Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[BlackBoss_]

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But I like what Fulham is doing. They played as if it wasn't the team that people thought they were bigger. This gave they the spirit of winning the game. Fulham even had more chances to score the third goal.
Marco Silva deserves appreciation for this victory, even though he still has a lot of homework to do to bring Fulham to a consistent performance.
And I'm impressed with Raul Jimenez.
He has improved. I never thought he was important for Fulham
Glad Raúl is paying those who believed in him awesomely.

Fullham is weaker than Arsenal so if they can win the match against a big opponent like Arsenal, they will take every chance they can have. Whatever tactics is used to beat Arsenal is not too important for Fullham. How many points they get is more important and they got maximum 3 points from the match.

It is a very big success for Fullham and 3 points from Arsenal, helped Fullham to move farther from the delegation zone. With 24 points, they are safe with their temporary position and point differences against Sheffield, Burnley and Luton. It will lit up their fight for survival to stay in Premier League.

With Arsenal, this defeat is very bad for them and now they already drop to the fourth position with 5 points less than Liverpool, 2 points less than Aston Villa and same 40 points as Manchester City that have one extra match to play.

[HajiBagi]

Liverpool as the host and the strongest team in the English league showed their prowess against Newcastle with a score of 4-2 for Liverpool's victory and now Liverpool's points are 45 whereas yesterday before playing against Newcastle Liverpool's points were the same as Aston Villa, namely 42. I bet on Liverpool's victory and this time my prediction was correct because Liverpool won. However, it is a shame that Newcastle could not avenge their defeat in the previous match against Liverpool. but I saw Newcastle players perform very well and I saw that when Newcastle attacked Liverpool it was very good but Liverpool's defense was very strong which ultimately prevented Newcastle from being able to take advantage of the opportunities well. Now Liverpool must be very happy because they won against Newcastle.

Unai Emery will definitely not remain silent and of course he will definitely make a good strategy to build his team to be stronger, and of course the Aston Villa match against Everton will be an interesting match and of course Aston Villa will definitely want to win the match because they definitely want to shift Liverpool's position. Yes, now Aston Villa and Liverpool will compete fiercely. and of course Unai Emery and Jurgen Klopp will put out their best performance to make their team champions this season.

Liverpool played Newcastle yesterday, and while I know it will be a difficult match, I still think Liverpool will win Newcastle regardless of how the game goes. I think the Liverpool squad is very strong right now, and any team that wants to play against Liverpool this season will be serious and put on a good show. Although Newcastle's performance appears strong at the start of the league, after all the players start to take their matches seriously, Newcastle's performance starts to look a little off. I know some people will believe that Liverpool can't beat Newcastle because, when playing a major team, Newcastle always takes the game seriously.

After the first game of 2024, Liverpool is still leading the Premier League. I believe that we should pay close attention to Liverpool because they are making an effort to convey to the public that they will be the team to win the title this season. Their defensive players and even their midfield players are in good shape. The only area in which Liverpool is currently struggling is with a striker who is not as intelligent as Haaland in Manchester City. If he were intelligent, I think no other team could defeat Liverpool and win the Premier League title this season.

[SmartCharpa]

Newcastle United does not have good head to head record with Liverpool and this match, again proves this domination of Liverpool in their direct match. Mohamed Salah missed one penalty but he eventually scored two goals which are enough for Liverpool to not only have 3 points but also a big winning. Mohamed Salah shows that he has good mentality and did not let the missed penalty affects him too much in rest of  match.

This winning helps Liverpool continue to stay at the first position and continue this league race as one of strongest competitors. Arsenal are starting to show their weakness and it seems Manchester City will be the only competitor against Liverpool for Premier League title.

Liverpool has been playing so much better than Newcastle. Based on the match schedule, I can tell that Liverpool has already won. This is because Newcastle isn't able to play as well as they did at the start of the season, when they were beating big clubs. They have lost seven of their last eight games. I was thinking that Newcastle's performance would remain steady until the end of the season, but sadly, they have started to weaken. Not every Premier League team can become strong for the entire season. Moh Sallah is a wonderful player, even though he missed a penalty, he still scored two goals because he couldn't allow his team lose, they deserved to win.

