⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Franctoshi]

Actually, this is a game I'm totally avoiding to take side, basically choosing a team to win, and I won't be tricked base on the small odds given to Manchester City to win the game regardless of them playing host in this game,  but I would consider going on BTS or rather over 1.5 would be best option for me to consider betting because this is not going to be an easy game as others may view it. There may be a kind of twist here which may shock everyone in the end.

[Smartvirus]

Manchester City - Arsenal, less than a week to go... What do you say for this game? Do you believe Manchester City will manage to win this time after a draw against Liverpool?

We are approaching the end of the season and from few seasons ago, we are well aware of how Arsenal have been terrible in these times. The rest of EPL knows that and would be looking to capitalize on any fault in the team to kick in this syndrome once more. The bad news is, Arsenal this season and at this time seems to be at the top of there game, producing lots of goals in there fixtures and it’s very unlikely that they would be going down this season, worst still, to Manchester City.
I don’t like making predictions on games like this because, it’s got a lot of deciding about it and it’s approached differently by both sides but, I do think Arsenal could actually win this. Perhaps they don’t but, I don’t see them loosing either.

[CLS63]

Kyle Walker's condition is doubtful. KDB and Ederson both are injured. Ederson doesn't look likely to recover before this game but maybe we can see KDB against Arsenal. I really didn't like KDB and Haaland against Liverpool in the last match.    If we see better performances from them they can be game changers. Arteta knows Guardiola's system very well. He was his assistant manager once. I wonder how he will build his strategies against Guardiola.

This week can be a really good opportunity for Liverpool to take the lead.

[pawel7777]

Manchester City - Arsenal, less than a week to go... What do you say for this game? Do you believe Manchester City will manage to win this time after a draw against Liverpool?

Personally I believe there might be a chance for Arsenal. I'm favouring Manchester City though but we have seen them struggling in big games so far. Apart from the Liverpool draw I remember the one against Chelsea at Etihad again.    While we are in really critical weeks I really wonder if they will fail again. As a reminder Arsenal beat them 1-0 at Emirates. 
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I wouldn't be holding the draw against Liverpool against them. It was an away game against the top team, earning 1 point there was no shame. Similarily Arsenal also noted a draw in their away game against Liverpool in December.
I think The City will either win, or we'll see another draw. The key factor here is that Man City are playing at home, where they haven't yet lost any league game this season. Meanwhile, Arsenal has 3 losses in away league games.

[youdacapt]

Manchester City - Arsenal, less than a week to go... What do you say for this game? Do you believe Manchester City will manage to win this time after a draw against Liverpool?

Personally I believe there might be a chance for Arsenal.

It is a season defining game for Arsenal as they have got bigger gons to play in the premier league while also playing Bayern Munich in the champions league as well. Who do you reckon Arsnela would defeat amongst their top fixtures? Chelsea? City? or Manchester United?

[Dzwaafu11]

Chelsea has changed managers 4 times during the 2 years under Boehly's ownership.
Guardiola need a year before he able to win the Premier League title for Mancity, and Kloop even took 3 years to win the Premier League with Liverpool.

Chelsea must give Pochentino more time, and stop buying a lot of expensive players who have never played in the Premier League before.
These Chelsea players are now just run and run but with no results, there are too many individual mistakes because the players on the field are not yet completely united.

I agree. Even the best coaches need time to rebuild the team for their own system to bring success. Manchester City squad has been built according to Guardiola's plans. Now they are dominating the EPL. Klopp came at the beginning of the 2015/2016 season and couldn't save Liverpool for 3 years. But after missing the title chance barely in the 2018/2019 season they finally won in the following season. 

These examples are proving that giving a coach a good amount of time is really important. But I don't have such hope from Boehly after seeing how many times he has changed the coach until this point. 

And this is what some people did not understand: people think once they employ a new manager into a club, there should be a change immediately, which is impossible. Things did not get repaired immediately. The coaches need to take their time to understand how the players and their patterns are so they can know how to handle every situation in their squad. Sometimes people think that once there is a problem in a team, the coach should be blamed, which sometimes they don’t have the option of leaving the game to go like that.

