Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Nheer]

I think the draw that Man City got was a big loss because it was a home game, and it should have been a good opportunity for Man City to get the full 3 points. The scenario to get 3 points failed when Chelsea scored first because under such conditions Chelsea tends to play defensive football and it seems the strategy is quite effective, as a result, Man City could only get a draw. The title race is becoming even more interesting because at the same time Arsenal and Liverpool both managed to win.

Definitely a big loss for them especially considering that they are in the title race and all points is vital for them. I think they were even lucky to have drawn the match because it would have been a different story if Chelsea was able to convert all their chances from the first half of the game. Chelsea had the opportunity to score up to 3 goals but Jackson and sterling wasted their chances earlier before scoring. Manchester City were lucky to have equalized, they became more serious in the second half and were lucky to scored towards the end of the match. I think they approached the game casually in the first half and allowed Chelsea to grow in the game and created more chances which led to the goal.

If Manchester City was to win they would have more chances of leading the table because they still have an outstanding game and it could have given them the edge but now the race is now more intense and Arsenal are still in the race and they all look very promising and it is impossible to predict who would win the league this season.

True this is not over and there are still many opportunities in the upcoming fight, maybe this is unlucky day for Manchester City because previously we predicted that Manchester City would win easily. As I said before Liverpool must be happy with this result because they are still on the right track and continue the struggle for the title.

Liverpool and Arsenal would definitely be happy for the point dropped, the league is still long so there is still an opportunity to make up for the point loss. They would also hope Liverpool and Arsenal drop points soon in order to have the opportunity to take the lead.

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Manchester United will face Luton Town few hours later, in this years United never losses and there are not any team can't stopping the winning trend from Manchester United except Tottenham Hotspur but the match result was draw. Looking current standings position, Luton Town is not problem for Manchester United defend unbeaten record in this year but last three matches all competition Luton Town had impressive performance, but last match Luton Town got bad result after defeating by Sheffield United in front of their fans.
My prediction Manchester United will continue their winning trend and make record four winning match in a row after two winning matches before against Wolves, West Ham and Aston Villa.

Hopefully Hojlund and Garnacho will be able to perform optimally again because currently Erik Ten Hag is relying on attacks from these two players. If, on the other hand, Man United is unable to extend its positive trend, it will be difficult to revive its best performance. Luton Town are not favored at all but that doesn't mean they are unable to put up a tough fight. Lower level clubs sometimes like to surprise us, especially when Man United visits Luton Town headquarters. Of course, the probability of victory is 75% in Man United's hands, depending on whether they can maximize the opportunities they have on the field. Man United's back line is in full rotation so there will definitely be a bit of instability.

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True this is not over and there are still many opportunities in the upcoming fight, maybe this is unlucky day for Manchester City because previously we predicted that Manchester City would win easily. As I said before Liverpool must be happy with this result because they are still on the right track and continue the struggle for the title.

Liverpool and Arsenal would definitely be happy for the point dropped, the league is still long so there is still an opportunity to make up for the point loss. They would also hope Liverpool and Arsenal drop points soon in order to have the opportunity to take the lead.

Every game will definitely result in defeat or victory, so it is not surprising that the draw score experienced by Manchester City tonight will have an impact on the fight for the throne of the Premier League this season, but that does not mean that Manchester City has lost this opportunity, in fact, Manchester City still has a very open opportunity. the reason is that they are only 4 points away from the top of the league, Liverpool, because this season there is still a long way to go for Liverpool and Arsenal, so at least there is still hope for Manchester City in the race for the title this season.

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Manchester United will face Luton Town few hours later, in this years United never losses and there are not any team can't stopping the winning trend from Manchester United except Tottenham Hotspur but the match result was draw. Looking current standings position, Luton Town is not problem for Manchester United defend unbeaten record in this year but last three matches all competition Luton Town had impressive performance, but last match Luton Town got bad result after defeating by Sheffield United in front of their fans.
My prediction Manchester United will continue their winning trend and make record four winning match in a row after two winning matches before against Wolves, West Ham and Aston Villa.

consistent performance which was expected from the start of the season but could only be done in the second half of the season when it was almost close to the end of the season and Man United had an advantage recently, being able to get 3 consecutive wins and today playing against a much weaker team, even Man United advantage plus when competing at home.
this time Ten Hag was given a lot of praise after successfully maintaining the consistency of the players and against Luton it was not a difficult task, just use an attacking strategy I am sure I can score at least 2 scores or even more in that match.
but it should be noted that Man United defense needs to pay a little attention to guard against Luton making a comeback.

after successfully getting several wins, it looks like Man United will end the season like last season as I said in the first half of this season, maybe Ten Hag looks bad, but we'll see when it comes to the end of the season, Ten Hag can definitely bring Man United to a position to the top 3 or get 4th place in the standings.

