⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[redhack]

I said it wouldn't be easy and even though they scored 5 goals, they couldn't win easily. Before the match, who could have predicted that Fulham would score 4 goals against Manchester City? And that they still wouldn't get any points from the match? Manchester City's attackers are playing brilliantly, but their defense is the complete opposite. A team competing for the championship can't concede 4 goals to the 15th-place team in the league. They got 3 points today, but they might not be so lucky next time.

[kawetsriyanto]

Both Arsenal and Chelsea won’t be playing against strong teams which i will say they going to find them difficult to win. They both should be able to get a win in the match, because they currently in form, and won’t want to lose any point right now. Arsenal wants to keep on increasing their points difference between them and Manchester City which is currently in second position, and Chelsea are also fighting for the first position, so they won’t want to lose any point right now.

It is impossible that both of them win the match.  
I think it is a fair result that they got a draw. It is because both of them are in their best performance now. The draw result indicates that both of them are strong, that's why there is no team that got a lose.

In the next match, both Arsenal and Chelsea will play against weaker teams. I am sure they will get full points again. There will be no change in the top 3, Arsenal remains in the first place and Chelsea will stay in the 3rd place. I think the top 3 teams in EPL to compete closely until the end of the season.

Manchester city were just lucky in the match, after Manchester City scored their 5th goal, I was just so confident in them, and I never expected Fulham to score more than 2 goals which they had then, but I was just surprised to see Fulham trying to close the goal difference, but unfortunately Fulham still lost the match, they couldn’t equalize to make it draw.

Agree. TBH, I was also surprised with the match. Fullham could dominate the match, they created many opportunities to score goals. But Fullham were unlucky to score 1 own goal and didn't put Samuel Chukwueze in the starting lineup. If they didn't score own goal and they put Chukwueze in the main lineup, the result could be different. Even if Fullham got a lose, they have played very well. Samuel Chukwueze performed quite impressive.

[Adbitco]

Manchester city were just lucky in the match, after Manchester City scored their 5th goal, I was just so confident in them, and I never expected Fulham to score more than 2 goals which they had then, but I was just surprised to see Fulham trying to close the goal difference, but unfortunately Fulham still lost the match, they couldn’t equalize to make it draw.

I was actually confident that Man City would win against Fulham, as Fulham's performance has been declining this season, while Man City has been experiencing a fairly good upswing lately. However, when I saw the final score, I was truly surprised.

Indeed, Man City won, and that's the main point. However, they conceded four goals, proving that their defense was just as weak in this match. Pep needs to evaluate this in depth. And you said it was unlucky, which could be because one of Man City's goals was an OCR goal by Ham player Sander Berge.

But if you look at the statistics of their performance, here, Fulham actually dominated several things, fortunately Man City's front line was very sharp in its attacks so that from only 4 shots on target, all of them became goals.

Had it been I didn't watch the second half of this game, I would have maybe said Fulham were lucky to score those 2 last goals but Fulham indeed dominated Manchester City, they were everywhere and that period Chukwueze was at the left flank, he was just so good when he scored that goal and VAR was checking for possible offside, I was like, shouldn't some goals just be allowed to stand because of how beautiful it is irrespective of whether offside or not. Some goal should shouldn't be chopped off just because of few inches of offside, I was saying this and boom, it was not offside. So how happy I was as if I had won a bet, lol. It wasn't long another brilliant strike from him again.

[SUPERSAIAN]

What a stressful match, what a struggle. Manchester City and Fulham gave everything they had to win. It was especially enjoyable that this match, played in the rain, was so competitive, everyone enjoyed the football to their heart's content.

Manchester City was leading 5-1 in the 54th minute. In any other league, the losing team would have long ago conceded defeat. Fulham scored three more goals and nearly equalized the match, but they really put in a great effort.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Manchester city were just lucky in the match, after Manchester City scored their 5th goal, I was just so confident in them, and I never expected Fulham to score more than 2 goals which they had then, but I was just surprised to see Fulham trying to close the goal difference, but unfortunately Fulham still lost the match, they couldn’t equalize to make it draw.

I was actually confident that Man City would win against Fulham, as Fulham's performance has been declining this season, while Man City has been experiencing a fairly good upswing lately. However, when I saw the final score, I was truly surprised.

Indeed, Man City won, and that's the main point. However, they conceded four goals, proving that their defense was just as weak in this match. Pep needs to evaluate this in depth. And you said it was unlucky, which could be because one of Man City's goals was an OCR goal by Ham player Sander Berge.

