⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[hahay]

I wonder, does anyone know, what foul did the Arsenal player make before the third goal happened? Because I think, the player who won the gastric ball did not commit a foul, he just jumped high but did not seem to be involved in body contact with Liverpool players. But, after the goal  happened, the referee just considered it a foul until the third goal for Arsenal was disallowed. In the comments I read on the live stream, many said the referee did not do his job fairly, because some incidents seemed like the referee favored Liverpool, I don't know.  Although I also bet on Liverpool, but if there is an injustice committed by the referee,  then I am also quite disappointed for the referee's decision like that. But yes, if you consider Liverpool's play in this match despite playing away, that Liverpool managed to play well and have great dominance in the second half. The second goal for Liverpool created by Salah with a counterattack was also a good goal.

[Lida93]

Manchester City have changed, they are no longer a dangerous team that will beat their opponent 4-5 goals. A year ago I wouldn’t have imagined Manchester City struggling with Southampton. City got all three points but the performance was disappointing. At the beginning of the game, it seemed like they were going to embarrass Southampton with a bigger score margin. Luckily to Southampton, Haaland missed a lot of chances today, the fans will be relieved that they got a win.

Manchester city is still a dangerous team and their status as one of the best football club in the world hasn't changed yet, rather what has changed is the tempo of the competition and that is the reason why you see them not being able to score much in recent times, and they are not the only big team that are experiencing this trend, the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United are also finding it difficult to win with a large margin because the smaller teams are fighting hard also to survive especially those that below the table and in such a situation it is often difficult to score much but I think it wouldn't take long before Manchester city bounces back to their main goal scoring form when they would start scoring many goals.

[BITCOIN4X]

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Manchester city is still a dangerous team and their status as one of the best football club in the world hasn't changed yet, rather what has changed is the tempo of the competition and that is the reason why you see them not being able to score much in recent times, and they are not the only big team that are experiencing this trend, the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United are also finding it difficult to win with a large margin because the smaller teams are fighting hard also to survive especially those that below the table and in such a situation it is often difficult to score much but I think it wouldn't take long before Manchester city bounces back to their main goal scoring form when they would start scoring many goals.

In the last 3 seasons, Manchester City has always scored more than 90 goals during a season in the Premier League. So far this season, Manchester City is the best team with the most goals among other teams. Manchester City has scored 20 goals in 9 matches, certainly the most compared to all Premier League teams currently in the same number of matches. Only Chelsea has a 1 goal gap below Manchester City, apart from Chelsea there are Liverpool and Arsenal with 17 goals and Tottenham and Brentford with 18 goals.

There are the next 29 matches that Manchester City can use to equal their goal record in the last 3 seasons. Of course it's not easy when the other team has a good defense, but fortunately Manchester City has a goal machine that has so far scored 11 goals in 9 matches.

[Jossque]

Crystal Palace managed to defeat Totthenham.Mateta's goal in the 31st minute gave Crystal Palace their first league win against a strong opponent.Totthenham didn't play badly but didn't have the potential to win.
Manchester United, who drew 1-1 with Fenerbahce during the week, were defeated by West Ham.We have to say that they played better than their opponent but could not score a goal.If West Ham had not won a penalty in the last minutes, it could have at least ended in a draw.

[Ndabagi01]

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The Arsenal vs Liverpool match is almost over, while the score is 2-2. A draw would be in Manchester City's favor, but Liverpool look desperate to win and they don't look like giving up. Arsenal failed to maintain their win and this was really detrimental for them in the home game. But there are still a few minutes left to see what happens.

And the result was 2-2 the match ended in a draw.
Arsenal if they could maintain their winning score and were not too ambitious to want to score again and chose to defend, it could possibly be Liverpool'
 defeat. Unfortunately Arsenal were too ambitious and lost concentration and ended up with a draw.
Such a strategy is very easy for Liverpool to read and it is proven that Arne Slot's team managed to hold the match to a draw to share points.

