Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[shinratensei_]

I know if caicedo really wanna play for chelsea. He will be asking its club to lower his relesea clause fees. It will be giving an advantage for chelsea to recruit him from brighton. It will be so good to have him as a new defensive midfielder.

MOISES CAICEDO and his representatives will ask Brighton to bring their asking price down from £100million, according to reports.
Chelsea had an £80m bid for Caicedo rejected on Thursday and Brighton’s resistance has frustrated the player.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23240653/moises-caicedo-brighton-chelsea-transfer-bid/
The news already published by the sun.

Caicedo was feeling so frustrated after brighton was rejecting the latest offer from chelsea. That offer considerably as a big offer from chelsea. Despite the blues' strong desire for him to become a part of their club, the price of Caicedo has been raised by Brighton, causing a setback.
It likes forcing chelsea to use more money to get him from brighton. I do know how important caicedo for brighton but the problem is if his price is also very expensive. Mcallister has been moving to the liverpool with cheap price. That's why caicedo shall help chelsea to lowering his price. It will make him much easier to move to the blues.

[tusandii]

Fabinho leaving the side is something they should be very worried about because that man is like a solid rock for the Liverpool team and he always play out his best in every position Klopp plays him. So I ask if there's any player that can fill in that gap next season for Liverpool? To me I don't think so, is a dead end to getting a replacement.

Liverpool shall find a replacement for him. Henderson has been also joining in saudi club. That means liverpool shall try to make fast move as soon as possible to find a replacement for those players.
Mcallister has not been performing so well during his debut. I can't expect impressive performance from liverpool next season.

Liverpool will surely soon have replacements for some of the players who have left, and sooner or later every position in the Liverpool squad will surely be occupied by more talented players.
So far, there have been many rumors circulating that Liverpool's management have made several offers to be able to take advantage of this transfer season so that next summer they don't have a shortage of players who can make it difficult in every game.

Liverpool is a club that has a fairly well-established budget, so whatever their shortcomings will be resolved quickly.

[Avirunes]

I hear some names like verratti who has been begging to the liverpool to recruit him but liverpool doesn't sign him.

Is he? Last time I heard he was very close with a Saudi Club last week. So I don't think there is a need to urge Liverpool to buy him here. Veratti to Liverpool would have been nice but it seems like for Liverpool he is not the target as I haven't seen Liverpool showing any kind of interest on him yet.

The negotiation for romeo lavia is still continue.
https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/transfer-news/romeo-lavia-transfer-warning-liverpool-27417169

Soton was giving warning for liverpool caused by it takes very long to complete lavia's transfer. Chelsea sees opportunity to hijack him from liverpool. Soton has been also sending a message for FSG regarding lavia's transfer. No response has been coming from FSG so far.
Liverpool is keeping to be quite on its tranfer at this moment. It's not so aggresive like another team.

Yeah, Lavia is a priority target for Liverpool right now. Talks are going on but it is slow and Southampton are valuing Lavia a bit high but if Liverpool wants the player then they should really go for it or otherwise move to some other name in the list. There is no point dragging talks as it will waste time if those talks doesn't moves things forward.

Mcallister has not been performing so well during his debut. I can't expect impressive performance from liverpool next season.

It's a new club for him and it is tough for anyone to get adjusted to the playing style of new club. He would slowly get used to it. Give it some time. Klopp certainly has plan and he will make his best efforts to make MacAllister adjusted and comfortable to his tactics later on.

[GiftedMAN]

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AakZaki, I also hope that Ten Hag can restore the glory of Manchester United even though in reality it will never be easy. Over the past season, Ten Hag has proven his quality and strategic ability to help Manchester United win titles.

Even though Ten Hag didn't win the Premier League title, I'm happy he did win the EFL Cup. Ten Hag has also managed to lead Manchester United to win a ticket to the Champions League next season, that is a great proof from him compared to the 2021-2022 season. I am pleased with the performance of the team under Ten Hag, so I hope he can have great success in the following seasons with Manchester United.

Eric Ten Hag has made many changes since being appointed as head coach of Manchester United at the start of the 2022/2023 season. His arrival at Old Trafford not only changed Manchester United as a team, he also made several players find their best form again.

Manchester United are starting to feel the impact of the arrival of Erik ten Hag, in the transfer market this season Manchester United have also brought in several great players to add strength to their squad. Manchester United is trying to restore its glory with Ten Hag, now they are ready to become a new challenger in the Premier League and in the Champions League.

