Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Minor Miner]

Truth is that Everton have performed well this season and if not for financial fair play point deduction, the club side will be battling for an Europa league spot at this stage of the Campaignl

Even with those 10 points, they would currently be at 12th place in the league table, so pretty far from Europa League.
They have fairly good defence with only 28 goals lost, but they have no attacking power and that's their main problem. They need to take more risks and and aim for wins not draws. Their current position is not pretty, they have only 1 point advantage over Luton, but Luton have one less game played and they will be highly motivated to escape from the red zone.
Burnley and Sheffield are already doomed.

Despite losing 10 points, Everton's performance has been quite good this season. However, Everton's performance in the last four matches was very poor. However, in the matches Everton played against the big teams of the Premier League. The team lost against City, Tottenham and Wolves. However, Everton have managed to share points with Aston Villa, who have been in great form this season. Everton can still stay away from the relegation zone after losing 10 points. Because the defense of this team is relatively good. They conceded 28 goals. I would say Everton's defense is better than Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea. Everton have conceded fewer goals than these three giant teams. I think we will see Everton in 12th/13th position in the points table at the end of the season.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

Manchester United ended up playing a draw against Tottenham in their match yesterday. With the way Manchester United are inconsistent this season, I never expected them to give Tottenham a difficult moment in the match. The match ended as a draw, and the two teams tried their best, but Tottenham wasted some opportunities that, if they were able to score, would have given them a win in the match. Just as you said, Manchester United were lucky in their match against Tottenham yesterday, because I didn’t see anything special about the way Manchester United played in their match yesterday, but they went away with 1 point, which was a lucky one for them.

Although quite disappointed with Mu recently, it is fair to say that Mu had a not bad match against Tottenham. Before the match, although playing at home, it was clear that Mu was not highly rated compared to Tottenham, but they entered the game quite well as they continuously took the lead. Mu's scoring performance in this match was quite commendable as with only 2 shots on target in the first 45 minutes they had 2 goals.
Positive signal from Rashford when he scored his first goal this season at Old Trafford after 14 matches. If they are luckier, they can win if McTominay's header can be scored in injury time. Despite being held to a draw, Mu climbed to 7th place on the rankings.

[legendbtc]

Not only is MU's attack this season having problems, with expected strikers like Rasmus Hojlund, Marcus Rashford, or Antony. Everyone played distractedly. MU also has difficulty in defense.
Tottenham entered the match at Old Trafford without the services of captain Son Heung Min. They replaced striker Timo Werner on loan from RB Leipzig. I think if Son Heung Min were there, he wouldn't let there be such a draw. He will make Onana's goal vibrate continuously. MU was very lucky in this match. With a 2-2 draw at MU's field, Tottenham has the same 40 points as fourth-placed Arsenal.
Currently, Erik Ten Hag and his team are 8 points behind the group qualifying for next season's Champions League. This is not a big gap when the tournament still has 17 rounds left to end. However, MU needs to close the gap soon if they do not want to become a spectator of this exciting race.

Overall, of course there are two gaps that Erik ten Hag must fix to bring change to Manchester United this season. Where Erik must be able to improve Manchester United defense and front line. Even now they are not consistent enough in the matches they play so it will have fatal consequences if their performance does not improve in the second half of the season.

I think Erik should buy a defender to support their defense line and also a striker who is ready to provide goals when the team needs to win. Well, that might be quite difficult for Erik to do because he needs a lot of money to buy quality players while the Glazer family is reluctant to give Erik big money to buy quality players.

Personally, I feel this is unnecessary. The Glazer family also spent a lot of money on Erik ten Hag. They spend hundreds of millions of pounds in the transfer market, adding many valuable names to the squad: Harry Maguire and Andre Onana, Casemiro, Marcus Rashford, Antony, Rasmus Hojlund...They have many exciting and talented players. They need to band together, and I hope Ten Hag can do it.

Look at Brighton and Tottenham with players not as valuable as Man United. But the coaches of that team have proven that they can link players together. Ten Hag has spent 18 months working at MU. And up to this point, we still haven't seen any gameplay formed. I think it's time for a change. The Ratcliffe Revolution. New era, new coach needed.