While some want that once a coach is having problems with his management skills, he should be sacked and replaced, but in Liverpool, I also realise that it is all about sacking or changing coaches that cannot bring a club performance back because Chelsea have done that several times and still yet to gain back their performance. Now, Klopp is currently getting Liverpool what they want because he really tries to bring back the club performance. 

[blue Snow]

Kyle Walker's condition is doubtful. KDB and Ederson both are injured. Ederson doesn't look likely to recover before this game but maybe we can see KDB against Arsenal.

I think KDB has not played yet versus Arsenal because still recovering from injury. Even Man city are favored to win because they are playing at home but arsenal is want to continue to dominate and maintain the top of the standings. But arsenal also quite doubtful to win because on the previous match, they lose versus QPR in a trial match, even not many core players have been fielded, but I see Tomiyasu there and can't maintain the winning.

[asriloni]

Kyle Walker's condition is doubtful. KDB and Ederson both are injured. Ederson doesn't look likely to recover before this game but maybe we can see KDB against Arsenal.

I think KDB has not played yet versus Arsenal because still recovering from injury. Even Man city are favored to win because they are playing at home but arsenal is want to continue to dominate and maintain the top of the standings. But arsenal also quite doubtful to win because on the previous match, they lose versus QPR in a trial match, even not many core players have been fielded, but I see Tomiyasu there and can't maintain the winning.

It's still remain unclear. There are two perceptions on this. The first one of that injury was a strick to avoid the players being called by the national team and the second one if it's probably related to the injury that was starting to appear on him at the time when city beat united.
I bring the latest update on his injury now. Walker and emerson took more times to recover from their injury. It's obviously bad news for manchester city to miss some good players.

Kevin De Bruyne didn’t even join up with the Belgium squad during the break as he nurses a groin injury.Guardiola has previously sounded hopeful that the midfielder will be back in action soon, having missed the FA Cup quarter-final win over Newcastle earlier this month. “He already played in Anfield with some problems. But he's getting better. He's not ready for tomorrow. We spoke with Belgium manager Domenico Tedesco and he decided.”

Potential return date: March/April 2024

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-injury-update-walker-de-bruyne-ederson-latest-news-return-dates-b1147367.html

De bruyne can comeback anytime around this month or next month, but it's unlikely de bruyne will join in the squad this month consider the fact that if he is still injury. No chance for him to play against arsenal at home. I hope that he will return as soon as possible.
Manchester city will have some important events to come very soon. Im willing to see city to play with full squad in the crucial moments like this time.

It seems we will not see it.

[Oluwa-btc]

Southgate doesn't seem like a good candidate for non-English teams to be fair, he has managed some premier league players, that's why he is considered doing better there. This means that all of that Bayern and Barcelona and Juventus deals are not good enough for him since he won't be doing all that well there.

This leaves United, Chelsea and possibly Liverpool, considering Liverpool could attract someone even better, and Southgate is not THAT good, we could remove them too. Only ones left are Chelsea and United, and I suppose United acted quicker, and that's why he is linked there but Chelsea wouldn't be a big stretch neither if they contact him and offer something big. Those are all possible stuff that may happen in the future.

What they play and what he manages are good set of players selected from them various domestic clubs and even with these players, what has hee achieved? Nothing?
Manchester United wants success and they want to bring in someone who has no good record of what it means to win a trophy as a manager? Manchester United management must be raving mad Innit!! Bothers me akot, if he is so tactically sound, Bayern Munich shouldn't hesitate to get him over.

So far, Erik Ten Hag iss the perfect man for the job. I have read a newspaper where Sir Alex Ferguson was also linked to leave Manchester United like this so I careless. History be repeating itself again.

Manchester United should value what they have because if Erik Ten Hag moves to a club like Chelsea in the Premier League Competition, he'll achieve lots ans even win the league without much to say, he is that great and good tactically.

