⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Adams0001]

It's just unbelievable man... Arsenal literally lost 1-2 home against Bournemouth. Their game was getting worse recently though that's the truth. But still I didn't expect them to be this bad today.

Once again they are doing it! Doing their best to gift the championship to Manchester City. I think Guardiola won't waste this critical chance right before playing against Arsenal home. They have a potential to even equalize the points in a short time.

What a very poor performance from Arsenal today, I don't think everyone will expect this will comes because everyone knows Arsenal usually do well when playing at home and they won't like to lose any point since Manchester City is chasing the league title with them. But they have fail to even get a draw against Bournemouth. What will just safe Arsenal now is to wish Manchester City to lose against Chelsea Tomorrow that will give them more hope to continue topping the league table, because if Manchester City win all there matches they will top the league with goals differences and Manchester City will be the winner of the league title of the season again. Arsenal can't lose this opportunity to lose the league title again, this is the right time for them to achieve it.

[hyudien]

This is Arsenal, they trouble the big teams and then a mid team will harm them. Their inconsistencies are still very much available.

Manchester City needs to capitalise on this tomorrow against my team Chelsea tomorrow before I can say they are actually having a chance of snatching the league from Arsenal.
City themselves haven't been consistent this season for me to believe they are going to turn things around now, but let's see, hopefully they do.

I think Arsenal problem is their mentality, they've had everything under control: the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup, and the Premier League. They've lost two of those, leaving only the Premier League, but even now the Premier League is more difficult after they lose.
Manchester City must be very happy with Arsenal defeat, and I'm sure, even though they haven't always been consistent, they'll capitalize on this momentum tomorrow, especially with Chelsea in poor form.

[Amphenomenon]

This is Arsenal, they trouble the big teams and then a mid team will harm them. Their inconsistencies are still very much available.

Manchester City needs to capitalise on this tomorrow against my team Chelsea tomorrow before I can say they are actually having a chance of snatching the league from Arsenal.
City themselves haven't been consistent this season for me to believe they are going to turn things around now, but let's see, hopefully they do.

I think Arsenal problem is their mentality, they've had everything under control: the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup, and the Premier League. They've lost two of those, leaving only the Premier League, but even now the Premier League is more difficult after they lose.
Manchester City must be very happy with Arsenal defeat, and I'm sure, even though they haven't always been consistent, they'll capitalize on this momentum tomorrow, especially with Chelsea in poor form.

Manchester City will be happy with the drop of points especially after it seems like almost all hoped was lost. The game against Chelsea will be exciting and they might likely get the win and that of their outstanding game, dropping the gap to three points then.

Let's see, if Gunners will still remain bottlers this season.

[dezoel]

Tottenham is in more trouble as they could be set for relegation this time around, last season they escaped relegation and this season they might not be all that lucky. West Ham hammered Wolves 4:0, that win pushed them above Tottenham and right now Tottenham has officially dropped to the relegation zone. They will play against Sunderland on Sunday, if they are to move back up against West Ham, they will need to beat Sunderland to achieve that, if not they will remain at the drop zone this whole week. Tottenham in terms of performance has been performing badly week in and week out, I won't be surprised if they eventually get relegated this season.

Yeah, seems like all is going very bad for them, I am not sure if they can find a way to get out this time around. Of course they could still win a few games and stay that way, but they do not look like a team that could get a couple of wins. They were always not a great team, but going down? Relegation?

I really did not expected that to happen to them at all. It will also not be easy for them to come back neither, because while salary issue will be one thing, there will be a lot of players who will leave too, and getting new ones over just one summer will be tough.

[IceLincoln]

It's just unbelievable man... Arsenal literally lost 1-2 home against Bournemouth. Their game was getting worse recently though that's the truth. But still I didn't expect them to be this bad today.

Once again they are doing it! Doing their best to gift the championship to Manchester City. I think Guardiola won't waste this critical chance right before playing against Arsenal home. They have a potential to even equalize the points in a short time.

What a very poor performance from Arsenal today, I don't think everyone will expect this will comes because everyone knows Arsenal usually do well when playing at home and they won't like to lose any point since Manchester City is chasing the league title with them. But they have fail to even get a draw against Bournemouth. What will just safe Arsenal now is to wish Manchester City to lose against Chelsea Tomorrow that will give them more hope to continue topping the league table, because if Manchester City win all there matches they will top the league with goals differences and Manchester City will be the winner of the league title of the season again. Arsenal can't lose this opportunity to lose the league title again, this is the right time for them to achieve it.

