⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Lida93]

Arsenal this season began to be hit by a storm of injuries and reminded me of what continued to be the main problem for them when Wenger was still coaching, at that time Arsenal consistency was often disrupted by the storm of injuries that continued to occur every season and make theru fail to be champhionsip in the end, the defeat from Brentford was quite painful but in fact the absence of Saliba in the match against Liverpool later was a more big loss for Arsenal,  Without being able to play some of his mainstay players, of course, Arsenal's chances of winning are very small later because a team like Liverpool will take advantage of every line and weakness of the opponent to get points, I think the match will be a crucial and Arteta may have a solution to rotate his players but it doesn't seem like it will be enough to be able beat Liverpool in the  match.
A few days ago Arteta had said they were ready to fly against Liverpool despite the limping team, so let's see if he can prove his words later?

Injuries are part of the game but the issue here is a situation where you can't find a suitable replacement for the injured player, I think that is the main issue that Mikel Arteta is dealing with at the moment and as a matter of fact this is also one of the factors that  led to their sudden decline during the title race in the past two seasons. Nevertheless, I didn't expect anything from the Arsenal coach, I think he is trying to motivate his team by making those positive statements and to also make his players understand the importance of the game and why it is necessary for them to win that match after loosing to Bournemouth last weekend, but I thing it's going to very difficult for arsenal to beat Liverpool who are in an astonishing form at the moment and would be looking forward to continuing in their winning streak as they have been very defiant to almost all their opponents this season.

[Litzki1990]

Even if Manchester United coach has found it difficult to get the desired result expected of him, we can see that his team is playing some kind of good football this season than last season. Also knowing too well that Manchester United has improved her team this season is a stepping stone to confidence of good performance. Let's believe ETH knows what he is doing, even if we have our doubts.

Do you think there is any difference in  Manchester United performances? I think their performance is just the same as last season, or I will say their performance is even worse this season. Manchester United haven’t played anything special this season, there performance have been poor, they have been disappointing their fans since the season started. I won’t say because Manchester United won their match today, then I will start praising Ten Hag, a match can’t be used to judge if there is improvement in a club's performance. Manchester United played well today, but I won’t be surprised if they end up performing poorly in their next match.

I don't see any difference between Manchester united last season and this one. they're just repeating the same pattern with no improvement. they always find it difficult to win. just check out their match against Brentford yesterday it was indeed a tough one for them and Brentford took the lead in the first half but Manchester united staged a comeback in the second half. Otherwise, Brentford would have secured a win. However, Manchester united needs to improve in their playing style to surpass last season's performance.

The biggest difference between Manchester United and other good teams is that other teams try to change their club every season, be it by changing players or changing managers, but instead of improving their performance, Manchester United worsens their performance every season. And they don't mind if the manager in charge of their club is not doing well and the team under him is regularly underperforming then sack him. I don't understand why manchester united don't sack their manager if they pay manchester united will get a very good quality manager who can bring a lot of good contribution to the team. Some changes sometimes bring great things to the team but Manchester United have failed to make that change yet.

Is there any point in sacking Eric ten hang now that the team is recovering and finding it feat once again? Or you still believe that he has nothing to offer this Manchester united team?

Bro on a sincere note here, I am also one of the greatest critique of Eric ten hang and I have also called for his head in the past due to how terrible they were in the field of play, but the hierarchy of Manchester united has refused to concurred to the pressure of the fan base, and they still believe that he can turn things around, which he is gradually doing, though some Manchester united fan would disagree with me because their hatred for Eric ten hang already would make them not to see any good thing he is doing, which is quite understandable, but I believe that logically, this is not the right time to sack him because the team are gradually finding their feat.

So in my own opinion I think since he wasn't sacked when the team was performing horribly in the past, their is no need sacking him now that they have started doing better than before, so I believe that they are actually improving, and hopefully, they will keeps on getting better and better.