With 45 points, Liverpool has become stronger at the top of the league by getting the three points. I don't think Arsenal are going to be a challenge to Liverpool just yet, but since they still have games left to play, we can't judge them for their losing matches yet. possibly these weaknesses will make them stronger as they go for the Premier League title. After all, it's not too late.

[Mame89]

Fullham is weaker than Arsenal so if they can win the match against a big opponent like Arsenal, they will take every chance they can have. Whatever tactics is used to beat Arsenal is not too important for Fullham. How many points they get is more important and they got maximum 3 points from the match.

It is a very big success for Fullham and 3 points from Arsenal, helped Fullham to move farther from the delegation zone. With 24 points, they are safe with their temporary position and point differences against Sheffield, Burnley and Luton. It will lit up their fight for survival to stay in Premier League.

With Arsenal, this defeat is very bad for them and now they already drop to the fourth position with 5 points less than Liverpool, 2 points less than Aston Villa and same 40 points as Manchester City that have one extra match to play.

Again and again Arsenal's weaknesses since last season have not been corrected. Anticipating set pieces, especially corner kicks, the last two matches are proof that Arsenal have not learned from their mistakes. Fulham vs Arsenal is indeed of better quality than Arsenal, but in this match Fulham played neatly and effectively. Arsenal should have imitated Liverpool when they beat Fulham a few weeks ago, by using all long distance kicks. Personally, I think Fulham and Crystal Palace are the teams with the strongest defenders.

Arsenal's defeat is certainly very detrimental. Apart from being behind Liverpool by five points, they are also behind Man City and Aston Villa. This was a bad start to the year for Arsenal because they were immediately in fourth place in the standings.

[Belarge]

It's caused by the club is consistently performing fully defensive against the big teams. I give all of my respect to the fulham's coach as he was putting his respect to use defensive strategy against arsenal.

Defensive strategy is the key basis used by the home team to win Arsenal, it was not an easy run but with the appropriate timing of crucial counter attacks, Fulham was not lucky because they got more significant chances of scoring. Mikel Arteta looks confused because his team have lost their chance of topping the EPL table and now they have recorded 2 defeats in a row, definitely not the result they've been craving for and this is entirely a major setback for the club. Marco Silva and his team defeated Arsenal at the Craven Cottage stadium. A big win for Fulham and a tremendous lost for Gunners. This defeat have made them move to 4th position on the table.

[UchihaSarada]

Again and again Arsenal's weaknesses since last season have not been corrected. Anticipating set pieces, especially corner kicks, the last two matches are proof that Arsenal have not learned from their mistakes. Fulham vs Arsenal is indeed of better quality than Arsenal, but in this match Fulham played neatly and effectively. Arsenal should have imitated Liverpool when they beat Fulham a few weeks ago, by using all long distance kicks. Personally, I think Fulham and Crystal Palace are the teams with the strongest defenders.

Arsenal's defeat is certainly very detrimental. Apart from being behind Liverpool by five points, they are also behind Man City and Aston Villa. This was a bad start to the year for Arsenal because they were immediately in fourth place in the standings.

Their weakness has not been corrected and they have more competitors in this season. In the last season, Arsenal only competed directly with Manchester City but in this season, they have three competitors, Manchester City of course, Liverpool and surprisingly Aston Villa.

Arsenal have more challenge from competitors in this season and with their weakness, they are not competitive enough to win the title. Arsenal are at similar level of Aston Villa while Manchester City and Liverpool look to be at higher level a little bit.

Defensive strategy is the key basis used by the home team to win Arsenal, it was not an easy run but with the appropriate timing of crucial counter attacks, Fulham was not lucky because they got more significant chances of scoring. Mikel Arteta looks confused because his team have lost their chance of topping the EPL table and now they have recorded 2 defeats in a row, definitely not the result they've been craving for and this is entirely a major setback for the club. Marco Silva and his team defeated Arsenal at the Craven Cottage stadium. A big win for Fulham and a tremendous lost for Gunners. This defeat have made them move to 4th position on the table.

Arsenal can not win if they only create opportunities but their attacking players fail to convert opportunities to goals. Some times they only need one goal to win the match but if they can not score it, they lose 2 points with a draw. Sometimes they need one goal to equalize the match and without it, they lose one point.

Arteta is right that Arsenal attacking players must sharpen his finishing skills to help the club gaining more winnings. Playing with bad finishing skills and weak confidence in front of opponent goalkeeper will be weakness and very harmful for Arsenal chance to win Premier League.

