⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[jakdanyel]

Arsenal and Liverpool have not been able to get contributions from most of the players they brought in this season for big money. Gyökeres, Isak, Wirtz, etc.
They invested heavily in these players, but it seems to have gone to waste.

Arsenal even left Gyökeres on the bench in yesterday’s match and brought him on only in the last 20 minutes.
It must be really frustrating to leave such an expensive signing on the bench.

At least Arsenal didn't spend as much as Liverpool.    Because Liverpool spent a huge amount of money last summer. Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike trio cost them €365m in total. Arsenal spent €65m on Gyökeres.

Those 3 players at Liverpool all haven't been impressive at all. Isak's scoring in the last match could be misleading. I still don't trust him that much. Maybe Liverpool firstly needs to get rid of Arne Slot first to get better.

[qurbanshah02]

Arsenal and Liverpool have not been able to get contributions from most of the players they brought in this season for big money. Gyökeres, Isak, Wirtz, etc.
They invested heavily in these players, but it seems to have gone to waste.

Arsenal even left Gyökeres on the bench in yesterday’s match and brought him on only in the last 20 minutes.
It must be really frustrating to leave such an expensive signing on the bench.

These things then weaken their team and all the blame is put on the coach. Although the coach also makes some mistakes, these players should see how they can play better and strengthen their team. If we look at Arsenal, some of their players were injured and from Liverpool too we did not get to see the performance that we should have seen. Although they got it through their hard work, their strength is important for us, seeing which we bet and trust them. I did not understand why Arsenal did this when they should have brought in the player they paid for, maybe he would have changed the course of the match and tried to win the match.

[Volgastallion]

Good for the whole league the yesterday result of Arsenal Chelsea game, with Arsenal not wining now all the pack is much more compact and the gap is reduced between the leader and the pursuers.

The main problem still the level of most of the big teams, Liverpool is in poor condition, Manchester CIty is not what they use to be, Chelsea cant fight for title, United a total failure.

[Tmoonz]

The race for the top four, the final spot for automatic qualification for the Champions League, has tightened after Chelsea's draw against Arsenal.
I don't blame Arsenal's defense or justify the result, but this draw is a shame for Arsenal, as they were reduced to 10 men before taking the lead.

If Chelsea hadn't lost Caicedo and played with 11 men, allowing Arsenal to lose, I believe it would have been the beginning of Arsenal's usual downward spiral, which will continue. Hopefully, this isn't true.
Imagine, from 1st to 4th, even up to 6th, there's still a chance to compete for the top four, given their points tally.

Nobody can win every game and Arsenal should be disappointed they didn’t capitalise on Chelsea having 10 men by winning the game but a draw isn’t a disaster for their title chase, they are still favourites. They’re not going to want to encourage Man City and Chelsea any more by dropping points again soon.

That is true, in football you win some, and you draw some, and loose some, but I must say Arsenal was absolutely lucky to have gotten a draw in that game, When the game was a 11vs 11 players, Chelsea was playing more of the ball, and had more opportunities before Moises Caicedo who said he likes to tackle, made a reckless tackle that caused Chelsea to suffer more in the hands of Arsenal, Arsenal was very poor they couldn’t break Chelsea resilience.

But I must single out Reece James, he played a very good game of football after the Red card he was charged up and controlled the midfield very well he was like two players on the field, and he was breaking Arsenal’s high pressing line from Odegaard and Eberechi Eze was nowhere to be found in the game, Arsenal’s performance was absolutely horrendous, and I’m beginning to worry for them right now, because they will soon start to drop points.

I don't know why you guys keep blaming Arsenal in that game remember this is a game of football anything can actually happen so if Arsenal Drew the game with Chelsea with Chelsea being one man down to me it's never a big deal to me, if Chelsea was that good at least they could have defended that one goal or maybe score more, the fact is Arsenal was not really good in that game but still show they are the most inform team across Europe now, and again it's quite a long time Chelsea have won Arsenal so I was actually thinking maybe that was their moment but they failed, so why the so much pressure on the Gunners.

[BitBakerr1]

Good for the whole league the yesterday result of Arsenal Chelsea game, with Arsenal not wining now all the pack is much more compact and the gap is reduced between the leader and the pursuers.

The main problem still the level of most of the big teams, Liverpool is in poor condition, Manchester CIty is not what they use to be, Chelsea cant fight for title, United a total failure.

I just believe Arsenal will lift the premier league title this season no team will be able to stop them they are the most inform team in premier League right now so they have big chance of winning the premier league title this season, Chelsea played very well and I was thinking they will win Arsenal but they were unable to win because of how strong Arsenal defense is and I believe home advantage played a very big role for Chelsea performance and if they should meet Arsenal in there home I believe Arsenal will win them even though I know it won't be easy.
Manchester City is not inform this season and I don't think they will be able to win the premier league title.

