⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[cryptoWODL]

Salah and Szoboszlai managed to bring Liverpool temporarily won 2-0 over manchester city in the 14th and 38th minute.

The result of today match is not only crucial for both teams, but as you said, the results that occur in the match will also affect the fate of nottingham forest and arsenal, if manchester city wins in today match Nottingham will indeed drop to 4th place, but I think there is still a chance for nottingham to be able to return to third place in their next match later, but not with what will be experienced by arsenal if Liverpool win today, because after their defeat from Westham yesterday and also if Liverpool win today, then we can say if arsenal chances of winning the league this season has been tightly closed because of the large points difference.

Today matches has already decided who the winners of the premiere league is, Liverpool winning Manchester city today has shown that the league this season belongs to them, morespecially arsenal has made it more easier for them by losing to wolves making the point difference to be much and am not seeing the possibility of Liverpool losing matche. As for Nottingham forest the possibility of them retaining third positions till the end of the season is not there because I believe they make lose more matches.

Everyone all had an idea about the match between Liverpool and Manchester City, that this match between these two teams could be the most interesting in the Premier League. But Manchester City didn't let what we felt be right at all, because we couldn't enjoy a good performance from them in any way. If you watch this match, you will be able to clearly understand that it was a completely one-sided match. Manchester City were unable to score, but Liverpool managed to score two goals, including one from Mohamed Salah. Arsenal are already far behind in my opinion due to their defeat in their last match, while Liverpool have been able to move further ahead.

[SmartCharpa]

Pep Guardiola has coached Man City for years and of course every strategy used by Pep Guardiola is monitored by has been monitored by many other clubs so I also feel that Pep Guardiola has run out of ideas to build a new strategy and that's what makes Arne Slot feel at an advantage because this coach is still fresh because he has many strategies that may not have been applied to his club so when facing several strong clubs in the EPL Liverpool is still very strong and difficult to stop, with this victory I am increasingly convinced that Liverpool can definitely win the EPL title because this club continues to perform consistently until now.

With Liverpool presently leading Arsenal by 11 points, which team do you think will stop them again this season? Liverpool has won the Premier League title this season and thanks to Arne Slot for a fantastic job. Even though many criticized Arne Slot he cannot reach this level with the team this season. Other managers are familiar with Guardiola's methods in play; winning the Premier League four times in a row is not an easy task for any manager, and Guardiola has no strategies to improve in the league, even with their new signings.

Guardiola must understand that this is their worst season after being humiliated in the Champions League by Real Madrid and then losing again in the Premier League to Liverpool. I wasn't expecting Manchester City to go without scoring at home against Liverpool; Liverpool won the second leg by two goals, the same goal they scored in the first leg when they hosted Manchester City.

[davis196]

Despite the bad season for Manchester City firing Pep Guardiola might be a risky move. I hear rumors that Kevin De Bruyne might leave Manchester City after the end of the season. De Breyne was consistently good in the last several seasons, but it seems that he is too old and tired to maintain a high performance. City definitely needs new players and I don't know who is going to pick those new players. Will the owners of Manchester City just give Guardiola a "blank check" and let him pick the new players? I really don't know.
Liverpool seems too dependent on Salah, but Salah is having a great season so far, 25 goals and 15 assists, if I'm correct.

[Velvet78]

Despite the bad season for Manchester City firing Pep Guardiola might be a risky move. I hear rumors that Kevin De Bruyne might leave Manchester City after the end of the season. De Breyne was consistently good in the last several seasons, but it seems that he is too old and tired to maintain a high performance. City definitely needs new players and I don't know who is going to pick those new players. Will the owners of Manchester City just give Guardiola a "blank check" and let him pick the new players? I really don't know.
Liverpool seems too dependent on Salah, but Salah is having a great season so far, 25 goals and 15 assists, if I'm correct.

Firing Guardiola? It would be a huge mistake. There isn't such thing like you can have a perfect season every year. Manchester City clearly need some big changes in the squad from now on.

De Bruyne is horrible unfortunately. He isn't as good as he was in the past anymore.    The best for him would be to leave immediately. There are many more useless players to be sold this season.

First I thought it could be because of concentration problems. But no. Some players just don't want to play. We saw it yesterday. Doku must be really disappointed with his teammates as he was the only one making a real effort.