I’m feeling for Arsenal but I’m laughing so hard at the same time for their situation, it’s like a repeated Déjà vu with them…. I mean how can they ? But they’re lucky cos they’re still at the top and Manchester City isn’t even sure of winning Chelsea tomorrow.
Let’s just be calm and watch Arsenal they’re going to lift the trophy after giving their fans and supporters heart attacks… don’t fret folks Arsenal will win the league even if it’s by one point at the end.

[odunybiz]

This is Arsenal, they trouble the big teams and then a mid team will harm them. Their inconsistencies are still very much available.

Manchester City needs to capitalise on this tomorrow against my team Chelsea tomorrow before I can say they are actually having a chance of snatching the league from Arsenal.
City themselves haven't been consistent this season for me to believe they are going to turn things around now, but let's see, hopefully they do.

I think Arsenal problem is their mentality, they've had everything under control: the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup, and the Premier League. They've lost two of those, leaving only the Premier League, but even now the Premier League is more difficult after they lose.
Manchester City must be very happy with Arsenal defeat, and I'm sure, even though they haven't always been consistent, they'll capitalize on this momentum tomorrow, especially with Chelsea in poor form.

Manchester City will be happy with the drop of points especially after it seems like almost all hoped was lost. The game against Chelsea will be exciting and they might likely get the win and that of their outstanding game, dropping the gap to three points then.

Let's see, if Gunners will still remain bottlers this season.

Gunners form is dropping gradually. They have lose 3 matches out of 5 matches played recently. They lose against Man City, Southampton and today with Bournemouth. Although with their recent matches lost, it seems they focus much on premier league and champions league in which they have been playing well in the two with the exception of the lose they had against Bournemouth today.

[Byebyebtc]

It's just unbelievable man... Arsenal literally lost 1-2 home against Bournemouth. Their game was getting worse recently though that's the truth. But still I didn't expect them to be this bad today.

Once again they are doing it! Doing their best to gift the championship to Manchester City. I think Guardiola won't waste this critical chance right before playing against Arsenal home. They have a potential to even equalize the points in a short time.

Their performance made them loose the match today, but they still have a good chance of winning the EPL tho, but if they keep loosing this way they're mare making the chances small till there is non left,
They have to come to a realisation that this is when they have to put in effort to win matches, it's a good one that they had a good start of the season where by creating a good gap from them and second position Manchester city, but they have to try their best and keep that gap open, otherwise they get no trophy again this season, which will be a big disappointment to those that support them. Especially after all the hype,I'm not their fan but I can't even imagine how horrible that will be.

[Solodoski]

Arsenal is always like this at the end of the season. If they do not win all the remaining matches in the Premier League, they will lose the trophy that is already clearly in front of them. 
We will see how Man City faces Chelsea; if Man City manages to get 3 points, and with the likelihood of them winning against Crystal Palace in the postponed match, the gap between Arsenal and Man City will be only 3 points. Truly an unfavorable situation for Arsenal.

I do not wish to be in a hurry to judge Arsenal now base on their previous glooms in the race for the premiership title. This season has been a unique one for the gunners and as we can all see, lines has been falling in pleasant places for them than any other seasons.

The matches they have to play are with opponents they can win and will not let this opportunity wash off again. Manchester city matches are no easier and they can drop points in spite of the outstanding match they have that. I'm of the view that no match is cheap to win ontil you have won it, so, Manchester city are not exempted in the barn of possible points drop too.

It is always like this for Arsenal at the end of everything they wont win a trophy. Everyone expected them to win Bournemouth today but Arteta is too scared. Speaking for Arsenal fans. Arteta need to be sacked by all means. Him and Arne Slot. Can you believe Arsne Slot lost to Fulham after losing to PSG. The premier league is unfair. If you don't maintain consistency all team need to take advantage of the opportunity to win you.

[SensitiveEyes]

We all know Manchester City are capable of winning more games, but we can’t conclude the point interval as 3 points yet because we don’t know if they will be able to win their next two games, which are against Chelsea and also against the same Arsenal. So it’s still a 9 point difference until we see what will happen later in the games, because sometimes Chelsea tends to play beyond expectations. But still, let’s wait and see what happens in tomorrow’s game against Chelsea.

It is 9 points for the time being but Man City have played less PL games. City can win more games, they are capable of putting stress on the Gunners. If Arsenal wanted to win the PL they should have bagged 3 points against Bournemouth. Arsenal gave Man City hope by losing matches.

