⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Pulsar77]

After a string of good performances, Mu fans are hoping they can qualify for the Champion League. But the unfortunate loss to Chelsea in the final minutes of the match brought them back to earth, showing them that they are still really not okay at all. Many people think that Mu not attending UCL next year may be better for them, because thinking beyond it can help them recognize the problem and focus on reform rather than still having illusions about their own strength.

Manchester United have 2 big problems now:

- Not being able to score good number of goals
- Having huge weaknesses in defense

They just can't prevent too many shots from coming at their goal. They can't answer with a good level of productivity regularly either. It would be a huge surprise if they beat Liverpool despite having not good at all generally.

This team needs lots of transfers this summer but they need to be careful with player choices not to regret later. 

[makishart]

After a string of good performances, Mu fans are hoping they can qualify for the Champion League. But the unfortunate loss to Chelsea in the final minutes of the match brought them back to earth, showing them that they are still really not okay at all. Many people think that Mu not attending UCL next year may be better for them, because thinking beyond it can help them recognize the problem and focus on reform rather than still having illusions about their own strength.

Manchester United have 2 big problems now:

- Not being able to score good number of goals
- Having huge weaknesses in defense

They just can't prevent too many shots from coming at their goal. They can't answer with a good level of productivity regularly either. It would be a huge surprise if they beat Liverpool despite having not good at all generally.

This team needs lots of transfers this summer but they need to be careful with player choices not to regret later. 

Sometimes problems arise from all sides of manchester united team. Manchester United rarely had a player who could perform consistently at a high level, and this has also become one of the unsolved problems owned by United. There will always be issues that affect Manchester United's performance.

I must add that if you have forgotten an important thing that have not been mentioned.

- Substitution and decision making. Ten hag is very worst in this thing

Ten hag has made such poor decisions about which players should be replaced. He also made a mistake when Ten Ahg decided to replace Bruno Fernandes with Amrabat.

The worst decision that cost United three points against Liverpool. Ten hag plays an important role consider he has been the one who initiated to replace bruno at the middle of game.

[Litzki1990]

Totally agree, this price should have been 2 odds to show that this is a tough game for them but to be at 1.6 is undervalued if you ask me and United will win this one!!

Manchester United could have really won the game indeed. They weren't even the better playing side but that comeback was really impressive. If Liverpool scored at least 2 goals in the first half then the result of this game could be totally different. But despite all that huge dominance Liverpool couldn't do it and it cost them 2 points. 

I was expecting Salah to make difference and he really did by bringing one point to his team at least. However he will hope he doesn't regret missing a huge opportunity in the last minutes of the game as well. Liverpool still can't beat Manchester United this season.

Until the last minutes of the match between Manchester United vs Liverpool, I expected that Liverpool would definitely win and Mohamed Salah might make the difference for Liverpool. 

Manchester United fought until the last minute against Liverpool and at one point it looked as if Manchester United could go ahead with a goal and Liverpool could go ahead with a goal. It was expected that Liverpool could go ahead with a goal until the last minute, because Manchester United may not have been able to compete so much against a strong team like Liverpool in the entire season of the English Premier League. But I lost the bet but enjoyed the Liverpool vs Manchester United match. 

Manchester United were very successful in the plan they played against Liverpool. The plan they played against Liverpool in the next match may be that Manchester United will enter the field with the same plan and the result of that match may be in favor of Manchester United.

[Cityhunter34]

Yesterday I thought Liverpool would be able to win the match after successfully defending 1 goal in the first half. However, in the second half Liverpool repeatedly failed to build effective attacks to score goals. Luckily, Liverpool can still get 1 point with a penalty in last minute 2nd half, even though they failed to be in 1st position, Liverpool can still maintain the points with Arsenal to keep their chances of winning the EPL this season.

Already this season England premier league defending champion 🏆 is going to be Liverpool or Man City, because arsenal is always on predict able as long as premier league is consign just check out what dey did last season at the beginning dey played well almost everybody was behind arsenal last season because of their good performance, reaching the end that almost everybody see that arsenal have taken EPL champion 🏆 to our greatest surprise arsenal stated losing to small teams, just check out what will happen to arsenal before the end of this season.