[hyudien]

In addition to the decline in performance, Pep's strategy can actually be read perfectly by Arni Slot. He understands very well how Pep implements the strategy, especially on 1st half. As we can see how the 1st goal created, Mohammed Salah was unguarded at the moment, even Salah is a top scorer but he is not separated from the defender's observation. It's the same on 2nd goal, the city defender repeats the same thing, Salah, and Szoboszlai still missed their surveillance, and create a nice collaboration on front for 2nd goal. That strange strategy Arni implemented 4-2-2-2, this making mess The city player when Luiz Diaz, and Jones looming them on the other side.

I don't think it was about the strategy. In fact, Pep did use inverted RB tonight. Their main problem is that in how long them to do transition. This creates a space for your opponent when only focusing on defending, then counter attacking.

I often saw how Pep always struggled against a parking bus strategy like what his club did against Liverpool. This has to be the most important puzzle he needs to solve. Once he can solve it, i believe his club may back to the winning the title when he settle it all.

I must admit that Pep Guardiola main style of play is ball possession, but unfortunately it doesn't mean they can easily penetrate the opponent's defense. Liverpool already understands Pep Guardiola game and Arne Slot takes advantage of the opponent's habits to move quickly to steal a score. You could say that 3 points were achieved quite easily, I even bet that both teams would score goals but Manchester City only played with their backs to their opponents without daring to execute. Marmoush almost didn't have any chance in this match he was really tightly guarded not to touch the ball for too long.

[emrecemsan]

Despite the bad season for Manchester City firing Pep Guardiola might be a risky move. I hear rumors that Kevin De Bruyne might leave Manchester City after the end of the season. De Breyne was consistently good in the last several seasons, but it seems that he is too old and tired to maintain a high performance. City definitely needs new players and I don't know who is going to pick those new players. Will the owners of Manchester City just give Guardiola a "blank check" and let him pick the new players? I really don't know.
Liverpool seems too dependent on Salah, but Salah is having a great season so far, 25 goals and 15 assists, if I'm correct.

I just think the chairman will go on with Guardiola without doubt. There is no reason to sack him just for not meeting the expectations in one season. That'd be insane IMHO. 

I think the scenario will be like this. Guardiola is going to be given another huge budget in the summer for new transfers. He is going to take action right away by putting the worst performers on the transfer list. Then he will replace them with better ones. Every player has an expiry date in the end. Like your example, De Bruyne. He is also aware how shitty he has been playing. Those long-running injuries must also have had some impact on that but anyway... I think we will see a comeback from Manchester City next season.

[Obari]

Firing Guardiola? It would be a huge mistake. There isn't such thing like you can have a perfect season every year. Manchester City clearly need some big changes in the squad from now on.

De Bruyne is horrible unfortunately. He isn't as good as he was in the past anymore.    The best for him would be to leave immediately. There are many more useless players to be sold this season.

First I thought it could be because of concentration problems. But no. Some players just don't want to play. We saw it yesterday. Doku must be really disappointed with his teammates as he was the only one making a real effort.

Manchester City board are concentrated on getting the team back to their best feet, the view of seeing an elite team like Manchester City suffering back to back defeats means huge loss for the club. They've lost confidence in winning matches, so they stagger each time they encounter elite oppositions. One can easily notics the bewildered look on Pep Guardiola face, all his game pattern are shattered in muddled form this season. Manchester City is not in good form this season, the proof we need is all over the team's stats, poor performance and loses streak. What's the fate of Pep Guardiola in Manchester City?  He's still competent of leading his team to victory or probably faded?

[Derekfunds]

Despite the bad season for Manchester City firing Pep Guardiola might be a risky move. I hear rumors that Kevin De Bruyne might leave Manchester City after the end of the season. De Breyne was consistently good in the last several seasons, but it seems that he is too old and tired to maintain a high performance. City definitely needs new players and I don't know who is going to pick those new players. Will the owners of Manchester City just give Guardiola a "blank check" and let him pick the new players? I really don't know.
Liverpool seems too dependent on Salah, but Salah is having a great season so far, 25 goals and 15 assists, if I'm correct.

I don't see sacking Pep Guardiola as a good idea because every one has a time where things will appears tough and not working well but it is not always a permanent situation or circumstances rather it is a temporary one that will be get rid of soon. Kelvin de bryne leaving the club may be a good idea because even when he was doing well some seasons ago, his age was affecting him to some points though it is not like his not doing well now but he should also try another team if he wants to. Depending on a player is not always good because once the player get injury the whole team suffers it, just like what Arsenal is facing now because of the absence of Bukayo Saka.