You have to want the change to be partof whatever change that comes to Manchester United.  So many changes going through but the fans are yet to see the sale of Manchester United from the hands of the glazers.  The takeover has taken longer than expected. But indeed Erik Ten Hag had impact on the players also with  the newest players.

Two to three additional players and Manchester United will be in the right direction. The purpose this season is to win the Premier league and get the club to the right direction attracting special players also in the squad. Erik Ten Hag will get Manchester United to the right place.

[Raflesia]

Mcallister has not been performing so well during his debut. I can't expect impressive performance from liverpool next season.

It's a new club for him and it is tough for anyone to get adjusted to the playing style of new club. He would slowly get used to it. Give it some time. Klopp certainly has plan and he will make his best efforts to make MacAllister adjusted and comfortable to his tactics later on.

That's only 2 matches done and looking at the 2 friendly matches done (90 minutes of play) because the first match he was a substitute and for the second match he was a striker and replaced actually with 1 assist I think it's already very good for Mac Allister's prospects.
He is a complex midfielder and although the opponents in these friendlies are quite far away from Liverpool's level but I think it has been seen how the possession of the ball and now the center is quite solid at the moment for Liverpool.

At the moment, he has shown good things only that improvements must definitely be made because of course fans and football observers will not be satisfied with his mediocre performance.

[Velvet78]

Luton Town are one of the new teams in the Premier League this season. They have surely made a lot of money after promoting to this league as well. However they haven't made so many or any dramatic transfers so far. They had better increase their attempts for better players if they want to challenge for not relegating again.

Sure, being promoted to the UCL will make this club get additional income. I meant all the club's supporters who are eager to see their favorite team compete in the highest competition in England will fill the stadium..
Luton has not made yet a lot of money from being promoted to the EPL. The money raised last season used for stadium renovation. Luton doesn't have a lot of money. You can hope this one will get investors to put money on this club.

Because the Premier League is way tougher than the Championship. It is extra difficult for them to try to hold onto the league with a low quality squad. I would like to see an activity from them similar to Nottingham when they also promoted to this league.

Agreed, that makes me think that if luton will be relegated again next season. The quality owned by luton is still far from being able to compete in the EPL. Luton was lucky enough caused by it was winning in the play off. At least this can become a very good experience for luton town.
It's a small club. It doesn't have a stadium with huge capacity. Luton doesn't have a lot of money to strengthen its squad too. I hope this club will be lucky enough to compete in EPL. Even leicester city already are relegated due to the how competitive EPL is right now.

Normally Luton weren't a rich team yeah. However now they must have made a lot of money just because of their promotion to the Premier League. It is the same for all the teams promoting to this league every season you know. I assume the board gave them a decent transfer budget after earning a huge amount of money like this.

Of course they can't bring big names but they can still strengthen their squad with average level players as well. They need to do this if they want to stay in the Premier League one more season as I said. I wonder what the board expectation is for this season.

[swogerino]

Luton Town are one of the new teams in the Premier League this season. They have surely made a lot of money after promoting to this league as well. However they haven't made so many or any dramatic transfers so far. They had better increase their attempts for better players if they want to challenge for not relegating again.

Sure, being promoted to the UCL will make this club get additional income. I meant all the club's supporters who are eager to see their favorite team compete in the highest competition in England will fill the stadium..
Luton has not made yet a lot of money from being promoted to the EPL. The money raised last season used for stadium renovation. Luton doesn't have a lot of money. You can hope this one will get investors to put money on this club.

Because the Premier League is way tougher than the Championship. It is extra difficult for them to try to hold onto the league with a low quality squad. I would like to see an activity from them similar to Nottingham when they also promoted to this league.

Agreed, that makes me think that if luton will be relegated again next season. The quality owned by luton is still far from being able to compete in the EPL. Luton was lucky enough caused by it was winning in the play off. At least this can become a very good experience for luton town.
It's a small club. It doesn't have a stadium with huge capacity. Luton doesn't have a lot of money to strengthen its squad too. I hope this club will be lucky enough to compete in EPL. Even leicester city already are relegated due to the how competitive EPL is right now.

Normally Luton weren't a rich team yeah. However now they must have made a lot of money just because of their promotion to the Premier League. It is the same for all the teams promoting to this league every season you know. I assume the board gave them a decent transfer budget after earning a huge amount of money like this.