[Catenaccio]

Unfortunately, Chelsea's old scary era is gone. The Blues are experiencing their worst periods in recent years, one after the other. They cannot take part in European tournaments either. This is turning them into an increasingly ordinary team. However, the president spent too much money for the team. I think the transfers were not right and the coaching staff was not qualified enough to meet Chelsea's needs.

The Blues had crisis in two latest seasons but they are improving and this season shows some signals that young players they put belief in, are growing up. Players like Cole Palmer are future of Chelsea and this season can be a great foundation for them to aim at a next season, with more success, a higher position in Premier League.

Until the last minutes of the match between Manchester United vs Liverpool, I expected that Liverpool would definitely win and Mohamed Salah might make the difference for Liverpool.

Liverpool created a lot of pressure on Manchester United and had many opportunities during the match. After the equalizer from Mohamed Salah till the injury time, they got some chances to finalize the match as a winning but their players like Diaz failed to make accurate shots. Manchester United actually played very last minutes of that match with fear of loss.

Mauricio Pochettino is not capable of handling the top jobs this season, he belongs to mediocre coach category because he's yet to win any major title. Todd Boehly never asks questions when it involves signing players, he's always in a hurry to make sure everything runs smoothly for his team.

He has past good seasons with Tottenham Hotspur but it's already many years ago and he only returned to Premier League after many years. He needs at least one more season with Chelsea and even his management at Chelsea this season is not impressive, I see unfair to assess and conclude about his coach management capability too soon.

[piebeyb]

Manchester United were very successful in the plan they played against Liverpool. The plan they played against Liverpool in the next match may be that Manchester United will enter the field with the same plan and the result of that match may be in favor of Manchester United.

Thanks to Manchester United's hard work, of course the Arsenal and Manchester City fans were very happy to see it, Manchester United should have been able to win by three points, but they didn't look good at the end of the match so they did things they shouldn't have done, resulting in a foul which resulted in a penalty kick for Liverpool. This draw might make competition even tighter at the top of the standings with the three strongest clubs currently such as Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool.

It seems that the competition for the EPL this season is very interesting to see, there are still many important matches that they have to go through to be able to maintain and maintain their position, I cannot predict who will win the title this season, it is certain that it is a stronger team than the other two teams, I I think many people want Arsenal to win the title this season to make up for their mistakes last season, of course their goal is very strong to win the title this season so Arteta continues to work hard with all his team to continue on the winning path with good results until the end of the season .

[TastyChillySauce00]

Chelsea new owner bought too many overprice players who were not worth with their skills, and continued to repeat the same mistakes in the following season.
Changing managers every season will not solve the problem,, even the best managers in the Premier League now such as Guardiola and Kloop need more than a year to make their team solid and feared by opponents.
Chelsea must sell some of its players in the next transfer window and let Pochettino buy the players he needs.

Mauricio Pochettino is not capable of handling the top jobs this season, he belongs to mediocre coach category because he's yet to win any major title. Todd Boehly never asks questions when it involves signing players, he's always in a hurry to make sure everything runs smoothly for his team. Chelsea have declined in performance and they're now regarded and comparable to mediocre teams in the English Premier League, we're talking about teams like Sheffield United, Brentford and Everton. The Blues really need to made improvements because they're not competitive in matches this season.

Unfortunately, Chelsea's old scary era is gone. The Blues are experiencing their worst periods in recent years, one after the other. They cannot take part in European tournaments either. This is turning them into an increasingly ordinary team. However, the president spent too much money for the team. I think the transfers were not right and the coaching staff was not qualified enough to meet Chelsea's needs.

Chelsea has lost its true form since Abramovic was expelled from England due to the russian - ukraine conflict and it was also destroying the hype around chelsea when people were starting to see chelsea as the big one in european football caused by it has become a club with the best performances in the last decades. This time is kinda different since many people are always mocking the performance from chelsea. Chelsea is still underperforming despite the new owners' billion-dollar investment in the club which is also making many people feel very disappointed with it. There have been numerous major issues that have yet to be resolved within the club's new ownee and i . The main problem is that the owner frequently intervenes in the club.
I'm concerned about some problems that are getting worse in Chelsea. I'm concerned about how incapable the coach is of managing the club and he has made many terrible decisions that cost the club a lot. Any of his decisions were so poor. The fact that it has become a new problem for Chelsea makes me doubt whether the club will be able to return to its best performance.

