⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Oluwa-btc]

Chelsea beat Leicester City 1-0 at home.

Tottenham drew 2-2 against Bournemouth after falling behind 2-0.

M.United drew 1-1 with Arsenal at home, I thought Arsenal would win this match.
M.United would have won the match if they could have kept the score but they could not protect their goal against the goal.

Chelsea might have won the game Cucurela was the goal scorer but then,  Caicedo remains my man of the match. Not just for this game but this season he has thrived under the new manager Enzo Maresca who is more of a tactically sound manager than Pochettino.  He has done well in the middle of the park countless occasions.


The race for the Premier League Competition has already been decided for me with that draw against Manchester United yesterday. Arsenal has fumbled opportunities and this is not the first IMO.

[SmartCharpa]

Chelsea beat Leicester City 1-0 at home.

It was quite embarrassing that Chelsea struggled to win against Leicester City, a team that Manchester United has defeated three times this season. We believe that Manchester United did not have top players like Chelsea, but the third time they played against Leicester this season, they won the entire match.  Chelsea might have taken the lead with a penalty won by Sancho, but Palmer missed it for the first time in his career.

Tottenham drew 2-2 against Bournemouth after falling behind 2-0.

Tottenham drew with Bournemouth, which I believe was a fair result. Playing against Bournemouth, even if you managed a comeback, was not an easy challenge because the club has been very stubborn since being promoted to the Premier League. Tottenham's performance has declined, and even when their injured players returned, they were unable to improve, after a Europa League defeat, they were unable to win at home and ended up with a draw.

[asriloni]

Manchester City performance dropped drastically this season, and Nottingham forest has been playing well this season, before the match started, I knew anything can happen, and I was not sure one particular team will win the match, I know Nottingham forest will want to qualify for the champions league, and they are ready to do anything to achieve that, but if I will be saying the truth, seriously Nottingham forest really deserve to qualify for the champions league, they really played well this season.

Manchester City are always creating chances, but the problem is that they are always missing  most of those chances, and they are always conceding towards ending of the match, it has happened to them repeatedly in different matches this season, they are always conceding at the second half of their matches.

Manchester City has not been able to maintain its consistency well this season because in the first half of the season they played quite well but after entering the second half of the season their game became more chaotic and they could not show their best game at all. I think the top 4 place is now their target until the end of this season.

Well if they fail to close the season in the top 4 I think this season is the worst in their performance in several seasons. Indeed, the competition in the premier league is very tight but with the strength of Manchester City this season of course the depth of their team is still very strong compared to other teams. I think they have to learn to perform better in order to reach the top 4 ranking.

City have too many old players who starting to be non-existent. It forced them to take rest at least for a season to rebuild their squad. I admit it's very late for them to do regeneration. Their bad performance is the consequence from not doing it when their old players were still fit.

Don't be harsh to them cuz they only missed a season due to the various reasons. They will be so back once Pep is fully ready with his new squad, which is still in the process of rebuilding.

I also got some new names on the list of their priority transfer for the summer. They will also sell almost their entire players in the squad this season. Trust the process.

[Furious 7]

Now we can say Liverpool are champions. Arsenal have lost points again and mathematically Liverpool are very close to becoming champions. Years of longing are coming to an end for them. While Manchester City is absent in the title race, Arsenal couldn't win again. I wonder when this longing will come to an end. It would have been very rare for City to stumble, Arsenal failed to take this opportunity again. Next season City will probably return to their old ways and will be the biggest favorites for the title again. Arsenal missed the opportunity that came after years. They are paying the price for not buying a proper striker.

Judging from the current situation with a difference of 15 points between Liverpool and Arsenal even though Arsenal still has 1 match but it is clearly too far in terms of the points gap that occurs.

The remaining matches for Liverpool are currently only 9 matches and their points difference is 15 points so mathematically Liverpool currently only need to secure 4 matches or 5 matches to secure the current champion position if Arsenal can possibly win in their 1 remaining match.