[Velvet78]

Manchester United will face Luton Town few hours later, in this years United never losses and there are not any team can't stopping the winning trend from Manchester United except Tottenham Hotspur but the match result was draw. Looking current standings position, Luton Town is not problem for Manchester United defend unbeaten record in this year but last three matches all competition Luton Town had impressive performance, but last match Luton Town got bad result after defeating by Sheffield United in front of their fans.
My prediction Manchester United will continue their winning trend and make record four winning match in a row after two winning matches before against Wolves, West Ham and Aston Villa.

Manchester United have a good winning streak of three games in the Premier League. This game is technically another opportunity to maintain this form.

But they should still be very careful against Luton. Because there have been interesting performances by Luton recently against Brighton and Newcastle. Luton scored 4 goals against each one of these opponents. As Manchester United defense isn't in very good condition this season they need to be extra careful. I feel like they will concede a goal anyway but still manage to win by 2-1 or a similar score. On a week Tottenham got a defeat Manchester United should benefit from this.

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Manchester United will face Luton Town few hours later, in this years United never losses and there are not any team can't stopping the winning trend from Manchester United except Tottenham Hotspur but the match result was draw. Looking current standings position, Luton Town is not problem for Manchester United defend unbeaten record in this year but last three matches all competition Luton Town had impressive performance, but last match Luton Town got bad result after defeating by Sheffield United in front of their fans.

Expected garnacho to play as starting line up. Ten hag feels so damn good with his performance and tominay too. I prefer to see united to put varane to be placed as CB with meguire. These are the best combination for now. I don't even see a better combination better than it.
The game from manchester united will be quite entertaining. Luton seems always go fully offensive against its opponent. Another test for united. Im waiting to see the official line up for this game.

My prediction Manchester United will continue their winning trend and make record four winning match in a row after two winning matches before against Wolves, West Ham and Aston Villa.

I can't really say whether mu will be totally dominating the game but from what i have seen that if luton can be considered as a strong club too. It was always giving tough games against some big clubs. So, don't underestimate this team first before we are seeing the gameplay that will be showing by luton.
Im still wondering what factor that makes luton to perform even better like that. It's caused by it's still remains unpredictable. Manchester united was performing very well in the previous games but who knows if it will be bottling the next game against luton./
Let's see whether onana will get the same luck as the previous game.

[Leviathan.007]

Tottenham lost the game against Wolverhampton and after all the good performance we saw from them during this season which made this team to be even in the first place in the premier league for some weeks, but the game they lost was not a hard game for them. Tottenham was playing against Wolverhampton at home and this could be a good advantage for them to win this match but this time Postecoglou and his players lost the game because of the good performance of João Gomes who scored two goals in this game.

[Die_empty]

I also didn't expect that I would be able to take the lead in the first half when facing Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, because before the match started I also thought that Chelsea would be completely slaughtered by Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. However, in reality it turned around until their match ended in a draw and thanks to that draw, now Manchester City have to fight again to be superior to Liverpool because Manchester City still hasn't played its 25th match this season.

I also never expected that Chelsea would take the lead while Manchester City would start struggling to level up the score. I spoke with a friend who is a core City fan and he asked that we should engage in a bet but I was scared that Chelsea would not be able to withstand the City attack. The last time both teams met Chelsea was in a very good shape while City was experiencing some low time. So I had expected that with the current form of City, Chelsea would have been whitewashed. But this was not the case because Chelsea exceeded everybody's expectations.

Chelsea was able to defend properly and also forced City to defend by engaging in some dangerous counter-attacking runs. Axel Disasi was the best defender while Conor Gallagher did well in marking out Rodri. Both Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson and City's Erling Haaland were very wasteful, if not the game should have produced more than two goals. Chelsea still maintains its tenth position while Manchester City just lost two golden points in Etihad that would have made them close the gap on Liverpool and Arsenal.