[SquallLeonhart]

Chelsea should be happy to get a draw with one man down, they were playing the best team in the league and still managed get a point out of it. That is why we can definitely consider a good game for Chelsea, it was something they needed, not to lose points to best team in the league and focus on the rest of the games.

Chelsea is still not that far away from the top, they have a shot at the title, not likely and probably won't happen to be fair but it's also not impossible. Arsenal is famous for bottling the league after a while of being at the top and City has very bad game periods so Chelsea is not impossible to win the league this year, they can possibly do this and I think it's unlikely but not impossible.

[Zoomic]

Good for the whole league the yesterday result of Arsenal Chelsea game, with Arsenal not wining now all the pack is much more compact and the gap is reduced between the leader and the pursuers.

The main problem still the level of most of the big teams, Liverpool is in poor condition, Manchester CIty is not what they use to be, Chelsea cant fight for title, United a total failure.

With Arsenal not winning against Chelsea yesterday, it has still maintained the competitive nature of the English Premier League. So no team in the English Premier League, including Arsenal is going to rest or feel free because the cap is not much. I think it is also a good and welcome development for Arsenal so that they will still be on their toes.

In the other hand, it is now eminently evident that Chelsea has regained their lost glory and they are now a club to fear and a club to contend. I am happy for their rapid growth if only it is going to be sustainable.

[Alex077]

Chelsea should be happy to get a draw with one man down, they were playing the best team in the league and still managed get a point out of it. That is why we can definitely consider a good game for Chelsea, it was something they needed, not to lose points to best team in the league and focus on the rest of the games.

Chelsea is still not that far away from the top, they have a shot at the title, not likely and probably won't happen to be fair but it's also not impossible. Arsenal is famous for bottling the league after a while of being at the top and City has very bad game periods so Chelsea is not impossible to win the league this year, they can possibly do this and I think it's unlikely but not impossible.

Yeah I agree with you that Chelseas draw against Arsenal  especially with 10 men  is good news. They have shown their fighting  ability and proven that they cannot be completely ignored

However  I think that their huge potential as title contenders for the this  season is a bit exaggerated. If you ask me, in my opinion  Chelseas chances of winning the league are relatively low. Its best if you look at their current situation, given their current situation at most they are fit to fight for the top 4 or top 5, they are not yet fit to fight for the title.. However if Chelsea are to strengthen their place in this competition they will have to have extraordinary consistency, not suffer from any red card problem  and show near  perfect performances against all the major clubs, which is a very big challenge indeed

[Adbitco]

Arsenal and Liverpool have not been able to get contributions from most of the players they brought in this season for big money. Gyökeres, Isak, Wirtz, etc.
They invested heavily in these players, but it seems to have gone to waste.

Arsenal even left Gyökeres on the bench in yesterday’s match and brought him on only in the last 20 minutes.
It must be really frustrating to leave such an expensive signing on the bench.

I think out of the 2 clubs, Arsenal new signings has turned out the most of comparing both clubs. Arsenal is very satisfied with Zubimendi and Eberechi Eze, theses 2 players are very much active in the team especially Eze who has displaced Odegard from his position. As for Madueke, he can't bench Saka because that dude is still very much in form and can't be benched by him. Madueke is a good player but the position his playing is occupied by someone very good.

[Iroh]

Chelsea should be happy to get a draw with one man down, they were playing the best team in the league and still managed get a point out of it. That is why we can definitely consider a good game for Chelsea, it was something they needed, not to lose points to best team in the league and focus on the rest of the games.

Chelsea is still not that far away from the top, they have a shot at the title, not likely and probably won't happen to be fair but it's also not impossible. Arsenal is famous for bottling the league after a while of being at the top and City has very bad game periods so Chelsea is not impossible to win the league this year, they can possibly do this and I think it's unlikely but not impossible.

It might have been a good game for Chelsea as they were playing with a man down and even with that, they still managed to hold Arsenal to a draw. I would say Chelsea held their own in that game as Arsenal wasn't able to make good use of the advantage they had with Chelsea playing with one less player in their team and the possession they enjoyed.I would say Arsenal is the lucky one as Chelsea, playing at a disadvantage, still managed to hold them to a draw.
I'm not so sure of Chelsea winning the league title this season as i think they're more stronger contenders that are still very much in the race and also striving not to lose points. There are still more games to be played and anything can happen in that time frame.

[Alvin_talk]

Arsenal and Liverpool have not been able to get contributions from most of the players they brought in this season for big money. Gyökeres, Isak, Wirtz, etc.
They invested heavily in these players, but it seems to have gone to waste.