Many people have expressed their concern about Chelsea's inability to solve everything despite receiving billions of dollars from the new owner but the club is still unable to solve it and it is also triggering so many fans to booed the clubs and coach. I believe that management played an important role in resolving Chelsea's inability to move up but since the current management was bad and chelsea was unable to climbing up. Even the club isn't moving up, but rather down, deeper than I expected.

[Odohu]

Yesterday I thought Liverpool would be able to win the match after successfully defending 1 goal in the first half. However, in the second half Liverpool repeatedly failed to build effective attacks to score goals. Luckily, Liverpool can still get 1 point with a penalty in last minute 2nd half, even though they failed to be in 1st position, Liverpool can still maintain the points with Arsenal to keep their chances of winning the EPL this season.

Already this season England premier league defending champion 🏆 is going to be Liverpool or Man City, because arsenal is always on predict able as long as premier league is consign just check out what dey did last season at the beginning dey played well almost everybody was behind arsenal last season because of their good performance, reaching the end that almost everybody see that arsenal have taken EPL champion 🏆 to our greatest surprise arsenal stated losing to small teams, just check out what will happen to arsenal before the end of this season.

Judging by Arsenal's records, you are very correct but we cannot assume it will always be like that forever because things do change. Therefore,  I will write Arsenal off given their new found determination and consistency. They are at the top of the table now against popular opinion,  they were able to hold Manchester City to a draw which rarely happen at this stage of the competition I previous years. So, I am thinking they are ready to put up a strong fight this season and I will not be surprised if they end up winning the league title after so many years of trying to no avail.

[X-ray]

Yesterday I thought Liverpool would be able to win the match after successfully defending 1 goal in the first half. However, in the second half Liverpool repeatedly failed to build effective attacks to score goals. Luckily, Liverpool can still get 1 point with a penalty in last minute 2nd half, even though they failed to be in 1st position, Liverpool can still maintain the points with Arsenal to keep their chances of winning the EPL this season.

Already this season England premier league defending champion 🏆 is going to be Liverpool or Man City, because arsenal is always on predict able as long as premier league is consign just check out what dey did last season at the beginning dey played well almost everybody was behind arsenal last season because of their good performance, reaching the end that almost everybody see that arsenal have taken EPL champion 🏆 to our greatest surprise arsenal stated losing to small teams, just check out what will happen to arsenal before the end of this season.

Judging by Arsenal's records, you are very correct but we cannot assume it will always be like that forever because things do change. Therefore,  I will write Arsenal off given their new found determination and consistency. They are at the top of the table now against popular opinion,  they were able to hold Manchester City to a draw which rarely happen at this stage of the competition I previous years. So, I am thinking they are ready to put up a strong fight this season and I will not be surprised if they end up winning the league title after so many years of trying to no avail.

Arsenal still needs to prove it. There are seven matches remaining for Arsenal to win the PL trophy this season. There will be so many things can happen during the process to compete for the PL trophy. Arsenal still remains unfavored this time, as per the new odds released by bookies recently.
It seems far away from arsenal to get PL trophy without winning all of remaining games.

[uchegod-21]

Yesterday I thought Liverpool would be able to win the match after successfully defending 1 goal in the first half. However, in the second half Liverpool repeatedly failed to build effective attacks to score goals. Luckily, Liverpool can still get 1 point with a penalty in last minute 2nd half, even though they failed to be in 1st position, Liverpool can still maintain the points with Arsenal to keep their chances of winning the EPL this season.

Already this season England premier league defending champion 🏆 is going to be Liverpool or Man City, because arsenal is always on predict able as long as premier league is consign just check out what dey did last season at the beginning dey played well almost everybody was behind arsenal last season because of their good performance, reaching the end that almost everybody see that arsenal have taken EPL champion 🏆 to our greatest surprise arsenal stated losing to small teams, just check out what will happen to arsenal before the end of this season.