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Liverpool, Arsenal or even Manchester United have considered Chelsea as heroes in last night's match because they managed to hold Manchester City to a draw. No one expected that Pep Guardiola's squad would be held to a draw by Chelsea at the Etihad stadium and perhaps this would be a major blow for the hosts because they failed to secure full points.

Chelsea even took the lead before the first half ended and it was clearly surprising to many parties how Manchester City, which is famous for its ball possession and tight pressing, could concede first. They are not their usual self and there are many wasted opportunities. Manchester City even had to struggle to equalize and were lucky they were still able to get the goal back. If not, it is certain that Manchester City will lose at home and it will be a shame that the one who beats is Chelsea. Well, this result means Liverpool and Arsenal can breathe a sigh of relief because now Manchester City has a gap that they have to reduce in order to occupy the top position.

Manchester City were really not impressive. I thought maybe Chelsea's scoring first would fire up Manchester City players for the win. But they still struggled too much to score the equalizer. Haaland wasted a huge goal chance by a header. If that header ended up with a goal then maybe Manchester City would have had more time for a comeback.

Manchester City have really been struggling to get comfortable wins against Chelsea home in the recent years. They were still able to get 1-0 wins before but this time it ended up with a draw. This is a really good job for a Chelsea which are having tough days. 

I also agree that the first goal from Chelsea could increase Manchester City's attack to be more solid, but the results as we know are still very less than expected. Haaland's opportunity felt wasted and even after the match ended there was a camera showing his face which was so disappointed and he immediately rejected the camera because he felt like he had failed in this match.

One Chelsea player who should be appreciated in this match is Axel Disasi because thanks to his key role in defense, Chelsea's goal was safe from being conceded. He repeatedly stopped the movements of Manchester City players and he did it very carefully. I think if not for that Chelsea could have lost against Manchester City and maybe since under Pochettino he has become a better defender. I almost forgot, Axel Disasi was also the MOTM in last night's tight match and I think he deserved it.

[legendbtc]

Manchester United will face Luton Town few hours later, in this years United never losses and there are not any team can't stopping the winning trend from Manchester United except Tottenham Hotspur but the match result was draw. Looking current standings position, Luton Town is not problem for Manchester United defend unbeaten record in this year but last three matches all competition Luton Town had impressive performance, but last match Luton Town got bad result after defeating by Sheffield United in front of their fans.
My prediction Manchester United will continue their winning trend and make record four winning match in a row after two winning matches before against Wolves, West Ham and Aston Villa.

Manchester United have a good winning streak of three games in the Premier League. This game is technically another opportunity to maintain this form.

But they should still be very careful against Luton. Because there have been interesting performances by Luton recently against Brighton and Newcastle. Luton scored 4 goals against each one of these opponents. As Manchester United defense isn't in very good condition this season they need to be extra careful. I feel like they will concede a goal anyway but still manage to win by 2-1 or a similar score. On a week Tottenham got a defeat Manchester United should benefit from this.

I also believe that Man United will win this match. They got off to a slow start this season but have begun to pick up the pace recently. Man United have finally found a bit of stability after a turbulent start to the season. It seems that coach Erik Ten Hag has found a winning formula. Now, MU only has Anthony Martial, Lisandro Martinez, and Tyrell Malacia with long-term injuries. With stable performance and a healthy squad with the return of key players, MU is confident of defeating rookie Luton. Regarding the Luton Town team, they should understand that they must make a lot of effort to stay in the Premier League next season.

[Lida93]

Manchester United will face Luton Town few hours later, in this years United never losses and there are not any team can't stopping the winning trend from Manchester United except Tottenham Hotspur but the match result was draw. Looking current standings position, Luton Town is not problem for Manchester United defend unbeaten record in this year but last three matches all competition Luton Town had impressive performance, but last match Luton Town got bad result after defeating by Sheffield United in front of their fans.
My prediction Manchester United will continue their winning trend and make record four winning match in a row after two winning matches before against Wolves, West Ham and Aston Villa.

Manchester United have a good winning streak of three games in the Premier League. This game is technically another opportunity to maintain this form.

