his decision for selling it.

[Ahli38]

Apart from that, currently Chelsea seems to have really improved. Even though I lost the bet on the Man City vs Chelsea match. But I really enjoyed the match. 8 goals in one game is very rare. Moreover, this is Man City vs Chelsea. They responded to each other's goals with not too much time difference. And it looks like Chelsea's victory against Tottenham really wasn't just because Tottenham got a red card. But Chelsea has indeed improved since that match. Todd Boehly must be smiling broadly right now when he saw that his club was even able to hold the defending champions, Man City, to a draw.

Everyone was shocked by the results of the match. Especially with the very large number of goals scored. I wouldn't be surprised if only Manchester City scored the most goals in that match. Because last season Manchester City scored 4 goals against Chelsea in the FA Cup last season. But this time I was really surprised because Chelsea was also able to respond to every goal scored by Manchester City. I think Chelsea will really have higher motivation in the upcoming matches. Because after all, being able to hold Manchester City to a draw is already quite good progress for this club. Pochettino must also be quite satisfied with this result. Because if even the strongest team can hold a draw then Chelsea should be able to win against a weak team. However, the problem is whether these 2 good results will continue or will they stop again like last season. Last season there was also a time when Chelsea won consecutive matches while Potter was still coach. But then they got worse again. I hope Pochettino can maintain the stability of his players' performance for the better. So that Chelsea remains in its best performance until the end of the season. Todd Boehly has spent a lot of money on this club. And maybe it's time for him to see the positive results of this.

[legendbtc]

Varane was Man United's top choice at centec-back last season. Although Harry Maguire did not play much last season, he still maintained his form and competed for a starting position at Man United. The duo Varane - Linsandro Martinez will be the couple competing for his position. But everything has turned around as Maguire is gradually regaining form. Maguire may soon return to MU's main squad. And can push Varane to the bench. In fact, there are matches where Maguire and Varane appear together. But in those matches, the team's ability to deploy the ball was not very smooth. So, I realized one thing about Harry Maguire being unable to play with Varane. Maguire and Evans will work better together.
Maguire will have a starting spot, do you believe it? He's trying every day.

[Leviathan.007]

Liverpool? They're not ready, have you seen that defense? They can't win the Premier League. Arsenal have tasted what if feels like to be at the top and failed, but after failure comes success, I'm tipping gunner's for the Premier League but they should be consistent.

Even if last season Arsenal had been in good competition but that doesn't mean they are ready now and some other clubs like Liverpool are still not ready for that.
Liverpool did not do well last season in terms of performance but for the previous few seasons, they were Manchester City's strongest competitors at the top of the table.
Now the race for the standings is still very tight especially with yesterday's draw from Manchester City making the competition even tighter because from the first position (Manchester City) to the 5th position (Aston Villa) is currently only 3 points away so now the competition depends on consistency in my opinion although the favorite is definitely City.

Arsenal has been very impressive since the start of the season and deserves all the praises they're getting at the moment concerning teams that are gonna challenge Manchester City for the English Premier League title this season but if you ask me, I'll say Liverpool are better contender for title than Arsenal.
Jurgen Klopp I believe understands how to rival Pep Guardiola very well and would definitely push for the league trophy till the last day of the league. Manchester City is widely believed to be the favourites to retain the league title but I think Liverpool will give them a good run for their money.

Arsenal had a good performance so far and they are in a better situation than we saw from them in the last season because even Arteta is more experienced and we should not forget that Arsenal bought many players and improved the team.
Maybe this team can have more chance than Manchester City to win the Premier League title because they even won the game against Manchester City and there is currently only one point difference between these two teams.

[rendravolt]

This is the big six standings before the international break starts and we can see that the difference is very small from all teams except Manchester United.

This will make the competition even more exciting in the future and Manchester City as the defending champion failed to widen the gap after playing a draw against Chelsea. In fact, Liverpool is now starting to get close to being in second place in the standings, followed by Arsenal, Spurs and Aston Villa, who also don't have a big enough distance from Manchester City. It is still difficult to predict who will emerge as champions this season and every team sometimes loses consistency when they have the opportunity to widen the gap from their competitors. Well, it's worth looking forward to the results of each match after the international break and it will definitely add value to an increasingly competitive league.

