⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[redhack]

Wow what a thriller in second half! Liverpool won't be any good this season. Even though they took a two-goal lead, the score ended up 2-2 again. After the penalty, Anton Stach scored a fantastic goal and equalized the score. If Liverpool can't find the winning goal, Slot will be in big trouble. He may have to resign after the match. I don't think he has any credit left.
Szoboszlai may saved his ass. We'll see in ten minutes.

[jaberwock]

Pep has been joking about Rodri saying he is getting better and will be ready in a few years lol. I think that's the problem with the team, they have changed so many players so quickly that it is taking time for all of them to adjust and be in shape. But with Aston Villa getting the win, we can safely assume that City will do whatever it takes to get the win.

Arsenal is looking like the typical Arsenal team that is losing during middle of the season, this year they had more gap advantage but losing that day by day so I am guessing it is not going to be easy at all. City will need a win and if they can do that then they will have some chance to do a wonderful job, otherwise it is going to be hard to catch Arsenal, they must win against Sunderland.

[Agbe]

Wow what a thriller in second half! Liverpool won't be any good this season. Even though they took a two-goal lead, the score ended up 2-2 again. After the penalty, Anton Stach scored a fantastic goal and equalized the score. If Liverpool can't find the winning goal, Slot will be in big trouble. He may have to resign after the match. I don't think he has any credit left.
Szoboszlai may saved his ass. We'll see in ten minutes.

Lolz. But at least Leeds United didn't win the game. Though Liverpool would have won the game but they are out of luck in the season so things are not going to the way they wanted instead against them. Aston Villa vs Arsenal match. I saw a fans of Arsenal saying, this Match with Aston Villa is the worst match in this season. That might be true, but they are still at the top so there is no shaking for them at the moment but if they loss there next match, they will decline from the top.

[JiiBs]

Wow what a thriller in second half! Liverpool won't be any good this season. Even though they took a two-goal lead, the score ended up 2-2 again. After the penalty, Anton Stach scored a fantastic goal and equalized the score. If Liverpool can't find the winning goal, Slot will be in big trouble. He may have to resign after the match. I don't think he has any credit left.
Szoboszlai may saved his ass. We'll see in ten minutes.

Leeds are just being very defying of recent. After they beat Chelsea in the mid week games, here they are yet again, from a 2 goals lead to Liverpool, they put in effort to get a 2:2 scoreline, Liverpool pushed for the win with a third goal and leads yet again came back in for an equalizer at 3:3.

That’s why, when you say Liverpool wouldn’t get any better this season, there isn’t anything far fetched from the truth. The team as it is needs some major restructuring and Slot don’t seem to have any strategy on his sleeves.

[Issa56]

Arsenal is looking like the typical Arsenal team that is losing during middle of the season, this year they had more gap advantage but losing that day by day so I am guessing it is not going to be easy at all. City will need a win and if they can do that then they will have some chance to do a wonderful job, otherwise it is going to be hard to catch Arsenal, they must win against Sunderland.

Arsenal have been at the top of the table since beginning of the season, but am not moved, I know it’s a matter of time they going to drop from the 1st position. Arsenal is now ahead of Manchester city which is in second position with just 2 points, and slight mistake from Arsenal they going to be dropping from the first position which they are, and anything that makes Manchester city to take over the first position from Arsenal, I don’t think Manchester city will be dropping from the first position till the season ends. I just think Arsenal has started their usual performance, there is already a decline in their performance, am no longer expecting much from Arsenal.

[Amphenomenon]

Wow what a thriller in second half! Liverpool won't be any good this season. Even though they took a two-goal lead, the score ended up 2-2 again. After the penalty, Anton Stach scored a fantastic goal and equalized the score. If Liverpool can't find the winning goal, Slot will be in big trouble. He may have to resign after the match. I don't think he has any credit left.
Szoboszlai may saved his ass. We'll see in ten minutes.

Leeds are just being very defying of recent. After they beat Chelsea in the mid week games, here they are yet again, from a 2 goals lead to Liverpool, they put in effort to get a 2:2 scoreline, Liverpool pushed for the win with a third goal and leads yet again came back in for an equalizer at 3:3.

That’s why, when you say Liverpool wouldn’t get any better this season, there isn’t anything far fetched from the truth. The team as it is needs some major restructuring and Slot don’t seem to have any strategy on his sleeves.