But they should still be very careful against Luton. Because there have been interesting performances by Luton recently against Brighton and Newcastle. Luton scored 4 goals against each one of these opponents. As Manchester United defense isn't in very good condition this season they need to be extra careful. I feel like they will concede a goal anyway but still manage to win by 2-1 or a similar score. On a week Tottenham got a defeat Manchester United should benefit from this.

Tottenham loss to wolves on their home ground was a big blow reducing their chance of holding the fifth position on the table or even moving forward, with Manchester united just behind them in the sixth position with 6points difference it's an opportunity to draw closer if they can win Luton in today's game it's just going to be a 3points difference between them and Tottenham.

Luton has been good with getting goals in their just recent games and Manchester united needs to intimidate them by getting more of the goals against Luton since United is known for its weak defense which obviously actually means that goals are inevitable in this game from both teams .

[SmartCharpa]

Liverpool secured a big win, but Klopp has reasons to worry as Diogo Jota, Curtis Jones, and Darwin Núñez all got injured in the first half. Are more injuries on the way? That's the main concern. It won't be easy, but Liverpool need to keep pushing and hoping for the best.
With just 5-point lead at the top of the Premier League,

Liverpool have an amazing away win. Brentford is a weak opponent compared with Liverpool, but I don't think Liverpool will win the very easily, instead, I think they will struggle. In his comeback game against Brentford, Mohamed Salah scored one goal with one assist. The bad news for Klopp is that his players picked up another injury, and we don't know how serious it is. However, Liverpool needs to play very seriously right now because Arsenal is currently behind them with 55 points, if Liverpool mistakenly lose any of their remaining games, Arsenal will pass them because the gap is currently only two points. Don't we think that Arsenal can win the league this season?

Liverpool could end up just 1 point behind the top spot if Man City win their two games in hand. I sees Man City will win those matches.

Unfortunately, Manchester City did not win as we anticipated against Chelsea. Although they still have one game remaining, even though they win the match they will not pass Liverpool because of their draw with Chelsea. As I mentioned before, when Chelsea face Manchester City they use to become serious in their game, the first meeting ending in a draw and the second match also ending in a draw.

[Barikui1]

Liverpool, Arsenal or even Manchester United have considered Chelsea as heroes in last night's match because they managed to hold Manchester City to a draw. No one expected that Pep Guardiola's squad would be held to a draw by Chelsea at the Etihad stadium and perhaps this would be a major blow for the hosts because they failed to secure full points.

Chelsea even took the lead before the first half ended and it was clearly surprising to many parties how Manchester City, which is famous for its ball possession and tight pressing, could concede first. They are not their usual self and there are many wasted opportunities. Manchester City even had to struggle to equalize and were lucky they were still able to get the goal back. If not, it is certain that Manchester City will lose at home and it will be a shame that the one who beats is Chelsea. Well, this result means Liverpool and Arsenal can breathe a sigh of relief because now Manchester City has a gap that they have to reduce in order to occupy the top position.

Manchester City were really not impressive. I thought maybe Chelsea's scoring first would fire up Manchester City players for the win. But they still struggled too much to score the equalizer. Haaland wasted a huge goal chance by a header. If that header ended up with a goal then maybe Manchester City would have had more time for a comeback.

Manchester City have really been struggling to get comfortable wins against Chelsea home in the recent years. They were still able to get 1-0 wins before but this time it ended up with a draw. This is a really good job for a Chelsea which are having tough days. 

I also agree that the first goal from Chelsea could increase Manchester City's attack to be more solid, but the results as we know are still very less than expected. Haaland's opportunity felt wasted and even after the match ended there was a camera showing his face which was so disappointed and he immediately rejected the camera because he felt like he had failed in this match.

One Chelsea player who should be appreciated in this match is Axel Disasi because thanks to his key role in defense, Chelsea's goal was safe from being conceded. He repeatedly stopped the movements of Manchester City players and he did it very carefully. I think if not for that Chelsea could have lost against Manchester City and maybe since under Pochettino he has become a better defender. I almost forgot, Axel Disasi was also the MOTM in last night's tight match and I think he deserved it.

I watch that match from start to finish and most of the pundit and even you guys are busy talking about the missed opportunity by haland, no body have talked about the wastefulness of the Chelsea team, especially Jackson and how the game would have been over even before man city start building momentum in their attacking play.