[mamesso]

I feel like City can't lose now that De Bruyne is back. Won huge on them while betting live on XFUN during halftime of the Newcastle game. They are simply a different beast when this guy plays, and just wait till him and Haaland are a menace once again.

Manchester City is very lucky to have Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland in their squad. Both of them are the best players in their respective positions. Their contributions have made Manchester City successful in winning several prestigious titles last season. If the two monsters owned by Manchester City are able to maintain their performance as shown last season, it will be very difficult to stop their progress in the title race.
Manchester City is very lucky that De Bruyne can return to their squad at the right time, a duo of players of the caliber of Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne have a crucial role in Pep Guardiola squad which is trying to reclaim first place from Liverpool.

[Belarge]

I feel like City can't lose now that De Bruyne is back. Won huge on them while betting live on XFUN during halftime of the Newcastle game. They are simply a different beast when this guy plays, and just wait till him and Haaland are a menace once again.

Pep Guardiola is ready to instruct his players on the big tasks to accomplish because they have suited to become the very favorite club that can stop Liverpool from winning the league title this season, this is strict winning streaks for both teams because they both know what's at stake here. Yes, Kelvin De Bruyne is back but that doesn't give the guarantee and confidence about Manchester City becoming a fierce unbeaten team for the rest of the season. Manchester City is a top team and they know how to handle crucial positions and EPL matches.

[Jaycoinz]

I feel like City can't lose now that De Bruyne is back. Won huge on them while betting live on XFUN during halftime of the Newcastle game. They are simply a different beast when this guy plays, and just wait till him and Haaland are a menace once again.

Congrats on your win first and this is what everyone has been wanting to see Manchester city do which is winning of games and making the game really interesting to watch . Manchester city has been one of  my favorites team in the premier league in terms of their tenacity and how beautiful they play the game and Kevin de byrune has the whole certain of this excellence and am glad he is able to grace us with his beautiful understanding of the game once again.

[zaim7413]

Manchester City tactician Pep Guardiola did not force Kevin De Bruyne to play in the early minutes because he was still recovering from injury, last match against Newcastle United De Bruyne sent in at 69th minutes and Pep Guardiola give him left 20 minutes for playing to protect from injury.
Still need time for De Bruyne get regular position although he has adapt well on first match after recovering from injury,
I think Pep Guardiola won't with Kevin De Bruyne will get injury again and have absent for longer time. Have more patience for Kevin De Bruyne with his condition fit 100% and already for playing until 90 minutes.

Guardiola is a very experienced coach. So even though the match against Newcastle is very important, he did not put De Bruyne in the starting XI. Because now if De Bruyne faces injury again then Manchester City will face big problem. Because Haaland is not in the squad due to injury. Guardiola desperately needs De Bruyne right now.

De Bruyne should perform very carefully in the upcoming matches. The opponents are not strong in the upcoming matches of the Premier League. So Guardiola is unlikely to keep De Bruyne in the starting XI. Manchester City will play against Burnley, Brentford and Everton in the next three matches. Manchester City is expected to win all three matches. Since the opponent is weak. So maybe Manchester City can get 3 points even if De Bruyne is not in the squad.

Guardiola doesn't want to force one of his top players to play for too long. De Bruyne condition, which is still very vulnerable to injury, needs to be given space to prevent injury again. The big problem facing Manchester City is now starting to come to light, De Bruyne immediately stepped on the gas after being played as a substitute when his team played against Newcastle. His presence immediately changed Manchester City game, he managed to become a key player in his team victory by recording one goal and one assist.

Guardiola will wait for the right time to include De Bruyne in the starting XI, he will have a positive impact on Manchester City in the next match. Liverpool must be more wary of Manchester City, the increase in strength of their rival after De Bruyne returned to the squad will pose a threat to them in their pursuit of the EPL trophy this season.