But if you look at the statistics of their performance, here, Fulham actually dominated several things, fortunately Man City's front line was very sharp in its attacks so that from only 4 shots on target, all of them became goals.

FulHam let their guard down early in the game with a weaker attacking system and a non functional Midfield which allowed Manchester City dominated the attacks and made no mistake with filing their net with goals very early in the game. They later changed tactics in the second half and got back in the game narrowing the difference down to one but the own goal later decided the game and saw Manchester City leaving with all 3 points for themselves.

This is an indication to how profitable early goals can be, had Manchester City made mistakes with the early goals and not scored them, they wouldn't have made it out with 3 points in this match

Manchester City defense isn't strong yet at the moment. They're weakness is covered up by the strikers and midfielders and if they should meet a stronger team that can exploit their weak defence, the outcome would be very different

[JiiBs]

But if you look at the statistics of their performance, here, Fulham actually dominated several things, fortunately Man City's front line was very sharp in its attacks so that from only 4 shots on target, all of them became goals.

When you are in a loosing position and it’s by a good goal margin, defense becomes the least of your priority but, to try and smoothen it all up. That’s what Fulham did, they were several goals down and the only way they could hold off this Manchester City team that wasn’t playing about the goal scoring was to put them under some kind of pressure, to take the game to them and have them play the defense.
They did that and the goals wasn’t lacking no more, with just a goal to go, Manchester City knew they had to put up a good fight and hold the game to the final whistle and was able to manage it.

[Ochan_yazo_tochant]

What a stressful match, what a struggle. Manchester City and Fulham gave everything they had to win. It was especially enjoyable that this match, played in the rain, was so competitive, everyone enjoyed the football to their heart's content.

Manchester City was leading 5-1 in the 54th minute. In any other league, the losing team would have long ago conceded defeat. Fulham scored three more goals and nearly equalized the match, but they really put in a great effort.

What an incredible night of Premier League drama!

While City vs. Fulham gave us one thriller, Tottenham produced their own late miracle today!  
In the final minutes, Romero turned into the hero Spurs desperately needed scoring not once, but twice to snatch at least a point from what seemed like certain defeat. That’s the kind of resilience that defines seasons.

It’s moments like these that remind us why we love this league no lead is ever truly safe, and passion can rewrite any script in stoppage time.Well played, Romero. Well fought, Tottenham.  

[Nightwatchmare]

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.

You are right, if Arsenal were a strong club and compact club which make good use of opportunities available to them judiciously, they should have won this match especially when Chelsea got the red card even before half time, I was already happy for Arsenal thinking they will make good use of the opportunity and snatch the chances by winning the match but they did not instead they were just roaming round the pitch missing one goal opportunity or the other. Why I'm worried for Arsenal is, they are still leading the table but every day the chances become slimmer and the gaps closer for others and if they don't be careful with the way things are going, they may end up losing their first position to Chelsea or City soon.

I told an Arsenal, if the match ended 11 Vs 11 on the pitch, Chelsea would have won Arsenal. Did you see how Chelsea was attacking even with a man down, they were still playing as if the both teams had same numbers of players on the pitch. Arsenal should have used that extra man advantage to run Chelsea down but they couldn't. If the situation was reversed, would Chelsea not have won Arsenal? Well that nobody can answer for sure but my guess is, Chelsea would have scored first and anything could have happened further from there.

Had the been i didn't watch Chelsea vs Arsenal and see when the referee gave a red card to Moises Caicedo, i wouldn't have believed Chelsea were one man down against Arsenal because with the way Chelsea dominated Arsenal and created more chances for goals after receiving the red card, i agree that if Chelsea had played with 11 players against Arsenal, Chelsea would have won Arsenal at stamford bridge. I was hoping Arsenal would use Moses Caicedo's red card and defeat Chelsea but they couldn't take advantage of the red card. It is possible that if it was Arsenal that had the red card, Chelsea could have won Arsenal.

[Bigjoe33]

I dont know still i played that Man City will score two or more and i think that they will score at least two. I think Fulham will also score at least one goal,so i think this will be a really intresting match between these two. Maybe Man City has a better H2H and is expected from them to win but i think it will be really close. I wonder what will Guardiola prepare for this match.

It is very likely to happen, Manchester City might actually even end up scoring more than two goals, they need to win so they can stay competitive for title. It's a fact that they have not been stable but still they need to be winning. The last matche they played it almost ended in a draw if not for late goal. Now I believe they will be more serious not to find themselves in such a position. I am sure they will score two or even more goals tonight.