Judging by Arsenal's records, you are very correct but we cannot assume it will always be like that forever because things do change. Therefore,  I will write Arsenal off given their new found determination and consistency. They are at the top of the table now against popular opinion,  they were able to hold Manchester City to a draw which rarely happen at this stage of the competition I previous years. So, I am thinking they are ready to put up a strong fight this season and I will not be surprised if they end up winning the league title after so many years of trying to no avail.

@Odoho, you have spoken well. In football it is a fact that we do not do without history, but in as much as history tends to repeat itself, at some certain points new history will be created thereby relegating the old history. We have all known that Arsenal does not possess the ability to win English Premier League. They have tried so many times even in the time of Arsene Wenger, they will be almost close to winning the title but in the 11th hour they will fail. Let us be hopeful that this season will be at different one. The only test I have to check Arsenal's ability to contest to the end of the English Premier League is tonight's Champions League against Bayern Munich. We know that Arsenal does not have a good record against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, if they eventually change the record tonight it therefore means they have chances to win the English Premier League.

[Oluwa-btc]

Mauricio Pochettino is not capable of handling the top jobs this season, he belongs to mediocre coach category because he's yet to win any major title. Todd Boehly never asks questions when it involves signing players, he's always in a hurry to make sure everything runs smoothly for his team. Chelsea have declined in performance and they're now regarded and comparable to mediocre teams in the English Premier League, we're talking about teams like Sheffield United, Brentford and Everton. The Blues really need to made improvements because they're not competitive in matches this season.

Regardless of how I want him to succeed with Chelsea, I still don't consider him a top manager , I don't rate him at all, this is not to slander him but spitting how I feel bout him.

You know he is not good enough when he should have won the League 1 Competition with Paris Saint Germans only for him to lose it to Lillie. Lol! This is the coach you want to lift Chelsea from the slumps?
He had player's like Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar Junior all at his service but couldn't achieve success, I must say the management of Chelsea football club has got to search for a more competent manager for the club.

Chelsea right now needs a good coach who can bring back that fear back into the media same way Jose Mourinho did years back, fear into the dressing room and also fear to opposing clubs.

[Palakka]

Thanks to Manchester United's hard work, of course the Arsenal and Manchester City fans were very happy to see it, Manchester United should have been able to win by three points, but they didn't look good at the end of the match so they did things they shouldn't have done, resulting in a foul which resulted in a penalty kick for Liverpool. This draw might make competition even tighter at the top of the standings with the three strongest clubs currently such as Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool.

It seems that the competition for the EPL this season is very interesting to see, there are still many important matches that they have to go through to be able to maintain and maintain their position, I cannot predict who will win the title this season, it is certain that it is a stronger team than the other two teams, I I think many people want Arsenal to win the title this season to make up for their mistakes last season, of course their goal is very strong to win the title this season so Arteta continues to work hard with all his team to continue on the winning path with good results until the end of the season .

The Manchester United vs Liverpool match again provides an advantage for Manchester City and Arsenal, with a small point difference at this time of course the competition in the league will be even tighter for the top 3 teams, currently these three teams still have a very big chance of winning the league this season and in fact I think there will still be many changes that might happen and make the course of the English league championship track will  change, currently the three teams have 7 matches left and it is taboo for them to draw let alone lose the remaining matches, because I think if they lose points even one match in the remaining matches they will most likely be out of the championship path later.

Arsenal are at the top of the standings right now, but strangely they are still not the favorites to win the trophy this season because of their bad experience in the previous season, and I think this is very natural because so far we have known Arsenal as a team that does not have a winning mentality, but for this season I think it will be difficult for us to eliminate them from the competition after everything they have shown throughout  season.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Liverpool have just bottled the Premier League in my own opinion, they have the chances of scoring goals at most from Darwin Nunez and Luiz Diaz. They should hav ended that game but they failed to do that.
That's to Bruno Fernandez and Kobbie Mainoo for that screamer, only that Wan Bisakka failed y calculate that ball very well. It almost like Manchester United will not even qualify for the Champions League Competition. They have been a miserable side.

