Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[liuka]

It looks like also Tottenham is returning to winning ways and against Newcastle after losing some games in a row.I think this was to be expected of Newcastle who most probably is prioritizing the Champions League game on this upcoming last match day there as they need absolutely to win their game in order to have chances to progress further in the Champions League.They are playing against Milan while Tottenham is completely focused to get the three points from this game and this means that they are leading 2-0 and I don't expect the result to change much in this game because of Newcastle focus elsewhere.

As I said in a previous post, that's true. Tottenham have found the best way to stop the bad trend they have experienced in the last few matches which has seen them drop points. Not only Tottenham, but Manchester City also got it. Tottenham were of course better because Newcastle were a very strong team to beat, but Tottenham did it very well and almost flawlessly.

They are celebrating by ending their winless streak, this is something that will raise team spirit and player confidence. Manchester City are still not doing well, it can be seen from how difficult it is for them to find solutions to break down their opponent's defense. But Pep Guardiola and his team were lucky because their 2 comeback goals were created in less than 3 minutes between minutes 62 and 65.

Manchester City and Tottenham managed to come back to winning ways in today match, both team were able to end a bad streak in the previous match. For Tottenham, They have worked hard and in today match they managed to beat Newcastle united with a big score. Even in today match, Tottenham good game is starting to appear to be improving and this is a pretty good improvement in ending their bad streak. I think tottenham will experience big problems in this match, But they were able to overcome those doubts by working hard and managed to score 4 goal.

Manchester City also managed to come back to winning ways in the match against Luton. Even though Luton managed to score an early goal in this match, Manchester city managed to reverse the position in this match. In this way, Manchester city again succeeded in reducing their point gap with the team above them. I think manchester city have returned to their best form and are ready to compete to lead the standing again in the coming week.

[Miles2006]

Arsenal had a disappointing game yesterday. I think they were just unlucky, VAR was not in their favour and they didn’t have their manager on the pitch. Remember Arteta was given a third yellow card in their last game. Maybe not having Mikel Arteta on the sidelines also contributed to the result. His presence would have been motivation for the players.

It’s surprising how much Aston Villa have grown from battling relegation last season to beating one of the top teams in the league. At this rate, Aston Villa can even be called title contenders this season.

I watched Arsenal played yesterday I was dissapointed cause I never expected that poor performance and the fact is VAR never supported Arsenal yesterday, yesterday match Arsenal was not meant to score any goal, I will give credit to Aston they played excellent yesterday, during the last match I knew the ref gave Arteta yellow card but I didn't expect the situation to be like this, the absence of Arteta affected Arsenal yesterday no doubt. I said Manchester city will bounce back and they did just excellent today, during the first half Luton really pressured.
I don't agree with the idea calling Aston the tittle contender, I don't just agree cause I know they will still come down, Arsenal and Manchester city will be stupid allowing Aston to be the tittle contender, I don't think Arsenal will work in vain like last season I don't see that coming this season.

[harapan]

EPL matches doesn't go as planned, we all know that. Newcastle United was not prepared to face Tottenham Hotspur today, the signs was stated clearly out. Eddie Howe and his men are taken unaware, they never expected so heightened performance from Ange Postecoglou and his firing squad. Got humiliated at Tottenham Hotspur stadium and this is absolutely not what they intended to happen. Finally, they secured three points and now, they will face next match, Nottingham forest, is it a tough game for Spurs? I don't think so.

No only the epl, but a lot of leagues don't go as planned or else bet companies would have been out of business.
Actually, I the win from Tottenham, what I did not expect was the scoreline.
We all saw how Tottenham performed with the injuries they had in those matches thy lost, you could see that they play very good football and they're attacking. They lost those matches because of lack of quality players to bring in at least. They scored first in all those matches they drew and lost even including Man City.
Newcastle on the other hand is a team that is also plague with injuries even though they're recovering, but aside that, they have a big game in the champions during the midweek. They need to win Milan and hope that PSG don't win against PSG so they can qualify.

[nurilham]

Everton is seriously on fire at the moment as they have now a first winning streak this season and they did not concede any goals the last three games, which is quite impressive given that they have played against Newcastle and Chelsea. If they can maintain that form I think they don't have to fear relegation zone in a few weeks from now. I am not sure what they did and what they changed, but this is crazy. However, the times that any team will underestimate Everton are probably over now.