Manchester United are the only club struggling to win comfortably, they will face Everton next two weeks in the Premier League fixture. Manchester United should win even if Everton would proof stubborn.

Manchester City will be facing Liverpool
Aston Villa would be facing Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal would be up against Brentford a London Derby.

These are the next Premier League fixtures from the top six and they're really difficult to predict.

I don't think it will go smoothly for Manchester United because Everton is a team that is clearly quite strong even though they are often in the bottom position. Moreover, Manchester United's winning record so far has always been by a narrow score, which will make it even more difficult for them to win the match against Everton later.

Liverpool looks like they have to finish the competition early with Manchester City and this is another big match after the international break and it looks like Jurgen Kloop will be a little confused about this match. Aston Villa vs Spurs also seems to be a worthy competition to compete for 4th place in the standings and with the availability of the main squad still absent from Spurs, it is likely that Aston Villa will be slightly favored to win. Arsenal vs Brentford, there doesn't seem to be any problem with this match and Mikel Arteta is certainly very confident of being able to achieve another victory in this match.

[püsür]

Last season, City played with Newcastle 3-3 and this did not stop them from winning the treble. But the absence of KDB certainly has an impact, and in any case, the fact that Chelsea were able to score as many as four goals against them is impressive.
By the way, in the next round City plays Liverpool and I hope they will lose points again, and if Liverpool wins, they will also take the lead. What score will we expect in this game if the result with Chelsea is 4-4? 8-8?  

Actually it's not too makesenese to make this one match as a benchmark for a season because in my opinion even if they draw they also have nothing to lose and indeed I agree with what you said considering this also does not mean Manchester City's performance is bad because this is actually one of the best reminders for Pep that they still have to improve if they still want to make new history now.
Losing KDB as a successor in midfield and as an attack organizer with a pass that always spoils other players is indeed one of the problems that Manchester City still cannot solve to this day even though their performance is still very good but when KDB is not in this squad it still gives one characteristic that is lacking from Manchester City but for the problem of champions and Pep's achievements I think today's draw does not guarantee anything for the end of the season because I believe they can still develop better now.

I am rooting against City and with regret I understand that they are doing great even now - for example, if we take last season, then after 12 games played City was 2 points behind Arsenal. Now they are already in first place.
There is hope that Liverpool will beat them and the intrigue will be revived again. By the way, I heard that Klopp is outraged that the City-Liverpool game will take place on Saturday afternoon after the international break. He believes that the players will not have time to rest and prepare. And I think this is reasonable - the visiting team finds itself in very unfavorable conditions.

Pep added a new one to the ridiculous choices he made since the beginning of the season. Sending Ilkay Gundogan off and not replacing him with a player of that style, giving up on the 3-4-2-1 after de bruyne's injury and leaving the midfield to rodri, his preference for texture, playing alverez and haaland together are moves that do not suit him at all. It's as if he got bored of success and is looking for adventure by saying "now I will play like a classic premier league team, less passing, more vertical". No one should be surprised if City don't become champions this season. Well, if things get worse in the points table, like the 2020-21 season he may change its system again and catch an abnormal series, as it did at the end of November after unsuccessful results, that is another matter.

[makishart]

I am done with the heart attacks gotten from the football clubs I have been fanning so I just quit supporting any unless I have them bet to win or loose in m.
gambling table.

So, what club it is? I meant if you were the true supporters and you will not be so stressed about your club gets lose or win. It's caused by winning or lose in the football was just a common thing right now. There's no need to feel disappointed with it.
The true supporters will always support his favorite club no matter what the result is.

I think that betting on the club shall not be compared when you are supporting your favorite club.

[Furious 7]

It was a crazy match but Chelsea played very well and indeed a draw was a good result and benefited both teams in today's match.
This quite hot match with high tension makes the players motivated to show more performance in this match because not only the Manchester City players who play well in this match but also Chelsea who do have ambitions and are able to match the performance that Manhchester City does.
In addition, 2 Chelsea goals were also scored by 2 of their former players, Palmer and Sterling, making emotions a little bigger in this match and I am happy with results like this because after all this is a good result for both teams and with Chelsea's performance like this at least for the rest of the big match they are not too worried because when playing against clubs whose level is above them Chelsea always play well and the hope is clear in the remaining few big matches for the last 4 weeks of course Chelsea must play like this continue.

