⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[AirtelBuzz]

This also serves as evidence that Haaland comes to a player who is very important for Manchester City. The club is becoming very dependent on him, which may be highly vulnerable if he gets injured. In the Premier League, he is the current top scorer, and in the Champions League, he is 2nd top scorer under Osimhen. We do not doubt that he is in top form right now. But, again, Pep do not always have to depend on him because the city still have Omar Marmoush, On this season, I haven't seen Omar play regularly, he has only played 8 times, and only created 1 assist on premier league, the only goal he scored was when the city meet Swansea on EFL Cup.

Since his arrival at Manchester City, Erling Haaland has become a highly reliable player up front. He's a target and a goal-scoring machine for Manchester City. When he's unavailable, we notice a slight difference in Manchester City's attack.
However, he can't function alone, as he relies heavily on his teammates for ball supply. When his teammates can't deliver passes due to being read by the opponent's strategy, Manchester City often struggles to score. However, when they can find space, they inevitably score.

To be honest, he has earned his rightful place among the English representatives by showing his special qualities, because he has become more skilled since coming to this club, however yesterday when Manchester City won the Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund 4-1,he contributed one goal in this match and with this goal, Haaland has now risen to the top scorer list. It's true that we see a difference in the attacking style of Pep Guardiola's team when he is unavailable, also when the City giants faced Bournemouth before the match against the German league club, Erling Haaland scored two goals in a flawless manner, so I personally think that, he is balancing both the Champions League and Premier League platforms and is scoring goals in every match.

[Amphenomenon]

Gradually I think Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team are coming back better hopefully we see them put performances like this into consistency and we will say they are fully back. Having Halaand on this great form you can actually win any team any game they want. Good game by Thomas Tottenham, they are one of the clubs who I don’t actually rate that high regardless of what they do due to their lack of consistency,. 

Manchester City consistency is the most fearsome in the Epl and that's why it is difficult for a team to get the league trophy when they are in form. Although I won't say they are fully back maybe till January. Tottenham has always been the suppose big team who are more inconsistent and when they are doing well many aren't expecting them to remain consistent after all the best one can expect from them us a top four finish 

[Callido]

Manchester City against Liverpool is one of that kind of games were you can bet and feel confident and have good odds backing a big team, the main problem is in reality you are in a 50/50 best case scenario, but well is gonna be fun to see which team ends up winning, for me Manchester City can win this one since Liverpool is not in his best shape despite winning against Real Madrid for Champions.

This week games will affect the table significantly, either Manchester City or Liverpool completely having full point or sharing points which will give Arsenal more points at the top if they can defeat Sunderland, and if Sunderland should win against Arsenal and either City or Liverpool take full points, they will tighten the gap between them and Arsenal. Arsenal aim for the top position is threatened if they can't keep this week win, Sunderland has been a good competitor for the top spot, i expect a tough game for Arsenal in the away round.

[Akbarkoe]

Gradually I think Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team are coming back better hopefully we see them put performances like this into consistency and we will say they are fully back. Having Halaand on this great form you can actually win any team any game they want. Good game by Thomas Tottenham, they are one of the clubs who I don’t actually rate that high regardless of what they do due to their lack of consistency,. 

Manchester City consistency is the most fearsome in the Epl and that's why it is difficult for a team to get the league trophy when they are in form. Although I won't say they are fully back maybe till January. Tottenham has always been the suppose big team who are more inconsistent and when they are doing well many aren't expecting them to remain consistent after all the best one can expect from them us a top four finish 

City currently has a history of 3 matches lost 1 draw and 6 wins and of course with Haaland who has 13 goals as the top score in the English premier league.

The consistency of any team will be very scary, and that is what the opponent is afraid of, at the moment the team that is consistent in the English premier league is Arsenal with only one match loss and one draw match, for the first 10 rounds of the English premier league, there are still 28 rounds left to do and reach the end point of the English premier league this season.

He who is consistent wins.

[Oluwa-btc]

Manchester City against Liverpool is one of that kind of games were you can bet and feel confident and have good odds backing a big team, the main problem is in reality you are in a 50/50 best case scenario, but well is gonna be fun to see which team ends up winning, for me Manchester City can win this one since Liverpool is not in his best shape despite winning against Real Madrid for Champions.

Liverpool might have done damage to Aston villa and Real Madrid but to Manchester City?! They will have to do more than what they did between these two sides. We could literally see how offensive Manchester City played against Bournemouth and Dortmund,  I believe we could see the same performance when they host Liverpool. I'm also seeing both sides scoring and Manchester City getting three points. They have begin to pick up the necessary points after having a slow start along the line. Manchester City 3 and Liverpool 1 should be the full time result at the end of that game.