It is true, Everton has been improved their performance a lot. They succeed to win the match 3 times in a row lately. They even could beat Newcastle with 3 goals, they also destroy Chelsea with 2 goals. In these 2 last matches, they never got a conceded goal. This makes Everton is moving a way from relegation zone. Now, they have 14 points difference from Luton Town in the relegation zone. If Everton can maintain this good performance, they will be safe to continue in EPL competition for the next season. Sure, no team can underestimate them anymore because they prove that they can beat big team in EPL.

[SOKO-DEKE]

It looks like also Tottenham is returning to winning ways and against Newcastle after losing some games in a row.I think this was to be expected of Newcastle who most probably is prioritizing the Champions League game on this upcoming last match day there as they need absolutely to win their game in order to have chances to progress further in the Champions League.They are playing against Milan while Tottenham is completely focused to get the three points from this game and this means that they are leading 2-0 and I don't expect the result to change much in this game because of Newcastle focus elsewhere.

In the last couple of matches, Newcastle hasn't been doing so well. First, they faced Everton, and Everton won 3-0. Today, they played against Tottenham and lost 4-1. These results make me think that Newcastle's performance is not as good as before. Maybe they are not playing at their best because they are saving their energy for an important Champions League game against AC Milan on Wednesday. They might want their players to be strong and not too tired for that game. However, I'm not completely sure if that's the only reason for their poor performance. It's possible, but there could be other factors affecting how they play.Losing two games in a row with significant goal differences is a concern, and it makes me wonder if there's something more going on with Newcastle's form.

[rendravolt]

After experiencing a very dark week and here Spurs managed to gain valuable momentum for their revival. The result was unusual and they beat Newcastle with a score of 4-1 at home. I don't think there will be many goals considering that the Spurs squad still lacks its core players and on the other hand, even a narrow win is enough to convince them to secure the full 3 points.

Apart from that, I still can't understand why Eddie Howie's squad could be so badly beaten like this considering that the conditions are almost not much different from Spurs and is Newcastle now starting to have doubts about its dominance this season? Even so, at least don't let them get out of the top 10 in the standings. Anyway, congratulations for the big win achieved by Spurs and I hope they can do even better things in the future and don't just stop here.

[Weawant]

It is true, Everton has been improved their performance a lot. They succeed to win the match 3 times in a row lately. They even could beat Newcastle with 3 goals, they also destroy Chelsea with 2 goals. In these 2 last matches, they never got a conceded goal. This makes Everton is moving a way from relegation zone. Now, they have 14 points difference from Luton Town in the relegation zone. If Everton can maintain this good performance, they will be safe to continue in EPL competition for the next season. Sure, no team can underestimate them anymore because they prove that they can beat big team in EPL.

Everton did put up a very good performance against the blues tonight, from the first half of the match down to the second half they were able to keep their attack and defense line good enough, although their midfield wasn't solid enough but then it wasn't too bad that it couldn't sustain possession of the ball. They aswell had good possession of the ball.

Chelsea in the first half of the game did looked like they were going to get an equalizer by the second half and most probably win the game, regardless of the fact that they were playing from away , Chelsea had several weakness in that match to which Everton did used to their advantage. The last minute goal which did the sealing for Everton's victory was really a brilliant one, I think Chelsea still have a lot of improvement to still do after today, they are still very much inconsistent and lack the competitive capacity for the league title except they are going to settle within top six.

[Furious 7]

A big win over Newcastle will be a turning point for Tottenham to return to competing at the top of the standings. Previously, The Liliwhites were only able to get one point in five matches and that was the worst record ever. Of course, no one could have predicted that Spurs' performance, which was otherwise good, would actually encounter obstacles. I think Postechoglu has done the right analysis of yesterday's bad results so that he is able to provide a moral injection for Son Heung Min to be able to come back together and achieve the target.

yep, it's a very good win after a few matches Tottenham didn't get good results but it's pretty bleak for Newcastle because they in the last 2 matches were completely destroyed because they conceded 7 goals by Tottenham and Everton.
This is not too good especially with the schedule that we all know for the EPL in December is always full of matches.
Newcastle must try to do better now because if it continues like I'm sure Howe won't last long even though he contributed in the last season.