In the match against Fullham, they can not blame that they lost it because Fullham used a very defensive tactics. It's just their attacking players wasted so many opportunities.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

Liverpool still sits comfortably in first placed with 45 points, Manchester City still has a chances to fight for the English Premier League title because Manchester City still has 1 match pending if they can wins it then the difference with Liverpool is only 2 points, but the clubs below it are like Aston Villa and Arsenal are still trying to winning the Premier League title even though they are not very consistent at the moments.

Liverpool is in good form, so winning against Newcastle and maintaining the top position is understandable. Both teams opted for an offensive style of play, but Newcastle seemed to be weaker, making them susceptible to goals in Liverpool's counter-attacks. This early New Year's win is hopefully a stroke of luck for them.

However, Liverpool should look at the examples of Arsenal and Mancity, as they are teams that have also lost their top spots due to complacent matches and consistently dropping points regrettably in recent times. It's essential to remember that Aston Villa is closely trailing them, and with a few missteps, the top spot could slip away from their grasp.

Liverpool has been playing so much better than Newcastle. Based on the match schedule, I can tell that Liverpool has already won. This is because Newcastle isn't able to play as well as they did at the start of the season, when they were beating big clubs. They have lost seven of their last eight games. I was thinking that Newcastle's performance would remain steady until the end of the season, but sadly, they have started to weaken. Not every Premier League team can become strong for the entire season.

Admitting that Newcastle has been somewhat lackluster recently. From a fairly good position, with a chance to advance to the Round of 16 in the UCL, they have experienced a significant downturn and were eliminated regrettably. In the match against Liverpool, I believe they made a mistake by choosing an offensive strategy against Liverpool, perhaps because they were trailing. However, going offensive against Liverpool is disadvantageous as Liverpool excels in rapid counter-attacks. So, Newcastle was easily defeated.

[Chilwell]

Liverpool still sits comfortably in first placed with 45 points, Manchester City still has a chances to fight for the English Premier League title because Manchester City still has 1 match pending if they can wins it then the difference with Liverpool is only 2 points, but the clubs below it are like Aston Villa and Arsenal are still trying to winning the Premier League title even though they are not very consistent at the moments.

I have finally decided to be a neutral fan this season because it has been long when my club win a trophy which I continue to exercise patience but right now I give up and change my decision to make my self a champion this time around, Arsenal that I supported badly are trying to kill me with the poor performance this season the same thing they did last season which make me to go trophy less last season, which I will not allow it this time because I must go with trophy this time around, my decision will always be dynamic because my support will always go to the team on the top of the table, with this I will be champion, now my full support goes to Liverpool.

[MinoRaiola]

Liverpool has been playing so much better than Newcastle. Based on the match schedule, I can tell that Liverpool has already won. This is because Newcastle isn't able to play as well as they did at the start of the season, when they were beating big clubs. They have lost seven of their last eight games. I was thinking that Newcastle's performance would remain steady until the end of the season, but sadly, they have started to weaken. Not every Premier League team can become strong for the entire season. Moh Sallah is a wonderful player, even though he missed a penalty, he still scored two goals because he couldn't allow his team lose, they deserved to win.

With 45 points, Liverpool has become stronger at the top of the league by getting the three points. I don't think Arsenal are going to be a challenge to Liverpool just yet, but since they still have games left to play, we can't judge them for their losing matches yet. possibly these weaknesses will make them stronger as they go for the Premier League title. After all, it's not too late.

If Mohamad Salah continues like this, he score more goals than Haaland. Both now have 14 goals, Salah in 20 games and Haaland in 15. So there is a good chance that Mo Salah will soon be the Permian Leagues top scorer. If you look at the Permier Leaugie statistics of both players, Haaland made 50 games and 50 goals... a goal in every game. Mo Salah has 251 games and 153 goals, both stats are very impressive. Last season Arsenal were ton place one after 20 games and had 47 points. In the 21/22 season, Manchester City were first with 50 points.

[Abbatty]

Admitting that Newcastle has been somewhat lackluster recently. From a fairly good position, with a chance to advance to the Round of 16 in the UCL, they have experienced a significant downturn and were eliminated regrettably. In the match against Liverpool, I believe they made a mistake by choosing an offensive strategy against Liverpool, perhaps because they were trailing. However, going offensive against Liverpool is disadvantageous as Liverpool excels in rapid counter-attacks. So, Newcastle was easily defeated.

