Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[BitcoinHunt3r]

That was the same defense that was defending for Manchester United when David De Gea was Manchester United's goalkeeper. David De Gea managed to help Manchester United qualify for the Uefa Champions League this season and also won the best goalkeeper in the Premier League with that same defense.

However, in reality, the Manchester United goalkeeper could not withstand the attack from Bayern, which resulted in him having to accept a 1-0 defeat. In the final minute, Manchester United should still have had the opportunity to score a goal, but Manchester United's front line had difficulty scoring a goal until the match was over. This is an important evaluation for Manchester United so that it doesn't happen again in future matches.

Manchester United can't do anything in this match they only recorded 5 shots and 1 on target even though Manchester United played at home but their style of play seemed like playing away lol. After all, Manchester United deserves to be eliminated, they cannot compete with this style Copenhagen and Galatasaray look better even though their level is under Manchester United. Not only that, even Manchester United is not eligible to play in the Europa League as they finished at the bottom of the group. Apart from the defense, Manchester United also does not have a reliable attacker that's why their total goals scored are lower than the total conceded and the coach needs to take action in the upcoming transfer window.

Regarding Manchester United's opportunities this season I think they will miss all European competitions this season I mean they can't compete with Tottenham and Newcastle so they only focus on local competition the same thing as Chelsea. Manchester United's only chance of getting a trophy is in the FA Cup it's just that I'm not sure Manchester United really want it. Generally, big teams in the Premier League always ignore competitions like this and choose to play second-tier players to increase playing time and experience.

[ginsan]

I doubt it. If Man City is still a very strong team, they should be in the top of EPL standings now. In fact, Man City is 4th place, their performance isn't as well as in the last season. This proves that man City is no longer as a very strong team, they drops their strength after some players left Man City and De Bruyne got a long injury. I think Pep Guardiola has done some wrong decisions after they won the EPL and UCL titles last season. Now, Man City doesn't have a good squad depth like previously.

Haaland is surely a great striker. But it is true that he can't optimize his ability in scoring if he doesn't get good supports from midfielders. Man City also can't win the match if they too rely on the goals from Haaland. Haaland doesn't always perform in his best level, sometimes he possibly plays unexpectedly. In this situation, there should other players who can make the difference on the match. Man City has De Bruyne and İlkay Gündoğan in last season, now these players are no longer in the lineup.

Manchester city will be able to make a comeback and return to leading the standings this season and they will be successful at the end of the season. I think Manchester city strength is still quite strong in the Premier League, but recently they have lost their consistency, They have lost 1 defeat and 3 draw. First place and fourth place are only 4 point apart and that is one match that can change them in the standing table.

But it would be interesting if the teams that are above Manchester city ranking could appear more consistently and not give manchester city a chance to move their ranking. Liverpool or arsenal they have to perform better to get points because Manchester City has returned to winning ways and I think they will not make any more mistakes in the upcoming matches.

[SatoPrincess]

In my opinion, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City are the only title contenders this season. One team that’s been outstanding of all three is Liverpool. They have not been in the best of shape but they are still winning games.  Liverpool concede goals but find a way to outscore their opponent. Man city are going through tough times, they are in the fa cup, champions league and the club World Cup. Fatigue will definitely set in and we may see a drawback in their performance. The successes of Manchester city has set them on a pedestal, their fans expect them to win every competition they play in and if they don’t, many would consider it a failure.

[Silence Scream]

That was the same defense that was defending for Manchester United when David De Gea was Manchester United's goalkeeper. David De Gea managed to help Manchester United qualify for the Uefa Champions League this season and also won the best goalkeeper in the Premier League with that same defense.

However, in reality, the Manchester United goalkeeper could not withstand the attack from Bayern, which resulted in him having to accept a 1-0 defeat. In the final minute, Manchester United should still have had the opportunity to score a goal, but Manchester United's front line had difficulty scoring a goal until the match was over. This is an important evaluation for Manchester United so that it doesn't happen again in future matches.

It was a nightmare tournament for Manchester United and they finished last in their group. It was not possible to predict their elimination when the first groups were announced. In fact, I'm sure very few people thought that Copenhagen would advance. Copenhagen advanced with Bayern and Manchester finished last in the group. Now it is necessary to review who made the mistake.