Manchester United management may be seeing talent in their current manager that we are not seeing. However, it is certain that this manager will not be able to change Manchester United. Ten Hag is certainly lucky to have taken over at Manchester United. Even though he has not been able to perform well after giving him a long spell, Manchester United have kept their faith in him so far. If Manchester United had been replaced by Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich, this manager would have been fired by these clubs long ago. The team's popularity is steadily declining only because of the team's regular poor performances. If Manchester United continues to perform poorly for a few more seasons, it will be seen that people have started to forget the name of this traditional club.

[fullhdpixel]

Arsenal this season began to be hit by a storm of injuries and reminded me of what continued to be the main problem for them when Wenger was still coaching, at that time Arsenal consistency was often disrupted by the storm of injuries that continued to occur every season and make theru fail to be champhionsip in the end, the defeat from Brentford was quite painful but in fact the absence of Saliba in the match against Liverpool later was a more big loss for Arsenal,  Without being able to play some of his mainstay players, of course, Arsenal's chances of winning are very small later because a team like Liverpool will take advantage of every line and weakness of the opponent to get points, I think the match will be a crucial and Arteta may have a solution to rotate his players but it doesn't seem like it will be enough to be able beat Liverpool in the  match.
A few days ago Arteta had said they were ready to fly against Liverpool despite the limping team, so let's see if he can prove his words later?

Injuries always stiffles a teams success and this could be one of the reasons why htey haven't won premier league yet as well. I mean if they had no injuries last season, then we could say Haaland and KDB was missing from City plenty of times and Arsenal would have advantage during those times over City and they could have done better and won the league. But looking back, when City was missing those players, Arsenal was missing their players as well, which is why it's such a big issue and I believe they are going to end up with even more issues.

The reality is we are not going to ned up with a success from Arsenal as long as they have these issues, they just can't assume the same thing. We need to do better, and I can't see them getting any title this way.

[Issa56]

Your opinion is very reasonable because the absence of Arsenal important players will certainly have a negative impact on the team's performance.

Arsenal's reason for losing their last match, which was against Bournemouth, was due to some of their players that are injured, including Saliba, who received a red card in the match. Those players that were absent against Bournemouth won’t still be playing against Liverpool, so it’s really going to be affecting them. That's the reason why most people just believe that Liverpool will be winning the match, and Arsenal playing defensive games won’t really favor them this season. Arsenal is having a strong defense, which is always difficult for any club to break, but they have been finding it difficult to score in most of their matches. If Arsenal can get a draw against Liverpool in the match, it’s going to be nice for them, but it’s going to be difficult for them to get a draw.

[aylabadia05]

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Your opinion is very reasonable because the absence of Arsenal important players will certainly have a negative impact on the team's performance. And now Liverpool also has very high stability and is performing more consistently at this time. I don't doubt Arteta but I don't really like his confidence in this match while Liverpool really can't be underestimated. There are only 2 possible results, a draw or Liverpool wins.

Even though Liverpool are in good form, remember this is a home game for Arsenal.
Arsenal cannot be underestimated even though their current performance is not very consistent. Playing at home can increase a player's confidence to give their best and win the match, but it is always difficult to beat a team that is also in good form.

Liverpool have big ambitions to maintain their position in the standings, but they also have the potential to lose in this away match considering that Arsenal do not want to lose more points. Arsenal clearly don't want to suffer another defeat after previously losing to Bournemouth, so they will try hard to end the home game with a win.

[Nanga Parbat]

I also disagree if it is said that Liverpool is behind Arsenal because, basically, Liverpool is still a better team than Arsenal. I personally do not care about their position in the  standings but I think it is clear that Arsenal is still not strong enough in the competition for the title. Indeed,in the last two seasons Arsenal has become a better team for its competition in the title, but in reality Manchester City's dominance is still very high. Thus,  it would be more appropriate to say that Arsenal is behind Manchester City and Liverpool, because in reality Arsenal often fails to maintain good and consistent performance, and that is also  what makes Arsenal still fail in the trophy race from season to season lately.