[Mayor of ogba]

Despite losing, Arsenal actually played quite well and had several good chances which could have been goals. It's just that Emiliano Martinez played very impressively and managed to thwart several opportunities that Arsenal had. This is certainly a heavy blow for Arsenal, though they dominated the game and had more chances than Aston Villa, but that still doesn't guarantee that they won't lose to their opponents because in football anything can happen.

Aston Villa are making more surprises in this season and they have very good last five matches. During last 5 matches, they won four and only one defeat. It's more impressive that they won against three big clubs in the last five matches, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Arsenal.

With this impressive streak, Aston Villa have only 2 points less than Liverpool and 1 point less than Arsenal. They are holding the third position in the Premier League and are replacing Tottenham Hotspur as a best underdog in the Premier League 2023 - 2024.

Aston Villa won against Manchester City and Arsenal in the same week in the Premier League this season, this has shown that Aston Villa has what it takes to win the Premier League trophy this season. If care is not taken, Aston Villa can top the Premier League table before this year could end.

[Leviathan.007]

It looks like also Tottenham is returning to winning ways and against Newcastle after losing some games in a row.I think this was to be expected of Newcastle who most probably is prioritizing the Champions League game on this upcoming last match day there as they need absolutely to win their game in order to have chances to progress further in the Champions League.They are playing against Milan while Tottenham is completely focused to get the three points from this game and this means that they are leading 2-0 and I don't expect the result to change much in this game because of Newcastle focus elsewhere.

Newcastle outcome from the match was so poor that we can declare that Tottenham has returned to winning ways because of their outstanding victory. Three points now separates them from Manchester City, but we cannot declare that Tottenham is back because these are the same players who played against West Ham and lost. Nevertheless, it was encouraging to see the coach Changed his formation against Newcastle. I've just noticedNewcastle's most recent game, in which they lost to Everton and today still lose to Tottenham. They seem to be only concerned with making it out of the Champions League group stage, but I believe that will happen when PSG lose to Dortmund and Newcastle wins against AC Milan.

Maybe Newcastle was hoping to see better results in this match even against a team like Tottenham but again Tottenham had an amazing performance and they won the game with a 4-1 result. In this match, Richarlison had a perfect performance and he scored two goals for the team and now Tottenham got 30 points in the 16 games we saw for them in the Premier League.

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Arsenal had a disappointing game yesterday. I think they were just unlucky, VAR was not in their favour and they didn’t have their manager on the pitch. Remember Arteta was given a third yellow card in their last game. Maybe not having Mikel Arteta on the sidelines also contributed to the result. His presence would have been motivation for the players.

It’s surprising how much Aston Villa have grown from battling relegation last season to beating one of the top teams in the league. At this rate, Aston Villa can even be called title contenders this season.

Aston Villa is a team that is running fast and they are difficult for the big teams to beat this season. In yesterday match Arsenal played better than Aston Villa but Arsenal had difficulty scoring goals and that was the big difficulty experienced by the opposing team when facing Aston Villa. Yes, without Arteta presence on the sidelines, of course it has quite an impact on Arsenal game because Arteta knows more about the whole thing in giving signals to his players. It is possible that Aston Villa will be among the teams that will win the title, but on condition that they must be able to maintain their best form in every match.

Like at the start of the season, we saw that Tottenham were very good by recording consecutive wins, but recently they lost their best performance which made them fall out of the top 4 ranking. So Aston Villa certainly doesn't want to suffer the fate of Tottenham, who only temporarily decorate the competition at the top of the standing, and aston villa have to focus on staying on the winning track to be able to put pressure on Arsenal and Liverpool.

[Amphenomenon]

EPL matches doesn't go as planned, we all know that. Newcastle United was not prepared to face Tottenham Hotspur today, the signs was stated clearly out. Eddie Howe and his men are taken unaware, they never expected so heightened performance from Ange Postecoglou and his firing squad. Got humiliated at Tottenham Hotspur stadium and this is absolutely not what they intended to happen. Finally, they secured three points and now, they will face next match, Nottingham forest, is it a tough game for Spurs? I don't think so.

I knew Spurs will be the better team against Newcastle after their disappointing lost to Everton and Nick Pope also getting injured, the game was so easy for spurs that Richarlison got a brace but i don`t think spurs are back yet.
Everton really as something to prove this season and they are working well defeating Chelsea and Newcastle, after their win against newcastle i did not speak much about Chelsea game because i was having a feeling they win against and they did.
The fans and management will probably be tired of James Hamstring injury, what is the main issue with this and this may become worst for chelsea if Cucurella injury is serious since he has been in a fine form recently but it seems like Gusto may be available for the next match but i don`t think Sanchez injury will be serious but do you think Caicedo will really do well at chelsea ?