The Premier League is still very competitive, City were never able to beat Chelsea,

I don't really agree with this because when talking about h2h Manchester City can actually always beat Chelsea including when the massacre occurred in the FA Cup last season. But indeed for this match it is quite different because Chelsea play very well and they can withstand the onslaught and can compensate for the performance of Manchester City.

it was a very interesting game and it seems to me that Chelsea have started to play better, Pochettino is gradually making the team better. A draw with City is a very worthy result. From fifth place to first place the gap is only 3 points, so everything can change in each round. Liverpool looks very good, it seems to me that they have a very good chance of competing with City.

This is also a doubt for me because seeing from what is happening now for Chelsea they always play well when they play against big clubs like Liverpool, Tottenham and even Manchester City this week they always play very well when facing a club whose level is equal to or even better than them but the difference always happens when they have to fight a club whose level is far below them and that always happens this season even seeing some draws and defeats that always happen for Chelsea on average they lose to clubs that are below them so that when passing some big matches well but when facing a club that seems ordinary they lose then I'm not too sure Poche's development is good or not.

[topbitcoin]

Even if last season Arsenal had been in good competition but that doesn't mean they are ready now and some other clubs like Liverpool are still not ready for that.
Liverpool did not do well last season in terms of performance but for the previous few seasons, they were Manchester City's strongest competitors at the top of the table.
Now the race for the standings is still very tight especially with yesterday's draw from Manchester City making the competition even tighter because from the first position (Manchester City) to the 5th position (Aston Villa) is currently only 3 points away so now the competition depends on consistency in my opinion although the favorite is definitely City.

Arsenal has been very impressive since the start of the season and deserves all the praises they're getting at the moment concerning teams that are gonna challenge Manchester City for the English Premier League title this season but if you ask me, I'll say Liverpool are better contender for title than Arsenal.
Jurgen Klopp I believe understands how to rival Pep Guardiola very well and would definitely push for the league trophy till the last day of the league. Manchester City is widely believed to be the favourites to retain the league title but I think Liverpool will give them a good run for their money.

Yep, talking about praise then it will be something that deserves especially with the current situation where Arsenal are still quite consistent even though there are some situations and defeats that they get unexpectedly but until now they still deserve to be given praise with Arteta and his young players at this time Arsenal are indeed developing continuously towards something good.
As for Klopp, this is a season of proof for him after previousl y they had to be willing to stumble and get out of the Champions League zone where in the previous few seasons they were a subscription there and of course this will also not be wasted by Klopp because after all the current situation is very important for  Klopp in returning his name which last season was widely criticized due to the decline in Liverp's performance.

[Raflesia]

Manchester City will be facing Liverpool
Aston Villa would be facing Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal would be up against Brentford a London Derby.

Next week will indeed be interesting because with the Big Match from Manchester City against Liverpool at the Etihad this could make a significant difference and change back for the standings but indeed Tottenham against Aston Villa will also be very interesting to watch.
Because if one of the clubs loses in these 2 matches then indeed a change in position will definitely occur if you look at the current points which are still too close but indeed in any case now Arsenal are the most fortunate because they will play against Brentford.
Even though Brentford is sometimes always full of surprises but we also cannot deny that Arsenal are definitely favorites to get 3 points in this match so that whoever loses between Manchester City and Liverpool then indeed Arsenal will be very happy with the results because after all their chance to try to move up from the standings is now visible only they also still have to ensure victory against Brentford next week.

[Docnaster]

It was a crazy match but Chelsea played very well and indeed a draw was a good result and benefited both teams in today's match.
This quite hot match with high tension makes the players motivated to show more performance in this match because not only the Manchester City players who play well in this match but also Chelsea who do have ambitions and are able to match the performance that Manhchester City does.
In addition, 2 Chelsea goals were also scored by 2 of their former players, Palmer and Sterling, making emotions a little bigger in this match and I am happy with results like this because after all this is a good result for both teams and with Chelsea's performance like this at least for the rest of the big match they are not too worried because when playing against clubs whose level is above them Chelsea always play well and the hope is clear in the remaining few big matches for the last 4 weeks of course Chelsea must play like this continue.