[Proty]

Manchester City against Liverpool is one of that kind of games were you can bet and feel confident and have good odds backing a big team, the main problem is in reality you are in a 50/50 best case scenario, but well is gonna be fun to see which team ends up winning, for me Manchester City can win this one since Liverpool is not in his best shape despite winning against Real Madrid for Champions.

Liverpool might have done damage to Aston villa and Real Madrid but to Manchester City?! They will have to do more than what they did between these two sides. We could literally see how offensive Manchester City played against Bournemouth and Dortmund,  I believe we could see the same performance when they host Liverpool. I'm also seeing both sides scoring and Manchester City getting three points. They have begin to pick up the necessary points after having a slow start along the line. Manchester City 3 and Liverpool 1 should be the full time result at the end of that game.

It will take alot of grace for Liverpool to be able to win Manchester city. They have had there ways with Aston villa and Madrid but the possibilities with Manchester city isn't there. Manchester city won't really give them that chance, there performance lately has been splendid. The best outcome of that match if Manchester city is unable to being is draw since both teams has been doing well lately.

[ITExpert]

After Man City's 4-1 win over Dortmund yesterday, Erling Haaland broke a new Champions League record. He's now the first player in history to score in five consecutive Champions League matches for three different teams. He has done so for RB Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund and repeated that yesterday for Man City.
But enough about obscure records, Man City played a really good game, both offensively and defensively, controlled the situation on the pitch, and earned a well-deserved 3 points, which places them in 4th place in the UCL table.

In another UCL game played by English clubs yesterday, Newcastle defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-0, and Chelsea, despite taking an early lead, only drew 2-2 against Azerbaijani Qarabag.
Not the best performance by Chelsea, but they shouldn't have any problems advancing to the play-off stage.

Both Manchester city and Bourussia Dortmund are the strong teams. But the match between the Manchester city and Bourussia Dortmund is greatly won by the Manchester city. And Manchester city scored a new point or status. Their win from Dortmund really enhanced the credibility and confidence of the players of Manchester City. And the interesting thing is that the Erling haaland broke the  new record of the champions League. He scored the champions league matches for three different teams consecutively. And he did his services now for Manchester City. But Manchester City's performance in this match was too good. They proved themselves in both ways with best preparations. And I think for all the teams it is necessary to be strong in the defense and attack line which is the ultimate key to the success.

[Distraction]

Liverpool might have done damage to Aston villa and Real Madrid but to Manchester City?! They will have to do more than what they did between these two sides. We could literally see how offensive Manchester City played against Bournemouth and Dortmund,  I believe we could see the same performance when they host Liverpool. I'm also seeing both sides scoring and Manchester City getting three points. They have begin to pick up the necessary points after having a slow start along the line. Manchester City 3 and Liverpool 1 should be the full time result at the end of that game.

Liverpool haven't been losing against Manchester City for a while. On other side, they don't look convincing this season. They have just conceded a lot of goals until this point...

In their last 2 matches there was some progress on that of course. Aston Villa and Real Madrid both couldn't score against them. Liverpool could have even destroyed Real Madrid if it weren't for Courtois' magnificent goalkeeping.  

But the question here is: Will Arne Slot create a solution for Haaland? If he does then I don't think they will lose.

[Adbitco]

Manchester City consistency is the most fearsome in the Epl and that's why it is difficult for a team to get the league trophy when they are in form. Although I won't say they are fully back maybe till January. Tottenham has always been the suppose big team who are more inconsistent and when they are doing well many aren't expecting them to remain consistent after all the best one can expect from them us a top four finish 

But come to think of it, how exactly do they consider Tottenham as a big team in England? Firstly they don't even meet up the criteria of a big team, no trophies to like backup the claims of the English fans pushing them to be amongst the big teams in the league. A club that constantly fails every season and I wonder why they claim Tottenham is a big team. It still baffles me.

[Cryptoprincess101]

But come to think of it, how exactly do they consider Tottenham as a big team in England? Firstly they don't even meet up the criteria of a big team, no trophies to like backup the claims of the English fans pushing them to be amongst the big teams in the league. A club that constantly fails every season and I wonder why they claim Tottenham is a big team. It still baffles me.

Tottenham is just an average team in the Premier League not a big team, the reason why some persons consider them as a big team is just because they mostly manage to qualify for Europa League games and sometimes qualifies for the Champions League games. Tottenham Hotspurs is one team that is very inconsistent and i find it hard to understand when they are in form and when they are not because you will see them winning a big team this week then the following week they will lose to a small club just like they did when they won Manchester City at the beginning of the season in Etihad stadium, only for them to go home and lose to Bournemouth. Anyways, looking at their form this season, i can say that they have maintained some level of consistency since they haven't lost 2 straight Premier League games but until January, we will find out if they will still maintain that consistency.