[Yogee]

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I am not expecting any special on return of KDB expect that Haaland will begin to score very well as like before.

Haaland is still sharp in front of goals so I wouldn't speculate any poor performance from him when KDB returns. I would expect more scoring opportunities at least.

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Kevin would not be back anytime soon, he would be back early next season and how sharp would he be to help push Manchester City back to the first team in the Premier League Competition.?

Next season? I don't know about that. The last time I read about his injury update is that he hasn't joined practice sessions yet but he already started running so I was expecting maybe one or two more months before he returns.

[X-ray]

Manchester United are yet to find a coach who will help the club go back to their glory days. Erik Ten Hag could have helped build Manchester United back to winning ways, but he made a mistake by letting Dave de Gea leave Manchester United which is affecting Manchester United's not to win some of their matches because Onana keeps on making errors.

Manchester United's problem is not only the goalkeeper, don't you see that Manchester United's defense is also very weak, which is always easy for opponents to penetrate, and they also have a horrible goalkeeper. We all have seen the errors Onana has been making since he was signed by Manchester United, but we shouldn't blame the goalkeeper alone, the defense is also weak. We all now know the value of Ge Dea. Ten Hag made a great mistake by letting De Gea leave the club. We can all see that De Gea's performance is better than Onana's. De Gea should have just been taken as the second goalkeeper. Now that Onana is not performing up to everyone's expectations, they will have just fallen back to De Gea. But ten Hag chased De Gea away, which is one of the mistakes he made. If not for Onana's poor performance, Manchester United would not have conceded the number of goals they have conceded this season.

That was the same defense that was defending for Manchester United when David De Gea was Manchester United's goalkeeper. David De Gea managed to help Manchester United qualify for the Uefa Champions League this season and also won the best goalkeeper in the Premier League with that same defense.

It's a blunder from manchester united. United can still use de gea instead of buying the new goal keeper that can do nothing like onana. Onana was overrated goal keeper at this moment. Kicking de gea has become one of biggest mistake that has been made by manchester united.
The club has been wasting a lot of resources just to pay him. This is the main problem owned by club right now. Ten hag keeps being so wasteful in any of important resource owned by the club at this moment.
I think that this is one of stupid mistake from ten hag. There was also another one like recruting a flop from chelsea. Ten hag has been losing his mind and he is now willing to repeat the same mistake again.

Enough is enough, ten hag must out for the bright future of manchester united.

[klidex]

I doubt it. If Man City is still a very strong team, they should be in the top of EPL standings now. In fact, Man City is 4th place, their performance isn't as well as in the last season. This proves that man City is no longer as a very strong team, they drops their strength after some players left Man City and De Bruyne got a long injury. I think Pep Guardiola has done some wrong decisions after they won the EPL and UCL titles last season. Now, Man City doesn't have a good squad depth like previously.

Haaland is surely a great striker. But it is true that he can't optimize his ability in scoring if he doesn't get good supports from midfielders. Man City also can't win the match if they too rely on the goals from Haaland. Haaland doesn't always perform in his best level, sometimes he possibly plays unexpectedly. In this situation, there should other players who can make the difference on the match. Man City has De Bruyne and İlkay Gündoğan in last season, now these players are no longer in the lineup.

Manchester city will be able to make a comeback and return to leading the standings this season and they will be successful at the end of the season. I think Manchester city strength is still quite strong in the Premier League, but recently they have lost their consistency, They have lost 1 defeat and 3 draw. First place and fourth place are only 4 point apart and that is one match that can change them in the standing table.

But it would be interesting if the teams that are above Manchester city ranking could appear more consistently and not give manchester city a chance to move their ranking. Liverpool or arsenal they have to perform better to get points because Manchester City has returned to winning ways and I think they will not make any more mistakes in the upcoming matches.

I believe what you say, it look like Manchester City will soon get up and return to winning ways, even though they have lost a lot of points due to drawing 3 times and losing 1, it doesn't dampen Manchester City enthusiasm to show their best, indeed this season Manchester City doesn't seems as strongst as last seasons where Kevin De Bruyne and İlkay Gündoğan are still at the club, but I am sure that after Kevin De Bruyne has recovered and returned to the field, Kevin De Bruyne will returned to defend Manchester City and provide goal assists to Haaland, which will mean thats Manchester City will be strongst again in facing various match.