[bitgolden]

Man United refused to give up, having been 2-0 down in the first half, they managed to improve the quality of the match in the second half and managed to score 2 goals to make the match a draw again. Maybe Amorim had time to motivate his players to refuse to lose, and they succeeded in doing so, but losing 2 points made Man United fail to improve their position in the standings.

While United getting a tie after being down 2-0 is great for them as a comeback, the fact that they got a 2-2 tie against Everton is a disgrace for them. Hell, I am not sure if we can even call it a disgrace anymore, maybe we should start calling it what is normal for United, after all they are the ones who ended up being one point under Everton this season and did not look any better at all.

They keep making chances, and they keep missing those chances, I can't really watch anymore, like no matter how "this is surely a goal" the possession is, they may end up missing somehow. Hopefully, they will figure out what's wrong with this club soon, or things will get even uglier, they are at a point where it may never recover ever again.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

Man United refused to give up, having been 2-0 down in the first half, they managed to improve the quality of the match in the second half and managed to score 2 goals to make the match a draw again. Maybe Amorim had time to motivate his players to refuse to lose, and they succeeded in doing so, but losing 2 points made Man United fail to improve their position in the standings.

While United getting a tie after being down 2-0 is great for them as a comeback, the fact that they got a 2-2 tie against Everton is a disgrace for them. Hell, I am not sure if we can even call it a disgrace anymore, maybe we should start calling it what is normal for United, after all they are the ones who ended up being one point under Everton this season and did not look any better at all.

Manchester United is lacking a good centered midfielder and good finisher who can take chances and execute every opportunity in time. If they can't improve in the players right now, then I think they would wait for another transfer season to sell off some players and put others to loan, buy more into the club to fill out some missing spaces known by the coach and the team management. This would be a good step if this is actually done to reshuffle the players now that's is earlier.

[Hewlet]

Their squad depth is not as good as before - especially in defence. Savinho is not very good as a winger - while City also lack balance in midfield without a good defensive midfielder. Pep Guardiola can't force De Bruyne to perform like he used to - Foden isn't at his best either. Haaland was less than optimal due to a lack of creativity on the wings and midfield - so everything changed compared to the previous season.

In addition to the decline in performance, Pep's strategy can actually be read perfectly by Arni Slot. He understands very well how Pep implements the strategy, especially on 1st half. As we can see how the 1st goal created, Mohammed Salah was unguarded at the moment, even Salah is a top scorer but he is not separated from the defender's observation. It's the same on 2nd goal, the city defender repeats the same thing, Salah, and Szoboszlai still missed their surveillance, and create a nice collaboration on front for 2nd goal. That strange strategy Arni implemented 4-2-2-2, this making mess The city player when Luiz Diaz, and Jones looming them on the other side.

Mohamed Salah's first goal was just a brilliant corner kick that has been practiced to perfection and rightly implemented in the most perfect way possible. one thing about salah is that when he gets comfortable in a game, he plays and plays really well as though he is playing against a team that is in a relegation zone. slot is really getting things right for the team what a joy it will be for this positive run to continue to the end of the season. apart from losing points in the two simple games they draw, they would have been at a remarkable distance far ahead of any other team that is behind them and pressing in this pace to the end of the season would have made them winner of the league with the highest margin ever. that is still not out of the box as other teams are yet to get things right but rather struggling to secure some few points.

[AmoreJaz]

Man United refused to give up, having been 2-0 down in the first half, they managed to improve the quality of the match in the second half and managed to score 2 goals to make the match a draw again. Maybe Amorim had time to motivate his players to refuse to lose, and they succeeded in doing so, but losing 2 points made Man United fail to improve their position in the standings.

While United getting a tie after being down 2-0 is great for them as a comeback, the fact that they got a 2-2 tie against Everton is a disgrace for them. Hell, I am not sure if we can even call it a disgrace anymore, maybe we should start calling it what is normal for United, after all they are the ones who ended up being one point under Everton this season and did not look any better at all.

They keep making chances, and they keep missing those chances, I can't really watch anymore, like no matter how "this is surely a goal" the possession is, they may end up missing somehow. Hopefully, they will figure out what's wrong with this club soon, or things will get even uglier, they are at a point where it may never recover ever again.