That late minute goal that was scored by Salah would be the worst nightmare that will ever happen to Arsenal tonight. When they thought they’ve won the match, then the late minute goal for an equalizer came and shared the points for them. Arsenal really played well and since they were playing from home, they really dominated the game and also were able to outplay Liverpool in the game. Arne Slot’s Liverpool is really remarkable and I will always say that they deserve the best and position they’re currently maintaining in the league now. They have to now remain in the second position after drawing this match. Manchester City have continued their winning run and have not failed to utilized any opportunity they got to remain in that top position in the league. Hard luck for Arsenal that they've to share the points today after a beautiful game by them throughout the match.

[Palakka]

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The Arsenal vs Liverpool match is almost over, while the score is 2-2. A draw would be in Manchester City's favor, but Liverpool look desperate to win and they don't look like giving up. Arsenal failed to maintain their win and this was really detrimental for them in the home game. But there are still a few minutes left to see what happens.

To be honest I thought previously  today match will be easy match for Liverpool, because the conditions and performance of the two teams were different, but in the match Arsenal started the match well and make me very suprising relying on two wings who continued to be able to put pressure on the Liverpool defense, it was clear that Arsenal game increased drastically in the match with Saka's return to the squad, the 2-2 draw was of course very beneficial for Manchester City at the moment but if you look at the performance of the two teams in the match then 1 point is the result which is fair in my opinion.

And the result was 2-2 the match ended in a draw.
Arsenal if they could maintain their winning score and were not too ambitious to want to score again and chose to defend, it could possibly be Liverpool'
 defeat. Unfortunately Arsenal were too ambitious and lost concentration and ended up with a draw.
Such a strategy is very easy for Liverpool to read and it is proven that Arne Slot's team managed to hold the match to a draw to share points.

If we pay attention to the game, actually when Arsenal were 2-1 up over Liverpool, they had survived but the injuries to Timber and Gabriel in the game forced Arteta to make a slight change to their game scheme, defending to face a team like Liverpool with a narrow victory of course is a bad thing, especially after they has lost two tough defenders in that match, because however in superior conditions Arsenal still must to build their attack to disrupt Liverpool game and what Arteta did today is right in my opinion.

[Obim34]

Crystal Palace managed to defeat Totthenham.Mateta's goal in the 31st minute gave Crystal Palace their first league win against a strong opponent.Totthenham didn't play badly but didn't have the potential to win.
Manchester United, who drew 1-1 with Fenerbahce during the week, were defeated by West Ham.We have to say that they played better than their opponent but could not score a goal.If West Ham had not won a penalty in the last minutes, it could have at least ended in a draw.

The most interesting match played today is that of Chelsea, both teams had what it takes to win just that Chelsea where on a leveled potentials above Newcastle. Chelsea are closer to finishing among the top four this time than them not making it there. The best result that they can achieve to call it a great milestone so far this season is by qualifying for the Champions League and winning the Conference League which looks very minor and easy to accomplish.

very dismaying to see Manchester United perform this bad and currently in the worst position that any one should think of. They lost to West Ham with an intimidating performance, lots of missed chances which happens to be the problem to why they keep failing. Brilliant goal scoring opportunity from Dalot with the keeper outside the view, nothing was an obstacle from him scoring but seeing how he missed with a poor target screams that the most problem is coming from the players and not the Coach.

[Egii Nna]

Crystal Palace managed to defeat Totthenham.Mateta's goal in the 31st minute gave Crystal Palace their first league win against a strong opponent.Totthenham didn't play badly but didn't have the potential to win.
Manchester United, who drew 1-1 with Fenerbahce during the week, were defeated by West Ham.We have to say that they played better than their opponent but could not score a goal.If West Ham had not won a penalty in the last minutes, it could have at least ended in a draw.

Tottenham played there best performances but crystal palace seems to have more opportunities than them, although, the game was not that amazing to watch but is a nice performance to crystal palace, many don’t think that they will be able to defeat Tottenham but they did. Again Tottenham has a bit low effort from their strikers, which they need to force more on to avoid further disappointment.

Furthermore, talking about Manchester United game which almost ended on a draw. Moreover I was not even expecting a goal from Manchester United due to their performance in first half, but they did a bit of performance and end up spoiling everything by giving a chance of penalty in the extra minute. It not encouraging at all they are supposed to do more better not losing games.