Yes, that is the pressure for Manchester City. If Arsenal and Liverpool do not experience a decline and continue to performed consistently, Manchester City will find it difficult to displace them from the top position. Apart from that, Aston Villa is also trying to obstruct Manchester City path and has overtaken 3rd place with a differenced of 2 points from Manchester City, their focused is only on consistency. If Manchester City continue to be consistentcy then they just have to waiting for the 3 clubs to slip from their position.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

After the Champions League exit, fans are furious and calling for changes in the coaching staff. Man United crashed out of European football after their final group game against Bayern Munich, and there's no sign of an end to Erik ten Hag's misery. It seems he faces the possibility of being sacked as pressure continues to grow. Some fans are asking for his immediate removal.

The issue of Ten Hag's dismissal has been brought up many times, but it seems that the leadership of Manchester United is still quite patient with him. However, Manchester United fans are already very frustrated with the current situation of the team. Ten Hag might face difficulties in managing his players, and people can empathize with him. However, the attitude of not acknowledging his shortcomings is something that I, along with many other fans, find truly unsatisfactory.

Evidence of this is in the press conference after the loss to Bayern, where Ten Hag stated that Manchester United did not deserve to suffer a defeat. He believed that the players of Manchester United performed well, and it's just unfortunate that they had to face a very strong team like Bayern. Bayern is undoubtedly a strong team, but we could see how casually they played in this match. They didn't give their all, and considering that Manchester United played at home, they should have at least earned a point. It's not about blaming the opponent's strength, as Ten Hag suggested.

Many people also do not agree with the statements made by this coach. They think that if Manchester United plays like this, they don't even deserve to play in the Europa League, let alone the Champions League.

[Oneandpure]

Manchester city will be able to make a comeback and return to leading the standings this season and they will be successful at the end of the season. I think Manchester city strength is still quite strong in the Premier League, but recently they have lost their consistency, They have lost 1 defeat and 3 draw. First place and fourth place are only 4 point apart and that is one match that can change them in the standing table.

But it would be interesting if the teams that are above Manchester city ranking could appear more consistently and not give manchester city a chance to move their ranking. Liverpool or arsenal they have to perform better to get points because Manchester City has returned to winning ways and I think they will not make any more mistakes in the upcoming matches.

Last match, Manchester City success return back to winning trend after not winning last five consecutives matches in Premier League and will be easily for winning upcoming match against Crystal Palace before Manchester City will play on semifinal round FIFA Club World Cup two weeks later. Manchester City have losses three matches in Premier League and must win on last match before have busy schedule match have to play on FIFA Club World Cup.

Other side, Liverpool and Arsenal have quit well performance in this season and current standings Manchester City remaining four points with the top position. Not close with Manchester City return to the top position standings but need waiting until the end of this months because City have some postponed match to play in FIFA Club World Cup.

[Strongkored]

They finished last in their group in the Champions League. They will probably not finish among the top 4 teams in the league this season. I think there is no good reason for Erik ten Hag to stay at the club. Instead of putting up with Erik ten Hag any longer, they can sign a new manager and wait for him to install his system of play in the team. If they do that, they will gain time. They have already lost this season and whoever comes in will need time to adapt the team to his system of play.

Of course, this will be a bad season for Manchester United if they cannot reach the top 4 so they can't return to playing in the Champions League because that is the only way they can return to competing in the UCL.
If Erik Ten Haag can quickly find out the weaknesses of his current squad and fix them immediately then they still have a chance to get a position in the European zone, but unfortunately, a team like Manchester United is quite difficult to understand at the moment because they can perform well but after that, they lose very badly from a mediocre team like Bournemouth at Old Trafford, and on Sunday facing Liverpool it will be very stressful for them because this is very likely to be their next defeat, and I am quite sure that Liverpool, who are on a three winning streak, will play very well at Anfield to maintain their position at the top of the standings, because this is the momentum for Liverpool to be able to compete again to become EPL champions this season.

[Onyeeze]

They finished last in their group in the Champions League. They will probably not finish among the top 4 teams in the league this season. I think there is no good reason for Erik ten Hag to stay at the club. Instead of putting up with Erik ten Hag any longer, they can sign a new manager and wait for him to install his system of play in the team. If they do that, they will gain time. They have already lost this season and whoever comes in will need time to adapt the team to his system of play.