It has happened again today, conceding goals and it nearly ended in draw. Manchester city was leading the home team Fulham by 5 goals to 1(5:1), and hit got to 5:4 at 84 mins of the match was a suck. Just like there previous match with leads, where they were leading with 2:0 at the first half, but ended up with 2:2, if not a late goal from Phil Foden at 90+ minute, it would have also been a draw match.

So we really say they Manchester city has a defence problem or they can't absorb pressure or possibly they get tired in the second half easily which makes them concede goals anyhow? They play very well, but they are are Opel to concede goals, and this is a problem they have to put under control quickly, because if they play a good team who can score and not concede easily, then they might end up loosing or getting a draw

[Solodoski]

I said it wouldn't be easy and even though they scored 5 goals, they couldn't win easily. Before the match, who could have predicted that Fulham would score 4 goals against Manchester City? And that they still wouldn't get any points from the match? Manchester City's attackers are playing brilliantly, but their defense is the complete opposite. A team competing for the championship can't concede 4 goals to the 15th-place team in the league. They got 3 points today, but they might not be so lucky next time.

Manchester city might have won this game against Fulham, but I think this is a very poor scoreline for them. This really shows how bad their defense played and its not good for a team that is considered a title comfender. They are treading the same part as Liverpool, in the last 2 matches they have conceded 6 goals, which my opinion is very poor. The same thing happened to Liverpool and I told people that some day they might not be able to outscore the other team and they will begin to have issues. It Manchester City continue conceding this way, they should just forget about the league, because they can't win it by conceding so many goals.

[Barikui1]

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When you are in a loosing position and it’s by a good goal margin, defense becomes the least of your priority but, to try and smoothen it all up. That’s what Fulham did, they were several goals down and the only way they could hold off this Manchester City team that wasn’t playing about the goal scoring was to put them under some kind of pressure, to take the game to them and have them play the defense.
They did that and the goals wasn’t lacking no more, with just a goal to go, Manchester City knew they had to put up a good fight and hold the game to the final whistle and was able to manage it.

I was really disappointed with this Manchester City side because they are real shit defensively, and this game against Fulham shows how terrible they are at the back, because they were just lucky to have won the game because if their was more time, Fulham would have equalized the goals, and might even won the game since Manchester City switched off as if they have already won the game when their was a lot of time left to play for.
Manchester City really need to work on their defense if they want to stay competitive this season because their are some teams they will be unable to score, and their a high chance of that team getting goals against them, so they have to improve if they want to compete with the big boys.

[MK-74]

Man. City almost made an unbelievable mistake, but it didn’t happen in the end.
A match that was going very comfortably for Man. City suddenly became difficult, and they were close to dropping points.
Man. City won the match 5–4 after leading 5–1. If Fulham had scored one more goal, the two teams would have shared a point each.
If the match had ended in a draw, it would have been a devastating result for Man. City

Newcastle United vs Tottenham match ended 2–2. Tottenham equalized with Romero’s goals, and with their goal in the 90th minute, both teams left with one point each.

[YUriy1991]

The match between the Fulham and Manchester city is something which I think everyone already knows the results. The match definitely ends in the favour of Manchester City. Because Manchester City always manages to maintain their win against Fulham. Manchester city is a strong team and they are always in their struggle phase to achieve something big. Because Liverpool is also not in the circle of great competitors of Manchester City. Arsenal is also a very good team and they are also joining the race of being first always. And I personally think that  it is not necessary that you have to win always but the most necessary thing is that your struggles are how you take things and how you make efforts to at least turn them into their favour. And Manchester city is the one which is always trying to have the best.

At first, the match was easy, as predicted, Manchester City would easily win when visiting Fulham's home. However, in the second half, Fulham's game completely changed, the match heated up. Fulham really played very persistently, successfully scoring 3 goals against Gianluigi Donnarumma, Manchester City was defeated by Samuel Chukwueze who was the star for Fulham in the match. Luckily, Manchester City scored 3 goals in the first half so they managed to lock in 3 points in the match.

[B-BossMan]

I dont know still i played that Man City will score two or more and i think that they will score at least two. I think Fulham will also score at least one goal,so i think this will be a really intresting match between these two. Maybe Man City has a better H2H and is expected from them to win but i think it will be really close. I wonder what will Guardiola prepare for this match.