Arsenal even left Gyökeres on the bench in yesterday’s match and brought him on only in the last 20 minutes.
It must be really frustrating to leave such an expensive signing on the bench.

Well, I think it is too early to criticise the performance of these players, we are just at the early matches of the season, maybe they should be given more time to prove themselves.

Even Ronaldo who is considered as one of the greatest players in football history still found it difficult to adapt in the early part of the season when he was signed from United to Madrid, he was criticised but at the end proved all his critiques wrong. Definitely they need to adapt to their new environment, so let's encourage them instead of being so quick to criticise them.

[AGogi2003]

I think Chelsea created more chances than Arsenal in this match, and they could have beat Arsenal if not for the red card. To be honest, I underestimated Chelsea before the match because Arsenal looks more competitive than any other team in the Premier League this season, but after Caicedo was sent off, Chelsea was stronger than playing with 11 players, they were not worried that one player was sent off, and they attacked Arsenal more in the second half.

However, I couldn’t believe Arsenal was playing against 10 men since the first half, and yet they still conceded a goal, the draw gives other teams the chance to have a less points difference with Arsenal. With the outcome of the game, I believe Chelsea would have won the game if they had played with 11 players, because they still managed to have 4 shots on target.

Chelsea performance was very great against Arsenal if not because of the red card I think Chelsea can get the three point but the red card and give them much pressure and even with the red card they try to get one goal lead in the match to end the match with a draw and currently they are number 3rd in the league table and Manchester City have overtake them since they achieved three point in there last game and make them get the hope to be in the second position.

Manchester City will face Fulham in there next game and that will be another win for Manchester City, because Fulham are not good and man-city are much better then them this season so they will do well and achieve the three point from them to continue chasing the first position. The season is still long we can't predict the winner of the league currently because Arsenal can still lose some matches in the league.

[Cossyblack]

I don't know why you guys keep blaming Arsenal in that game remember this is a game of football anything can actually happen so if Arsenal Drew the game with Chelsea with Chelsea being one man down to me it's never a big deal to me, if Chelsea was that good at least they could have defended that one goal or maybe score more, the fact is Arsenal was not really good in that game but still show they are the most inform team across Europe now, and again it's quite a long time Chelsea have won Arsenal so I was actually thinking maybe that was their moment but they failed, so why the so much pressure on the Gunners.

Arsenal tried their very best in that game,I don't know if fans was expecting Arsenal to beat Chelsea easily despite playing 10 men against 11 men game. Arsenal had their chances to win the game so did Chelsea,both team couldn't make use of their best opportunities effectively. If fans is blaming Arsenal for not winning against Chelsea is quite understandable since Chelsea was down to 10 man and Arsenal was expected to capitalize on it.
Furthermore, Chelsea is very good this season, beside they are better than Manchester City and Liverpool combined. Arsenal defeated Bayern Munich in the UEFA champions League but couldn't defeat Chelsea who was down to 10- Men. This is to tell you how strong and how well Chelsea played against Arsenal.

[el kaka22]

Chelsea did play against a weaker Arsenal that part is true, but Chelsea is already weaker than Arsenal so it's not like they were a much better team, plus they lost a man and that caused it to be a lot worse for them. Arsenal, even with all the misses, ended up looking better to me and they must e feeling bad about what they have at the moment.

We should consider this to be not a big deal and could be considering how this could be something that will take some time. We can definitely see how this would be something that would be ok and not a big deal. We should be seeing these teams as top teams so not being able to beat each other is ok for them as long as they can go ahead and beat other smaller teams instead.

[Obari]

Chelsea should be happy to get a draw with one man down, they were playing the best team in the league and still managed get a point out of it. That is why we can definitely consider a good game for Chelsea, it was something they needed, not to lose points to best team in the league and focus on the rest of the games.

Chelsea is still not that far away from the top, they have a shot at the title, not likely and probably won't happen to be fair but it's also not impossible. Arsenal is famous for bottling the league after a while of being at the top and City has very bad game periods so Chelsea is not impossible to win the league this year, they can possibly do this and I think it's unlikely but not impossible.

You mentioned about the storyline of Chelsea been a happy club to settle for draw points at Stamford Bridge? Common Chelsea can do better than this. Despite the Red card issued out to Moises Caicedo in the first half of the game, I noticed it didn't shake the style of play and instead, it boosted the performance of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Everyone wanted to see what the big game is all about and Chelsea gave Arsenal a taste of their own medicine. We're listing Chelsea in the category for EPL title contender this season. Everyone have no choice than to become extremely serious in winning games.