As most fans have high expectations with Man United, I can understand the disappointments with their performances lately. They may not need a new lineup of athletes but they should start working harmoniously instead. Sometimes, it is the camarederie among players that will change the outcome of their game. Though the coach strategy may contribute to the success but mostly, it is the players' job how they can show winning moves inside the arena.
Otherwise, they need to re-assess their athletes before it will go to the brink of losses after lossess. They already have good fanbase, so surely, there will be expectations from the audience. And if they will see that they are not doing good, they will surely change their teams to support with and lose some of their loyal followers.

[Pokapoka124]

Liverpool are flying high this season, they look like the only stable side in the top 6 Premier League clubs this season. Defending champions, Manchester City are still struggling to get back to winning ways and maintaining consistency, they lost against league leaders Liverpool yesterday, some supporters are already calling for Guardiola’s sack. That’s crazy, where would City be without Pep.

Aston villa got their win against Chelsea in the weekend maintaining their good form in the league, I can already see them flourishing with Rashford and Asensio combination.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Just hand Arne Slot and his players the trophy already. They are obviously the champions unofficially.  

They were really incredible yesterday. They really took Manchester City hostage at their own stadium. Guardiola's team was able to do nothing as an answer. I call this stomp by Liverpool.

Since Arsenal lost also the point difference is 11. Congrats to Arne Slot! A top-notch performance in his first year already.    Now there are more trophies to fight for like the Champions League and more.

[X-ray]

Just hand Arne Slot and his players the trophy already. They are obviously the champions unofficially.  

They were really incredible yesterday. They really took Manchester City hostage at their own stadium. Guardiola's team was able to do nothing as an answer. I call this stomp by Liverpool.

Since Arsenal lost also the point difference is 11. Congrats to Arne Slot! A top-notch performance in his first year already.    Now there are more trophies to fight for like the Champions League and more.

The funniest thing is that Arsenal is back to back trophyless. I wonder whether they still keep their PL victory arch last season. They're pure bottlers now.  

[MainIbem]

Man United refused to give up, having been 2-0 down in the first half, they managed to improve the quality of the match in the second half and managed to score 2 goals to make the match a draw again. Maybe Amorim had time to motivate his players to refuse to lose, and they succeeded in doing so, but losing 2 points made Man United fail to improve their position in the standings.

While United getting a tie after being down 2-0 is great for them as a comeback, the fact that they got a 2-2 tie against Everton is a disgrace for them. Hell, I am not sure if we can even call it a disgrace anymore, maybe we should start calling it what is normal for United, after all they are the ones who ended up being one point under Everton this season and did not look any better at all.

They keep making chances, and they keep missing those chances, I can't really watch anymore, like no matter how "this is surely a goal" the possession is, they may end up missing somehow. Hopefully, they will figure out what's wrong with this club soon, or things will get even uglier, they are at a point where it may never recover ever again.

As most fans have high expectations with Man United, I can understand the disappointments with their performances lately. They may not need a new lineup of athletes but they should start working harmoniously instead. Sometimes, it is the camarederie among players that will change the outcome of their game. Though the coach strategy may contribute to the success but mostly, it is the players' job how they can show winning moves inside the arena.
Otherwise, they need to re-assess their athletes before it will go to the brink of losses after lossess. They already have good fanbase, so surely, there will be expectations from the audience. And if they will see that they are not doing good, they will surely change their teams to support with and lose some of their loyal followers.

If you observe that image you'll see that Manchester United had the opportunity to win the match after the equalizer, what pains me is that some fans out of emotions would still blame the coach, they been blaming coaches for too long and it's high time they stop cause Manchester United would keep changing coaches every season without producing better results, so far most of the players with the previous coaches are still there. You can see that Harry Maguire had an opportunity to give an assist to Obi Martins but he decided to pass to Urgarte, why? It's because he didn't have the confidence to do it, what did Urgarte do in return, the passed the ball to the back and the opportunity was missed, some of these players are not good enough yet fans keep blaming the coach, If only Maguire directed that pass with accuracy to Obi's position, maybe, just maybe Manchester United would've won the game, anyways let's see if they'll still improve under Amorim hopefully by next season cause this season is getting to a conclusion in about 2 months from now.

[Marvell1]

Manchester United is lacking a good centered midfielder and good finisher who can take chances and execute every opportunity in time. If they can't improve in the players right now, then I think they would wait for another transfer season to sell off some players and put others to loan, buy more into the club to fill out some missing spaces known by the coach and the team management. This would be a good step if this is actually done to reshuffle the players now that's is earlier.