Though I never expected Chelsea to win this game from the start, but during the cause of the game, I felt like Chelsea have more chances of winning than man city, so to me their wastefulness in front of goal cost them the 3 point.

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True this is not over and there are still many opportunities in the upcoming fight, maybe this is unlucky day for Manchester City because previously we predicted that Manchester City would win easily. As I said before Liverpool must be happy with this result because they are still on the right track and continue the struggle for the title.

Liverpool and Arsenal would definitely be happy for the point dropped, the league is still long so there is still an opportunity to make up for the point loss. They would also hope Liverpool and Arsenal drop points soon in order to have the opportunity to take the lead.

Every game will definitely result in defeat or victory, so it is not surprising that the draw score experienced by Manchester City tonight will have an impact on the fight for the throne of the Premier League this season, but that does not mean that Manchester City has lost this opportunity, in fact, Manchester City still has a very open opportunity. the reason is that they are only 4 points away from the top of the league, Liverpool, because this season there is still a long way to go for Liverpool and Arsenal, so at least there is still hope for Manchester City in the race for the title this season.

The Premier League often has surprises and this is quite common in football and it is true that this season still has a long way to go and Manchester City still has a chance and even because of this draw, the point difference is quite thin between the 3 top teams at the moment, Arsenal. , Liverpool and also Manchester City.
However, it cannot be denied that the results of this draw were quite disappointing for Manchester City because they were in top performance but were unable to beat the Chelsea team which was in decline, mentally and the team's self-confidence will have an impact, but we'll see in the next match whether Pep Guardiola was able to rekindle the enthusiasm of his players.

[aylabadia05]

Manchester United will face Luton Town few hours later, in this years United never losses and there are not any team can't stopping the winning trend from Manchester United except Tottenham Hotspur but the match result was draw.

Wrong. Manchester United lost against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground, Nottingham in round 20. Lost against West Ham United in round 18 at London Stadium. Lost to Bournemouth at Old Trafford in round 16.
Manchester United's total losses this season have been lost 9 times. But recently Manchester United's positive trend has been very good.

My prediction Manchester United will continue their winning trend and make record four winning match in a row after two winning matches before against Wolves, West Ham and Aston Villa.

Luton Town are weak opponents but they should not underestimate the team who are currently ranked 17th in the Premier League standings.
Manchester United is still in a difficult condition to compete at the top this season because Tottenham and Aston Villa are giving their best as teams that are ready to compete at the top.
Tonight, Manchester United is certain to win but this prediction does not rule out the possibility that they will fail to get 3 points at home to Luton.

[Despairo]

Definitely a big loss for them especially considering that they are in the title race and all points is vital for them. I think they were even lucky to have drawn the match because it would have been a different story if Chelsea was able to convert all their chances from the first half of the game. Chelsea had the opportunity to score up to 3 goals but Jackson and sterling wasted their chances earlier before scoring. Manchester City were lucky to have equalized, they became more serious in the second half and were lucky to scored towards the end of the match. I think they approached the game casually in the first half and allowed Chelsea to grow in the game and created more chances which led to the goal.

Jackson is deserved to be blamed in this match, he missed a big chance that could make Chelsea win by scoring 2 goals. It's really rare to see Manchester City can under perform in their own home, it's not Chelsea who play good, but Manchester City were making a lot mistakes.

But they should still be very careful against Luton. Because there have been interesting performances by Luton recently against Brighton and Newcastle. Luton scored 4 goals against each one of these opponents. As Manchester United defense isn't in very good condition this season they need to be extra careful. I feel like they will concede a goal anyway but still manage to win by 2-1 or a similar score. On a week Tottenham got a defeat Manchester United should benefit from this.

Both of them are recently rising, I expect Manchester United will able to beat Luton Town even though win with small margin. The odds Manchester United to win is quite big @1.80, it's worth to bet.

[BALIK]

We have to admit that Chelsea's overall match strategy and gameplay have improved. They played really well against City.

The understanding between the Chelsea players has improved. And that's why Chelsea's players were confident even though Manchester City's players attacked a lot. And they managed to repel every attack from Manchester City. At the same time I will say that in this match we saw the best performance of the Chelsea defenders this season. Chelsea's defense was relatively weak. But Chelsea's defenders made no mistake against City. The team played very well.