[Amphenomenon]

This week can be a really good opportunity for Liverpool to take the lead.

The chances of this not happening is still big I won't write off Arsenal to lose this game especially since KDB and Ederson are doubtful because even with them this match won't be an easy win against Arsenal especially now when Arsenal are on fire.

Though Liverpool would have prefer a draw from this game but this is literally not happening (the chances is too slim) while other options will be Man city winning which might be risky in the remaining matches

[klidex]

I think KDB has not played yet versus Arsenal because still recovering from injury. Even Man city are favored to win because they are playing at home but arsenal is want to continue to dominate and maintain the top of the standings. But arsenal also quite doubtful to win because on the previous match, they lose versus QPR in a trial match, even not many core players have been fielded, but I see Tomiyasu there and can't maintain the winning.

It is not yet known for certain whether Kevin De Bruyne's injury is serious or not. But what is clear is that I hope Kevin De Bruyne does not suffer a serious injury so that he can return to strengthen Manchester City in the crucial match in the fight for first place because this match will determine who will win have more points so that the opportunity to fight for the Premier League title is increasingly wide open. Arsenal was very happy to hear this news because with the absence of key players that Manchester City had when facing them it was a big advantage for Arsenal in taking advantage of the opportunity to get 3 points but because this is Manchester City's home game I don't think Arsenal will be able to win with easy.

The trial match should not be equated with an important Premier League match because the trial match does not have a big impact on Arsenal's condition, they will play more seriously in the Premier League because both of them are fighting for the Premier League title. At least Arsenal does not have any obstacles like Manchester City, therefore Arsenal will play more aggressively, but you need to be aware that Erling Haaland is still at the club who is ready to attack Arsenal's goal.

[TastyChillySauce00]

This week can be a really good opportunity for Liverpool to take the lead.

The chances of this not happening is still big I won't write off Arsenal to lose this game especially since KDB and Ederson are doubtful because even with them this match won't be an easy win against Arsenal especially now when Arsenal are on fire.

It has been confirmed that KDB will not play in the game against Arsenal, and Ederson is also still in the process of recovering himself. Arsenal was always on fire, but I remind you of the story of last season, when people had the same thought, like you, and Arsenal bottled the trophy at the end of the season, right? There are a lot of lessons to be learned from last season's result. The most important thing that if there is no guarantee when your team was on fire and it will be able to win the competition. The city will not try to miss an opportunity like this to ensure it will have a three-point gap in the arsenal. The away game at etihad stadium will give bigger pressure on arsenal since it must have won the game in order to keep up with liverpool as the
It's hard to predict the outcome of the upcoming game, but if we are comparing the lineup, I must say that Arsenal is far better compared to manchester city, which has been missing some important players. City missed some important players and that's it. It has become my main concern this season.

Though Liverpool would have prefer a draw from this game but this is literally not happening (the chances is too slim) while other options will be Man city winning which might be risky in the remaining matches

Who knows whether City and Arsenal will draw? Liverpool can take advantage because it will help them widen the gap even further and help liverpool to get bigger chance to win the competition. After Arsenal's game against Manchester City, there will be a match between them and Liverpool. and this is also gonna be a very important match too The competition is becoming even more fierce, and I hope that the city will once again dominate the EPL this season.

It's strange that the city won't be able to take the trophy this season, given that they've won it several times in a row. The EPL is becoming even more competitive than I expected.
The previous season was relatively easy for Manchester City because it only had Arsenal as a competitor. This time is even tougher than before. It appears that Liverpool is a strong club capable of winning the trophy at any time.

[Amphenomenon]

This week can be a really good opportunity for Liverpool to take the lead.

The chances of this not happening is still big I won't write off Arsenal to lose this game especially since KDB and Ederson are doubtful because even with them this match won't be an easy win against Arsenal especially now when Arsenal are on fire.

It has been confirmed that KDB will not play in the game against Arsenal, and Ederson is also still in the process of recovering himself.