Leeds United did what we couldn't do against them during the week. A surprise comeback from them, Szoboszai thought he got all three points for his team getting an 80 minutes goal but only for Leeds to get another.

EPL is beautiful, Arsenal dropped points but sadly my team still got a tie this weekend against Bournemouth after losing three points during the week.

[Adams0001]

Arsenal have been at the top of the table since beginning of the season, but am not moved, I know it’s a matter of time they going to drop from the 1st position. Arsenal is now ahead of Manchester city which is in second position with just 2 points, and slight mistake from Arsenal they going to be dropping from the first position which they are, and anything that makes Manchester city to take over the first position from Arsenal, I don’t think Manchester city will be dropping from the first position till the season ends. I just think Arsenal has started their usual performance, there is already a decline in their performance, am no longer expecting much from Arsenal.

What i always think is trying to happen against Arsenal with how Arsenal start this season with a good performance they have start making the fans feel weak and just dropping points in the league tables already. Any match Arsenal drop point and Manchester City win there game they will top the league and make Arteta become second in the league table. Every season Arsenal most failed and won't get the chance of wining the Premier League.

In my view I think Arteta is not the right coach to win the league for Arsenal they need to look for new coach to help the team win the title, Arteta don't have another strategy to used to make the team stronger and perform much better. We thought Manchester City can't do anything this season but have started seeing different from him and he can shock everyone and win the league this season.

[Alex077]

Meanwile, Liverpool, after a goalless 1st half, scored two goals in a space of two minutes and looks like they will be earning a much needed 3 points on Leeds and puts them (at least temporarily) back in the top 5. There's still plenty of time to go in that game.

What I found interesting in their last match was Liverpool had 21 shots and only 5 of them were on target,, lol. That is some absolutely horrible level of accuracy. I mean I could give them credit for making chances but creating chances doesn't mean anything if you are unable to finish the chances. And also Liverpool was unable to score a single goal on last weeks match. Sunderland wanted to score, it didn't matter which goal post it was lol. Sunderland was actually going through a rough time and I thought Liverpool would be able to take advantage of that. But obviously I was wrong. I mean Liverpool did try but trying is not enough for them at this moment. I think the coach Arne slot should just focus on going back to Klopp’s tactics because his tactics are not working right now.

whatever by seeing last week's match I placed today's bet against Liverpool and i thought Leeds United will win today's match but what an unfortunate they also drew this one, lol...

[Oluwa-btc]

Arsenal's wings have finally been clipped and now the panick will kick in!!

Who thought, the Gunners would fall at the hands of a wounded Aston Villa.. and now the log is opening up for new challenger's and I want to see how odds for Arsenal to win the Premier league will drop and make other clubs among the favourites..

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Another upset loading for the day

Arteta should be part of the blames for this lose, yes I get that most of their best players are injured.

A draw result was anticipated but that late winner finally decided it. How Mikel Arteta approached this game was tiring and more of a defensive battle. You can't continue this way if you intend winning the Premier league competition. Aston Villa red hot form should be observed closely, they might end up doing the unexpected.  It was, I wanted the win for Arsenal.

[MainIbem]

Arsenal have been at the top of the table since beginning of the season, but am not moved, I know it’s a matter of time they going to drop from the 1st position. Arsenal is now ahead of Manchester city which is in second position with just 2 points, and slight mistake from Arsenal they going to be dropping from the first position which they are, and anything that makes Manchester city to take over the first position from Arsenal, I don’t think Manchester city will be dropping from the first position till the season ends. I just think Arsenal has started their usual performance, there is already a decline in their performance, am no longer expecting much from Arsenal.

What i always think is trying to happen against Arsenal with how Arsenal start this season with a good performance they have start making the fans feel weak and just dropping points in the league tables already. Any match Arsenal drop point and Manchester City win there game they will top the league and make Arteta become second in the league table. Every season Arsenal most failed and won't get the chance of wining the Premier League.

In my view I think Arteta is not the right coach to win the league for Arsenal they need to look for new coach to help the team win the title, Arteta don't have another strategy to used to make the team stronger and perform much better. We thought Manchester City can't do anything this season but have started seeing different from him and he can shock everyone and win the league this season.

What a painful loss, the players can feel it and they're so disappointed at themselves cause they gave their all but their defense didn't just get the assignment this time around and it's simply because the two people making that position solid where not aviable. Arsenal really missed Saliba and Gabriel, I'm not trying to give Arsenal fans an excuse but I feel they would've done better defensively if those two players were available. Anyways we've got to that period once again when Arteta would be wondering the next step that could make him win the trophy, I hope he gets it right this time around cause injury has been their problem every season and it hit them so bad this season.