[lalabotax]

After experiencing a very dark week and here Spurs managed to gain valuable momentum for their revival. The result was unusual and they beat Newcastle with a score of 4-1 at home.

Yes, this is a big win for Tottenham after previously having bad experiences with continuous defeats. I also don't think they will come out on top with such a satisfying score when considering how they have performed recently. However, it turned out that they were superior in various things, not only ball possession but also Newcastle experienced continuous attacks from Tottenham.

[JoyMarsha]

Arsenal had a disappointing game yesterday. I think they were just unlucky, VAR was not in their favour and they didn’t have their manager on the pitch. Remember Arteta was given a third yellow card in their last game. Maybe not having Mikel Arteta on the sidelines also contributed to the result. His presence would have been motivation for the players.

It’s surprising how much Aston Villa have grown from battling relegation last season to beating one of the top teams in the league. At this rate, Aston Villa can even be called title contenders this season.

Aston Villa seems not to surprise me to be the first team to bring the big elephant(Arsenal) down in their first loss match of the season. Who would have believed that the same Aston Villa who was battling relegation last season could beat the big clubs like Manchester City, Tottenham, and Arsenal in their last matches? That's the power of having a good coach. Thanks to Unai Emery for changing Aston Villa to be formidable this season.

[JeromeTash]

Yes, this is a big win for Tottenham after previously having bad experiences with continuous defeats. I also don't think they will come out on top with such a satisfying score when considering how they have performed recently. However, it turned out that they were superior in various things, not only ball possession but also Newcastle experienced continuous attacks from Tottenham.

I don't trust Tottenham just yet, they have a habit of mounting a big challenge against big teams like Manchester City only to lose points to weaker contenders. Regardless, kudos to them on getting those 3 points against Newcastle, which also seems to be a very unstable team lately.

Manchester City also struggling despite today's hard fought win. If Rodri wasn't in the first line-up, maybe they could have lost more points  

[Docnaster]

It looks like also Tottenham is returning to winning ways and against Newcastle after losing some games in a row.I think this was to be expected of Newcastle who most probably is prioritizing the Champions League game on this upcoming last match day there as they need absolutely to win their game in order to have chances to progress further in the Champions League.They are playing against Milan while Tottenham is completely focused to get the three points from this game and this means that they are leading 2-0 and I don't expect the result to change much in this game because of Newcastle focus elsewhere.

Newcastle outcome from the match was so poor that we can declare that Tottenham has returned to winning ways because of their outstanding victory. Three points now separates them from Manchester City, but we cannot declare that Tottenham is back because these are the same players who played against West Ham and lost. Nevertheless, it was encouraging to see the coach Changed his formation against Newcastle. I've just noticedNewcastle's most recent game, in which they lost to Everton and today still lose to Tottenham. They seem to be only concerned with making it out of the Champions League group stage, but I believe that will happen when PSG lose to Dortmund and Newcastle wins against AC Milan.

Maybe Newcastle was hoping to see better results in this match even against a team like Tottenham but again Tottenham had an amazing performance and they won the game with a 4-1 result. In this match, Richarlison had a perfect performance and he scored two goals for the team and now Tottenham got 30 points in the 16 games we saw for them in the Premier League.

After failing to win any of their previous five English Premier League games, Tottenham Hotspur played like the team that were very consistent at the start of the season by humiliating Newcastle in their game today. Newcastle might have thought that they'll capitalize on Tottenham Hotspur's poor run but unfortunately for them, Tottenham Spurs gave them the beating of their Life.

Ange Postecoglou will surely feel very happy with the result of the game against Newcastle because that win will ease the pressure he's been getting in their previous give games

[LUCKMCFLY]

The impact of the points deduction is unlikely to change Everton's mentality to immediately escape the relegation zone and a 3-0 win without reply against Newcastle at home is a very impressive result. I didn't expect Everton to do this and send Newcastle home without taking a single point. Even though it is clear that Newcastle will be targeted to win quite easily in this match and they also really control the course of the match. But every opportunity that Everton had was utilized well and converted into many goals.