[yixichloro2xx]

It's just unbelievable man... Arsenal literally lost 1-2 home against Bournemouth. Their game was getting worse recently though that's the truth. But still I didn't expect them to be this bad today.

Once again they are doing it! Doing their best to gift the championship to Manchester City. I think Guardiola won't waste this critical chance right before playing against Arsenal home. They have a potential to even equalize the points in a short time.

What a very poor performance from Arsenal today, I don't think everyone will expect this will comes because everyone knows Arsenal usually do well when playing at home and they won't like to lose any point since Manchester City is chasing the league title with them. But they have fail to even get a draw against Bournemouth. What will just safe Arsenal now is to wish Manchester City to lose against Chelsea Tomorrow that will give them more hope to continue topping the league table, because if Manchester City win all there matches they will top the league with goals differences and Manchester City will be the winner of the league title of the season again. Arsenal can't lose this opportunity to lose the league title again, this is the right time for them to achieve it.

Imagine leading by 9 points and you are still scared of losing the league. That's just the problem of Arsenal,  they are still scared of Manchester City catching up with, so they can't play with confidence. Look at Barcelona who leading by 7 points in their league, they are overconfident that the league is theirs. At the very start of the Season when Arsenal where playing set piece tactics, I knew it will come a time where teams will get used to it. Now Arsenal can barely win games with set piece not being involved. They don't play good ball like that of Manchester City who are not even in a good form, but they have chance to win domestic treble over Arsenal. Now if Manchester can win their game in hand and also beat Arsenal at Etihad then both of them will have equal points.

[Taricoins]

It's just unbelievable man... Arsenal literally lost 1-2 home against Bournemouth. Their game was getting worse recently though that's the truth. But still I didn't expect them to be this bad today.

Once again they are doing it! Doing their best to gift the championship to Manchester City. I think Guardiola won't waste this critical chance right before playing against Arsenal home. They have a potential to even equalize the points in a short time.

If Man City wins this fixture against Chelsea and manage to win against Arsenal, I feel that would be the end of the tittle race for Arsenal as this two clubs are the biggest teams Man City has to face. At this point in time as of two weeks ago. I'd someone told me we will still be speculating Man City's run for the tittle race, I wouldn’t have ever believed but once again Arteta has brought us back to this cliffhanger.

And the funny thing is that he has destroyed the whole squad depth we were mesmerized about at the beginning of the season. Still can believe that Raya has more completed pass in that match than Zubimendi.

[pawel7777]

Not many expected Arsenal to lose to Bournemouth at home today, but that's exactly what happened. They dominated the game, but failed to convert their chances into goals, and the game ended with Bournemouth winning 2-1.
Arsenal made 12 shots on goal, but failed to score any goals from play. The only goal was scored from a penalty shot. The Gunners made a few embarrassing mistakes in defence, which can be a bit concerning and bring questions on whether they are able to deliver a high-level performance in this crucial stage of the season.

This is a big gift for Man City, for whom the championship is now in their hands. They have 2 games less played than Arsenal and will face Arsenal at home on Sunday next week. If they win all 3 by enough goal margin, they could move to first place. That's easier said than done though. Tomorrow, Man City are playing away against Chelsea, and it may not be an easy game.

At least we can't say things are not interesting.

[Stable090]

Manchester City will be happy with the drop of points especially after it seems like almost all hoped was lost. The game against Chelsea will be exciting and they might likely get the win and that of their outstanding game, dropping the gap to three points then.

Let's see, if Gunners will still remain bottlers this season.

Manchester city next match is going to be against Chelsea, it’s a match which Manchester city are suppose to win, if Manchester city fails to win Chelsea, then it’s going to reduce their chances of catching up with Arsenal, which I believe Chelsea match is a match that Guardiola won’t want to lose. Arsenal losing today is really a great advantage for Manchester city, and am sure they going to take advantage of the opportunity they having.

Arsenal are not just suppose to lose any match now, losing against Bournemouth today is so bad for them, Manchester city will play against Chelsea tomorrow, as we can see Chelsea are not really in form also, they are not consistent this season, so I feel Manchester city should be able to win them in the match.

Right now nobody knows the team that’s going to win the premier league this season, Arsenal loss today is going to serve as motivation for Manchester city, and they will try to take down any team they play against now, they believe they still have hope of winning the premier league this season.