Newcastle suffered a setback due to the increasing injury crisis in the team, they have lost most of their starting players to injury and they still keep having players injured. Just before the match against Liverpool they lost trippier to injury again, a key player for them and it is the reason they have been lagging behind recently. They always put up agoid fight against stronger opponents but I guess Liverpool are more good offensively that’s why they couldn’t hold them but they put up a good fight anyway despite having so many injured players.

[TastyChillySauce00]

The missed penalty by Salah is going to hunt the Reds in this game that's if they lose as they're playing 1-1, I thought Newcastle would be lacking behind at half time but they managed to escape the force of Liverpool in this encounter.
I feel this game might go in favor of the visitors and Klopp would still be the league leader at the moment, Newcastle can still make this game end 1-2 but the pressure of Liverpool is too much for them to handle and I started wondering why Liverpool didn't play the way they are playing against Manchester United and Arsenal, they would have gotten a better point to top the table but now they're struggling with Newcastle which I don't think it will be in their favor, it is either a draw or Newcastle win the game.

Salah got two penalties. the first penalty failed in the 22nd minute, and his second penalty was successful in the 86th minute. overall Salah played quite well scoring 2 goals in his 4-2 victory against newcastle united. and widened the gap at the top of the standings with 2nd place.

Im quite happy with the result even though liverpool conceded two goals but this far better rather than get draw or lose against newcastle. So, the bad performance of newcastle is still continue as of now. I believe newcsatle will be struggle in the upcoming game.
Perfect result for liverpool even though i have demanded liverpool to take cleansheet against newcastle but this is not bad at all. Liverpool can strengthen its defensive line to make sure it will not be conceding goals again in the future.

Klopp may need to evaluate the defenders caused by their performance was always very poor. They can't keep the club to get the cleansheet while the attacking lines were working so hard to win the game by scoring as many goals as liverpool can.
Im still concerning about the defensive line of liverpool as it was performing so poorly in any games. The attackers seem perfect but it's not for the defenders. They were making too many mistakes.

[len01]

Admitting that Newcastle has been somewhat lackluster recently. From a fairly good position, with a chance to advance to the Round of 16 in the UCL, they have experienced a significant downturn and were eliminated regrettably. In the match against Liverpool, I believe they made a mistake by choosing an offensive strategy against Liverpool, perhaps because they were trailing. However, going offensive against Liverpool is disadvantageous as Liverpool excels in rapid counter-attacks. So, Newcastle was easily defeated.

Newcastle suffered a setback due to the increasing injury crisis in the team, they have lost most of their starting players to injury and they still keep having players injured. Just before the match against Liverpool they lost trippier to injury again, a key player for them and it is the reason they have been lagging behind recently. They always put up agoid fight against stronger opponents but I guess Liverpool are more good offensively that’s why they couldn’t hold them but they put up a good fight anyway despite having so many injured players.

I would not be surprised by Newcastle defeat after previously knowing that many of the main players were injured and had experienced a decline in performance since then, which had consistently declined greatly. even though previously in the early stages of the season, Newcastle was able to appear impressive and had quite strong consistency, but things slowly changed to become very weak and Liverpool victory was guaranteed previous predictions because Liverpool is in quite good condition at the moment.

Eddie Howe has previously always been praised for being able to provide good consistency at the start of the season and this time the Newcastle coach must be under pressure to deal with this problem.

[X-ray]

Admitting that Newcastle has been somewhat lackluster recently. From a fairly good position, with a chance to advance to the Round of 16 in the UCL, they have experienced a significant downturn and were eliminated regrettably. In the match against Liverpool, I believe they made a mistake by choosing an offensive strategy against Liverpool, perhaps because they were trailing. However, going offensive against Liverpool is disadvantageous as Liverpool excels in rapid counter-attacks. So, Newcastle was easily defeated.

Newcastle suffered a setback due to the increasing injury crisis in the team, they have lost most of their starting players to injury and they still keep having players injured. Just before the match against Liverpool they lost trippier to injury again, a key player for them and it is the reason they have been lagging behind recently. They always put up agoid fight against stronger opponents but I guess Liverpool are more good offensively that’s why they couldn’t hold them but they put up a good fight anyway despite having so many injured players.