I would say that the entire  Manchester United squad is in a shaky state. Not only is their midfield and attack weak. Manchester United's defense is also relatively weak. In 26 matches, Manchesster United have scored only 30  goals and conceded 37 goals. Manchester United management should completely rebuild the squad. They have a lot of players in their squad. They will have  to gradually sell unnecessary players. And find new talented players. Manchester United management will have to spend  a lot of money to rebuild the squad.

[GigaBit]

Man United refused to give up, having been 2-0 down in the first half, they managed to improve the quality of the match in the second half and managed to score 2 goals to make the match a draw again. Maybe Amorim had time to motivate his players to refuse to lose, and they succeeded in doing so, but losing 2 points made Man United fail to improve their position in the standings.

While United getting a tie after being down 2-0 is great for them as a comeback, the fact that they got a 2-2 tie against Everton is a disgrace for them. Hell, I am not sure if we can even call it a disgrace anymore, maybe we should start calling it what is normal for United, after all they are the ones who ended up being one point under Everton this season and did not look any better at all.

They keep making chances, and they keep missing those chances, I can't really watch anymore, like no matter how "this is surely a goal" the possession is, they may end up missing somehow. Hopefully, they will figure out what's wrong with this club soon, or things will get even uglier, they are at a point where it may never recover ever again.

As most fans have high expectations with Man United, I can understand the disappointments with their performances lately. They may not need a new lineup of athletes but they should start working harmoniously instead. Sometimes, it is the camarederie among players that will change the outcome of their game. Though the coach strategy may contribute to the success but mostly, it is the players' job how they can show winning moves inside the arena.
Otherwise, they need to re-assess their athletes before it will go to the brink of losses after lossess. They already have good fanbase, so surely, there will be expectations from the audience. And if they will see that they are not doing good, they will surely change their teams to support with and lose some of their loyal followers.

Despite having a good reputation, the team has completely failed to meet the expectations of the fans. They are losing one match after another. The fans are unhappy with their performance. If necessary, they will bring in new players and if not, then the team will have to be reorganized with the existing ones. That is, if the issues of what is needed or where changes should be made in the team are not reviewed and fixed it, then what will the fans get from the team? I think everyone concerned should definitely pay attention to this issue. I will definitely agree with you that sometimes establishing a good relationship and good coordination between the players in the team can play a good role in the performance of the team. Recently, Man United's position has been at the bottom but if they identify the problems of the team and solve them properly, then something good can be expected from them again.

[Docnaster]

Liverpool are flying high this season, they look like the only stable side in the top 6 Premier League clubs this season. Defending champions, Manchester City are still struggling to get back to winning ways and maintaining consistency, they lost against league leaders Liverpool yesterday, some supporters are already calling for Guardiola’s sack. That’s crazy, where would City be without Pep.

Aston villa got their win against Chelsea in the weekend maintaining their good form in the league, I can already see them flourishing with Rashford and Asensio combination.

The results and actions in the English Premier League over the weekend was a very exciting one to fans of some clubs and a forgettable experience to other club fans but at the end, those are things that makes the English Premier League the most competitive league in the world. For Liverpool, they've been the strongest side in the English Premier League this season and if you ask me, I think they're surely going to win the league title this season. For Pep Guardiola's men, it's very a very poor campaign as their woes continued over the weekend when they were beaten at home by Arne Slot's men. I wasn't surprised that Aston Villa defeated Chelsea at the Villa Park because they've shown more strength against the London club in recent games. The end to the EPL campaign is near so I expect to see more dramatic match weeks.

[Juse14]

Liverpool are flying high this season, they look like the only stable side in the top 6 Premier League clubs this season. Defending champions, Manchester City are still struggling to get back to winning ways and maintaining consistency, they lost against league leaders Liverpool yesterday, some supporters are already calling for Guardiola’s sack. That’s crazy, where would City be without Pep.

Aston villa got their win against Chelsea in the weekend maintaining their good form in the league, I can already see them flourishing with Rashford and Asensio combination.

In fact, yesterday's match was the right momentum for Manchester City to be able to stop Liverpool's progress in gaining points, but it was very unfortunate that in that match Manchester City appeared less convincing and were not well accommodated. and even had to lose badly in this match.

Worse still, due to this defeat, now Manchester City, who are in 4th position in the standings, are really under threat, because Newcastle managed to match City's points, so that Eddie Howe's team could shift Manchester City's position at any time.

And regarding Aston Villa, this is a very meaningful victory and finally after failing to win a match in 5 consecutive matches, they got their victory again by beating Chelsea at home.