Oh thanks for the correction, KDB being officially out makes things less difficult for Arsenal.

Arsenal was always on fire, but I remind you of the story of last season, when people had the same thought, like you, and Arsenal bottled the trophy at the end of the season, right? There are a lot of lessons to be learned from last season's result. The most important thing that if there is no guarantee when your team was on fire and it will be able to win the competition. The city will not try to miss an opportunity like this to ensure it will have a three-point gap in the arsenal. The away game at etihad stadium will give bigger pressure on arsenal since it must have won the game in order to keep up with liverpool as the

To be frank I thought by now this would be 2 horse race (City and Liverpool) especially when last year ending Arsenal keeps dropping points but since beginning of the year how they have played to get to this point as been amazing though I don't have high hope on them but don't want to write them off now because sometimes when a team is less impressive that's when they get a trophy.

It's hard to predict the outcome of the upcoming game, but if we are comparing the lineup, I must say that Arsenal is far better compared to manchester city, which has been missing some important players. City missed some important players and that's it. It has become my main concern this season.

This game is definitely of the most difficult game to predict this season, while Man city are having more surprising injury woes in comparison to their previous seasons, Arsenal had also received a fare share of it this season and Liverpool having more the heat now though Man city own share is quite bigger than the others.

Though Liverpool would have prefer a draw from this game but this is literally not happening (the chances is too slim) while other options will be Man city winning which might be risky in the remaining matches

Who knows whether City and Arsenal will draw? Liverpool can take advantage because it will help them widen the gap even further and help liverpool to get bigger chance to win the competition. After Arsenal's game against Manchester City, there will be a match between them and Liverpool. and this is also gonna be a very important match too The competition is becoming even more fierce, and I hope that the city will once again dominate the EPL this season.

Yes  a draw is possible but The chances of this is slim, aside Liverpool and Arsenal playing against each other, Arsenal still have a match against Chelsea, Manchester united and Aston villa
While Liverpool has Manchester united and Aston villa.
The only top team Man city has is Spurs which the other team also have to play also

But we can't disregard smaller teams fighting against relegation they are more dangerous here.

It's strange that the city won't be able to take the trophy this season, given that they've won it several times in a row. The EPL is becoming even more competitive than I expected.
The previous season was relatively easy for Manchester City because it only had Arsenal as a competitor. This time is even tougher than before. It appears that Liverpool is a strong club capable of winning the trophy at any time.

City can still win it but I don't want them to because it will make it seems like the Epl is too easy were as Pep is just too good but this season has not been really easy for them especially with their injury Woes and Liverpool being in a good form again not like last season

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I think KDB has not played yet versus Arsenal because still recovering from injury. Even Man city are favored to win because they are playing at home but arsenal is want to continue to dominate and maintain the top of the standings. But arsenal also quite doubtful to win because on the previous match, they lose versus QPR in a trial match, even not many core players have been fielded, but I see Tomiyasu there and can't maintain the winning.

The match will be a difficult match for both, Manchester City have so far performed quite well but losing some of their main players of course the team will not be stable, losing Walker, Ederson and KDB certainly leaves a hole that will indeed be easy for Arsenal to exploit in the game later, but I think Manchester City fans do not need to worry about it because after all the replacement squad owned by Manchester City at this time is also not good inferior to their main squad.

In fact, I think Arsenal should be wary of the later game, because against QPR alone they are too easy to beat indeed Arsenal fielded their young squad in the match, but I think the presence of some of Arsenal's main players such as Tomyassu and Thomas Partey should be the difference in the match, but it turns out we actually saw how easy QPR was in scoring 4 goals without reply from Arsenal players,  In addition, I also heard the news that currently Saka and Martinelli are also injured and of course that will also weaken them in the game against Manchester City later.

[SmartCharpa]

I think KDB has not played yet versus Arsenal because still recovering from injury. Even Man city are favored to win because they are playing at home but arsenal is want to continue to dominate and maintain the top of the standings. But arsenal also quite doubtful to win because on the previous match, they lose versus QPR in a trial match, even not many core players have been fielded, but I see Tomiyasu there and can't maintain the winning.