[irhact]

I just believe Arsenal will lift the premier league title this season no team will be able to stop them they are the most inform team in premier League right now so they have big chance of winning the premier league title this season, Chelsea played very well and I was thinking they will win Arsenal but they were unable to win because of how strong Arsenal defense is and I believe home advantage played a very big role for Chelsea performance and if they should meet Arsenal in there home I believe Arsenal will win them even though I know it won't be easy.
Manchester City is not inform this season and I don't think they will be able to win the premier league title.

I can't deny Arsenal's run this season but we have seen this pattern too many times, and besides Chelsea is a strong contender for the title this season, I choose to believe that so I doubt if it will be so easy for arsenal like that. However like I said I must commend arsenal, they seem very hungry this season can't lie but like i also said, we have seen this pattern before.

[Johnlomape]

Good for the whole league the yesterday result of Arsenal Chelsea game, with Arsenal not wining now all the pack is much more compact and the gap is reduced between the leader and the pursuers.

The main problem still the level of most of the big teams, Liverpool is in poor condition, Manchester CIty is not what they use to be, Chelsea cant fight for title, United a total failure.

All the football clubs all have their own faults and the club that has less flaws could become the winner of the premier league trophy. This is no more about being at the top because we have seen in the past how different clubs strives to maintain the top position but later became a laughing stuff because they could not maintain their energy to win most of their matches when it was getting to the end of the league.
We can't really judge a book by it covers because their are more to it when you starts reading, getting to the mid of the book so see different adventures that will surprise you.

[B-BossMan]

Chelsea should be happy to get a draw with one man down, they were playing the best team in the league and still managed get a point out of it. That is why we can definitely consider a good game for Chelsea, it was something they needed, not to lose points to best team in the league and focus on the rest of the games.

Chelsea is still not that far away from the top, they have a shot at the title, not likely and probably won't happen to be fair but it's also not impossible. Arsenal is famous for bottling the league after a while of being at the top and City has very bad game periods so Chelsea is not impossible to win the league this year, they can possibly do this and I think it's unlikely but not impossible.

You mentioned about the storyline of Chelsea been a happy club to settle for draw points at Stamford Bridge? Common Chelsea can do better than this. Despite the Red card issued out to Moises Caicedo in the first half of the game, I noticed it didn't shake the style of play and instead, it boosted the performance of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Everyone wanted to see what the big game is all about and Chelsea gave Arsenal a taste of their own medicine. We're listing Chelsea in the category for EPL title contender this season. Everyone have no choice than to become extremely serious in winning games.

Chelsea matches at Stamford Bridge seems to be so annoying at times, because even in this match against them and Arsenal,I wasn't expecting them to go on draw in that match, it should be either Chelsea win or Arsenal wins but I wasn't giving or thought of draw in the particularly, so I don't know why chelsea cannot longer uses thier home advantage to at least take a lead in any home matches, they must have prepared comfortably for Arsenal before that Match,but chelsea fumbled, I was expecting them to make us happy has they did with Barcelona in UCL, but the premier league some times hard to predict, well the both teams really played well

[Joca97]

Chelsea did play against a weaker Arsenal that part is true, but Chelsea is already weaker than Arsenal so it's not like they were a much better team, plus they lost a man and that caused it to be a lot worse for them. Arsenal, even with all the misses, ended up looking better to me and they must e feeling bad about what they have at the moment.

We should consider this to be not a big deal and could be considering how this could be something that will take some time. We can definitely see how this would be something that would be ok and not a big deal. We should be seeing these teams as top teams so not being able to beat each other is ok for them as long as they can go ahead and beat other smaller teams instead.

Still Chelsea were missing Palmer in the starting 11 plus missed a few players aswell and i think both teams before the game were pretty equal maybe Arsenal was a little better on paper. Still Arsenal should have won the match,Chelsea got an early red card and i cannot believe that Arsenal didnt take advantage of that,it was a perfect chance to leave Chelsea in the dust and give themselfs a huge lead but now Man City has caught up a little with Arsenal and now its only 5 points difference.

[Berry2d]

Chelsea should be happy to get a draw with one man down, they were playing the best team in the league and still managed get a point out of it. That is why we can definitely consider a good game for Chelsea, it was something they needed, not to lose points to best team in the league and focus on the rest of the games.

Chelsea is still not that far away from the top, they have a shot at the title, not likely and probably won't happen to be fair but it's also not impossible. Arsenal is famous for bottling the league after a while of being at the top and City has very bad game periods so Chelsea is not impossible to win the league this year, they can possibly do this and I think it's unlikely but not impossible.

No doubt Arsenal is a good team but not good enough to be considered the best team in the world just because of there minor consistency rate this season. Arsenal started the season with a wonderful performance and are still putting up such performance till now but not enough to be considered the best because very soon Arsenal will prove there what as they have been doing for years