[Proty]

Arsenal's wings have finally been clipped and now the panick will kick in!!

Who thought, the Gunners would fall at the hands of a wounded Aston Villa.. and now the log is opening up for new challenger's and I want to see how odds for Arsenal to win the Premier league will drop and make other clubs among the favourites..

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Another upset loading for the day

Arteta should be part of the blames for this lose, yes I get that most of their best players are injured.

A draw result was anticipated but that late winner finally decided it. How Mikel Arteta approached this game was tiring and more of a defensive battle. You can't continue this way if you intend winning the Premier league competition. Aston Villa red hot form should be observed closely, they might end up doing the unexpected.  It was, I wanted the win for Arsenal.

Blaming Arteta, to me it looks some how . Aston villa isn't just anyhow team, if we look at there performance in previous they did well. So Aston villa isn't a club that Arsenal will devour or win that easily. However, I never expected Aston villa to win Arsenal al the same they did there best but it wasn't as easy as they think it will be.
Arsenal winning premier league, with the look of things don't think it will be possible for Arsenal to win the premier League trophy even if they will it won't be as easy as they thought.

[Byebyebtc]

Wow what a thriller in second half! Liverpool won't be any good this season.

You just made a conclusion that Liverpool will not be of any good this season like you are a foreseer or can see the future
Right now Liverpool has a bad performance doesn't mean they don still have potentials. To be honest they actually improved on like before that they where only in a loosing streak at least rn they are trying to secure some goals and are trying hard to get a good defence

What is important right now is for them to work more on their selves they should not be bothered about the trophy for now, it's quite hard for them to chase that for now except they level up and get better.

[programmer3666]

There is just no way Arsenal will not bottle this league this season again!! if there is one thing you should avoid as a club topping the table, just try to avoid dropping points if you have Man City breathing down your neck, because they know how to capitalize on opportunities and Arsenal gave them a lifeline of great motivation by losing to Aston Villa so they took the golden opportunity to push more closer to the top... i think we are in for a very interesting turn of events in the coming weeks

[RockBell]

Arsenal is looking like the typical Arsenal team that is losing during middle of the season, this year they had more gap advantage but losing that day by day so I am guessing it is not going to be easy at all. City will need a win and if they can do that then they will have some chance to do a wonderful job, otherwise it is going to be hard to catch Arsenal, they must win against Sunderland.

Arsenal have been at the top of the table since beginning of the season, but am not moved, I know it’s a matter of time they going to drop from the 1st position. Arsenal is now ahead of Manchester city which is in second position with just 2 points, and slight mistake from Arsenal they going to be dropping from the first position which they are, and anything that makes Manchester city to take over the first position from Arsenal, I don’t think Manchester city will be dropping from the first position till the season ends. I just think Arsenal has started their usual performance, there is already a decline in their performance, am no longer expecting much from Arsenal.

And it's impressive that this is actually first game of losing and this might not really change anything so no matter what happened today in the Premier League is understandable and arsenal have improved better  than any other club and that should be enough to convince people that this season is different. And we know that Manchester city is gradually coming in close but I still have faith in them, and a lot of people are not happy with the fact that Arsenal are the onces topping the table and why do you think Manchester city can not drop from that position because they are who, and this is football and nothing is guaranteed so, and from the look of things Arsenal is better than Manchester City.

[Berry2d]

There is just no way Arsenal will not bottle this league this season again!! if there is one thing you should avoid as a club topping the table, just try to avoid dropping points if you have Man City breathing down your neck, because they know how to capitalize on opportunities and Arsenal gave them a lifeline of great motivation by losing to Aston Villa so they took the golden opportunity to push more closer to the top... i think we are in for a very interesting turn of events in the coming weeks

Its Arsenal's cultural behavior, maintaining consistency at the beginning of the season with signs of dominance till a certain stage, then begin to drop till they loss there opportunities, even before this time I know and believe something like this will happen. To be honest with you, this is Arsenal's time of dropping points until they loss there opportunities to become winner of the league so let's stop bothering ourselves on that because Manchester city and other teams will capitalize on this golden opportunity given by Arsenal to take the glory from them.