[bering]

Next weekend West Ham will gets easy opponent Sheffield United and last season this team was hard struggling to avoiding relegation and West Ham even have to finish at 14th place but this season West Ham is quite different because David Moyes has successfully to make this team performing stable again and indeed West Ham is not the favourite team in Premier League but i will counting them as dark horses team because while playing against big teams West Ham always be displayed impressive performance because West Ham has successfully to beat Chelsea, Tottenham and the latest is Arsenal so they are cannot be underestimate

Talking about their upcoming match just like i said above they will facing easy match against Sheffield United and from head to head statistics too West Ham was too strong for Sheffield United and i have been notice West Ham has Jarrod Bowen this player was very impressive because he can scores 11 goals on Premier League which is his goal records was much better if we compared to last season and for this match i am sure David Moyes will still rely on him for forward lines and recently i have checked the odds for both teams and i have seen West Ham has good odds for this match @2.14

[klidex]

Guardiola is a very experienced coach. So even though the match against Newcastle is very important, he did not put De Bruyne in the starting XI. Because now if De Bruyne faces injury again then Manchester City will face big problem. Because Haaland is not in the squad due to injury. Guardiola desperately needs De Bruyne right now.

De Bruyne should perform very carefully in the upcoming matches. The opponents are not strong in the upcoming matches of the Premier League. So Guardiola is unlikely to keep De Bruyne in the starting XI. Manchester City will play against Burnley, Brentford and Everton in the next three matches. Manchester City is expected to win all three matches. Since the opponent is weak. So maybe Manchester City can get 3 points even if De Bruyne is not in the squad.

Pep Guardiola is still quite confident with the performance of his other players who do not include Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland, Pep Guardiola implements the right strategy so that the players can play optimally and in fact Manchester City still won when they played away against Newcastle, Pep Guardiola is keeping Kevin De Bruyne from being included in the starting Xl because Pep Guardiola doesn't want his important players to get injured again because Pep Guardiola still really needs Kevin De Bruyne's presence.

Kevin De Bruyne will definitely keep his body fit and be careful when playing on the field because if something bad happens it will affect his career in football. Moreover, he wants to help contribute to giving the best for Manchester City this season so they can repeat the treble winners title like last season.

[Despairo]

Personally, I feel this is unnecessary. The Glazer family also spent a lot of money on Erik ten Hag. They spend hundreds of millions of pounds in the transfer market, adding many valuable names to the squad: Harry Maguire and Andre Onana, Casemiro, Marcus Rashford, Antony, Rasmus Hojlund...They have many exciting and talented players. They need to band together, and I hope Ten Hag can do it.

Look at Brighton and Tottenham with players not as valuable as Man United. But the coaches of that team have proven that they can link players together. Ten Hag has spent 18 months working at MU. And up to this point, we still haven't seen any gameplay formed. I think it's time for a change. The Ratcliffe Revolution. New era, new coach needed.

Well most of them are strikers, Manchester United already have good players in this position. But they're lack of good players in both defend and midfield positions.

Evans, 36 years old.
Varane, 30 years old didn't get selected in France team.
Wan-Bissaka, never played in England team.
Eriksen, 31 years old.
Mainoo, a new player.

The problem in Manchester United they always looking to sign a top striker, when their problem are more than just a goal scorer.

[rendravolt]

Source: https://www.beinsports.com/en-au/football/premier-league/articles/everton-and-forest-charged-with-breaching-pl-profit-and-sustainability-rules-2024-01-15

Everton and Nottingham Forest will reportedly face points deductions for violating the Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) of the Premier League. I think this case is not the first time for Everton because last November they experienced almost the same thing and received a 10 point deduction. If they are proven to have violated this again, then they will definitely lose the points they have worked so hard to get so far.

“This is as a result of sustaining losses above the permitted thresholds for the assessment period ending season 2022-23.

Meanwhile, for Nottingham, it is clear that this punishment will make them drop into the relegation zone because it is certain that the punishment will be the same as that experienced by Everton previously. Now these two clubs have 14 days to submit an official answer to the complaint and I hope that at least with a firm answer the punishment will not be onerous or can even be avoided. Very sad to hear this news and I think this is a big blow for the squad of these two teams and I hope everything will be fine. Even though it's hard, I hope Everton and Nottingham can get through all of this.

[armanda90]

Manchester City is very lucky to have Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland in their squad. Both of them are the best players in their respective positions. Their contributions have made Manchester City successful in winning several prestigious titles last season. If the two monsters owned by Manchester City are able to maintain their performance as shown last season, it will be very difficult to stop their progress in the title race.
Manchester City is very lucky that De Bruyne can return to their squad at the right time, a duo of players of the caliber of Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne have a crucial role in Pep Guardiola squad which is trying to reclaim first place from Liverpool.