But I think in the last 2 seasons City's dominance is not as high as the previous season. Last season Arsenal was 2 points behind City because they lost in several important matches at the end of the season. This shows that Arsenal is at the same level as City. This season I think City, Arsenal, Liverpool can compete for the EPL title. Of course City is the first favorite. But other teams also have a chance because City's dominance is not as high as a few seasons ago. City has good squad depth but it seems that Rodri's injury has had a significant impact on City's game.

Yes , you are correct Man City performance is good but top performance we didn't see in last matches and players are playing well but we expected more from them. I think Liverpool is best team for that tournament but players did well for that matches.

Liverpool and Arsenal position is comparatively high and Liverpool has 21 points on points table and I am impressed by the performance of these players aww and the mindset of players with which they are playing the matches.All teams played 8 matches but that points of all teams are different due to their performance. But I am supporting Liverpool team.

[TelolettOm]

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Calafiori's condition has yet to be confirmed, but he is almost certain to miss this weekend's big clash with Liverpool. Obviously, this is a big blow to Arteta, in the context that Calafiori is playing with high form and Arsenal is not too strong in the left-back position.

Based on scans and further monitoring, it was fortunately a relatively minor injury (MCL), which had previously been feared to be a serious injury, as he had previously suffered. Arsenal are relieved that this means Calafiori will only need a few weeks to fully recover, although he will have to miss the game against Liverpool in the next match.


Source: BREAKING: Riccardo Calafiori's injury is not serious

[uchegod-21]

In this season, both Arsenal and Liverpool are in their good form and none of them can be so confident that they will win a match against the other. What Mikel Arteta is the is playing mind game. And I so much trust Arne Slot. He can't be easily deceived or distracted. I know that Mikel is learning from his boss Pep Guardiola, because PEP is very good at mind game playing.

However it may be, fixture of Liverpool versus Arsenal is what every good football lover will want to see this time around. I will advise gamblers to avoid the match or bet it on goals. BTTS is inevitable in that match.kre risky selection should be GG & Ov 2.5.

[blue Snow]

Yes , you are correct Man City performance is good but top performance we didn't see in last matches and players are playing well but we expected more from them. I think Liverpool is best team for that tournament but players did well for that matches.

The city still have problem with injured player, Kevin De Bryune as play maker team can not be exist for long time. I don't know how it possible for next week?, but while he was injured, the city performance is not better without him. but, I think, The city have a better substitution which can replace who injured player. A player like Gundogan and Covacic are enough good to filled up KDB position, but still is not effective like KDP turn as starter. When I look how hard they won on the last match versus Wolves, the city is still need a person how have fascination like KDB.

[mamesso]

Yes , you are correct Man City performance is good but top performance we didn't see in last matches and players are playing well but we expected more from them. I think Liverpool is best team for that tournament but players did well for that matches.

The city still have problem with injured player, Kevin De Bryune as play maker team can not be exist for long time. I don't know how it possible for next week?, but while he was injured, the city performance is not better without him. but, I think, The city have a better substitution which can replace who injured player. A player like Gundogan and Covacic are enough good to filled up KDB position, but still is not effective like KDP turn as starter. When I look how hard they won on the last match versus Wolves, the city is still need a person how have fascination like KDB.

KDB role is very difficult to replace by any player available in the Manchester City squad, he is always the creator of attacks and makes it easy for Haaland to score goals through beautiful assists from him. He can also act as a Maestro who can control the rhythm of the game and his presence makes Manchester City attack power more effective. Covacic and Gundogan are still reliable but their roles are very different from KDB, although Manchester City are still in a positive trend, Guardiola needs to be more vigilant with his players because they are faced with a tight schedule this season.

[tusandii]

It's natural that Liverpool will do well in the Premier League with Manchester City and Arsenal but I don't understand how Aston Villa are suddenly doing so well this season. At the moment, in the English Premier League, Arsenal and Aston Villa have the same number of points,17, and Aston Villa is only four points behind the team in the number one position of the points table. The way this team is performing, if they continue this performance throughout the season, it can be seen that they are competing well for the title with the number 1 or 2 teams in the points table. Having seen Manchester City and Arsenal compete in other seasons, it's good to see other teams competing this season.