Of course they can't bring big names but they can still strengthen their squad with average level players as well. They need to do this if they want to stay in the Premier League one more season as I said. I wonder what the board expectation is for this season.

That will be their main objective for this upcoming season,to end before the 18th place in order to avoid relegation.As a brand new team to the Premier League this year after residing for many years in the lower leagues of England they cannot have any other objective except this one which would be normal.

For the players I think that even with the players that made to the promotion they can stay in the Premier League with a bit of luck so any addition to the team will only increase their chances further to achieve the objective of staying in this league.

[CryptocurencyKing]

I’ve been seeing a lot of Arsenal fans complaining about signing a center forward, that Gabriel Jesus isn’t reliable. Honestly, Do they need to sign a striker despite having Jesus & Nketiah? I am not sure it is a major priority. They did not lack goals last season. They scored 88 goals; second behind Manchester City, 94. I think their aim is to get a more suitable replacement for Saka. They don't need to be unnecessarily apprehensive because their rivals sign strikers. Chelsea obviously needed one, so do Manchester United. But them, Arsenal ? I am not sure it is dan-dan with Jesus and Eddie. Except if Eddie leaves.

[Unknown Op]

Liverpool will surely soon have replacements for some of the players who have left, and sooner or later every position in the Liverpool squad will surely be occupied by more talented players.
So far, there have been many rumors circulating that Liverpool's management have made several offers to be able to take advantage of this transfer season so that next summer they don't have a shortage of players who can make it difficult in every game.

Liverpool is a club that has a fairly well-established budget, so whatever their shortcomings will be resolved quickly.

Given that Fabinho has been a dependable member of the squad and has consistently performed well in different places under Klopp his departure leaves Liverpool with a huge gap. It may seem difficult find a player who is as reliable and versatile but Liverpool has a great recruitment team that will definitely be looking for a successor right away. While Mcallister initial performance may not have been as strong it is essential to keep in mind that players can develop and change as time goes on. Henderson prospective transfer to a Saudi club makes Liverpool quest for reinforcements much more urgent. There may be obstacles in the forthcoming season but with the club resources and commitment there is hope that they can locate capable players to keep their competitive edge.

[Jatiluhung]

Manchester city is in an unstable condition in this transfer window because they have to make a big effort in keeping their players from leaving in this transfer window. Previously, two of their core players had been recruited by other teams in this transfer window, such as Gundogan who was recruited by Barcelona and Mahrez who was bought by Al Ahli. So recently, news has emerged that Bernardo Silva has started to be linked with a number of big teams in Europe and that Kyle Walker has also been eyed by a big Bundesliga team.

I think Manchester city should be able to hold Bernardo Silva and Kyle Walker for next season because they had a big influence on Manchester City game last season. So Pep Guardiola has to watch out for that if he doesn't want to lose a lot of their star players in this season's transfer window.

Actually this is a challenge for a club that has reached the highest level when they have got all the titles so some players think that they need a new challenge in another league, generally those who think like this are the old players therefore it would be difficult to prevent them from leaving. For Manchester City it's not really a problem  because they already got a replacement for Ilkay Gündogan he is Mateo Kovacic.

on the one hand its not only players who have thoughts like that even Guardiola as a coach has rumors that he will leave Man City for a new challenge and this is very natural for me. I think Kovacic is quite on par with Gundogan so it doesn't matter if Gundogan leaves Man City.
this situation will certainly also be experienced by other teams when their senior players or their mainstay players move to other teams to seek new challenges such as Arsenal, MU, Newcastle also feel the same way.
what is certain is that a reshuffle like this has the goal of mutually reinforcing the performance of each team.

I hope Man City doesn't lose their importance players anymore because just losing Riyad Mahrez has taken me by surprise. Gundogan he left because his contract had expired but Riyad Mahrez he still had 2 years left at Man City. But Man City still let Riyad Mahrez go because the second offer from Al-Ahli might indeed be quite high.

I've also heard rumors about B. Silva but I hope it's just rumors and not really going to happen. What will be a nightmare is if the coach, namely Pep Guardiola, leaves this club. Then that will really make it difficult for Man City to find a coach on par with Pep. I think at the moment Pep is the best coach in the world. So finding a replacement would be very difficult. Losing players can still be overcome by bringing in other players who are almost equal. But if losing the coach I think is really a nightmare for the club.