Have good chemistry build up both of them between Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland when playing together, Haaland seems easily scoring goals every match when Kevin De Bruyne keep playing in the first minutes with amazing assists. Manchester City achieving last season winning Premier League and UEFA Champion League tittles can't be separated from the contributions of these two players.
Have bit bad news after Kevin De Bruyne recovering from injury with his first debut against Newcastle United last match now have problem Haaland confirmed will absent for this month.

Manchester City have one match left for this month against Tottenham Hotspur on FA Cup 4th round, its mean Erling Haaland will be ready on next month and make reunion for the first time playing together with Kevin De Bruyne. I think Manchester City will be more promising if both of them play on the same time with bigger winning ratio on every games.

[Mr.right85]

I feel like City can't lose now that De Bruyne is back. Won huge on them while betting live on XFUN during halftime of the Newcastle game. They are simply a different beast when this guy plays, and just wait till him and Haaland are a menace once again.

Congrats on your win first and this is what everyone has been wanting to see Manchester city do which is winning of games and making the game really interesting to watch . Manchester city has been one of  my favorites team in the premier league in terms of their tenacity and how beautiful they play the game and Kevin de byrune has the whole certain of this excellence and am glad he is able to grace us with his beautiful understanding of the game once again.

The whole Manchester city players and fans are happy to see him return to the team. I think De Bruyne's return makes Manchester City title favorites. He’s a dangerous guy on a good day. Few players in world football truly have the talent to take your breath away, but there's no doubt Kevin De Bruyne is one of them.

I feel they are now fully in for the title run. They won only one out of 6 matches in the EPL before their Club World Cup victory in December, but they have now picked up maximum points in each of their three league games since their return from Saudi Arabia.
They’re are set for the second stanza of the season. And they are coming in a big way while awaiting the arrival of Haaland shortly.

[Xcode7]

The whole Manchester city players and fans are happy to see him return to the team. I think De Bruyne's return makes Manchester City title favorites. He’s a dangerous guy on a good day. Few players in world football truly have the talent to take your breath away, but there's no doubt Kevin De Bruyne is one of them.

Long absent due to injury but his presence immediately brought a big influence on the team, really that was an extraordinary thing.
Kevin De Bruyne is really a talented player and as far as In he has proven many things to the world.
The condition of the Manchester City team was a little shaken but with the recovery of Kevin De Bruyne, no one doubted that the Manchester City team would be stronger.
Regarding the favorment in winning the title, it has been since the start of the season but the return of Kevin De Bruyne provides far more energy.

I feel they are now fully in for the title run. They won only one out of 6 matches in the EPL before their Club World Cup victory in December, but they have now picked up maximum points in each of their three league games since their return from Saudi Arabia.
They’re are set for the second stanza of the season. And they are coming in a big way while awaiting the arrival of Haaland shortly.

At present the strength of the Premier League team team is quite evenly distributed and indeed Manchester City remains strong to be able to win the Premier League title but it will not be as easy as last season because we see the power of Rival Man City which began to increase which made everything possible to happen.
Haaland is the most dangerous striker of course if he recovering from injury and is united with Kevin De Bryje to make the strength of the Manchester City team more and more

[borovichok]

Everton and Nottingham Forest will reportedly face points deductions for violating the Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) of the Premier League. I think this case is not the first time for Everton because last November they experienced almost the same thing and received a 10 point deduction. If they are proven to have violated this again, then they will definitely lose the points they have worked so hard to get so far.

If they are found guilty for the second time and given another potential 10 point deduction this late in the season, it will do them more harm than the early one they received in November. I'm amazed they broke so many rules, starting with overspending on their stadium reconstruction and now what FFP? I'm not shocked to see Nottingham Forest on the list. After all, this is a team that brought in nearly 25 new players last season, which was impossible to achieve without breaking the rules.

In any case, neither team will be missed. Everton fought and won the last two relegation battles, so maybe it's time to finally go to the championship. 10 points deduction each from both teams will see them occupy 20th and 19th on the table.