Chelsea came to the Etihad Stadium as underdogs. Even though they have big names, but in the last few seasons their performance has been very inconsistent. So it's quite reasonable that many people think that Chelsea will be an easy target for Man City. However, what happened on the field was quite surprising, where Chelsea actually made the hosts frustrated with their parking the bus strategy.

A super defensive strategy with the sole objective of preventing the opposing team from scoring seemed to be effective because Chelsea had a 1 goal lead in the first half, and even though they lost possession of the ball, Chelsea was able to absorb the pressure quite well.

I had quite a doubt whether Manchester City would win this match. So I refrained myself from betting on this match. Manchester City were favorites in this match. City players were in great form. Also the match was City's home match. Therefore, City was kept ahead in this match from all aspects.

But Chelsea performed well in the home match. They drew the match against City 4-4. Chelsea played for a draw in the away match as well. Their main aim was to keep the defense strong. and trying to score from counter attacks. Chelsea's match strategy was good. They managed to keep their defense strong. And the Chelsea players were able to mount several excellent counter attacks in the match.

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I had quite a doubt whether Manchester City would win this match. So I refrained myself from betting on this match. Manchester City were favorites in this match. City players were in great form. Also the match was City's home match. Therefore, City was kept ahead in this match from all aspects.

But Chelsea performed well in the home match. They drew the match against City 4-4. Chelsea played for a draw in the away match as well. Their main aim was to keep the defense strong. and trying to score from counter attacks. Chelsea's match strategy was good. They managed to keep their defense strong. And the Chelsea players were able to mount several excellent counter attacks in the match.

Chelsea performed beyond expectations, I didn't expect Chelsea to show their best performance at home to Manchester City.
To be honest, I bet big on Man City winning because I saw Man City's last few matches which were quite good and I thought they were in top form so I was very confident but no one knows what is happening in football, of course the result of this draw is quite detrimental for Man City who are competing fiercely at the top of the standings in the title race with Liverpool and Arsenal.

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Manchester United will face Luton Town few hours later, in this years United never losses and there are not any team can't stopping the winning trend from Manchester United except Tottenham Hotspur but the match result was draw. Looking current standings position, Luton Town is not problem for Manchester United defend unbeaten record in this year but last three matches all competition Luton Town had impressive performance, but last match Luton Town got bad result after defeating by Sheffield United in front of their fans.
My prediction Manchester United will continue their winning trend and make record four winning match in a row after two winning matches before against Wolves, West Ham and Aston Villa.

Manchester United previously has facing storm injured which make they were unable to showing good performance and it also causes Ten Hag was rumoured will be sacked but after some of players return to play because they were recover from their injured then Manchester United gradually has found their consistency and this year indeed Manchester United still unbeatable with gets 5 wins total in all competitions so let see it later whether Manchester United can able to beat Luton today or not

About this match actually Luton is not hard opponent for Manchester United this because until week 23 Luton have already to gets 13 loses and they only gets 5 wins even last week Luton was lost from Sheffield United and about team conditions Manchester United apparently has serious problem because some of their players are got injures again and the latest is Lisandro Martínez who confirmed will be absense at least for next 8 weeks but they still have Maguire so hopefully he will be able to performing well and help Manchester United to collect 3 points from this match and actually the bookmakers provide good odds for Manchester United @1.75 so let see it later this option could be safe bets for this match or not

[Pesona1]

Though I never expected Chelsea to win this game from the start, but during the cause of the game, I felt like Chelsea have more chances of winning than man city, so to me their wastefulness in front of goal cost them the 3 point.

Not just you, even before the match started I was 99% sure that Manchester City would be able to beat Chelsea easily, especially since they were playing at the Etihad Stadium, Previously, we could see that the performance of the two teams was inversely proportional, but in fact, in this match, Chelsea was able to provide a surprise throughout match, I personally didn't think that Chelsea could play that impressively against Manchester City, apart from the draw at the end of the match of course actually Chelsea could win that match in my opinion because throughout the first half they were able to pressure Manchester City and created lots of good opportunities, but I don't know what happened, I saw that Pochettino changed their game strategy from attacking to defending when the coach pulled Palmer, I think if Pochettino didn't try to defend, it's very likely that Chelsea would have won that the match.