[Docnaster]

Crystal Palace managed to defeat Totthenham.Mateta's goal in the 31st minute gave Crystal Palace their first league win against a strong opponent.Totthenham didn't play badly but didn't have the potential to win.
Manchester United, who drew 1-1 with Fenerbahce during the week, were defeated by West Ham.We have to say that they played better than their opponent but could not score a goal.If West Ham had not won a penalty in the last minutes, it could have at least ended in a draw.

Crystal Palace win today against Tottenham Hotspur was a result i never saw coming and that's why I lost a huge sum of money because of that result as I had initially staked on a Tottenham win or draw in that game but I have to say kudos to Crystal Palace for winning such a difficult game without conceding a single goal.

Manchester United defeat today against West Ham wasn't surprising to me because I know that under their current manager, the team will continue to deliver average performances. The big question now is who knows if the club management will be bold enough to sack Erik ten Hag after today's disappointing result.

[Issa56]

Manchester United defeat today against West Ham wasn't surprising to me because I know that under their current manager, the team will continue to deliver average performances. The big question now is who knows if the club management will be bold enough to sack Erik ten Hag after today's disappointing result.

Whenever Manchester United is having any match, I do expect either a draw or a loss from them. I don’t always expect Manchester United to win, even when they are playing against a weak team. Manchester United played against West Ham today, a club that they are supposed to win conveniently, but Manchester United lost the match, which is not a surprising one. Manchester United are currently in 14th position, and maybe till they get to relegation zone before the management will start thinking about sacking Ten Hag since they are still satisfied with the result they are getting from Ten Hag.

[red4slash]

Manchester United defeat today against West Ham wasn't surprising to me because I know that under their current manager, the team will continue to deliver average performances. The big question now is who knows if the club management will be bold enough to sack Erik ten Hag after today's disappointing result.

Whenever Manchester United is having any match, I do expect either a draw or a loss from them. I don’t always expect Manchester United to win, even when they are playing against a weak team. Manchester United played against West Ham today, a club that they are supposed to win conveniently, but Manchester United lost the match, which is not a surprising one. Manchester United are currently in 14th position, and maybe till they get to relegation zone before the management will start thinking about sacking Ten Hag since they are still satisfied with the result they are getting from Ten Hag.

Haha it seems I have a friend here because in this case I also feel the same way where Manchester United if they don't lose, they must draw so I never bet for them in matches that are carried out even though they face opponents whose level is below them.

Today was the same, they came with confidence but the results didn't match their expectations even though there was a lot of momentum that could have been converted into goals but they couldn't do it.
What I regret in this case is Dalot's chance that when the goal was very empty but because this is Manchester United even though there is no goalkeeper guarding the players it is still difficult to score goals lol.

I want to keep saying for them to sack Ten Hag but it seems like it's useless because it won't work

[Cryptmuster]

And the result was 2-2 the match ended in a draw.
Arsenal if they could maintain their winning score and were not too ambitious to want to score again and chose to defend, it could possibly be Liverpool'
 defeat. Unfortunately Arsenal were too ambitious and lost concentration and ended up with a draw.
Such a strategy is very easy for Liverpool to read and it is proven that Arne Slot's team managed to hold the match to a draw to share points.

Arsenal couldn't hold on to a very important win against Liverpool and now they are 5 points behind Manchester City, which is quite a lot because City is a team that it is very difficult to make up such a gap against. But besides not being able to win, they also didn't take points away from Liverpool and allowed City to return to the top of the table, so this time City benefited the most from this draw.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Today's game was a tough and really competitive one at that... I wasn't expecting Liverpool to get away with all their matches unbeaten, yeahh presumably, that's possible but it's been going on for too long and the monopoly needs to be broken..

The first goal of the game was everything -- finesse! I really loved to watch that scene all over again that I had to watch match reviews from different angles... Saka controlling the ball at such a great speed and fall, squaring into the open space and leaving Robertson rolling on the floor, then a quick shot to put the ball away in the Net.
I think they were both prepared for the worse to happen in the game, which would be losing their position on the table... The counter passes/ attacks were spot on as well .