Of course, this will be a bad season for Manchester United if they cannot reach the top 4 so they can't return to playing in the Champions League because that is the only way they can return to competing in the UCL.
If Erik Ten Haag can quickly find out the weaknesses of his current squad and fix them immediately then they still have a chance to get a position in the European zone, but unfortunately, a team like Manchester United is quite difficult to understand at the moment because they can perform well but after that, they lose very badly from a mediocre team like Bournemouth at Old Trafford, and on Sunday facing Liverpool it will be very stressful for them because this is very likely to be their next defeat, and I am quite sure that Liverpool, who are on a three winning streak, will play very well at Anfield to maintain their position at the top of the standings, because this is the momentum for Liverpool to be able to compete again to become EPL champions this season.

I have not seen Manchester wining their matches between them and Liverpool, it very obvious and understanding that Manchester United is going to lose a such match, because if you check arsenal, they have being on top of the league in which before they get to such points they ensure they win all their matches, and check the position of Manchester United in the table and you will see that what will make their position to come close is when they win a Liverpool and Manchester wining Liverpool it will be were lion and tiger fight in the Bush and grass cover everything concerning them.

[Josefjix]

There is no doubt that Manchester City is very strong this season. However, their performance in this season is weak compared to the last season. The team is dependent on Haaland. However, Haaland is not getting enough support from the midfielders this season.

There's absolutely no pattern of football I've not seen from Manchester City this season. Erling Haaland is a top striker for City and watching him absent from league matches, it doesn't affects the main club instead they tend to mount attacking force on their opposition. Manchester City can be one of the top clubs in EPL that decline in performance this season, though it still shocks most football lovers and watching them crumbled in matches losing points to average clubs. Pep have assured his fans of bouncing back to winning form this season.

[Kaliandra]

What I know is that currently Erling Haaland is still the top scorer this season, namely 14 goals. In my opinion, the current top scorer competition opens up a lot of opportunities for Mohamed Salah from Liverpool, ​​because currently Erling Haaland is still injured and doesn't know when he will return to compete. As far as I know, Mohamed Salah has currently bagged 11 goals, so of course Mohamed Salah has great potential following Erling Haaland's goal, and in Liverpool's next match against Manchester United, I think it's a good opportunity for Mohamed Salah to score lots of goals. because I see that Manchester United's performance is currently declining so now is the time for Mohamed Salah to show his best performance and score lots of goals.

It seems that this season's top scorer will be difficult to predict, because Son Heung-min from Tottenham Hotspur has also currently bagged 10 goals and is certain to be a tough opponent for Mohamed Salah. I think Erling Haaland must recover quickly from his injury because the number of goals he scores could be overtaken by Mohamed Salah or Son Heung-Min.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The coach is the person most responsible for everything that happens to the Manchester United team at the moment.
I even highlighted the poor performance of the Manchester United team on all fronts and it is inversely proportional if we look at the quality in this squad so it is clear that Ten Hag is the one who is to blame here.
There is no other possibility and way for Manchester United other than to reshuffle this squad, and in my opinion Ten Hag should be fired from the Manchester United coaching chair because he has really failed to manage the Manchester United team.

The poor results continued, making Ten Hag look even worse.  Lost to the bottom team and failed to qualify for the UCL.  I don't know if he will be sacked, but maybe Ten Hag's suffering will continue. Next week they will play Liverpool. Statistically the game I'm sure Man United will struggle. They will probably lose again. After that there may be a decision from the management regarding Ten Hag.

I have never seen in the media that there is talk of Ten Hag resignation, I think it's more the fans' wish, which by the way the club management doesn't hear and probably doesn't want to hear since he is still in office. But even if they win the match with Liverpool, they can lose another, the next match, so I think it is not an indicator and not a reason to sack the coach

Well, all I can say is that good luck against Liverpool and good luck in the English Premier League. The way they are performing right now, it is definitely foolish to expect anything from them right now. The performance is definitely bad and I am not going to be surprised if the performance does not improve. At least as long as the current coach is here, nothing is going to improve in my opinion. Of course, some people might differ. But I believe a lot of things need to be changed at Manchester United. And it should start with the coach.