[asriloni]

Truth is that Everton have performed well this season and if not for financial fair play point deduction, the club side will be battling for an Europa league spot at this stage of the Campaignl

Even with those 10 points, they would currently be at 12th place in the league table, so pretty far from Europa League.
They have fairly good defence with only 28 goals lost, but they have no attacking power and that's their main problem. They need to take more risks and and aim for wins not draws. Their current position is not pretty, they have only 1 point advantage over Luton, but Luton have one less game played and they will be highly motivated to escape from the red zone.
Burnley and Sheffield are already doomed.

Despite losing 10 points, Everton's performance has been quite good this season. However, Everton's performance in the last four matches was very poor. However, in the matches Everton played against the big teams of the Premier League. The team lost against City, Tottenham and Wolves. However, Everton have managed to share points with Aston Villa, who have been in great form this season. Everton can still stay away from the relegation zone after losing 10 points. Because the defense of this team is relatively good. They conceded 28 goals. I would say Everton's defense is better than Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea. Everton have conceded fewer goals than these three giant teams. I think we will see Everton in 12th/13th position in the points table at the end of the season.

The disaster for everton has not yet ended. Im telling you about the fact.

Following their 10-point deduction for breaching Premier League spending rules earlier this season, Everton are one of two clubs to have now been charged again.

https://www.thisisanfield.com/2024/01/everton-charged-by-premier-league-again-as-2-clubs-face-points-deductions/

You can read this article. EPL will be charging everton with another points deduction. This is so crazy to see that how everton needs to go back again at the relegation zone. It has not yet announced by EPL how much points are going to be deducted from everton's total points but im sure it will be the same or close to the 10 points. Everton is now in another disaster caused by the club potentially to be relegated again. There is also another problem faced by this club. Some of its players have been targeting by big clubs. It will make the situation become even worst than before.
Everton will get another charge again after it was breaking FFP rules, which has been fully stated by EPL. Im wondering how much points shall be given as sanctions to the everton and not forest.

It's acceptable if everton to receive bigger points deduction than previous one like 15 points. Despite their diligent efforts to gradually improve their standing, Everton will unfortunately regress and find themselves at the bottom once more.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I had this feeling that this Everton issue that got them lose 10 point would definitely come back to hurt them in a different way. I can't really get why they had to face this same penalty twice in one season, when it happened to Juventus they managed to get past it and they did very well on the log after the deduction of point but with Everton I don't see them doing any good in this one after the first punishment that transformed them, this upcoming problem would only kill the morale of the team, who knows they might end up in the relegation zone.

[Amphenomenon]

Truth is that Everton have performed well this season and if not for financial fair play point deduction, the club side will be battling for an Europa league spot at this stage of the Campaignl

Even with those 10 points, they would currently be at 12th place in the league table, so pretty far from Europa League.
They have fairly good defence with only 28 goals lost, but they have no attacking power and that's their main problem. They need to take more risks and and aim for wins not draws. Their current position is not pretty, they have only 1 point advantage over Luton, but Luton have one less game played and they will be highly motivated to escape from the red zone.
Burnley and Sheffield are already doomed.

Despite losing 10 points, Everton's performance has been quite good this season. However, Everton's performance in the last four matches was very poor. However, in the matches Everton played against the big teams of the Premier League. The team lost against City, Tottenham and Wolves. However, Everton have managed to share points with Aston Villa, who have been in great form this season. Everton can still stay away from the relegation zone after losing 10 points. Because the defense of this team is relatively good. They conceded 28 goals. I would say Everton's defense is better than Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea. Everton have conceded fewer goals than these three giant teams. I think we will see Everton in 12th/13th position in the points table at the end of the season.

I support you on this Everton really have a better defence than these team and one key thing is that most people fail to realise that Pickford is really a good goalkeeper better than Onana and Sanchez at Chelsea to me but the fight for relegation is fierce for Luton and Everton, I really would have preferred both stayed but this chance are too slim though there are still enough matches for them to fight for this. While in regarding both team Everton as a better chance in remaining in the Epl.

The whole Manchester city players and fans are happy to see him return to the team. I think De Bruyne's return makes Manchester City title favorites. He’s a dangerous guy on a good day. Few players in world football truly have the talent to take your breath away, but there's no doubt Kevin De Bruyne is one of them.

Long absent due to injury but his presence immediately brought a big influence on the team, really that was an extraordinary thing.
Kevin De Bruyne is really a talented player and as far as In he has proven many things to the world.
The condition of the Manchester City team was a little shaken but with the recovery of Kevin De Bruyne, no one doubted that the Manchester City team would be stronger.
Regarding the favorment in winning the title, it has been since the start of the season but the return of Kevin De Bruyne provides far more energy.