But whatever it is regardless of whether Arsenal can get full points or not in their one remaining match with the current condition of Liverpool which is still very dominant in the fight for trophies in the end we can say from now on with the points obtained so far then Liverpool can become champions and lift the trophy this season after being dominated by Manchester City in the last few seasons

[Berry2d]

Now we can say Liverpool are champions. Arsenal have lost points again and mathematically Liverpool are very close to becoming champions. Years of longing are coming to an end for them. While Manchester City is absent in the title race, Arsenal couldn't win again. I wonder when this longing will come to an end. It would have been very rare for City to stumble, Arsenal failed to take this opportunity again. Next season City will probably return to their old ways and will be the biggest favorites for the title again. Arsenal missed the opportunity that came after years. They are paying the price for not buying a proper striker.

Judging from the current situation with a difference of 15 points between Liverpool and Arsenal even though Arsenal still has 1 match but it is clearly too far in terms of the points gap that occurs.

The remaining matches for Liverpool are currently only 9 matches and their points difference is 15 points so mathematically Liverpool currently only need to secure 4 matches or 5 matches to secure the current champion position if Arsenal can possibly win in their 1 remaining match.

But whatever it is regardless of whether Arsenal can get full points or not in their one remaining match with the current condition of Liverpool which is still very dominant in the fight for trophies in the end we can say from now on with the points obtained so far then Liverpool can become champions and lift the trophy this season after being dominated by Manchester City in the last few seasons

It's clear that Liverpool are the champions of 2024/2025 English premier League season, the point division for arsenal yesterday brings answers to it all. Arsenal played good game against Manchester United they possessed the game and created chances but if not for God of soccer they would have lost the game to Manchester United.
Let us take good look at the point difference from 14th to 8th which is the Europa League spot, the point difference is just 10 points that means the probability that Manchester United can still qualify for the Europa League is still 40 percent certain. Although it will be a difficult task for them but I believe they can still do it

[Futurexxx]

Chelsea beat Leicester City 1-0 at home.

It was quite embarrassing that Chelsea struggled to win against Leicester City, a team that Manchester United has defeated three times this season. We believe that Manchester United did not have top players like Chelsea, but the third time they played against Leicester this season, they won the entire match.  Chelsea might have taken the lead with a penalty won by Sancho, but Palmer missed it for the first time in his career.

This is not how football works, I disagree on what you said here, haven't you seen a situation whereby a team that normally is in a very bad form or a smaller opposition always beat a team above them in status and in league standings, or don't you know that most teams knows how to beat a certain oppositions, they might be very poor in form, but once they meet a certain team, they always win because they knows what they must do in other to win, so you don't judge football like that, because a team that Chelsea beat easily might even beat Liverpool that are way above Chelsea in league standings, so I urge you to think about all this before you say such thing again.
Every match comes with a different morals and tempo, sometimes weather might even play his own role in the final outcome of the game, and that's what makes football unpredictable and entertaining, because we are not sure of what might happen in the next game.

[SatoPrincess]

Congratulations to Liverpool on being the league champions of the season. The race is officially over, good fight Arsenal, Mikel Arteta will try again next season lol. I’m waiting to hear Arsenal fans sing this phrase “we go again next season and lift the title” and I keep wondering when is the time.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Tottenham drew with Bournemouth, which I believe was a fair result. Playing against Bournemouth, even if you managed a comeback, was not an easy challenge because the club has been very stubborn since being promoted to the Premier League. Tottenham's performance has declined, and even when their injured players returned, they were unable to improve, after a Europa League defeat, they were unable to win at home and ended up with a draw.

This was Tottenham's home match. We always expect a good performance from the home team. But did Tottenham play better than Bournemouth? I would say Bournemouth's performance was better than Tottenham's in this match.

Tottenham tried to dominate the match with 61% ball possession. But Bournemouth's players were able to attack more. A total of 17 shots were taken by Bournemouth players and 8 of them were on target. On the other hand, Tottenham's players took 12 shots. Still, Tottenham managed to draw the match. Tottenham's goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario performed very well in this match. If VIcario had not performed well, Tottenham would have definitely lost this match.

[Velvet78]

Chelsea won yesterday and didn't make their fans disappointed. But I don't think the fans were totally satisfied with that kind of a win. Yeah they really dominated the game fully, no problem there. But only 1 goal must have made them uncomfortable during the game.  