[Jody.Drummer]

Fabinho leaving the side is something they should be very worried about because that man is like a solid rock for the Liverpool team and he always play out his best in every position Klopp plays him. So I ask if there's any player that can fill in that gap next season for Liverpool? To me I don't think so, is a dead end to getting a replacement.

Liverpool shall find a replacement for him. Henderson has been also joining in saudi club. That means liverpool shall try to make fast move as soon as possible to find a replacement for those players.
Mcallister has not been performing so well during his debut. I can't expect impressive performance from liverpool next season.

Liverpool will surely soon have replacements for some of the players who have left, and sooner or later every position in the Liverpool squad will surely be occupied by more talented players.
So far, there have been many rumors circulating that Liverpool's management have made several offers to be able to take advantage of this transfer season so that next summer they don't have a shortage of players who can make it difficult in every game.

Liverpool is a club that has a fairly well-established budget, so whatever their shortcomings will be resolved quickly.

The Premier League season is not far away, and indeed this should be an important concern for Klopp because there are already some players leaving. I don't know yet about the new ammunition they will bring in to replace some of the players who left, but certainly I have heard that Klopp already has several candidates who will fill the vacancies in his squad. So far, there have been many players linked with Liverpool and it is rumored that they will focus more on midfield and striker positions. I am a little worried about Liverpool's condition now, I hope Klopp will be able to get candidates who have the performance as expected or even exceed expectations. Next season is sure to be more prestigious and I hope they can improve the performance of the squad with several new players to at least be able to compete in the top five of the standings.   

[indah rezqi]

I’ve been seeing a lot of Arsenal fans complaining about signing a center forward, that Gabriel Jesus isn’t reliable. Honestly, Do they need to sign a striker despite having Jesus & Nketiah? I am not sure it is a major priority. They did not lack goals last season. They scored 88 goals; second behind Manchester City, 94. I think their aim is to get a more suitable replacement for Saka. They don't need to be unnecessarily apprehensive because their rivals sign strikers. Chelsea obviously needed one, so do Manchester United. But them, Arsenal ? I am not sure it is dan-dan with Jesus and Eddie. Except if Eddie leaves.

Gabriel Jesus needed time to adjust to Arteta playing pattern even though he had worked together at Man City. Statistically 11 goals in the Premier League last season was not a satisfactory result, because Jesus lost to Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka who scored 14 goals. I think with their transfer policy this summer bringing quality and expensive players like Haverzt and Declan Rice will contribute going forward.

It is true that Arsenal must add a quality striker to be able to compete in the EPL and UCL, not just relying on Jesus and Nketiah. Because it will make it easier for Arteta to rotate attack players if they are hit by accumulated cards and injuries, but it seems they have run out of budget after recruiting Rice.

[3meek]

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AakZaki, I also hope that Ten Hag can restore the glory of Manchester United even though in reality it will never be easy. Over the past season, Ten Hag has proven his quality and strategic ability to help Manchester United win titles.

Even though Ten Hag didn't win the Premier League title, I'm happy he did win the EFL Cup. Ten Hag has also managed to lead Manchester United to win a ticket to the Champions League next season, that is a great proof from him compared to the 2021-2022 season. I am pleased with the performance of the team under Ten Hag, so I hope he can have great success in the following seasons with Manchester United.

Eric Ten Hag has made many changes since being appointed as head coach of Manchester United at the start of the 2022/2023 season. His arrival at Old Trafford not only changed Manchester United as a team, he also made several players find their best form again.

Manchester United are starting to feel the impact of the arrival of Erik ten Hag, in the transfer market this season Manchester United have also brought in several great players to add strength to their squad. Manchester United is trying to restore its glory with Ten Hag, now they are ready to become a new challenger in the Premier League and in the Champions League.

I'd like to believe that Man U can once again be stronger than another club from Manchester.... But that doesn't seem very realistic to me.... The EPL is very competitive right now... Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle, maybe Chelsea will join the race.... And of course Man City are stronger than ever... I also doubt Man U's success in the Champions League....