[Sakanwa]

Arsenal will be locking horns with Brighton in their next fixture in the English premier league,while Liverpool will play Manchester United on Sunday.The Arsenal Vs Brighton game is really going to be a tough game because Brighton knows how much strength the gunners have,and they will try as much as possible to shortened their movements on the wing flangs.Arsenal will need to be aware of the threat that Brighton can pose, especially now that they want to qualify for the European tournament.
But I am optimistic about Arsenal  that they will either win or draw this match.They won't want to lose again because they already dropped point in their last game,so everything possible they are going to do,to get over it.

[Sakanwa]

Manchester United are really crying for help these days.

Manchester United are crying for a new coach and i wonder when the board will work in that direction and fix it well. The Manchester United plays without tactics, no style of play, no build up plans or any attacking intents at all.

What Manchester United is a better coach not that tactical fraud lol. This weekend, they face Liverpool; another demolition in sight.

How many coaches has Manchester United hired since the retirement of Alex Ferguson? Sometimes I think the problem of Manchester United is bigger than coaches alone. So when people say Ten Hag should be fired I laugh. Let him stay and finish the season that's my opinion.

Manchester United are yet to find a coach who will help the club go back to their glory days. Erik Ten Hag could have helped build Manchester United back to winning ways, but he made a mistake by letting Dave de Gea leave Manchester United which is affecting Manchester United's not to win some of their matches because Onana keeps on making errors.

The mistake he made isnt just about DeGea,there are so many players in the Man u starting line up who deserve to be on the bench,but Ten Hag starts them in almost all the matches,and with their poor performances,the winning Chances really become slim because the players in the field are not the type of players that are supposed to be in the  man u starting line up.
Another problem they have is the coach himself,he hasn't still known what he is doing at the moment,he still hasn't been able to select the best in his team,and make them his starting eleven,yet,he wants them to win games when his strategy is not what can get him the winning the fans expect a d deserve.I Believe The coach will  be sacked by the end of this season if he doesn't give them the kind of result the team wants before the season ends.

[Weawant]

Arsenal will be locking horns with Brighton in their next fixture in the English premier league,while Liverpool will play Manchester United on Sunday.The Arsenal Vs Brighton game is really going to be a tough game because Brighton knows how much strength the gunners have,and they will try as much as possible to shortened their movements on the wing flangs.Arsenal will need to be aware of the threat that Brighton can pose, especially now that they want to qualify for the European tournament.
But I am optimistic about Arsenal  that they will either win or draw this match.They won't want to lose again because they already dropped point in their last game,so everything possible they are going to do,to get over it.

Arsenal is not really looking strong enough to be but then I think qualifying for the round of 16 in the UCL will most likely serve as a boost to their morale and they are definitely going to put up a really good fight against Brighton and they have the home advantage of which I'm very optimistic about Arsenal not wanting to loose at home.

After dropping few points which has made Liverpool stepped up the table, Arsenal will not be willing to further drop points at home against Brighton, a draw is a very probably outcome of that game but Arsenal needs to win if they must further maintain their top position again. Manchester united facing Liverpool will have to be another interesting game because Liverpool will be fighting to maintain their position at the top and Manchester united will be trying to rank up even in their week form, hopefully Manchester united secure a point but then Liverpool appears like a stronger side to me

[Despairo]

It seems that this season's top scorer will be difficult to predict, because Son Heung-min from Tottenham Hotspur has also currently bagged 10 goals and is certain to be a tough opponent for Mohamed Salah. I think Erling Haaland must recover quickly from his injury because the number of goals he scores could be overtaken by Mohamed Salah or Son Heung-Min.

It seems like Son Heung-Min will become the top scorer because in Manchester City there are many players can score a goal, in Liverpool sometime the players give many chances to Nunez, while in Tottenham the players mostly pass the ball to Son.

But if Son suffer an injury and make him missed many matches, he will not become a top scorer.

[Justbillywitt]

Yeah actually I believe so because there is actually time for Manchester City to come back because even there last season performance they had similar challenges which make Arsenal to lead on there table for sometime and it was later Manchester City manages to peak form and beat Arsenal which make them to win the last year premier league.