Aston Villa's good performance has been seen since last season in the Premier League and was in the hunt for the title but unfortunately it declined and finally finished in 4th place, it was still a good improvement but it seems that this season Aston Villa has improved again not only in the Premier League but in the Champions League Aston Villa's performance also attracted attention I think Aston Villa will again be the 4th club in the hunt for the title this season if it performs consistently it is not impossible that its ranking will increase even more especially since the points difference with the top of the standings is not that big. The hunt for the Premier League title is always interesting every season because the clubs in the top 4 compete tightly one mistake will affect their position.

[Oluwa-btc]

Arsenal's reason for losing their last match, which was against Bournemouth, was due to some of their players that are injured, including Saliba, who received a red card in the match. Those players that were absent against Bournemouth won’t still be playing against Liverpool, so it’s really going to be affecting them. That's the reason why most people just believe that Liverpool will be winning the match, and Arsenal playing defensive games won’t really favor them this season. Arsenal is having a strong defense, which is always difficult for any club to break, but they have been finding it difficult to score in most of their matches. If Arsenal can get a draw against Liverpool in the match, it’s going to be nice for them, but it’s going to be difficult for them to get a draw.

Even with the red card they should have won that game hut Gabriel Martinelli messed things up with that chance he had to score a goal.  Kiwor also came on to commit a huge blunder in that game which twated the same plans they had to salvage a point outta the game. That defensive style affects the players and most of these players are not aggressive kind of players this could be one of the core reasons why they're been carded anyhow. I'm still rooting for them but Mikel Arteta has to swith tactics to a more possession base kind of football at least,  they strategy win them games. Against Liverpool will be hell tough but will they take three points at home?

[Baki202]

As much as I will like Arsenal to win the match against Liverpool, I also have to agree with you because I also hate it when a person displays over confidence, I was being hopeful for Arsenal to beat Liverpool in their coming encounter, but after reading that which Arteta said, my hope and believe in Arsenal winning has dropped to a very significant level.

I don't care if arsenal win, and regardless of who is going to win the only person that can decide that will be Liverpool either they want to win or they will lose and Liverpool will not lose to arsenal because they already in an unbeaten stage Liverpool hardly lose games this days and they look more committed this season and they really want to compete with us the city. Arteta is no good shape for now, defeating Liverpool will only happen in his dream, from the beginning I know that arsenal this season looks weak This season because of the decision their coach have been making.

I believe many of us here will know this saying that "pride goes before a fall", in a game like football, what Arteta said there may seem to him like having faith in his team, but to some of us, it's pride, after woefully losing to Bournemouth in their previous match, it's annoying to read this statement  of his 😠

When you are to confidence if your self to much and that is what is killing a lot of clubs and that is what is affecting arteta we know, that arsenal was improving, but they feel to confident and they would have stick to their way of playing, than trying something new and now is affecting them. He said he as faith in is club, but his not making the right decision for them. Losing to Bournemouth was somthing thay changed everything and now Arsenal moght be struggling till the season ends.

[Zeddquiver]

i am definitely not looking forward to manchester united's game this weekend cause i don't believe they can win,thats to tell you how low the club has fallen.if united was a serious club ten haag would have gotten his sack letters a long time ago,if he was coaching any elite european club he would have met that fate but he's still the manager because of the kind of low mentality that is now prevalent in the club.he has shown time and time again that he can't deliver the glory days of manchester united and attain the lofty heights he was employed to attain so why is he still at the club.this is really shameful to the management.ten haag can and will never be another sir alex ferguson and the earlier the management realizes that the better for them and the team in general.

[bitLeap]

Yes , you are correct Man City performance is good but top performance we didn't see in last matches and players are playing well but we expected more from them. I think Liverpool is best team for that tournament but players did well for that matches.