How many players were injured? I don't even see a lot of them were injured. Newcastle could still put gordon, or even joelinton in the last games but their performance were dropping drastically. I dunnow what the reason is but it was a setback for all of them.
Eddie howe's position is being threatened with the bad result achieved by the team. I don't see a lot of different and have you watched it before? Isaak was also playing the game which was the main striker owned by newcastle.
That's unlike manchester city which has been missing a lot of most important players like haaland and bruyne which was king of assist and top scorer last season. Newcastle is in a better position.
I would not use injury to make another excuses. Eddie howe shall be sacked or newcastle will still be on the worst performance. He has become the main problem of newcastle. That's why eddie needs to be kicked out.

[Salahmu]

Liverpool is a tough opponent for Newcastle in away and home match, the statistical record of the meeting between the two is proof of Liverpool toughness in beating Newcastle, it's nice to see Mohammed Salah carry out his heroic actions even though he failed once, he still tried to perform optimally until finally he scored 2 goal for Liverpool and with goal he added to his goal collection list, now Mohammed Salah goal collection has reached 14 goals this season and has the same score as Erling Haaland.

I was surprised with the penalty Salah missed on that match because actually Salah has been one of the best penalty shooter but it was unfortunate that he was not able to score, if not Liverpool would have given Newcastle United 5-2. Actually Liverpool have really peak form because they seem to have been maintaining there consistent wining lately and however with there wining they have gotten more upper edge against every other clubs on the league.

One of the things I like about Liverpool is that they don't joke with there home matches and also aside from playing from home there is no way Newcastle United can win Liverpool on less during the beginning of the season when Newcastle United was in there good performance before they lose form, so now Liverpool remains the best.

[piebeyb]

Eddie Howe has previously always been praised for being able to provide good consistency at the start of the season and this time the Newcastle coach must be under pressure to deal with this problem.

I think Eddie Howe has shown his best game with his team at Anfield and of course we all know that it is difficult for Newcastle to win at Anfield because Liverpool always play well, actually Liverpool was helped by two penalties but we still have to admit that Liverpool performed better than Newcastle, plus the absence of several of Newcastle's key players, means they have to rotate players to visit Anfield by fielding all the players you have and playing with maximum strength.

I think Eddie Howe will definitely evaluate Newcastle's defeat, which in these five matches was quite bad, only winning once and losing four times including consecutive defeats, that is really not good for a club, Newcastle must be able to overcome this problem in the future because if not there is no hope of being there. in the top four it will be very difficult for them to catch.

[dzungmobile]

I was surprised with the penalty Salah missed on that match because actually Salah has been one of the best penalty shooter but it was unfortunate that he was not able to score, if not Liverpool would have given Newcastle United 5-2.

Salah does not have too impressive successful rate with penaties. He missed some penalties in his career but he was given many chances at penalty spots because he is a best scorer of Liverpool and they wanted to help him winning leagues scorer award.

Look at his penalty stats.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/mohamed-salah/elfmetertore/spieler/148455
38 penalties, missed 9. Surely it is not a high successful rate.

Actually Liverpool have really peak form because they seem to have been maintaining there consistent wining lately and however with there wining they have gotten more upper edge against every other clubs on the league.

They are on fire and are showing their power even against strong opponents like Newcastle United. Through a half of season, Liverpool shown that they are very ambitious, strong and seriously want to win another Premier League with Klopp.

[indah rezqi]

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Newcastle suffered a setback due to the increasing injury crisis in the team, they have lost most of their starting players to injury and they still keep having players injured. Just before the match against Liverpool they lost trippier to injury again, a key player for them and it is the reason they have been lagging behind recently. They always put up agoid fight against stronger opponents but I guess Liverpool are more good offensively that’s why they couldn’t hold them but they put up a good fight anyway despite having so many injured players.

I would not be surprised by Newcastle defeat after previously knowing that many of the main players were injured and had experienced a decline in performance since then, which had consistently declined greatly. even though previously in the early stages of the season, Newcastle was able to appear impressive and had quite strong consistency, but things slowly changed to become very weak and Liverpool victory was guaranteed previous predictions because Liverpool is in quite good condition at the moment.