[JeffBrad12]

I’ve been seeing a lot of Arsenal fans complaining about signing a center forward, that Gabriel Jesus isn’t reliable. Honestly, Do they need to sign a striker despite having Jesus & Nketiah? I am not sure it is a major priority. They did not lack goals last season. They scored 88 goals; second behind Manchester City, 94. I think their aim is to get a more suitable replacement for Saka. They don't need to be unnecessarily apprehensive because their rivals sign strikers. Chelsea obviously needed one, so do Manchester United. But them, Arsenal ? I am not sure it is dan-dan with Jesus and Eddie. Except if Eddie leaves.

The fans will always be like that. They act opposite when they are seeing their favorite team does wrong thing. The fans will never complaint as long as their favorite club has taken the right decision. . Arsenal is still having folarin balogun. Why does chelsea need a new striker? The club already hade some strikers available right now.
I think that it will be far better if the team try to focus into the solving the internal problems. Arsenal has signed many new players. Arsenal doesn't even need to sign another striker again. Gabriel's performance last season was good enough.
It will be so dumb if arsenal will try to sign a new striker again.

Arsenal no need to sign a new striker again. Gabriel jesus was almost making arsenal to won EPL last season. He has been also included in the top scorer of EPL last season.

[piebeyb]

It is true that Arsenal must add a quality striker to be able to compete in the EPL and UCL, not just relying on Jesus and Nketiah. Because it will make it easier for Arteta to rotate attack players if they are hit by accumulated cards and injuries, but it seems they have run out of budget after recruiting Rice.

Yes, it's true, of course Arsenal need to spend a lot more money to add players to the front lines, of course this should be prepared by Arsenal considering they got UCL tickets this season, of course, a lot of players will be needed to fill the front lines well and can also become goal machines for Arsenal, I think Arsenal have to strategize to get a striker for Arsenal.

At least don't make unnecessary purchases and big expenses, so you can save on expenses and really buy players who can fill in certain lines so you can be more solid and maintain good team performance, especially since the competition in the EPL and UCL is very tight, so the arsenal must really reshuffling their cast properly.

[Hyphen(-)]

I’ve been seeing a lot of Arsenal fans complaining about signing a center forward, that Gabriel Jesus isn’t reliable. Honestly, Do they need to sign a striker despite having Jesus & Nketiah? I am not sure it is a major priority. They did not lack goals last season. They scored 88 goals; second behind Manchester City, 94. I think their aim is to get a more suitable replacement for Saka. They don't need to be unnecessarily apprehensive because their rivals sign strikers. Chelsea obviously needed one, so do Manchester United. But them, Arsenal ? I am not sure it is dan-dan with Jesus and Eddie. Except if Eddie leaves.

The main issue is that Arsenal fans are not satisfied with the number of goals Gabriel Jesus scored last season despite having started in all matches before he got injured. Although he is a good player who contributes to the team in terms of creating chances, his scoring ratio is below our expectations as Arsenal fans.

On the other hand, Nketiah is trying his best as a second-choice striker because when Gabriel Jesus got injured, he came in and scored a lot of goals that made us feel relief that Jesus was injured.

But generally, due to the scarcity of world-class strikers, I don't think Arsenal fans need to worry about strikers because the problem we had last season was not a striker issue but squad depth in general, and all the players tried their possible best; that is why Arsenal and Arteta were trying to get more players to rely on so that they could have confidence and avoid losing trophies like last season.

[boltz]

I’ve been seeing a lot of Arsenal fans complaining about signing a center forward, that Gabriel Jesus isn’t reliable. Honestly, Do they need to sign a striker despite having Jesus & Nketiah? I am not sure it is a major priority. They did not lack goals last season. They scored 88 goals; second behind Manchester City, 94. I think their aim is to get a more suitable replacement for Saka. They don't need to be unnecessarily apprehensive because their rivals sign strikers. Chelsea obviously needed one, so do Manchester United. But them, Arsenal ? I am not sure it is dan-dan with Jesus and Eddie. Except if Eddie leaves.

The main issue is that Arsenal fans are not satisfied with the number of goals Gabriel Jesus scored last season despite having started in all matches before he got injured. Although he is a good player who contributes to the team in terms of creating chances, his scoring ratio is below our expectations as Arsenal fans.

On the other hand, Nketiah is trying his best as a second-choice striker because when Gabriel Jesus got injured, he came in and scored a lot of goals that made us feel relief that Jesus was injured.

But generally, due to the scarcity of world-class strikers, I don't think Arsenal fans need to worry about strikers because the problem we had last season was not a striker issue but squad depth in general, and all the players tried their possible best; that is why Arsenal and Arteta were trying to get more players to rely on so that they could have confidence and avoid losing trophies like last season.