It is very likely to happen, Manchester City might actually even end up scoring more than two goals, they need to win so they can stay competitive for title. It's a fact that they have not been stable but still they need to be winning. The last matche they played it almost ended in a draw if not for late goal. Now I believe they will be more serious not to find themselves in such a position. I am sure they will score two or even more goals tonight.

It has happened again today, conceding goals and it nearly ended in draw. Manchester city was leading the home team Fulham by 5 goals to 1(5:1), and hit got to 5:4 at 84 mins of the match was a suck. Just like there previous match with leads, where they were leading with 2:0 at the first half, but ended up with 2:2, if not a late goal from Phil Foden at 90+ minute, it would have also been a draw match.

So we really say they Manchester city has a defence problem or they can't absorb pressure or possibly they get tired in the second half easily which makes them concede goals anyhow? They play very well, but they are are Opel to concede goals, and this is a problem they have to put under control quickly, because if they play a good team who can score and not concede easily, then they might end up loosing or getting a draw

The match between Fulham and Manchester city yesterday was a very surprising game, it's just the luck of games, if not Manchester City would have ended up disappointing me with thier unwanted performances. I couldn't believe Fulham would have a scoring opportunity up to a 4 goals in that match, after Manchester City was leading 4 goals ahead of them, Fulham performance was quite alright, because I wanted to concluded that the match would end in draw when I saw 4-5, but the Manchester City has were manged to take the lead and gain thier suprises victory against Fulham. I must thumb up for Fulham for thier performances.

In today's matches let's see what Chelsea will play against Leeds united and  Arsenal vs Brentford.

[len01]

Indeed, Man City won, and that's the main point. However, they conceded four goals, proving that their defense was just as weak in this match. Pep needs to evaluate this in depth.

If we look back at the previous match, Man City already looked weak in the defensive line when they faced Leeds, a relegation zone team that still managed to break through City’s defense with 2 goals. And that happened while City were playing at home, where they should’ve had a stronger mentality to avoid conceding. Based on these stats, Guardiola has obviously done his evaluation, but there’s really no other option except waiting until the january window to bring in new, higher quality players for the defensive line.

[Nightwatchmare]

Tonight we will watch the Fulham vs. Man City match.
Man City has won every game against Fulham since 2012, and I think they will win again tonight because they are only 5 points behind Arsenal in the title race, and they won’t want that gap to grow.

The match between the Fulham and Manchester city is something which I think everyone already knows the results. The match definitely ends in the favour of Manchester City. Because Manchester City always manages to maintain their win against Fulham. Manchester city is a strong team and they are always in their struggle phase to achieve something big. Because Liverpool is also not in the circle of great competitors of Manchester City. Arsenal is also a very good team and they are also joining the race of being first always. And I personally think that  it is not necessary that you have to win always but the most necessary thing is that your struggles are how you take things and how you make efforts to at least turn them into their favour. And Manchester city is the one which is always trying to have the best.

I knew Manchester City would win Fulham yesterday because Fulham has not won Manchester City since 2012, but i was absolutely in shock with the way Manchester City struggled with Fulham in second half, and if there were enough time after Fulham scored their 4th goal against Manchester City, Fulham could have surprisingly made Manchester City drop 2 points yesterday. If a team doesn't want to win the league title, then they do not need to win all their matches. But if a team wants to win the league title, they need to set a goal of winning all their matches so that they can be ahead of all the teams in the league to achieve their goal.

[SmartCharpa]

I think Arsenal and Chelsea will win their matches tomorrow. Neither team faces teams of their caliber, and we saw how good both teams are in the last match. Manchester City's win made a splash because the talk of the town was more about the consecutive goals they conceded and the near-dropping of points than about the victory itself. After the 5-4 draw, Fulham fans were now convinced they could draw.

After Chelsea and Arsenal draw their last game, I believe that both teams are going to win their match today. According to the odds the bookies gives to Chelsea, they believe it will be a difficult game for Chelsea to win, but I do not see Chelsea as a team that is struggling with defenders like Manchester City, I don’t understand why Chelsea odds are @1.97 and the home team are @4.01, maybe they believe that Caicedo absence is going to affect their midfielders.

Even though Caicedo will miss the game, and they are not sure whether James will play 90 minutes today, I do not see Leeds as a threat to Chelsea. Chelsea needs to play at their best because this is another opportunity to get 3 points and reduce the points gap with Arsenal. Arsenal will face Brentford, and if they win, Chelsea will have a huge points differential to catch them.

