⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Stablexcoin]

I almost turned off watching the match thinking Manchester City had won and secured the three points. The match began with Haland initiating the attack, then sprinting, receiving a pass, and finishing the goal. You could say Haland was responsible for almost all of the goal. Arsenal exerted significant pressure and attempted attacks throughout the match. They finally got the results of their attempts in the 90+3 minute, relentless, and at least snatched a point.

The position Manchester City is sitting in the table is a big disappointment, after having important signings they still can't perform among the top five after five premier league matches played. Pep Guardiola will be going through pains watching his team perform and see results like this one, from the start we are witnessing a fact that Manchester City may not rise up to be one of the contenders for the title, even Arsenal is five points below Liverpool.

[Tonimez]

I almost turned off watching the match thinking Manchester City had won and secured the three points. The match began with Haland initiating the attack, then sprinting, receiving a pass, and finishing the goal. You could say Haland was responsible for almost all of the goal. Arsenal exerted significant pressure and attempted attacks throughout the match. They finally got the results of their attempts in the 90+3 minute, relentless, and at least snatched a point.

The position Manchester City is sitting in the table is a big disappointment, after having important signings they still can't perform among the top five after five premier league matches played. Pep Guardiola will be going through pains watching his team perform and see results like this one, from the start we are witnessing a fact that Manchester City may not rise up to be one of the contenders for the title, even Arsenal is five points below Liverpool.

One thing about Manchester city under Guardiola is that they always have a way to manoeuvre their way into the top four at the last minutes. Their game against arsenal was not a bad one as Arsenal almost even took the entire 3 points. Gone are the days of Manchester city oppressions in England. This time, if care is not taken, they may taste that 8 place at the end of the season.  However, I know this performance they're putting up now is just a deceit. The season is still very long and over 30 games left. They could bring down anyone from any position at anytime.

Let's talk about the player Jeremy Doku is turning into, I have always loved his abilities in dribbling. He is one of the most confident forwards in the team presently and can carry ball into the 18 yard box at any slight opportunity. I hope he doesn't fade soon. Foden has become a nightmare with his present form. Manchester city is not the team it used to be and I don't see it improving anytime soon.

[TelolettOm]

The three premier league games that played today ended in draw. Bournemouth - Newcastle ended 0:0, Sunderland - Aston Villa ended 1:1 and Arsenal - Manchester City ended 1:1 which was the most interesting match of the week. Arsenal battled to a draw with Manchester City. The match was intensifying indeed and Arsenal almost lost but Martinelli rescued them from a home defeat when he scored in stoppage time. I recognize Manchester City's Erling Haaland because dude is really maintaining consistency in goal scoring as he has now scored 6 goals after 5 games, bravo to him.

Of all the clubs, when it comes to top clubs, it's pretty commonplace. But when it comes to Sunderland, frankly, this newly promoted club to the Premier League is quite impressive. They've only lost once, and the rest of the time, they haven't even lost a home match.

And what's even more interesting is that this time, Sunderland managed to hold Aston Villa to a draw, even with only 10 men. Mandava received a red card in the 33rd minute, but they still managed to hold Aston Villa to a draw. Aston Villa have been truly awful this season.

Source: Sunderland are unbeaten in all three matches at home this season,

[Youngrebel]

Arsenal cut my betting ticket (slip) yesterday. I was not expecting Manchester City to equalize with Arsenal. I used $10 to bet 5 games and it was only Arsenal game that disappointed me. And I was also surprised to heard that that Chelsea was beating by Manchester United. I didn't watch the match and someone told me and I was like wow! Is it that Manchester United is rising now or just for a day luck? People lost funds in this last weekend games. Football is unpredictable and it is true.

[Agbe]

Manchester City could not hold their own against arsenal yesterday after going infront early enough I expected that Manchester City should have continued on that momentum and and scored more goals in the game. But that was not the case as City could not maintain the game as arsenal equalized close to the end of the game I think that Manchester City has not yet fully recovered from their poor last season performance because in terms of play I am not too impressed with the way that city is playing.

[SatoPrincess]

Liverpool are not taking any chances with their title challenge this season, this is the kind of performance level needed to win the league title and Liverpool posses that quality, something I wish my club possess. Good win for Liverpool against a stubborn and defensive Everton.