[Stormisover]

After Man City's 4-1 win over Dortmund yesterday, Erling Haaland broke a new Champions League record. He's now the first player in history to score in five consecutive Champions League matches for three different teams. He has done so for RB Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund and repeated that yesterday for Man City.
But enough about obscure records, Man City played a really good game, both offensively and defensively, controlled the situation on the pitch, and earned a well-deserved 3 points, which places them in 4th place in the UCL table.

In another UCL game played by English clubs yesterday, Newcastle defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-0, and Chelsea, despite taking an early lead, only drew 2-2 against Azerbaijani Qarabag.
Not the best performance by Chelsea, but they shouldn't have any problems advancing to the play-off stage.

With no doubt I can clearly say Manchester City is back in form and this is not good for Arsenal precisely it's definitely not good for them unless they remain consistent in winning games else it's still gonna be same story of few seasons past, and for the game about Manchester City and Dortmund I was actually certain Manchester City will win that game but not with that much goals kudos to them anyways, and for Chelsea they are not really being impressive not at all, how can they later draw that game after the lead this shows they can't make it through the group stage of the champions League fact.

[Princess Leah]

But come to think of it, how exactly do they consider Tottenham as a big team in England? Firstly they don't even meet up the criteria of a big team, no trophies to like backup the claims of the English fans pushing them to be amongst the big teams in the league. A club that constantly fails every season and I wonder why they claim Tottenham is a big team. It still baffles me.

Maybe the Europa league they recently won is enough to classify them as a big team currently, winning that trophy is not easy but they managed to do it even in their weakest form, they were the underdogs and had several injured key players but still won, ain't that enough to rate them? . Although I understand that they lack trophies but let's appreciate little effort they used in winning a trophy last season.

 Afterall Manchester United have been out of the top four for several years and surving on past glory but they're still considered a big team, well the big six still remains the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Tottenham, they'll not only rated by their success in the league alone but financial strength too.

[Agbe]

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Maybe the Europa league they recently won is enough to classify them as a big team currently, winning that trophy is not easy but they managed to do it even in their weakest form, they were the underdogs and had several injured key players but still won, ain't that enough to rate them? . Although I understand that they lack trophies but let's appreciate little effort they used in winning a trophy last season.

 Afterall Manchester United have been out of the top four for several years and surving on past glory but they're still considered a big team, well the big six still remains the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Tottenham, they'll not only rated by their success in the league alone but financial strength too.

With or without winning the Europa League Tottenham has always been considered as a big team when it comes to the premier League, Tottenham has been there over the years.Even though they have not been able to break through into that top four spots in the premier League due to the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in recent times anyone who has been following the premier League for a long time knows that there was a time Tottenham was even playing in the champions League back then so Tottenham has always been a big team in the premier League.

[FiliOrangGila]

But come to think of it, how exactly do they consider Tottenham as a big team in England? Firstly they don't even meet up the criteria of a big team, no trophies to like backup the claims of the English fans pushing them to be amongst the big teams in the league. A club that constantly fails every season and I wonder why they claim Tottenham is a big team. It still baffles me.

Tottenham is just an average team in the Premier League not a big team, the reason why some persons consider them as a big team is just because they mostly manage to qualify for Europa League games and sometimes qualifies for the Champions League games. Tottenham Hotspurs is one team that is very inconsistent and i find it hard to understand when they are in form and when they are not because you will see them winning a big team this week then the following week they will lose to a small club just like they did when they won Manchester City at the beginning of the season in Etihad stadium, only for them to go home and lose to Bournemouth. Anyways, looking at their form this season, i can say that they have maintained some level of consistency since they haven't lost 2 straight Premier League games but until January, we will find out if they will still maintain that consistency.

A big team with various titles at the European level or in domestic competitions, no. But Tottenham Hotspur is a strong team and presents competition at the top of the English league, especially in the era of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, or in the era of Harry Kane and Gareth Bale, Tottenham's play was very impressive. Especially Gareth Bale's goal against Inter Milan in the Champions League. And last season, Tottenham won the Europa League by defeating Manchester United in the final.

[Victorybit1]

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Maybe the Europa league they recently won is enough to classify them as a big team currently, winning that trophy is not easy but they managed to do it even in their weakest form, they were the underdogs and had several injured key players but still won, ain't that enough to rate them? . Although I understand that they lack trophies but let's appreciate little effort they used in winning a trophy last season.

 Afterall Manchester United have been out of the top four for several years and surving on past glory but they're still considered a big team, well the big six still remains the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Tottenham, they'll not only rated by their success in the league alone but financial strength too.

With or without winning the Europa League Tottenham has always been considered as a big team when it comes to the premier League, Tottenham has been there over the years.Even though they have not been able to break through into that top four spots in the premier League due to the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in recent times anyone who has been following the premier League for a long time knows that there was a time Tottenham was even playing in the champions League back then so Tottenham has always been a big team in the premier League.