That's true. I have the same feeling regarding Gabriel Jesus and I do believe he can do much better than last season and score important goals or at least be a consistent one when you can count on him on every game because last season he clearly had ups and downs.

Maybe Arteta has another plans for Arsenal strikers and he will pull out a "false 9" like Pep tried for a couple of years until he transfer Haaland because I have faith in Arsenal that they can achieve the League Title this year and also have a good run in Champions League as Arsenal fans kinda missed this competition.

[Docnaster]

It is true that Arsenal must add a quality striker to be able to compete in the EPL and UCL, not just relying on Jesus and Nketiah. Because it will make it easier for Arteta to rotate attack players if they are hit by accumulated cards and injuries, but it seems they have run out of budget after recruiting Rice.

Yes, it's true, of course Arsenal need to spend a lot more money to add players to the front lines, of course this should be prepared by Arsenal considering they got UCL tickets this season, of course, a lot of players will be needed to fill the front lines well and can also become goal machines for Arsenal, I think Arsenal have to strategize to get a striker for Arsenal.

At least don't make unnecessary purchases and big expenses, so you can save on expenses and really buy players who can fill in certain lines so you can be more solid and maintain good team performance, especially since the competition in the EPL and UCL is very tight, so the arsenal must really reshuffling their cast properly.

Without doubt, Arsenal's visible area of lack of quality is their attacking line and I expect the club management to invest more in their attack before the end of the summer transfer window.
Gabriel Jesus is a phenomenal striker but they need a better back up than Nketiah. If Arsenal can successfully get few more attacking players that can work together with Declan Rice and Martin Odeegard, they'll be a team to beat come next season

[nara1892]

Eric Ten Hag has made many changes since being appointed as head coach of Manchester United at the start of the 2022/2023 season. His arrival at Old Trafford not only changed Manchester United as a team, he also made several players find their best form again.

After his arrival, I saw that now Manchester United has changed quite significantly. Although he hasn't been here for a long time, the change thanks to his combination is very obvious. On the other hand, this is not the first time he has made a good contribution to the progress of a team, we can see before when he was at Ajax he had a good reputation, he was able to achieve success there, and now he is successful again for Manchester United and also not forget that Ten Hag is a coach who applies strict discipline to all his players.

Manchester United are starting to feel the impact of the arrival of Erik ten Hag, in the transfer market this season Manchester United have also brought in several great players to add strength to their squad. Manchester United is trying to restore its glory with Ten Hag, now they are ready to become a new challenger in the Premier League and in the Champions League.

The maneuvers that have been put in place in the transfer market will be the first step towards even better results next season, with some great signings including several returning from loan spells. With all the improvement steps that have been taken by Ten Hag, I think it is true that next season it is very likely that they will show an unusual performance, Manchester United will be one of the clubs that will provide quite a tough fight for Manchester City and Arsenal. Ten Hag will not make the match easy for his opponent.

[Ahli38]

I'd like to believe that Man U can once again be stronger than another club from Manchester.... But that doesn't seem very realistic to me.... The EPL is very competitive right now... Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle, maybe Chelsea will join the race.... And of course Man City are stronger than ever... I also doubt Man U's success in the Champions League....

I understand that many people will start doubting Manchester United's performance in the coming season after seeing Manchester United's defeat by Real Madrid in the pre-season match. Even Manchester United's defense really looked fragile at the start of the game. Andre Onana also made his debut as Manchester United goalkeeper in that match. And his reputation suffered a bit after he conceded 1 goals in the 6th minute by J. Bellingham and 1 gol in the 89th minute by Joselu. But I personally don't blame Onana in that fight. Because the real fault lies with the Manchester United defender. And in that position, Onana did not really benefit. And I believe Erik Ten Heg hasn't shown the real strategy he has prepared for the coming season. So I still hope that Manchester United will be one of the strong candidates in the title race. But if I have to compare between Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Newcastle and Manchester United. So of course I also think that Manchester City is still top in terms of performance at the moment. And I think it is Liverpool who will be the closest this time around to compete with Manchester City. Recently, Chelsea has also been a little surprising because their performance in pre-season matches was considered quite positive and exceeded people's expectations of the club. But I still doubt Chelsea will be able to recover quickly.