[mvdheuvel1983]

Manchester City have changed, they are no longer a dangerous team that will beat their opponent 4-5 goals. A year ago I wouldn’t have imagined Manchester City struggling with Southampton. City got all three points but the performance was disappointing. At the beginning of the game, it seemed like they were going to embarrass Southampton with a bigger score margin. Luckily to Southampton, Haaland missed a lot of chances today, the fans will be relieved that they got a win.

Manchester city is still a dangerous team and their status as one of the best football club in the world hasn't changed yet, rather what has changed is the tempo of the competition and that is the reason why you see them not being able to score much in recent times, and they are not the only big team that are experiencing this trend, the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United are also finding it difficult to win with a large margin because the smaller teams are fighting hard also to survive especially those that below the table and in such a situation it is often difficult to score much but I think it wouldn't take long before Manchester city bounces back to their main goal scoring form when they would start scoring many goals.

As far as I can confirm nothing has changed 8 the pattern of Manchester City's football I think Pep Guardiola is not interested in wasting his time to push his team forward to keep scoring goals in difficult matches hex just want them to secure the victory and get 3 points against us the most important thing to him and his team if you want to know how dangerous the Manchester City team can be watch them play against top opponents in the league and see if you will not see them scoring goals as they used to score.

If you observe very well most of the small teams in English Premier League appear to be difficult to defeat when they play against big teams so Pep Guardiola will just advise his team to secure the win before looking for more goals and when you see a team in England winning games with 1:0, just know that the team is likely to win the league.

[legendbtc]

And the result was 2-2 the match ended in a draw.
Arsenal if they could maintain their winning score and were not too ambitious to want to score again and chose to defend, it could possibly be Liverpool'
 defeat. Unfortunately Arsenal were too ambitious and lost concentration and ended up with a draw.
Such a strategy is very easy for Liverpool to read and it is proven that Arne Slot's team managed to hold the match to a draw to share points.

Arsenal couldn't hold on to a very important win against Liverpool and now they are 5 points behind Manchester City, which is quite a lot because City is a team that it is very difficult to make up such a gap against. But besides not being able to win, they also didn't take points away from Liverpool and allowed City to return to the top of the table, so this time City benefited the most from this draw.

Yes, On a day when both teams' attacks shone, the match ended with a total of 4 eye-catching goals. The match reflected both teams' fierce fighting spirit and technique, along with impressive performances from the stars. On a day when Arsenal's defense was patched up due to injury and suspension, Gabriel's departure left Arsenal's defense more vulnerable. Liverpool took advantage of the opportunity to increase the pressure, Salah's equalizer at the end of the match brought a 2-2 draw for Liverpool, in the away match at Arsenal's stadium.

Both teams paid the price for not being able to win. Of course, the team most pleased with this result was… Man City, is the team currently at the top of the rankings.

[coinlocket$]

whoa another game with many goals in the big match between Arsenal and Liverpool.
I was expecting a win for Arsenal in a home game but it didn't happened.

Strong win also per Chelsea versus Newcasle, with this pace they can go in Chamspion League next year, if we will have one.
Premier should have 5 spots next year probably.

As always Haaland is dominating the goalscorer leaderboard so far.

[TelolettOm]

To be honest I thought previously  today match will be easy match for Liverpool, because the conditions and performance of the two teams were different, but in the match Arsenal started the match well and make me very suprising relying on two wings who continued to be able to put pressure on the Liverpool defense, it was clear that Arsenal game increased drastically in the match with Saka's return to the squad, the 2-2 draw was of course very beneficial for Manchester City at the moment but if you look at the performance of the two teams in the match then 1 point is the result which is fair in my opinion.

I also think that Liverpool should have won this time. Because there are indeed some key Arsenal players who are absent from this big match either due to injury or suspended because of a red card. But indeed, fortunately Saka has returned and joined the squad, this must be very good for Arsenal's performance. If from the statistics, their performance can be said to be very balanced, both of them did it very well, it's just that a draw is the best result for both of them at this time. and now, Man City is the top rank in the EPL standing.

Here we can see Saka's contribution to Arsenal, it is very significant and he remains a key player for the club.