Tottenham have made in the top four in the past and not just once as they have played champions league football not once but even gone all the way to the champions league finals but unfortunately for them they lost the game against Liverpool in the finals and if anyone says a team who made it to the champions league finals isn't actually classified as a big team then I feel the person is wrong and they have been actively consistent too when it comes to the premier League so I think they definitely deserve a spot among the top teams in the premier League.

[Amphenomenon]

Manchester City consistency is the most fearsome in the Epl and that's why it is difficult for a team to get the league trophy when they are in form. Although I won't say they are fully back maybe till January. Tottenham has always been the suppose big team who are more inconsistent and when they are doing well many aren't expecting them to remain consistent after all the best one can expect from them us a top four finish 

But come to think of it, how exactly do they consider Tottenham as a big team in England? Firstly they don't even meet up the criteria of a big team, no trophies to like backup the claims of the English fans pushing them to be amongst the big teams in the league. A club that constantly fails every season and I wonder why they claim Tottenham is a big team. It still baffles me.

That's the reason I use the term supposed big team, they are too inconsistent while having a quality of players to compete and while the current squad mine not be able to compete against bigger teams they were once having more prolific players, getting to finals or remaining in the top of the table for sometime but still failing to get anything until last season Europa League trophy after more than a decade.

[skarais]

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This week games will affect the table significantly, either Manchester City or Liverpool completely having full point or sharing points which will give Arsenal more points at the top if they can defeat Sunderland, and if Sunderland should win against Arsenal and either City or Liverpool take full points, they will tighten the gap between them and Arsenal. Arsenal aim for the top position is threatened if they can't keep this week win, Sunderland has been a good competitor for the top spot, i expect a tough game for Arsenal in the away round.

Sunderland looks strong if we look at how they have collected points from 10 games so far, but I don't think Sunderland will be too strong for Arsenal. So far, Sunderland has managed to surprise us by securing 4th place in the Premier League standings and they even managed to beat Chelsea some time ago at Stamford Bridge, but I'm sure Arsenal won't be easy to beat. Arsenal are actually the favorites to win the match, but Sunderland certainly has a strategy to make this match not easy.

Sunderland's defensive form has proven to be a tough nut to crack. Sunderland have conceded just eight goals in 10 games, clearly demonstrating their defensive strength. Arsenal must find a way to win this match, or Sunderland will likely take a point at home.

[Pablo-wood]

Liverpool might have done damage to Aston villa and Real Madrid but to Manchester City?! They will have to do more than what they did between these two sides. We could literally see how offensive Manchester City played against Bournemouth and Dortmund,  I believe we could see the same performance when they host Liverpool. I'm also seeing both sides scoring and Manchester City getting three points. They have begin to pick up the necessary points after having a slow start along the line. Manchester City 3 and Liverpool 1 should be the full time result at the end of that game.

Liverpool will be visiting Etihad which even makes the possibility more difficult, but no one knows they might put up a surprise again just as they did against Arsenal when it was least expected. A sure three points from either side don't really look feasible to me, to me I  see a possible draw game.

[el kaka22]

City versus Liverpool is such an important game that I am pretty sure it will decide the league winner to a point. Obviously league is very long, and they will face again, and they both will play Arsenal too, so it is not like the league is over.

However, if they do get a draw, in this game, then both teams will be far away from Arsenal who I am sure will beat Sunderland. That is going to make it very hard for them to get a win, and because of that ı am pretty sure that we are going to end up with something that will cause these two teams to just chase all season long. Chasing the leader is hard, you can't make any mistakes, even when leader makes a mistake you can't. If they get a draw, then City would be 8 points behind, that's more than 2 games.

[Miles2006]

Gradually I think Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team are coming back better hopefully we see them put performances like this into consistency and we will say they are fully back. Having Halaand on this great form you can actually win any team any game they want. Good game by Thomas Tottenham, they are one of the clubs who I don’t actually rate that high regardless of what they do due to their lack of consistency,. 

Manchester City consistency is the most fearsome in the Epl and that's why it is difficult for a team to get the league trophy when they are in form. Although I won't say they are fully back maybe till January. Tottenham has always been the suppose big team who are more inconsistent and when they are doing well many aren't expecting them to remain consistent after all the best one can expect from them us a top four finish 

Manchester city are starting to perform well, I love the fact they’re improving both in champions league mostly the premier league title race. I know many expects same for Liverpool maybe with time they’ll find a good form to keep the team going viewing past matches recently Liverpool tried their best which I must commend. Tottenham are currently in 6th position now with 17 points ahead, no doubt they can’t maintain the same position till the end, Chelsea and Manchester United are also in same position well the competition this time will be so tough.