Yeah I also have confidence in Manchester city to come back, since Aston villa which is in third position is just ahead of them with 2 points, Arsenal which is in second position is just ahead of them with 3 points and Liverpool is ahead of them with 4 points, the gap is still kind of small, and Manchester city should be able to cover up. Arsenal was leading Manchester City with reasonable points last season, but gradually Manchester City were able to cover up and they won the league last season, but this season won’t be a easy one for Manchester City, am not really satisfied with their performance yet, and this season will be a different one for Manchester City, because they won’t be able to win all the leagues Manchester City won last season.

That's your own Analysis but for me Liverpool wouldn't want to give up that top soon like they will fight with every energy they've got and I trust Jorgen Klopp as he's gonna make sure his boys will remain at the top of the league for sometimes if at all they will not utilize this great opportunity of topping the table and as well win the league at last. Your analysis about Manchester city last season may be correct but this season is more of competitive than last season so it may really not be easy to predict the title winners yet as the gaps between the top teams in the table ain't that much.

It will be hard for Manchester City to repeat what they did in the Premier League last season because Kevin De Bruyne will be with the Manchester City squad for the long term and it is affecting Manchester City's performance. Liverpool is the real threat to Manchester City this season, Liverpool will want to be at the top of the Premier League till the season ends.

I also have the opinion that Manchester City certainly has the potential to rise again in the rankings because I see that currently its performance is improving again and I also hope that E. Haaland recovers quickly from his injury, because E. Haaland is of course very influential on Manchester City's strength but he is indeed struggling to riseRanking above is certainly not an easy thing.

Yes, Liverpool is of course a strong team, of course Jurgen Klopp will not let Liverpool's position be shifted by other teams, but I see that Liverpool's current performance is not good, like in the match against Crystal Palace and it ended with a score of 1-2 for Liverpool's victory, but what preceded by scoring a goal from Crystal Palace player J. Mateta and continued by Liverpool players Mohamed Salah and H. Elliot who scored goals and ultimately won for Liverpool. but even though Liverpool won, I think it's a natural thing because Crystal Palace's ranking is certainly very different from Liverpool's. Liverpool should be able to score more goals, so in my opinion, currently Liverpool's performance is experiencing a slight decline, so of course this will open up opportunities for other teams to shift Liverpool's position. but hopefully Jurgen Klopp will quickly improve Liverpool's performance.

Yes, predicting who will be the champion this season is very difficult because the distance between the points is not too far, but of course this will result in exciting and tight competition.

but I am sure that with the strength of Manchester City, Manchester city will perform well and its ranking will rise, yes, but of course Liverpool will definitely maintain its position until the end of this season, so we'll see what Jurgen Klopp does to maintain Liverpool's position so that they become champions this season. This.

When you say Liverpool will maintain it's position till the end of the season, are you saying that they will win the league or they will maintain their top 4 spot? Manchester City has had a difficult results in November playing draws 3x and losing one game in the EPL yet they are 4 points behind the current leaders Liverpool, this has to show that they are not to be taken out of the league challenge. Personally I think Manchester City will win this league, because not once they discover their form again it will be very hard for any team to stop them.

[asriloni]

Arsenal will be locking horns with Brighton in their next fixture in the English premier league,while Liverpool will play Manchester United on Sunday.The Arsenal Vs Brighton game is really going to be a tough game because Brighton knows how much strength the gunners have,and they will try as much as possible to shortened their movements on the wing flangs.Arsenal will need to be aware of the threat that Brighton can pose, especially now that they want to qualify for the European tournament.
But I am optimistic about Arsenal  that they will either win or draw this match.They won't want to lose again because they already dropped point in their last game,so everything possible they are going to do,to get over it.

Many eyes will be watching the match between liverpool vs manchester united. Im not caring so much for other match caused by the match between mu vs liverpool are the most hyped match right now. As many people saw that last season mu humiliated by liverpool with very embarassing score.
It's likely we will be seeing that moment to happen again. I have no faith in manchester united right now. It's caused by MU is performing so badly compared to the previous season. Liverpool is very strong compared with manchester united.

The match between united vs liverpool are going to be the most important match this season. It's caused by people know that if Mu is likely losing the match with very big score again.
Im having my bet on liverpool. I trust liverpool even more than ten hag trust united, lol. Liverpool is far superior compared to the manchester united.
The next gme is going to happen in anfield and im not expecting manchester united to play freely. Antony will be showing another bad performance against liverpool.