Manchester City can always just fine without Haaland but their midfield especially KDB and Rodri as always been their backbone and this is the reason I will continue to say in order for Liverpool to win the league they have to be really consistent and avoid losing points since we know City are always at their best beginning of the year till season ends, which we can say it's an actual consistency that as given their Epl dominance

[X-ray]

Everton and Nottingham Forest will reportedly face points deductions for violating the Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) of the Premier League. I think this case is not the first time for Everton because last November they experienced almost the same thing and received a 10 point deduction. If they are proven to have violated this again, then they will definitely lose the points they have worked so hard to get so far.

If they are found guilty for the second time and given another potential 10 point deduction this late in the season, it will do them more harm than the early one they received in November. I'm amazed they broke so many rules, starting with overspending on their stadium reconstruction and now what FFP? I'm not shocked to see Nottingham Forest on the list. After all, this is a team that brought in nearly 25 new players last season, which was impossible to achieve without breaking the rules.

It's saddened me to see that everton potentially goes to the relegation zone again. The club has been working so hard but that's not enough to say that if everton was safe caused by the more sanction is awaiting this club. It was shocking me to see how everton will get another sanction again and i can't even believe it. I thought that everton has been free but more sanction will come soon and im guessing that if another 10 poitns will be deducted from everton again soon. Nottingham and everton need to work even harder to leave from relegation zone soon.
But there was also a thing that was shocking me too like when manchester city has breached hundreds of times but no sanction was coming to the club. Money talks here.

In any case, neither team will be missed. Everton fought and won the last two relegation battles, so maybe it's time to finally go to the championship. 10 points deduction each from both teams will see them occupy 20th and 19th on the table.

Those clubs have been confirmed to receive their sanction as soon as possible. I think that everton will able to make it happen again caused by the club could leave from the relegation zone easily before.
Im only concerning about everton may not have same line up again. Some players have been targeting by the big clubs and it gives problem to the everton. It's caused by since the club will have no good players then the chance for everton to leave from relegation zone will be even smaller after the sanction will be published. Everton fans are also feeling very disappointed with the decision from EPL to give another sanction to the everton. It seems like that the problem is not yet stopping here.

There may be another surprise to come for nottingham forest too like everton. I hope EPL can be fair caused by there have been many clubs who breached the FFP rules.

[HajiBagi]

Manchester United ended up playing a draw against Tottenham in their match yesterday. With the way Manchester United are inconsistent this season, I never expected them to give Tottenham a difficult moment in the match. The match ended as a draw, and the two teams tried their best, but Tottenham wasted some opportunities that, if they were able to score, would have given them a win in the match. Just as you said, Manchester United were lucky in their match against Tottenham yesterday, because I didn’t see anything special about the way Manchester United played in their match yesterday, but they went away with 1 point, which was a lucky one for them.

Although quite disappointed with Mu recently, it is fair to say that Mu had a not bad match against Tottenham. Before the match, although playing at home, it was clear that Mu was not highly rated compared to Tottenham, but they entered the game quite well as they continuously took the lead. Mu's scoring performance in this match was quite commendable as with only 2 shots on target in the first 45 minutes they had 2 goals.
Positive signal from Rashford when he scored his first goal this season at Old Trafford after 14 matches. If they are luckier, they can win if McTominay's header can be scored in injury time. Despite being held to a draw, Mu climbed to 7th place on the rankings.

My initial thought was that Tottenham would win over Manchester United because of their notoriously bad performance. Manchester United scored early in the game, and I believe that gave them more motivation to force a draw. Manchester United is a team that struggles to play a defensive game when it matters most. Even when they are winning, they are unable to exert enough pressure on their opponents to prevent them from scoring. This is the only thing that is hurting Manchester United.

Although both teams played well, I didn't even expect Manchester United to play that way because Tottenham is a very formidable opponent who has defeated many teams in the Premier League. In Tottenham's last six to seven games, no team has defeated them, and Manchester United has attempted to draw with them. That performance is passable, but Manchester United needs to improve if they want to avoid finishing in the top ten of the league table.