[Velvet78]

Liverpool are not taking any chances with their title challenge this season, this is the kind of performance level needed to win the league title and Liverpool posses that quality, something I wish my club possess. Good win for Liverpool against a stubborn and defensive Everton.

They have a really good record so far indeed! 5 wins in 5 games. However there is a thing Arne Slot must be aware of... They can't get comfortable wins you know. In terms of final score I mean.

It is always like victories by a slight margin like 2-1, 3-2 or so. I can't say for sure whether this would create problems for them in the future. But better to be on it.    I already see them as the biggest title contender other than that.

[Donneski]

Of all the clubs, when it comes to top clubs, it's pretty commonplace. But when it comes to Sunderland, frankly, this newly promoted club to the Premier League is quite impressive. They've only lost once, and the rest of the time, they haven't even lost a home match.

And what's even more interesting is that this time, Sunderland managed to hold Aston Villa to a draw, even with only 10 men. Mandava received a red card in the 33rd minute, but they still managed to hold Aston Villa to a draw. Aston Villa have been truly awful this season.

Source: Sunderland are unbeaten in all three matches at home this season,

Of all the three teams that were promoted to the English Premier League this season, I initially thought Sunderland was going to be the one that's mostly unlikely to survive relegation but to my surprise, they've been the best performing team among them in the league. Tge club manager Régis Le Bris us doing exceptionally well with his tactical approach. I don't know how long they'll continue to be this impressive but I just hope they'll finish this season in the top 8

[SatoPrincess]

Brighton went 2-0 up very quickly, but it wasn’t enough for them.
Tottenham were the better side overall, played well, and managed to secure a point.

Wolverhampton lost 3-1 at home once again. They had more possession and created more shooting chances, but it didn’t stop them from losing.
Since the start of the season, Wolverhampton haven’t collected a single point in the league. They’ve lost all 5 matches and it looks like a managerial change is on the horizon.

It was shocking seeing Wolves lose by 3 goals to 1 on their home ground to newly promoted Leeds United. I bet no one saw this happening, disappointing performance for Wolves yesterday.
Brighton were very poor defensively to let a two-goal lead slip off their grasp against a top opponent, they have to do better cause I expected better from them.

[Hewlet]

Liverpool are not taking any chances with their title challenge this season, this is the kind of performance level needed to win the league title and Liverpool posses that quality, something I wish my club possess. Good win for Liverpool against a stubborn and defensive Everton.

This is the difference between Liverpool, Manchester and arsenal. When a team wants to win the premier league, from the early phase of the league, you can easily tell. You gather as much point as possible when other leagues like the champions league have not started and that way, it becomes easily for you to be on a good stand as the season gets stronger.

Arsenal is relaxing already giving out cheap points and when it's approaching the end of the season, they will start wishing that Liverpool drops point which will not happen. Topping the table with this huge margin is what champions do.

[Solodoski]

Liverpool are not taking any chances with their title challenge this season, this is the kind of performance level needed to win the league title and Liverpool posses that quality, something I wish my club possess. Good win for Liverpool against a stubborn and defensive Everton.

I have said several times that I am still not convinced that Liverpool will retain the premier league title this season, that because I feel let in too many goals and most of their games thus season they had to win it very late in the match, but the good thing about Liverpool is that they always outscore their opponents which is a good thing and I also like their fighting spirit in every game. My only issue with them is if they play a team that really make it hard for them to score,  that might cost them to drop points,  so I think they have to improve in the way they let in goals and they might end up retaining the premier league title, because I think Arteta is to scared to attack teams.

[Stormisover]

Of all the clubs, when it comes to top clubs, it's pretty commonplace. But when it comes to Sunderland, frankly, this newly promoted club to the Premier League is quite impressive. They've only lost once, and the rest of the time, they haven't even lost a home match.

And what's even more interesting is that this time, Sunderland managed to hold Aston Villa to a draw, even with only 10 men. Mandava received a red card in the 33rd minute, but they still managed to hold Aston Villa to a draw. Aston Villa have been truly awful this season.