[AprilioMP]

The match between Fulham and Manchester city yesterday was a very surprising game, it's just the luck of games, if not Manchester City would have ended up disappointing me with thier unwanted performances. I couldn't believe Fulham would have a scoring opportunity up to a 4 goals in that match, after Manchester City was leading 4 goals ahead of them, Fulham performance was quite alright, because I wanted to concluded that the match would end in draw when I saw 4-5, but the Manchester City has were manged to take the lead and gain thier suprises victory against Fulham. I must thumb up for Fulham for thier performances.

I missed this match but from the replay I watched, it was really exciting.
The 1-5 score was created in a period of 53 minutes. Furthermore, in the remaining time, Fulham scored 3 more goals which forced the match to end with a score of 4-5.
If in the last 10 years Fulham can score one more goal, I believe many people will be disappointed and all Manchester City players will have to suffer this disappointment.

The Newcastle vs Tottenham match was also fierce. 4 goals with a score of 2-2 were created alternately until the final minute.

In today's matches let's see what Chelsea will play against Leeds united and  Arsenal vs Brentford.

We hope Arsenal can win over Brentford. In my opinion, Chelsea also has a good chance of winning this match.

[SmartCharpa]

At first, the match was easy, as predicted, Manchester City would easily win when visiting Fulham's home. However, in the second half, Fulham's game completely changed, the match heated up. Fulham really played very persistently, successfully scoring 3 goals against Gianluigi Donnarumma, Manchester City was defeated by Samuel Chukwueze who was the star for Fulham in the match. Luckily, Manchester City scored 3 goals in the first half so they managed to lock in 3 points in the match.

I also expected Manchester City to win easily against Fulham because history shows that they usually win, but Manchester City ended up conceding 4 goals while visiting Fulham, it would have ended in a draw, but they managed to secure the three points. Chukwueze is enjoying his best moment in the Premier League, destroying Manchester City defenders with two amazing goals, it would be disappointing if Manchester City did not win the match after 1-5 in 54 minutes.

The Newcastle vs Tottenham match was also fierce. 4 goals with a score of 2-2 were created alternately until the final minute.

It was great that Tottenham managed to get a point against Newcastle, it was a tough game for the both sides. Before the match, I predicted that both teams will score goals, but I won’t be surprised if Newcastle wins because they also won their previous two games before playing against Tottenham. Tottenham did not give Newcastle a breathing space during the match, denying Newcastle 3 points with the last minute goal from Cristian Romero.

[Jostern]

I dont know still i played that Man City will score two or more and i think that they will score at least two. I think Fulham will also score at least one goal,so i think this will be a really intresting match between these two. Maybe Man City has a better H2H and is expected from them to win but i think it will be really close. I wonder what will Guardiola prepare for this match.

It is very likely to happen, Manchester City might actually even end up scoring more than two goals, they need to win so they can stay competitive for title. It's a fact that they have not been stable but still they need to be winning. The last matche they played it almost ended in a draw if not for late goal. Now I believe they will be more serious not to find themselves in such a position. I am sure they will score two or even more goals tonight.

It has happened again today, conceding goals and it nearly ended in draw. Manchester city was leading the home team Fulham by 5 goals to 1(5:1), and hit got to 5:4 at 84 mins of the match was a suck. Just like there previous match with leads, where they were leading with 2:0 at the first half, but ended up with 2:2, if not a late goal from Phil Foden at 90+ minute, it would have also been a draw match.

So we really say they Manchester city has a defence problem or they can't absorb pressure or possibly they get tired in the second half easily which makes them concede goals anyhow? They play very well, but they are are Opel to concede goals, and this is a problem they have to put under control quickly, because if they play a good team who can score and not concede easily, then they might end up loosing or getting a draw

It was a very interesting game, when I was watching the game in the first half I was actually bored and almost slept off while watching that game, because Manchester City was scoring goals for fun and running riots against Fulham, but during the second half I was very surprised with the performance of the Fulham players they didn’t give up, they kept pressing Manchester City and scored that goal from Iwobi was like an extra motivation for them, and then when they brought Chukwueze the game changed entirely and he scored two quick goals and I was very surprised and impressed at the same time, the game was more entertaining and interesting, Manchester City was very lucky and Donnarumma was very prolific in the performance, but I must say the Manchester City defense seems to be very lackadaisical.

Arsenal fans must be very disappointed yesterday in that game, because Fulham gave them hopes of taking a point from Manchester City but unfortunately it didn’t happen for them and I understand their frustration.