McNeil, Doucoure and Beto were the goal scorers in this match and Sean Dhyce is certainly very happy with the performance of his players. Once again, Newcastle's inconsistency was questioned in this match and they will be pushed even further into the middle of the table if they continue like this. Anyway, congratulations to Everton for this win and they should continue their winning trend in the upcoming matches.

With all the form Newcastle has had this season, they have played against many teams much stronger than Everton and have won them, but it is only Everton that Newcastle will not be able to defeat. If someone were to tell me that Everton will lose to Newcastle, I would not believe them because Newcastle is playing so well that you can even think that they will beat any team. Imagine Everton defeating Newcastle 3-0; that is too much for Newcastle.

And while I am aware that Everton is just as good as Newcastle this season, Newcastle is currently ranked seventh in the Premier League, I have been wondering why it is that sometimes, teams in good shape play in a different way. I had assumed that Newcastle was planning to be in a strong position to qualify for the Champions League, but after their performance yesterday, I have come to doubt that they will be able to do so.

This is the reason people say England is the toughest and hardest league in the world,it is results like this that make us conclude about that.Newcastle is a very good team especially when they see big teams,they try everything possible to bully them and win them because they are always very phisical while playing.Everton on the other hand knows that they are a very strong side and are always very physical,so they decided to play thesame way with them,but Newcastle were unable to withstand the pressure brought by Everton and the result ended up being in favour of Everton.
Newcastle to me might not be able to reach the height they reached last season,reason being that most teams in England have understood their pattern and their method of play,and have deviced a way of playing them.

These surprising results happen from time to time, but the Premier League is the hardest league not necessarily because Everton has beaten Newcastle. I think it is more because the Premier League has like six teams which could be involved with the fight for the title until the end. Now in the last few years before Liverpool had a weak time, it was really about Liverpool and Manchester City. But the quality of the games on average is higher than in any other league no matter what the matchup is.

You are right in that sense, because we know very well that the PL is one of the hardest, for me it is the most difficult, but if you start asking any other soccer player who is famous, I am sure they will say the same, It is the League that at the moment is very strong, before it was the Italian League, for a very long time it was the Spanish League, and now it is the PL that has a level that Wow, cro that is also opr the number of stars that They are in the teams and that makes the level continue to rise a lot, I could say that this League is the one that is in the Top at its highest level, but I could honestly say that things are quite good in the sense that everyone wants to play there, we have good teams, Newcastle is one of the teams that I think are very good, they have improved in a great way, I could say that Newcastle and Liverpool are getting better and that they can make a difference, and although Livepool is at a great moment, it is unfortunately not in the UCL, it is a shame.

On the other hand, it seemed like a big disappointment to me about Manchester United 2 seasons ago, because they don't change their way of playing, and they're not as scary as before, so it's a shame that things are like this, but we could think that teams Like Arsenal, they also set a standard, there is enough success, that's what you should look for in these cases, I personally really like what these teams have done, I would like it if another team like Liverpool won it, because there is Luis Diaz Is it very turned on, or why not? Newcastle is a team that deserves it, they are fighting and have a great performance, I hope that these teams emerge because they deserve the best of this, in the event that things could go in favor of a team I would not like City, I'm one of the strongest, but I don't know, I wouldn't want them to win, in fact I didn't like them winning the UCL, Inter deserved it much more.

It looks like also Tottenham is returning to winning ways and against Newcastle after losing some games in a row.I think this was to be expected of Newcastle who most probably is prioritizing the Champions League game on this upcoming last match day there as they need absolutely to win their game in order to have chances to progress further in the Champions League.They are playing against Milan while Tottenham is completely focused to get the three points from this game and this means that they are leading 2-0 and I don't expect the result to change much in this game because of Newcastle focus elsewhere.

In the last couple of matches, Newcastle hasn't been doing so well. First, they faced Everton, and Everton won 3-0. Today, they played against Tottenham and lost 4-1. These results make me think that Newcastle's performance is not as good as before. Maybe they are not playing at their best because they are saving their energy for an important Champions League game against AC Milan on Wednesday. They might want their players to be strong and not too tired for that game. However, I'm not completely sure if that's the only reason for their poor performance. It's possible, but there could be other factors affecting how they play.Losing two games in a row with significant goal differences is a concern, and it makes me wonder if there's something more going on with Newcastle's form.