Kelvin De Bruyne's injury may be serious given he was not even in the Belgium squad for the international game. De Bruyne did not play in their last FA Cup game against Newcastle because he had been substituted in their previous two games against Liverpool; it appears that Guardiola realized he had an injury. De Bruyne has not participated in either of their games against Arsenal this season, and he was out for their first Premier League game due to injury; we are yet unsure whether he will return before they play against Arsenal.

I only consider Manchester City as a strong squad when De Bruyne and Rodri are both fit to play; without De Bruyne, I don't believe Arsenal will have a problem facing Manchester City. Though Rodri was unable to play in their first meeting, Manchester City's midfielder was not as powerful at the time. Despite the fact that Manchester City is hosting the match, I do not believe they will easily win without De Bruyne because only Rodri can do it.

This is a Premier League game in which both clubs will fight with all of their strength to secure the three points. Manchester City will do anything in their power to surpass Arsenal for the top of the league, while Arsenal will need the three points to stay strong at the top of the league and win the league at the end of the season. I believe this match will end in a draw.

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Defenders are the biggest problem in Chelsea, they need to kick two Frenchmen i.e. Disasi and Badiashile, they're tend to make blunders or scoring own goals.

Yeah I can agree with that definitely. You must have seen this goal of Disasi which should really be considered for a Puskas award indeed  : https://x.com/TrollFootball/status/1769365259012153798?s=20

Normally these defenders have potential but they really tend to make unbelievable mistakes on one hand. I don't know maybe this is because of still being young. But this can't be used as an excuse of course. They would really make use of some experienced solid defenders also. Thiago Silva is 39 years old too. They can find good experienced centre-backs with all the money they have. They shouldn't just splurge without any decent plan.

[Luzin]

It's strange that the city won't be able to take the trophy this season, given that they've won it several times in a row. The EPL is becoming even more competitive than I expected.
The previous season was relatively easy for Manchester City because it only had Arsenal as a competitor. This time is even tougher than before. It appears that Liverpool is a strong club capable of winning the trophy at any time.

Man City's chances are still great, the match against Arsenal could be key. If they win of course Man City will be ahead of the points, then it's a tough task to keep maintaining by continuing to get points in the remaining matches. But if the final result later draws or loses, then Man City will be more difficult, because they only hope for Arsenal and Liverpool's mistakes in the rest of the next match. De Bruyne's injury does not seem to be a big problem for Pep, they have to maximize the existing players.

[asriloni]

I think KDB has not played yet versus Arsenal because still recovering from injury. Even Man city are favored to win because they are playing at home but arsenal is want to continue to dominate and maintain the top of the standings. But arsenal also quite doubtful to win because on the previous match, they lose versus QPR in a trial match, even not many core players have been fielded, but I see Tomiyasu there and can't maintain the winning.

Kelvin De Bruyne's injury may be serious given he was not even in the Belgium squad for the international game. De Bruyne did not play in their last FA Cup game against Newcastle because he had been substituted in their previous two games against Liverpool; it appears that Guardiola realized he had an injury. De Bruyne has not participated in either of their games against Arsenal this season, and he was out for their first Premier League game due to injury; we are yet unsure whether he will return before they play against Arsenal.

I only consider Manchester City as a strong squad when De Bruyne and Rodri are both fit to play; without De Bruyne, I don't believe Arsenal will have a problem facing Manchester City. Though Rodri was unable to play in their first meeting, Manchester City's midfielder was not as powerful at the time. Despite the fact that Manchester City is hosting the match, I do not believe they will easily win without De Bruyne because only Rodri can do it.

This is a Premier League game in which both clubs will fight with all of their strength to secure the three points. Manchester City will do anything in their power to surpass Arsenal for the top of the league, while Arsenal will need the three points to stay strong at the top of the league and win the league at the end of the season. I believe this match will end in a draw.

Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish could be fit to face Arsenal after being pictured in Manchester City training on Monday.