Eddie Howe has previously always been praised for being able to provide good consistency at the start of the season and this time the Newcastle coach must be under pressure to deal with this problem.

Newcastle defeat was justified, Liverpool were at the peak of their best performance, playing at home, while Newcastle were facing the opposite situation, the injury factor had a big impact on their performance. Many of the goals scored were unexpected, perhaps more if Salah had not failed to execute the penalty, the additional 3 points further confirmed the Reds' position at the top of the standings while also managing to create a gap with their closest competitor Aston Villa.

However, I think Liverpool point difference is not completely safe, because the competition in the future will be even tighter. Man City has shown signs of consistency, and Aston Villa must also be closely watched. I am impressed with the consistency of Unai Emery squad, of course I am curious about them, and to what extent Emery can make his squad stay in the top four of the standings.

[Mayor of ogba]

Liverpool has been playing so much better than Newcastle. Based on the match schedule, I can tell that Liverpool has already won. This is because Newcastle isn't able to play as well as they did at the start of the season, when they were beating big clubs. They have lost seven of their last eight games. I was thinking that Newcastle's performance would remain steady until the end of the season, but sadly, they have started to weaken. Not every Premier League team can become strong for the entire season. Moh Sallah is a wonderful player, even though he missed a penalty, he still scored two goals because he couldn't allow his team lose, they deserved to win.

With 45 points, Liverpool has become stronger at the top of the league by getting the three points. I don't think Arsenal are going to be a challenge to Liverpool just yet, but since they still have games left to play, we can't judge them for their losing matches yet. possibly these weaknesses will make them stronger as they go for the Premier League title. After all, it's not too late.

If Mohamad Salah continues like this, he score more goals than Haaland. Both now have 14 goals, Salah in 20 games and Haaland in 15. So there is a good chance that Mo Salah will soon be the Permian Leagues top scorer. If you look at the Permier Leaugie statistics of both players, Haaland made 50 games and 50 goals... a goal in every game. Mo Salah has 251 games and 153 goals, both stats are very impressive. Last season Arsenal were ton place one after 20 games and had 47 points. In the 21/22 season, Manchester City were first with 50 points.

Salah is in good form for Liverpool, and helping Liverpool win matches by knowing when to score for his club. When it comes to winning this year's premier league top scorer, I see Haaland winning it because Salah will soon go for the African Cup of Nations, and he will miss some matches for Liverpool which will make Haaland score more goals than Salah.

[rendravolt]

He was dumped by Chelsea, then Roma took him and turned him into a dangerous winger in Serie A and after that he returned to the EPL but with a different club until finally making Mohammed Salah enter the list of the top 5 top scorers in one EPL club. Who would have thought he would do it with Liverpool and since wearing the Liverpool uniform in 2017 until now he has collected 151 goals in the EPL. In last night's match against Newcastle he scored a brace and at the same time led Liverpool to victory again at Anfield.

I think Mohammed Salah has become a legend for the Reds and even though his teammates like Mane and Firminho have left before him, he still stays at Liverpool to continue the tradition. Even Jurgen Kloop will be very disadvantaged if he loses Mohammed Salah and he still needs time to find a successor to Mohammed Salah at Liverpool. An achievement we rarely see and huge appreciation for Mohammed Salah for reaching this level.

[hyudien]

After the first game of 2024, Liverpool is still leading the Premier League. I believe that we should pay close attention to Liverpool because they are making an effort to convey to the public that they will be the team to win the title this season. Their defensive players and even their midfield players are in good shape. The only area in which Liverpool is currently struggling is with a striker who is not as intelligent as Haaland in Manchester City. If he were intelligent, I think no other team could defeat Liverpool and win the Premier League title this season.

Liverpool's optimism about winning a trophy this season is very supportive because now they can breathe a sigh of relief and continue to focus on maintaining the top of the standings. Based on trends, it certainly does not rule out the possibility that Liverpool will become more confident. In today's match, Newcastle has put up extraordinary resistance, but because of this, Anfield is the most terrifying stadium and is able to provide plus points for the hosts in improving their playing mentality. So his aggressiveness in the second half could not be stopped.

On the other hand, Man City experienced a slight decline compared to last season because the composition of its players was incomplete. Forcing them to fall in quite a surprising position. Haaland doesn't seem to be able to repeat the success like last season.