The city still have problem with injured player, Kevin De Bryune as play maker team can not be exist for long time. I don't know how it possible for next week?, but while he was injured, the city performance is not better without him. but, I think, The city have a better substitution which can replace who injured player. A player like Gundogan and Covacic are enough good to filled up KDB position, but still is not effective like KDP turn as starter. When I look how hard they won on the last match versus Wolves, the city is still need a person how have fascination like KDB.

Kevin De Bruyne injury problem has always been an obstacle for him to play optimally with Man City. If he continues to experience long absences, his position could be lost. Pep Guardiola cannot continue to wait for KDB to recover faster. So in the end Man City will continue to try to utilize the availability of players who are ready in terms of performance and physical health. Kovacic, Doku and Gundogan have tried to cover KDB absence, so I am optimistic that Man City without KDB this season can continue to advance. If you look at the information on transfermarkt, KDB return from injury is still unknown, this further complicates his fate in Man City main position and the possibility of going to a Saudi Arabian club.

[punk.zink]

Kevin De Bruyne injury problem has always been an obstacle for him to play optimally with Man City. If he continues to experience long absences, his position could be lost. Pep Guardiola cannot continue to wait for KDB to recover faster. So in the end Man City will continue to try to utilize the availability of players who are ready in terms of performance and physical health. Kovacic, Doku and Gundogan have tried to cover KDB absence, so I am optimistic that Man City without KDB this season can continue to advance. If you look at the information on transfermarkt, KDB return from injury is still unknown, this further complicates his fate in Man City main position and the possibility of going to a Saudi Arabian club.

Kevin De Bruyne was rumored to be leaving Man City before this season started but in the end, he still stayed at Man City. Considering how prone he is to injury now, it seems that Kevin De Bruyne really has to consider the option to move to a league with less tight competition, and the Saudi Pro League could be a good choice because he can also get a big pay in there.

Likewise with Guardiola, he must also be aware that Kevin De Bruyne cannot be pushed like before, and maybe it was time for him to let Kevin De Bruyne go and I think that could be better because Guardiola could prepare a formation and strategy without De Bruyne in it.

[MainIbem]

Arsenal's reason for losing their last match, which was against Bournemouth, was due to some of their players that are injured, including Saliba, who received a red card in the match. Those players that were absent against Bournemouth won’t still be playing against Liverpool, so it’s really going to be affecting them. That's the reason why most people just believe that Liverpool will be winning the match, and Arsenal playing defensive games won’t really favor them this season. Arsenal is having a strong defense, which is always difficult for any club to break, but they have been finding it difficult to score in most of their matches. If Arsenal can get a draw against Liverpool in the match, it’s going to be nice for them, but it’s going to be difficult for them to get a draw.

Even with the red card they should have won that game hut Gabriel Martinelli messed things up with that chance he had to score a goal.  Kiwor also came on to commit a huge blunder in that game which twated the same plans they had to salvage a point outta the game. That defensive style affects the players and most of these players are not aggressive kind of players this could be one of the core reasons why they're been carded anyhow. I'm still rooting for them but Mikel Arteta has to swith tactics to a more possession base kind of football at least,  they strategy win them games. Against Liverpool will be hell tough but will they take three points at home?

The question is, can Arsenal survive against Liverpool? We're talking about the most informed team in the EPL currently so it's really going to be a very tough one for Arsenal, we'll the red card must have hindered them from steal a point of being victorious in the last match against Bournemouth but I don't they'll be able to matc this current Liverpool squad with a complete squad not to talk of not playing with key players like Saliba who was the victim of the red card and others who would be missing due to injuries, the least Arsenal could do is to try and share points with Liverpool cause I don't see them winning even with a home advantage, I don't think Arsenal would play defensive, they're tactics is more of being possessive and all out attack but Liverpool are more swift they got faster players that would ruin Arsenal's defence if they consider playing defensively due to much pressure.