I always say, 3 points is what matters at the end. But you shouldn't overlook where you have made mistakes at the same time. Chelsea can do better than this for sure.

Palmer couldn't make any score contribution (G/A) for 7 games in the Premier League. When he isn't in form, the team is also affected quite negatively.

[SatoPrincess]

 Manchester United were very impressive yesterday. Infact it’s been a long time since we witnessed Manchester United play so well in the Premier League. Yesterday’s game was a long fight  and luckily for Arsenal they were able to share points thanks to David Raya’s heroic save that secured a point for the team at stoppage time.

[Derekfunds]

 Manchester United were very impressive yesterday. Infact it’s been a long time since we witnessed Manchester United play so well in the Premier League. Yesterday’s game was a long fight  and luckily for Arsenal they were able to share points thanks to David Raya’s heroic save that secured a point for the team at stoppage time.

Yes Manchester united did very well yesterday but they need to improve on their pattern of play imagine the free kick Bruno Fernandes scored was there first shot on target which is very poor and I believe that if it was arsenal that scored them first, Manchester united would have lose the match because the pressure was much so the only luck they had yesterday was to score arsenal first and I think Amorim should be benching some player such as zirkzee, Hujlud so that they will learn and do better anytime they entered the pitch.

[Velvet78]

Yes Manchester united did very well yesterday but they need to improve on their pattern of play imagine the free kick Bruno Fernandes scored was there first shot on target which is very poor and I believe that if it was arsenal that scored them first, Manchester united would have lose the match because the pressure was much so the only luck they had yesterday was to score arsenal first and I think Amorim should be benching some player such as zirkzee, Hujlud so that they will learn and do better anytime they entered the pitch.

I wouldn't say it for the first half but yeah when it comes to the second.    They really gave hope to their fans by improving their game later but wasted a lot of goal opportunities.

Did you watch those saves by Raya? Man, he was at another level yesterday. Maybe one of the best performances I have seen of him recently. Especially the last save was something else...

Still 14th position for the Red Devils. Arsenal already dropped down from the title race. I would still expect more from them in this game though.

[JeffBrad12]

Congratulations to Liverpool on being the league champions of the season. The race is officially over, good fight Arsenal, Mikel Arteta will try again next season lol. I’m waiting to hear Arsenal fans sing this phrase “we go again next season and lift the title” and I keep wondering when is the time.

It seems Liverpool is gonna win the title.

As per Opta's data, Liverpool's upcoming fixtures won't be as hard as people think, though it's not as easy as Arsenal. However, their chance get three points from so many games are big. They have Everton, Fulham, Leicester, and Westham as their upcoming fixtures. As long as they able to win all of those fixtures, they can lock their title earlier.

I think EPL hand them title to them earlier.

[ILuckyGuyI]

City players are experiencing a psychological problem that players playing in big teams experience.
They have no championship goal. They were eliminated from the Champions League. They do not have any goals this year. Nottingham players have a goal of participating in the Champions League next year.
Nottingham stopped the bad trend with the victory they got today.
From now on, I am thinking of betting on City's opponent, especially if they play away.

Yeah, Guardiola also said that he understood how hard it was for Mourinho when he made Manchester United finish the PL in 2nd place in the past. 

Manchester City has had a wonderful squad for years. There won't be anyone objecting to that. However it's like in theory as of now. Because some of the players don't seem to be interested in playing football anymore. 

For example De Bruyne. He hasn't been himself for a long time, have you noticed it? I don't think they should keep players like him in the squad anymore this summer.

[Albarq]

Yeah, Guardiola also said that he understood how hard it was for Mourinho when he made Manchester United finish the PL in 2nd place in the past. 

Manchester City has had a wonderful squad for years. There won't be anyone objecting to that. However it's like in theory as of now. Because some of the players don't seem to be interested in playing football anymore. 