But then, up in my head, I do not think that, that penalty call was worth it. These Premier League match officials are not doing them job well not even the Var. No atom of transparency when it gets to Manchester United.

The host of Arsenal fans backing Manchester United to win the game. Never cared for the support anyways.

Yes Liverpool did this to themselves by wasting a ton of chances in this game. What can Klopp do more in the end while the players aren't having a good day? Those goals outta nowhere really brought Manchester United around in the game. I don't know how Erik ten Hag is doing this especially against Liverpool.    He once again didn't lose somehow.

As for the penalty call I can also say it was debatable but there was a contact also. Elliott took the penalty really professionally by placing his foot there. Apart from that I really can't keep up with referee mistakes lately as they have started to do it very often.  

[Oluwa-btc]

@Odoho, you have spoken well. In football it is a fact that we do not do without history, but in as much as history tends to repeat itself, at some certain points new history will be created thereby relegating the old history. We have all known that Arsenal does not possess the ability to win English Premier League. They have tried so many times even in the time of Arsene Wenger, they will be almost close to winning the title but in the 11th hour they will fail. Let us be hopeful that this season will be at different one. The only test I have to check Arsenal's ability to contest to the end of the English Premier League is tonight's Champions League against Bayern Munich. We know that Arsenal does not have a good record against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, if they eventually change the record tonight it therefore means they have chances to win the English Premier League.

Testing Arsenal against Bayern Munich in the Champions League Competition? That's not a good way to test them, do you just come to post to say whatever you like? I wonder why y'all talk with so much bias, dislike and hate.

Gunner's came so close towards winning the Premier League Competition last season, but sadly they couldn't because they lacked depth.
If it's in the Premier League Competition, before the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and all other clubs apart from Manchester United and Liverpool started buzzing, Arsenal has always been top guns alongside Manchester United and Liverpool. If you talk about this in the European Competitions, you have my full support and backing but in the Premier League Competition?

Watch them win it against all Odds. So far in the Premier League Competition, they have the best defense and just as Sir Alex Ferguson would say, " Defense win you trophies, attack win you games " I need not say enough and when you talk about depth, they're solid more than they had from last season. Even Manchester City won the Premier League Competition but failed to win the Champions League Competition for over three to four seasons, go do your own checks with history.

Believe me when I say this, people who go on to say these talks about Arsenal are pained Manchester United fans who can't be objective for real, jealous Chelsea fans and also Liverpool fans who do not want to see them winning the Premier League Competition. Any disagreement?

[CryptoBuds]

Arsenal are at the top of the standings right now, but strangely they are still not the favorites to win the trophy this season because of their bad experience in the previous season, and I think this is very natural because so far we have known Arsenal as a team that does not have a winning mentality, but for this season I think it will be difficult for us to eliminate them from the competition after everything they have shown throughout  season.

Arsenal's performance this season cannot be compared to last season. Arsenal team is stronger this season. Arteta has certainly learned from the mistakes he made last season. And Arsenal will not make the same mistake this season.

Arsenal's performance this season is good. Arsenal have drawn just one of their last 5 matches and won four. On the other hand, Liverpool and City have drawn two matches and won three. The performance of Arsenal's players is quite good in Champions League matches as well. So I consider Arsenal as the hot favorite for this year's Premier League title.

[emrecemsan]

Arsenal could have really won last night. If only they were better at finishing while they were 1-0 ahead... Ben White wasted a huge chance to make it 2-0 and later on we got a 2-2 draw.

I think Bayern Munich would finish the work at Allianz Arena. If Arsenal get eliminated from the Champions League they should just keep their head down on their work in the Premier League. This season they are definitely much better in the league. This great performance deserves the title to tell the truth. They have scored the most amount of goals and conceded the least. 

However while they have the most difficult fixture in comparison to Liverpool - Manchester City duo I have doubts about their being champions for now. 

[Hanadawa]

Arsenal's performance this season cannot be compared to last season. Arsenal team is stronger this season. Arteta has certainly learned from the mistakes he made last season. And Arsenal will not make the same mistake this season.