[AYOBA]

Arsenal's reason for losing their last match, which was against Bournemouth, was due to some of their players that are injured, including Saliba, who received a red card in the match. Those players that were absent against Bournemouth won’t still be playing against Liverpool, so it’s really going to be affecting them. That's the reason why most people just believe that Liverpool will be winning the match, and Arsenal playing defensive games won’t really favor them this season.

Arsenal is having a strong defense, which is always difficult for any club to break, but they have been finding it difficult to score in most of their matches. If Arsenal can get a draw against Liverpool in the match, it’s going to be nice for them, but it’s going to be difficult for them to get a draw.

Honestly Arsenal facing a lot challenges in their last match against Bournemouth which was due to their better squad that are in injures if not i don’t think Arsenal might lose that match, but indeed it has happened because the remaining players has totally weak due to the present and and later absent in 30 minutes right from first half after receiving a hurt red card which is their main player Saliba.

Yeah their next match is against Liverpool and those players will still be absent, that’s a lot of people are saying that Arsenal can find the match so difficult to win, but in my view Arsenal will make everything possible and make some better arrangements with their selves to avoid Liverpool winning their upcoming match rather they will the match to a draw. Because since they’ve aware where their problem come from is due to their absence of some of their players they will not allowed what happened in there last repeat anymore.

[fullhdpixel]

Arsenal this season began to be hit by a storm of injuries and reminded me of what continued to be the main problem for them when Wenger was still coaching, at that time Arsenal consistency was often disrupted by the storm of injuries that continued to occur every season and make theru fail to be champhionsip in the end, the defeat from Brentford was quite painful but in fact the absence of Saliba in the match against Liverpool later was a more big loss for Arsenal,  Without being able to play some of his mainstay players, of course, Arsenal's chances of winning are very small later because a team like Liverpool will take advantage of every line and weakness of the opponent to get points, I think the match will be a crucial and Arteta may have a solution to rotate his players but it doesn't seem like it will be enough to be able beat Liverpool in the  match.
A few days ago Arteta had said they were ready to fly against Liverpool despite the limping team, so let's see if he can prove his words later?

I believe a good training regime and also a great amount of medical professional should be fixing that. But they probably do not have that and this is causing the trouble. Do not consider these teams to be some rich wealthy teams that have everything, we saw how Manchester United literally had nothing, they spend tens of millions on players and do not make a million dollar investment into their training or products.

This is why Arsenal might be having a trouble with recovery systems, they are training hard, then playing games, but they just go home and relax to recover, instead of having some high-end recovery system built in the team. All in all, they are having this problem too often, it can't be just bad luck, there is something more about it.

[red4slash]

The question is, can Arsenal survive against Liverpool? We're talking about the most informed team in the EPL currently so it's really going to be a very tough one for Arsenal, we'll the red card must have hindered them from steal a point of being victorious in the last match against Bournemouth but I don't they'll be able to matc this current Liverpool squad with a complete squad not to talk of not playing with key players like Saliba who was the victim of the red card and others who would be missing due to injuries, the least Arsenal could do is to try and share points with Liverpool cause I don't see them winning even with a home advantage, I don't think Arsenal would play defensive, they're tactics is more of being possessive and all out attack but Liverpool are more swift they got faster players that would ruin Arsenal's defence if they consider playing defensively due to much pressure.

It depends on Arteta in determining their game scheme because after all, Arteta's scheme and plan in the match will be able to determine whether or not Arsenal can face Liverpool in this week's match. It's hard when it's a big game but they are without some of their core players due to injuries and card penalties which will definitely create a lot of gaps for Arsenal.

Especially with Liverpool's strength now which is still extraordinary with a slot that is quite good at giving instructions from the sidelines. Liverpool's chance to get 3 points will certainly be very big in this match but that does not mean Arsenal are hopeless even though they lose in the number of players who are ready to become line ups but of course their chance is still very much there even though it is quite difficult so it depends on Arteta in determining the scheme that will be carried out in this match.