For example De Bruyne. He hasn't been himself for a long time, have you noticed it? I don't think they should keep players like him in the squad anymore this summer.

yes that's right because De Bruyne I think there is no improvement in the game during the match

and seen the toughest obstacle for mourinho at that time, bringing Manchester United to the second position was indeed very difficult and required a lot of calculations, all have been done by manchester city in this premier but they suffered a 1-0 defeat against nottingham forest and caused them to become lethargic and made them not focus on the defeat.

[Hanadawa]

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I think Liverpool fans can already prepare for the title celebrations. With the current points gap and the level of difficulty of the opponents they will face in the remaining games I don't think there is any doubt that they will be the champions this season. Liverpool fans will be busy preparing for the celebrations now. They only need about 4 or 5 more wins to seal the title. And it will be even less if Arsenal do badly in the next few games. Congratulations to Arne Slot for becoming an EPL champion in his first year. That is an incredible achievement.

[Luzin]

I've always been enthusiastic about talking about Man United, but some of their seasons have been sluggish and the peak has been this season. I have forgotten who the coach is, but at least after Sir Alex retired, Man United does not seem to have a manager who is capable of making a great team.

This season I am quite happy with the arrival of Amorim. But I have been waiting for him to make a history of change. But with the current conditions, it seems that it is still a long time. The achievements brought from Portugal do not have the ability to make Amorim easy in the EPL.

Could he be like Arteta at Arsenal? Is he worthy of being given a long time like Arteta? Remember Arteta used to have difficulties with Arsenal, but in recent seasons they have been able to compete for the championship.

[SmartCharpa]

Palmer couldn't make any score contribution (G/A) for 7 games in the Premier League. When he isn't in form, the team is also affected quite negatively.

The Premier League has humbled Palmer, and I don't think there is any league as challenging as the Premier League. Cole Palmer was in better shape when he arrived at Chelsea and contributed to the team to finish in 6th position last season; this season, he also began in better form, scoring four goals in the first leg against Brighton, but before the second leg, Palmer's form was dropping quite a bit, which is affecting the team.

Pochettino relied on Palmer throughout last season, and Maresca is doing the same this season. I've not noticed a match when Palmer was substituted off in every single game he started for Chelsea, unless in their previous game against Leicester. They recruited good players in all positions but refused to use other players in the midfield. Palmer is out of form, which reveals how poor Chelsea's forward is, they were unable to create any chances, and Cucurella, a defender, scored the winning goal against Leicester.

[Distraction]

I've always been enthusiastic about talking about Man United, but some of their seasons have been sluggish and the peak has been this season. I have forgotten who the coach is, but at least after Sir Alex retired, Man United does not seem to have a manager who is capable of making a great team.

This season I am quite happy with the arrival of Amorim. But I have been waiting for him to make a history of change. But with the current conditions, it seems that it is still a long time. The achievements brought from Portugal do not have the ability to make Amorim easy in the EPL.

Could he be like Arteta at Arsenal? Is he worthy of being given a long time like Arteta? Remember Arteta used to have difficulties with Arsenal, but in recent seasons they have been able to compete for the championship.

Actually since Amorim joined the team the results have got even worse. They were eliminated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup as well so now they have only the Europa League left to win a trophy maybe.

However I still want to give Amorim a chance. Because he couldn't reshape the team according to his system yet. He has to play with the squad Erik ten Hag has built by spending a lot of money over the years. Let's wait and see what happens after Amorim brings new players in the summer. I think the current squad quality is really not good enough. 

[Adbitco]

Actually since Amorim joined the team the results have got even worse. They were eliminated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup as well so now they have only the Europa League left to win a trophy maybe.

However I still want to give Amorim a chance. Because he couldn't reshape the team according to his system yet. He has to play with the squad Erik ten Hag has built by spending a lot of money over the years. Let's wait and see what happens after Amorim brings new players in the summer. I think the current squad quality is really not good enough. 

Yeah, there's no improvement in the Manchester United team at large but like you said, we don't have to judge him yet, he should be given time to assemble his own squad only then can he be judged wrongly if he fails with it but he will be applauded if he succeeded. But the real thing is, I think Manchester United's problems is way beyond managerial. I think the team has internal structure problems, but for the sake of the club, I just hope I'm wrong on this.