[bangjoe]

I just woke up and saw Arsenal's rematch and they lost, it was very disappointing, especially since they had high hopes for this season, 2-1 against Anton Villa, this was a blow for them sadly, but I know they lost today because Arsenal had a lot of injured players in their squad, and some of their players experienced a decline in performance so Emery, who was in good condition, was able to win the match.

[Alonso_]

Wow what a thriller in second half! Liverpool won't be any good this season. Even though they took a two-goal lead, the score ended up 2-2 again. After the penalty, Anton Stach scored a fantastic goal and equalized the score. If Liverpool can't find the winning goal, Slot will be in big trouble. He may have to resign after the match. I don't think he has any credit left.
Szoboszlai may saved his ass. We'll see in ten minutes.

Liverpool are a finished team, how do you loose a two goals advantage and playing 2 vs 2 and latar went on to score and then allowing Leeds pick up a draw, Liverpool was in control of the game for the majority of the game, but when you look at the Liverpool team, you will understand that the defense is the problem they are having anyone can play through them, and they seems to be throwing away games, Virgil Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate was obviously a shadow of himself both of the defenders and the central defender are obviously a total mess, they should be taking all three points, but unfortunately for them, they should forget about the season.

[liuka]

Wow what a thriller in second half! Liverpool won't be any good this season. Even though they took a two-goal lead, the score ended up 2-2 again. After the penalty, Anton Stach scored a fantastic goal and equalized the score. If Liverpool can't find the winning goal, Slot will be in big trouble. He may have to resign after the match. I don't think he has any credit left.
Szoboszlai may saved his ass. We'll see in ten minutes.

It was disappointing for Liverpool because they lost several times and now several draws are results that fans don't want considering Liverpool is a big team with expensive players.

How many lost this bet? Not only that there was disappointment in the Arsenal match which lost, sadly this bet.
Indeed, like Liverpool, it has been bad this season, it can be said that it cannot be saved anymore because Arne Slot's strategy often fails in home / away matches.

[Agbam]

Is like a culture for them so I don't see anything happening differently here, as for the losing more we come but I hope it doesn't come too fast, arsenal are good at raising false hope for their fans, they started very well, I won't be happy to see this their normal happing again this time, as for the bet side, people bet not necessarily because it is the team they are fanning but because they are in form, this losing was not expected, they performance of arsenal in the recent time can possibly trigger bettors be it arsenal fans or other fans to bet arsenal to win whoever they are to play with with, I won't say anything about their next match but all I know is that they could be tensed right now.

Fans might start to bet carefully this time looking at the way many big clubs are losing their matches to a smaller clubs.
Arsenal and Chelsea are two big clubs that has been failing us due to their weakness in delivering their own side of the match. Manchester City was able to win their own match but these two clubs failed to win due to their lapses within the players.

It feels like we’re about to witness the same old history with Arsenal and Manchester City, while Arsenal are at the top now struggling, Man City is inconsistently gathering momentum and winning matches unexpectedly.

It seems Pep is back at it Again, in the last two games he’s managed to win and Arsenal have managed to drop points, a lot of football fans have put a lot of trust in Arsenal this season but it’s beginning to feel like a deja vu again.

Arsenal has to wake up and take back the reins before they loose it cos once City smell that first position I’m not sure they’ll be willing to lose it again.

Another disappointing outing by Liverpool now loserpool I thought they were going to run away with it today but it wasn’t to be.

[reefsea]

I just woke up and saw Arsenal's rematch and they lost, it was very disappointing, especially since they had high hopes for this season, 2-1 against Anton Villa, this was a blow for them sadly, but I know they lost today because Arsenal had a lot of injured players in their squad, and some of their players experienced a decline in performance so Emery, who was in good condition, was able to win the match.

Actually not, because they are currently only missing 4 players but indeed losing Saliba and Gabriel Magalhães in midfield in the last few matches still provides a difficult condition.

In this match they lost because they were not too focused on defensive marking players where in the 2 goals that Aston Villa managed to get in this match we can see in the first goal they let go too much of the Aston Villa players who moved without the ball. Eze was late to close the movement of Matty Cash which ended in a goal.
For the second goal it was not too much different because the chaos that occurred came from a movement without a ball that was less guarded which made Arsenal fall behind again and had to give up points this week.

There was one goal disallowed for offside if in the end this condition was successful then it could be that 1 point was still acceptable but it looks like they have to let go of unbeaten in the last few months stopped in this match.