Arsenal's performance this season is good. Arsenal have drawn just one of their last 5 matches and won four. On the other hand, Liverpool and City have drawn two matches and won three. The performance of Arsenal's players is quite good in Champions League matches as well. So I consider Arsenal as the hot favorite for this year's Premier League title.

After completing 31 matches, I put Arsenal in first place as the favorite team with the chance to win the EPL title this season. Their performance is truly extraordinary. Arsenal have played quite consistently and aggressively this season. They are the top scorers in the EPL this season. I think Arteta will not let go of this golden opportunity like the previous season. They lead the league in week 31. With 7 matches left, the strong opponents they have to face are Tottenham and Aston Villa. It's the same as Liverpool but if Liverpool play like they did against Manchester United I think Liverpool will struggle and potentially lose the title.

[piebeyb]

Arsenal's performance this season cannot be compared to last season. Arsenal team is stronger this season. Arteta has certainly learned from the mistakes he made last season. And Arsenal will not make the same mistake this season.

Arsenal's performance this season is good. Arsenal have drawn just one of their last 5 matches and won four. On the other hand, Liverpool and City have drawn two matches and won three. The performance of Arsenal's players is quite good in Champions League matches as well. So I consider Arsenal as the hot favorite for this year's Premier League title.

After completing 31 matches, I put Arsenal in first place as the favorite team with the chance to win the EPL title this season. Their performance is truly extraordinary. Arsenal have played quite consistently and aggressively this season. They are the top scorers in the EPL this season. I think Arteta will not let go of this golden opportunity like the previous season. They lead the league in week 31. With 7 matches left, the strong opponents they have to face are Tottenham and Aston Villa. It's the same as Liverpool but if Liverpool play like they did against Manchester United I think Liverpool will struggle and potentially lose the title.

The point is that players must consistently have a winning mentality to win the EPL title this season. I think we can see that the competition is getting tighter with a very narrow point difference between the three clubs, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, of course we can't guess who will win. EPL title this season because it is possible that what is currently the favorite and is at the top of the standings may fail in several matches at the end of the season and ultimately fail like last season.

I don't know if Arsenal is ready enough to become EPL champions this season because last season they failed to win it and give Manchester City another chance to become champions and get the treble winner at once, I think Arteta seems to have learned from last season's mistakes and he seems to want to make amends This season, whether in the race for the EPL or UCL title, this season at least they seem hungry for victory to be able to continue to achieve their goal of winning the EPL and UCL titles, even though the competition is tight, if they have a winning mentality it will definitely be easy to overcome.

[Egii Nna]

Arsenal could have really won last night. If only they were better at finishing while they were 1-0 ahead... Ben White wasted a huge chance to make it 2-0 and later on we got a 2-2 draw.

I think Bayern Munich would finish the work at Allianz Arena. If Arsenal get eliminated from the Champions League they should just keep their head down on their work in the Premier League. This season they are definitely much better in the league. This great performance deserves the title to tell the truth. They have scored the most amount of goals and conceded the least. 

However while they have the most difficult fixture in comparison to Liverpool - Manchester City duo I have doubts about their being champions for now. 

There is no doubt about Arsenal's performance, but it is still just how games usually happen sometimes. If not, I don’t also expect yesterday’s game to be a draw because Arsenal's present performance is in better form than that of Bayern Munich, but as the game happened, they actually went on a draw, but Arsenal can still act in the second leg because Bayern are not a team that needs to be relied on because they can also disappoint you, so I still have 65% hope in Arsenal because they are my favourite team to win the Champions League trophy. 

And I still have hope in them in the Premier League because they are still performing well enough to have a great achievement this season, but anything can happen because it is just a prediction. 

[Velvet78]

A tough game is on the horizon for Arsenal. They are going to host Aston Villa in four days and the odds are like below.



Of course bookmakers are highly favouring Arsenal home. It is totally normal however this is still a game in which Arsenal should play really carefully. Aston Villa are still having a decent season even though their recent form isn't that impressive. Emery beat Arteta once by 1-0 this season. Arteta will need to get his players prepared better this time. Considering how strong Arsenal have been in home games I don't feel like they will lose this. But I think it will be a close one like 1-0 or 2-1.