Both players were left out of their respective international squads this month after suffering groin injuries, with Grealish back on the bench before the break against Newcastle without returning to action. Pep Guardiola had been positive about the duo, but admitted he didn't know if they would be ready to take on Arsenal on Sunday in a crucial Premier League title race showdown.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-huge-kevin-de-28886315
That could be a serious injury if Pep allows him to play in the Belgium squad, but I'm glad to see that Pep predicted it correctly and prevented his player KDB from playing for the Belgium squad and de bruyne potentially perform in the match against arsenal soon which is good. KDB's injury was not serious, and Pep did the right thing to keep his best players from getting his injury even badly caused by de bruyne is still playing very important role to ensure his club will able to get UCL trophy again this season.
The good news is that KDB and Grealish have returned to club training sessions, which is indicating that they will be fit to face Arsenal in the coming games. Even though the city must be missing a walker, I don't see it as a serious issue since pep is still having other club to replace him as RB.


I'd like to see Manchester City play with their full squad against Arsenal caused by arsenal is still on fire this time and it needs more effort to beat it. It feels very different if the city is unable to use its main squad caused by getting three points from this match is a must. I'm hoping that if any clubs can perform with their best lineups, this match will help to determine the winner of the season and stick to the liverpool which is topping EPL now.
It will be extremely difficult for City to win the game without its best squad, and I am hopeful that City will consider putting Grealish and De Bruyne in the starting lineup if they have been feeling better than in previous weeks.


De Bruyne and Grealish have emerged as key players in ensuring that City do not rely solely on Foden.

[Farma]

It's strange that the city won't be able to take the trophy this season, given that they've won it several times in a row. The EPL is becoming even more competitive than I expected.
The previous season was relatively easy for Manchester City because it only had Arsenal as a competitor. This time is even tougher than before. It appears that Liverpool is a strong club capable of winning the trophy at any time.

Man City's chances are still great, the match against Arsenal could be key. If they win of course Man City will be ahead of the points, then it's a tough task to keep maintaining by continuing to get points in the remaining matches. But if the final result later draws or loses, then Man City will be more difficult, because they only hope for Arsenal and Liverpool's mistakes in the rest of the next match. De Bruyne's injury does not seem to be a big problem for Pep, they have to maximize the existing players.

Manchester City have proven that they can still perform well without De Bruyne like in the previous few weeks when De Bruyne was absent from the start of the season for 6 months.

Manchester City still has a chance to win a very big trophy this season, and I don't even think that this weekend's match against Arsenal is everything because with the remaining 10 matches in this season the top 3 teams currently Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City still have the same percentage. to earn a degree.

I even look at the strength of the top 3 teams at the moment and I think Manchester City is a little stronger than the others, and at crucial times, mentality is needed and Manchester City has that.

[Palakka]

Man City's chances are still great, the match against Arsenal could be key. If they win of course Man City will be ahead of the points, then it's a tough task to keep maintaining by continuing to get points in the remaining matches. But if the final result later draws or loses, then Man City will be more difficult, because they only hope for Arsenal and Liverpool's mistakes in the rest of the next match. De Bruyne's injury does not seem to be a big problem for Pep, they have to maximize the existing players.

The match between Manchester City and Arsenal is a very crucial match for both teams, so far we can see how the three compete very fiercely in the Premier League, but I think the journey of the three teams after next week's match is no less difficult because all three will still be faced with the remaining difficult matches, in the bigmatch next week of course Manchester City is the most favored team even though news circulates if some Their main player has an injury at this time.

The injuries to De Bruyne, Ederson and Walker will certainly not reduce Manchester City's performance in my opinion, indeed all three are important players in the current squad but we also cannot deny if Manchester City still have Ortega, Kovacic and some defenders who can replace Walker well, at the moment I think the game against Arsenal will be the toughest game besides Tottenham in their remaining games this season,  In addition, I don't see there is another team that might be a strong opponent for Manchester City in the remaining of their matches this season.