You are very right in what you say about Newcastle, because they are a fairly strong team, they have everything to do well, and well, things can Generate a lot of controversy 'because they started well, now I don't know what to think about this team , Newcastle It is a very strong Team and has a lot of things to do, I know that on Wednesday they will do well , I don't think they can generate any other way of doing it but winning, I could think that when it comes to Having a better performance, the coach has to study every step of the way  the players, how they are, how they feel, and what possible problems they may have, personally I can always say that they may have personal problems and that causes that effect on the court, I don't blame them because they are people, they are humans, they are things that can happen, however when I compare it with other performances , I mean , something must be happening internally.

Now things are seen from the point of view most focused on the fútbol that prevails , the football that does the most things towards winning, that spirit has been persevered, the fact of losing by landslides is not good at all, that's fine, A decent score can be a 1 to 0, a 2 to 1 , but a 3 to 0 or a 4-1 that is a humiliation, they should play more, because things can really turn out very bad for them, in addition The PL is one of the strongest leagues, for me Newcastle should be far above the MU, and well the MU is also very bad, they are winning very easily, winning these teams like Newcastle makes this league very interesting, but they have to put much more into it because just as they are, I see them with a very poor performance, and the idea is that Newcastle does not continue to lose so badly because those things 'can harm them for their classification, this game scheme they have is very short of winning , they have to change Because they are doing it wrong, and they must do it now.

3/10 Newcastle man was worse than Alex Isak against Spurs

That 1-0 win against Manchester United last weekend seems like a long time ago now for Newcastle United supporters. In what was a dismal week for the Magpies, the Toon suffered back-to-back losses in the Premier League and are slowly losing footing in the race for the top four.

They say clubs are always three games from a crisis and Newcastle have epitomised that over the past week. Failure to beat AC Milan on Wednesday and qualify for the Champions League could mount serious pressure on head coach Eddie Howe.

Newcastle were comfortably battered in the injury-crisis derby against Tottenham Hotspur but there were several key underperformers during the match, including one star who was arguably the worst player on the pitch.

Source: https://www.footballfancast.com/newcastle-man-was-worse-than-alex-isak-against-spurs/

[Nheer]

Chelsea are really not doing anything to show that their performance is some how improving gradually, they play without any means of making opposition beg to have the ball, but in this case is just a 50/50 for both sides. The backline of Chelsea is very solid with Cucurella Disasi and Colwill on the mix, but I can't seem to understand why James have to always come on to make the defense line weak, he has completely lost form.
The Chelsea boss need to permanently drop the England right back for good because he's only making the team to be under pressure for no reason. Let's see how they'll play on the second half if the visitors would get a goal.

You can’t blame Reece James, bro just recovered from injury and we all know how difficult it is to recover form knee injury that almost required him to go for a surgery which he refused so he needs to manage himself properly so he doesn’t get himself injured again. I respect james and i know his drop of form is due yo the injury and after a while he will fully recover and get back to his best form. James is a positive and solid player, don’t forget how he pocketed Doku in the match against Manchester City, he is the best right back we have got and I know it’s the effect of the injury because almost every player struggles when they return from injury.

Chelsea have lost their confidence and rhythm and they need to improve as soon as possible else they may find themselves in the relegation zone.

[LGD2Business]

Tottenham won after 5 games. And they ended the bad situation by beating a tough opponent like Newcastle United. After starting the season so well, they have officially collapsed. I remember 6 weeks ago we were talking about whether this team could become champions this season. In an instant, they turned upside down. Fortunately, they have now shown signs of recovery. I don't think they can get into the top 4 again, but it's nice to be in the race near the top.
Manchester City came from behind to win against its weak opponent. They had not won the league for 4 matches, and now they breathed a sigh of relief. However, the game they are playing doesn't give any hope, they are far from the previous seasons. There seems to be saturation in the team this season.

[Velvet78]

Manchester City made me really worried about them for once during the Luton game. Because when I saw Luton scoring first it was quite surprising to me. I know how their condition is in the league these days. But they played against one of the easiest teams to beat. They won the game maybe but it should have been much more comfortable than that.

Haaland wasn't even in the squad today by the way. I saw it like he was injured but this wasn't much convincing to me. Maybe Guardiola just didn't want to bring him to Luton. But there was no need for him to win the game of course. Alvarez filled his place nicely.