[blue Snow]

Arsenal couldn't hold on to a very important win against Liverpool and now they are 5 points behind Manchester City, which is quite a lot because City is a team that it is very difficult to make up such a gap against. But besides not being able to win, they also didn't take points away from Liverpool and allowed City to return to the top of the table, so this time City benefited the most from this draw.

Liverpool is also under pressure to hold on 1st stand. This shows how hard Liverpool try to equalize the score with the Parking Bus scheme where arsenal implementing it to hold their winning. When I look how hard to destroy the arsenal defense, Liverpool only rely on counter attacks, and finally succeeded after Darwin Nunez got Assist form Diaz, and to be fed to Mohammed Salah to equalize the score. Now, Liverpool's position was also shifted by Manchester City, it is becomes difficult to get it back, Liverpool are just waiting for the city lost it draw on next match which I thing it's look the mission impossible when they was on 1st stand premier league.

[asriloni]

Strong win also per Chelsea versus Newcasle, with this pace they can go in Chamspion League next year, if we will have one.
Premier should have 5 spots next year probably.

As always Haaland is dominating the goalscorer leaderboard so far.

I see no announcement from UEFA if they're gonna add new spots. I think Chelsea will qualify for the UCL by finishing in the top 4. They're still good so far. Fixing some minor mistakes on their defensive line may help them compete for 4th in the UCL, against Aston Villa.

I don't see a potential competitor for the last spot in UCL other than Villa. Their only main task is to beat Villa in the UCL spot competition.

Arsenal couldn't hold on to a very important win against Liverpool and now they are 5 points behind Manchester City, which is quite a lot because City is a team that it is very difficult to make up such a gap against. But besides not being able to win, they also didn't take points away from Liverpool and allowed City to return to the top of the table, so this time City benefited the most from this draw.

Liverpool is also under pressure to hold on 1st stand. This shows how hard Liverpool try to equalize the score with the Parking Bus scheme where arsenal implementing it to hold their winning. When I look how hard to destroy the arsenal defense, Liverpool only rely on counter attacks, and finally succeeded after Darwin Nunez got Assist form Diaz, and to be fed to Mohammed Salah to equalize the score. Now, Liverpool's position was also shifted by Manchester City, it is becomes difficult to get it back, Liverpool are just waiting for the city lost it draw on next match which I thing it's look the mission impossible when they was on 1st stand premier league.

The key is that Arsenal's defense was much weaker after Gabi and Timber went off due to the minor injury. I thought they could still lead the game by doing a parking bus if Gabi and Timber were not subbed off. So, 1 point looks very fair for them. It's better than losing three points.

[MrEazyLife]

Manchester United defeat today against West Ham wasn't surprising to me because I know that under their current manager, the team will continue to deliver average performances. The big question now is who knows if the club management will be bold enough to sack Erik ten Hag after today's disappointing result.

Whenever Manchester United is having any match, I do expect either a draw or a loss from them. I don’t always expect Manchester United to win, even when they are playing against a weak team. Manchester United played against West Ham today, a club that they are supposed to win conveniently, but Manchester United lost the match, which is not a surprising one. Manchester United are currently in 14th position, and maybe till they get to relegation zone before the management will start thinking about sacking Ten Hag since they are still satisfied with the result they are getting from Ten Hag.

Haha it seems I have a friend here because in this case I also feel the same way where Manchester United if they don't lose, they must draw so I never bet for them in matches that are carried out even though they face opponents whose level is below them.

Today was the same, they came with confidence but the results didn't match their expectations even though there was a lot of momentum that could have been converted into goals but they couldn't do it.
What I regret in this case is Dalot's chance that when the goal was very empty but because this is Manchester United even though there is no goalkeeper guarding the players it is still difficult to score goals lol.

I want to keep saying for them to sack Ten Hag but it seems like it's useless because it won't work

If they sack the manager and maybe get a better manager who can bring in two to three standard players. Could see things turn around for Manchester United.
Who would have though Chelsea with same players will be fighting for tool 4 this season considering how they ended last season. United needs a manager that will bring out the best in this players and also get rid of the ones that aren’t making impact in the team