Source: Sunderland are unbeaten in all three matches at home this season,

Of all the three teams that were promoted to the English Premier League this season, I initially thought Sunderland was going to be the one that's mostly unlikely to survive relegation but to my surprise, they've been the best performing team among them in the league. Tge club manager Régis Le Bris us doing exceptionally well with his tactical approach. I don't know how long they'll continue to be this impressive but I just hope they'll finish this season in the top 8

Smiles do you know how it feel to miss out of the English premier League campaign for just a season the fun the charisma the funds involved so with all this and more when you have managed to get this far you wouldn't like to back to that place so I really understand their struggle to keep relevance in the English premier League, trust me they will do more to keep their ass run in the league and even if they're to go back to relegation I don't see that to be happening anytime soon because those guys are really out for business, and with the way they play I quite certain they might end above 10 in the league table.

[ITExpert]

I was expecting Amorim to do good at manchester United, but somehow he is trash right now, nobody can predict this, i mean maybe they cant fight against the teams from the big six, but this actual form is pathetic for a team like Manchester United, and the crisis is only deepening, on how much time they are gonna ask Sir Alex to comeback at 100 years old?

You think if sir Alex Ferguson comes back that he's going to single handedly effect a change that will lead Manchester united to winning of games? Fact is that sir Alex Ferguson is long gone and afterwards, coaches have come, tried thier best and have gone and to an extent, this might not be a coaching or player problem. There are times when things does not work just right even when you're doing the right thing and that might just be what united is facing.

Amorim is a good coach but what he is doing at Manchester United is totally not understandable. Because the management added the world class players and in fact the expensive player to the team to have the best performance of the team. But the results are still disappointing. And all the scenarios are predicting that the coach Amorim is not a good fit to make the team able to present their best side. I think now the management should focus on the identification of the problems which are contributing great in the failure of Manchester United . Because it seems without sorting out the internal and invisible issues of the team the good performance of the team will remain nothing but a dream. So paying attention to any other thing is not worthy of failure factors.

[Felicity_Tide]

Arsenal cut my betting ticket (slip) yesterday. I was not expecting Manchester City to equalize with Arsenal. I used $10 to bet 5 games and it was only Arsenal game that disappointed me. And I was also surprised to heard that that Chelsea was beating by Manchester United. I didn't watch the match and someone told me and I was like wow! Is it that Manchester United is rising now or just for a day luck? People lost funds in this last weekend games. Football is unpredictable and it is true.

It was Arsenal that equalized in the game and not Manchester City. I saw some good haram football from Pep yesterday which I have never seen before, but unfortunately for him, he just couldn't secure all three points. Betting on Arsenal is quite a risky one honestly especially in big games. Arteta choosing to play similar three defensive midfielders that never worked against Liverpool earlier this season. Zero creativity from Arsenal until he had to make two quick emergency subs for the second half, but it was not as if they where that bad in the entire 90mins. Arteta choose to gamble with the game from start for certain reasons known to him. I'm not sure of how possible it is for a top team to win trophies with a defensive style of play at all times.

[Mr Reporter]

Liverpool are not taking any chances with their title challenge this season, this is the kind of performance level needed to win the league title and Liverpool posses that quality, something I wish my club possess. Good win for Liverpool against a stubborn and defensive Everton.

I have said several times that I am still not convinced that Liverpool will retain the premier league title this season, that because I feel let in too many goals and most of their games thus season they had to win it very late in the match, but the good thing about Liverpool is that they always outscore their opponents which is a good thing and I also like their fighting spirit in every game. My only issue with them is if they play a team that really make it hard for them to score,  that might cost them to drop points,  so I think they have to improve in the way they let in goals and they might end up retaining the premier league title, because I think Arteta is to scared to attack teams.

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[Bigjoe33]

Liverpool are not taking any chances with their title challenge this season, this is the kind of performance level needed to win the league title and Liverpool posses that quality, something I wish my club possess. Good win for Liverpool against a stubborn and defensive Everton.

I have said several times that I am still not convinced that Liverpool will retain the premier league title this season, that because I feel let in too many goals and most of their games thus season they had to win it very late in the match, but the good thing about Liverpool is that they always outscore their opponents which is a good thing and I also like their fighting spirit in every game. My only issue with them is if they play a team that really make it hard for them to score,  that might cost them to drop points,  so I think they have to improve in the way they let in goals and they might end up retaining the premier league title, because I think Arteta is to scared to attack teams.