The Premier League is still very competitive, City were never able to beat Chelsea,

I don't really agree with this because when talking about h2h Manchester City can actually always beat Chelsea including when the massacre occurred in the FA Cup last season. But indeed for this match it is quite different because Chelsea play very well and they can withstand the onslaught and can compensate for the performance of Manchester City.

it was a very interesting game and it seems to me that Chelsea have started to play better, Pochettino is gradually making the team better. A draw with City is a very worthy result. From fifth place to first place the gap is only 3 points, so everything can change in each round. Liverpool looks very good, it seems to me that they have a very good chance of competing with City.

This is also a doubt for me because seeing from what is happening now for Chelsea they always play well when they play against big clubs like Liverpool, Tottenham and even Manchester City this week they always play very well when facing a club whose level is equal to or even better than them but the difference always happens when they have to fight a club whose level is far below them and that always happens this season even seeing some draws and defeats that always happen for Chelsea on average they lose to clubs that are below them so that when passing some big matches well but when facing a club that seems ordinary they lose then I'm not too sure Poche's development is good or not.

Considering how well Chelsea has performed against big teams this season, I think they should've been in a better position than they're currently if they have done same against smaller teams, Chelsea never lost any the games they played against Liverpool, Arsenal Tottenham and lastly Manchester City yesterday.
The club have improved under the new manager Mauricio Pochettino but they need to start beating smaller teams in other to increase their chances of finishing in a better position than they did last season.

[SatoPrincess]

Liverpool were finally able to win against Brentford, the game finished 3 to nil in favor of Liverpool. Brace from Salah and a late goal from Jota helped the team come out successful against a Brentford team who seemed really tough in the first half. Interesting game it was , Liverpool are showing good improvement compared to last season, If they can maintain this level they might also contend for the league title.

[Polkeins]

Chelsea are really showcasing some good results in this season by defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 who was the most toping team in the premier league, and have a good draw with Arsenal and Manchester city that made people to respect Chelsea manager for the good impact he has impacted his players in this season. Manchester city was leading the match in the first half before Chelsea came to equalized the goal in the 28th minutes that made me to believe that this match will not going to be easy match for Manchester city, because they are still missing De Bruyne for some matches now and it has caused them to reduced little performance. If Liverpool can display what they are displaying now to moved to second position in the premier league table, show that Arsenal will fail for Liverpool to embrace victory from the match that will make them to maintain the second position in this season.

Chelsea seem to have improved greatly, recently their performance and results are really impressive as compared to how they started the league earlier this season were they were having so much of inconsistency and we're loosing matching and appeared in a poor form.

Pochettino has once again proven thy all he need was just time and he would achieve much with Chelsea. With their recent performance we can say even if they don't eventually win the league title they will be able to qualify for UCL next seasons by finishing amongst the top four if only they can be consistent with their performance, Liverpool is one team Chelsea is yet to meet this season, hopefully whenever they actually meet they still put up a good performance because Liverpool has recently been really good in the premier league tho have Lost some matches

Chelsea scored 8 goals in 4 days and in general before this match there were also good series of wins and draws and in general it was clear that the club is on the road to recovery, just yesterday it became obvious to everyone.

Chelsea showed character and that's the most important thing, you can see that the players are trying to play their best and have already forgotten the nightmare last season, which can not but please Chelsea fans. If Pochettino is given a quiet season at the club, I think Chelsea will get a place closer to the top three. I think that 4-5th place in the EPL will be quite a good achievement now and qualifying for the European Cup can revitalize the team.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

Everyone was shocked by the results of the match. Especially with the very large number of goals scored. I wouldn't be surprised if only Manchester City scored the most goals in that match. Because last season Manchester City scored 4 goals against Chelsea in the FA Cup last season. But this time I was really surprised because Chelsea was also able to respond to every goal scored by Manchester City. I think Chelsea will really have higher motivation in the upcoming matches. Because after all, being able to hold Manchester City to a draw is already quite good progress for this club. Pochettino must also be quite satisfied with this result. Because if even the strongest team can hold a draw then Chelsea should be able to win against a weak team. However, the problem is whether these 2 good results will continue or will they stop again like last season. Last season there was also a time when Chelsea won consecutive matches while Potter was still coach. But then they got worse again. I hope Pochettino can maintain the stability of his players' performance for the better. So that Chelsea remains in its best performance until the end of the season. Todd Boehly has spent a lot of money on this club. And maybe it's time for him to see the positive results of this.