[GiftedMAN]

It is always like this for Arsenal at the end of everything they wont win a trophy. Everyone expected them to win Bournemouth today but Arteta is too scared. Speaking for Arsenal fans. Arteta need to be sacked by all means. Him and Arne Slot. Can you believe Arsne Slot lost to Fulham after losing to PSG. The premier league is unfair. If you don't maintain consistency all team need to take advantage of the opportunity to win you.

At some point I thought Arsenal was beginning to do better because they started winning their games not knowing that they haven't learnt anything all this while when they lost the league to Manchester City. Watching them lose today made me cry for their fans because they will be disappointed at them after hyping them this season. For the Liverpool game may be you re watched their match of 2023 cause Liverpool defeated Fulham by 2:0 they didn't lose today.

[rachael9385]

This is Arsenal, they trouble the big teams and then a mid team will harm them. Their inconsistencies are still very much available.

Manchester City needs to capitalise on this tomorrow against my team Chelsea tomorrow before I can say they are actually having a chance of snatching the league from Arsenal.
City themselves haven't been consistent this season for me to believe they are going to turn things around now, but let's see, hopefully they do.

I think Arsenal problem is their mentality, they've had everything under control: the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup, and the Premier League. They've lost two of those, leaving only the Premier League, but even now the Premier League is more difficult after they lose.
Manchester City must be very happy with Arsenal defeat, and I'm sure, even though they haven't always been consistent, they'll capitalize on this momentum tomorrow, especially with Chelsea in poor form.

Arsenal are 9 points ahead of city but if they continue to lose their matches this way the gap between them will continue to get smaller. I don't even know if arsenal are now focused on the champions league more than the premier league, I'm not entirely sure but if you ask me I think that they have more chances of winning the premier league more than the UCL.

[Accardo]

At some point I thought Arsenal was beginning to do better because they started winning their games not knowing that they haven't learnt anything all this while when they lost the league to Manchester City. Watching them lose today made me cry for their fans because they will be disappointed at them after hyping them this season.

Things don't look too bright for Arsenal, the pressure is right on them and the fans who are more demoralized do not think it'll end up favorable, knowing how unpredictable Arsenal team could be in difficult times. The challenge is that if this structural form of ending up second after leading the league for a while isn't corrected this year, Arsenal would find it a hard thing to fix in the future, mainly, when Arteta is gone, if there is anything he should do for the gunners, winning the trophy is the best treatment Arsenal needs right now.

[Taricoins]

At some point I thought Arsenal was beginning to do better because they started winning their games not knowing that they haven't learnt anything all this while when they lost the league to Manchester City. Watching them lose today made me cry for their fans because they will be disappointed at them after hyping them this season.

Things don't look too bright for Arsenal, the pressure is right on them and the fans who are more demoralized do not think it'll end up favorable, knowing how unpredictable Arsenal team could be in difficult times. The challenge is that if this structural form of ending up second after leading the league for a while isn't corrected this year, Arsenal would find it a hard thing to fix in the future, mainly, when Arteta is gone, if there is anything he should do for the gunners, winning the trophy is the best treatment Arsenal needs right now.

If Arteta bottles this lead it would spell alot of trouble as fans are already calling for his head. At this point it feels like Arteta destroys players and the only good players in the Arsenal squad are Raya, Declan, Saliba and Gabriel Maghalles, they rest have been broken by Arteta, even Eze and Zubimendi that was exceptional has been brought to nought in this Arsenal team.

[Balmain]

Bournemouth were the team that secured three points away at Arsenal. They started the match well, scoring the first goal away from home. It was a lucky first goal, as the ball deflected off Saliba. Arsenal's only goal came from a penalty. Their inability to score any more goals throughout the match was disappointing. They absolutely needed this win; even though the points difference is still quite large, a victory would have given Arsenal a significant boost.

[Accardo]

If Arteta bottles this lead it would spell alot of trouble as fans are already calling for his head. At this point it feels like Arteta destroys players and the only good players in the Arsenal squad are Raya, Declan, Saliba and Gabriel Maghalles, they rest have been broken by Arteta, even Eze and Zubimendi that was exceptional has been brought to nought in this Arsenal team.

Could it be he's overworking his boys with complex rotational technique, and brutal training sessions. Saliba once mentioned that Arteta's high intense training sessions is tiring and mentally demanding. While he, Arteta, is working to meet the standards of the premier league, his players are put on the risk of Fatique and injuries, thereby ending the flow of the team in real games.