Talking about retaining the premier league, pls lets forget about that now, it's still early. No one can begin to predict that now and become so sure. The league just started and evevry team is trying to position themselves by winning there games.  As we have seen so far, only Liverpool have been able to win there 5 matches completely without a draw, and it's a plus for them. Even though they struggle sometimes, but they are a good side, but that doesn't mean that they are all 100% good to retain the trophy.

Liverpool are a good side, but none is so sure of any that will win the trophy. The league only just got started with just 5 matches played out of 38 matches. Everyone is chasing for it. Even Manchester city, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal are all on the chase. So it's still very open. Those who already picked a preferred club to win the league might have done that out of love for the club, because we are all still far from deciding who will

[pawel7777]

That's 5 out of 5 for Liverpool. They're not slowing down and are already 5 points ahead of the 2nd Arsenal. All of their wins (except the first game against Bournemouth) were minimal, with 1 1-goal advantage, so it's not necessarily that they are a class above the rest; maybe they had some luck on their side.

In the biggest game of yesterday, Arsenal and Man City split points. I guess the tactic of parking the bus and allowing Arsenal to take control of the game backfired in the last minutes on Pep Guardiola.
None of the teams should be ashamed of the result, but we can see that the City are lacking the confidence they had in the past, when they would dominate the league. Unless there's some strong, mental shift, I don't think they will be able to threaten Liverpool in the championship race. Right now they are 7th in the table, largely due to the 2 losses they suffered at the beginning.

[Stable090]

It was shocking seeing Wolves lose by 3 goals to 1 on their home ground to newly promoted Leeds United. I bet no one saw this happening, disappointing performance for Wolves yesterday.
Brighton were very poor defensively to let a two-goal lead slip off their grasp against a top opponent, they have to do better cause I expected better from them.

It’s surprising how teams that just got promoted to the premier league are performing better than clubs that are already in the premier league for some time. If you check the relegation zone, the three teams there are teams that are already in premier league, and no newly promoted team is currently in relegation zone. I knew the match won’t be easy for wolves, because their performance has been so poor this season, but all what I expected in the match was draw, but wolves ended up conceding three goals in the match.

[Distraction]

That's 5 out of 5 for Liverpool. They're not slowing down and are already 5 points ahead of the 2nd Arsenal. All of their wins (except the first game against Bournemouth) were minimal, with 1 1-goal advantage, so it's not necessarily that they are a class above the rest; maybe they had some luck on their side.

In the biggest game of yesterday, Arsenal and Man City split points. I guess the tactic of parking the bus and allowing Arsenal to take control of the game backfired in the last minutes on Pep Guardiola.
None of the teams should be ashamed of the result, but we can see that the City are lacking the confidence they had in the past, when they would dominate the league. Unless there's some strong, mental shift, I don't think they will be able to threaten Liverpool in the championship race. Right now they are 7th in the table, largely due to the 2 losses they suffered at the beginning.

I couldn't help laughing at Haaland's comment on Arsenal's celebration.    He said that he thought they were losing for once after seeing the way Martinelli celebrate the goal. 1-1 isn't a good result for especially Arsenal at Emirates of course.

As for the match Guardiola and his players had a solid resistance until the final minutes. Almost a steal of 3 points from Arsenal... Liverpool were the most profitable team from this result surely!

[Africolo]

I couldn't help laughing at Haaland's comment on Arsenal's celebration.    He said that he thought they were losing for once after seeing the way Martinelli celebrate the goal. 1-1 isn't a good result for especially Arsenal at Emirates of course.

As for the match Guardiola and his players had a solid resistance until the final minutes. Almost a steal of 3 points from Arsenal... Liverpool were the most profitable team from this result surely!

Lol and his was not wrong even Arteta was all over the place celebrating like they got a late winner instead of them to pick the ball and try to win the game, they spent the whole added time celebrating the equalizer. Not a top team mentality.

Subbing off Halaand drove Arsenal back into the game as there was no more threat up front for Arsenal to worry about