Eight goals were scored at Stamford Bridge after Chelsea managed to hold Manchester City to a draw, who were the top team in this match. This result was truly unexpected, Chelsea fell behind Manchester City three times before finally managing to change the score to 4-4. Chelsea continues to surprise the teams in the Big Six positions, previously Pochettino's troops managed to hold Liverpool and Arsenal to a draw, in the previous game they managed to beat Tottenham and now they have managed to take one point from Manchester City.

This is clearly a different surprise from Chelsea, they seem to lose points very easily to teams that are not favored but always appear fierce against strong teams. I am very happy to see Chelsea's latest performance, if they can maintain this kind of performance, there will be one more team that will provide competition in the Big Six.

[QueenVera]

Manchester United are the only club struggling to win comfortably, they will face Everton next two weeks in the Premier League fixture. Manchester United should win even if Everton would proof stubborn.

Manchester City will be facing Liverpool
Aston Villa would be facing Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal would be up against Brentford a London Derby.

These are the next Premier League fixtures from the top six and they're really difficult to predict.

Manchester United are really going down the drain and urgent help is needed though they sit pretty close to top 4 spot of the log and the next few weeks with convincing wins could see them just in top 4, but can this be possible? YES but their players and whole team needs to get serious, get the fighting spirit back and take on every match as a final match.

 We heading to December fixtures where we have some tight and crazy fixtures and we see teams slip off their positions. The top 6 matches in the premier league can’t be predicted, Tottenham going down with injuries is something worrisome for them, Arsenal needs to maintain their good form and same with Liverpool. I think City will just be fine, no team is to be underrated in the EPL because week in, week out we’ve got some upsets all showing up in the league’s fixtures.

[onecall123]

Manchester City couldn't beat Chelsea for the first time since May 2021!
The match ended in a 4-4 draw, and it was absolutely stunning and thrilling.
I'm really surprised at how well Chelsea played to put up such a performance. It was a fantastic game, that kind of high voltage and exciting game we always look forward to. Both teams really put on a show, creating a lot of physical and mental intensity in the game.

[rahmad2nd]

Arsenal had a good performance so far and they are in a better situation than we saw from them in the last season because even Arteta is more experienced and we should not forget that Arsenal bought many players and improved the team.
Maybe this team can have more chance than Manchester City to win the Premier League title because they even won the game against Manchester City and there is currently only one point difference between these two teams.

Arsenal played very attractively, the game was fast, and their characteristics were inherent to them. As a supporter of the Gunners, I am happy that Arsenal has so far been able to compete and stick closely to Manchester City. Now, these two teams are only separated by 1 point and even though Liverpool is in 2nd place. But, actually I'm not satisfied with the development of the Gunners' game. Arteta still has work to do in the future, especially in crucial matches. the only thing I hope is, they have a pure sticker that can be relied on rather than hoping for Nketiah. I'm not saying Enktiah isn't playing well, but his level is not yet at the right level to be a goal machine in the Gunners squad.

As for Gabriel Jesus, he is quite good even though he is not a goalscoring striker. but his contribution to the team is very reliable. Often, he always opens up space for his teammates to create opportunities. and in several matches, I saw Arteta start to respond quickly when his team had difficulty scoring goals. or, when his team falls behind first. however, I haven't seen his best performance in the entire team.
Now Arsenal is no longer chasing opportunities, but it has become a necessity for Arteta to win at least 1 trophy. We are well aware that Arsenal's owners will not spend large amounts of money if they are not aiming for various trophies. So if Arteta fails, I'm not sure if he will stay with Arsenal, or...

[Arenga pinnata]

Liverpool were finally able to win against Brentford, the game finished 3 to nil in favor of Liverpool. Brace from Salah and a late goal from Jota helped the team come out successful against a Brentford team who seemed really tough in the first half. Interesting game it was , Liverpool are showing good improvement compared to last season, If they can maintain this level they might also contend for the league title.

Liverpool have indeed shown good results this season in the Premier League and also in the European League. And it seems that Liverpool's goal this season is really to win the title again in the Premier League and also in the European League. Because now the points owned by Liverpool and Man City are only 1 point different. So this season's title race seems to be getting even more interesting. Last season Liverpool even had to struggle to return to the top 6 or top 5 rankings. Because they started the season badly. But this season, M. Salah and his friends rarely show any gaps. Even in the European League, Liverpool is now said to be the strongest candidate to win the title. And I think if Liverpool continues to maintain their performance in the Premier League then they will also be called the strongest candidate in the Premier League.

And everything will be determined in the next match. Well, in the next match in the Premier League we will see Liverpool face Man City. This is very interesting. Because if Liverpool wins then Liverpool will rise to the top of the standings. But if there is only a draw then Man City has the potential to remain at the top of the standings. Or Arsenal will reclaim first place.

[legendbtc]

I think Chelsea can still compete for the top 4 this season despite the bad start. They are having an explosive week with consecutive positive results. After defeating Tottenham 4-1, they continued to hold Man City 4-4 in an extremely dramatic match. To be honest, Man City was exhausted in the final minutes, but Chelsea players could still explode. Chelsea played better when Pochettino was in charge. Their chances of getting into the top 4 are slim, but they still have to keep fighting even though they are 10 points behind the top 4. Remember, Chelsea has a squad full of young players, and unexpected things will happen to youth. Pochettino's teachers and students must sprint quickly and not make any mistakes.

[Leviathan.007]

It was a crazy match but Chelsea played very well and indeed a draw was a good result and benefited both teams in today's match.
This quite hot match with high tension makes the players motivated to show more performance in this match because not only the Manchester City players who play well in this match but also Chelsea who do have ambitions and are able to match the performance that Manhchester City does.
In addition, 2 Chelsea goals were also scored by 2 of their former players, Palmer and Sterling, making emotions a little bigger in this match and I am happy with results like this because after all this is a good result for both teams and with Chelsea's performance like this at least for the rest of the big match they are not too worried because when playing against clubs whose level is above them Chelsea always play well and the hope is clear in the remaining few big matches for the last 4 weeks of course Chelsea must play like this continue.

The Premier League is still very competitive, City were never able to beat Chelsea,

I don't really agree with this because when talking about h2h Manchester City can actually always beat Chelsea including when the massacre occurred in the FA Cup last season. But indeed for this match it is quite different because Chelsea play very well and they can withstand the onslaught and can compensate for the performance of Manchester City.

it was a very interesting game and it seems to me that Chelsea have started to play better, Pochettino is gradually making the team better. A draw with City is a very worthy result. From fifth place to first place the gap is only 3 points, so everything can change in each round. Liverpool looks very good, it seems to me that they have a very good chance of competing with City.

This is also a doubt for me because seeing from what is happening now for Chelsea they always play well when they play against big clubs like Liverpool, Tottenham and even Manchester City this week they always play very well when facing a club whose level is equal to or even better than them but the difference always happens when they have to fight a club whose level is far below them and that always happens this season even seeing some draws and defeats that always happen for Chelsea on average they lose to clubs that are below them so that when passing some big matches well but when facing a club that seems ordinary they lose then I'm not too sure Poche's development is good or not.

Considering how well Chelsea has performed against big teams this season, I think they should've been in a better position than they're currently if they have done same against smaller teams, Chelsea never lost any the games they played against Liverpool, Arsenal Tottenham and lastly Manchester City yesterday.
The club have improved under the new manager Mauricio Pochettino but they need to start beating smaller teams in other to increase their chances of finishing in a better position than they did last season.

For the first time, Pep Guardiola had a weird record in the Premier League since he is working there as a coach.
Manchester City had a 4-4 draw against Chelsea and Chelsea scored four goals against Guadiola's team that's the first time for this coach to have this experience and this epic performance from Chelsea is the reason for it.