⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Nightwatchmare]

Citeh what just happened... game was going just okay with that 1nil lead not until the mess up , and personally felt like this game was getting boring 🥱😴 I stepped out for some air only to comeback to an Everton lead  

You know what Arsenal get your cup while the opportunity has now given you some confirmation, damn you City !! Can only imagine the celebrations that happened with that 2nd Everton goal..

No one predicted the 3-3 final score, maybe no one have imagined that. The goal from city in the last second, or Manchester City lost this game. Now they are five points behind Arsenal, so their chances of winning the title have dropped more than 50%. Arsenal still has to play vs Burnley, West Ham, and Crystal Palace. There are two teams fighting vs relegation and one team has only a little more points this season, they should be easy games. If Arsenal plays with there standard power, they will win all games.

I expected Manchester City to win Everton and catch up with Arsenal in the league standings, but when Everton was winning Manchester City 3-1, i did not expect the final score between Everton and Manchester City to be 3-3; i thought Manchester City would lose to Everton since Everton was winning Manchester City 3:1 and it was remaining 9 minutes for the game to end. Manchester City chances of becoming the premier league champions has been ruined by Everton because they will not catch up with Arsenal in the league standings.

[Chilwell]

Citeh what just happened... game was going just okay with that 1nil lead not until the mess up , and personally felt like this game was getting boring 🥱😴 I stepped out for some air only to comeback to an Everton lead  

You know what Arsenal get your cup while the opportunity has now given you some confirmation, damn you City !! Can only imagine the celebrations that happened with that 2nd Everton goal..

No one predicted the 3-3 final score, maybe no one have imagined that. The goal from city in the last second, or Manchester City lost this game. Now they are five points behind Arsenal, so their chances of winning the title have dropped more than 50%. Arsenal still has to play vs Burnley, West Ham, and Crystal Palace. There are two teams fighting vs relegation and one team has only a little more points this season, they should be easy games. If Arsenal plays with there standard power, they will win all games.

I was also counting on seconds to see the full time but when I refresh my phone, I then saw the score, i was shocked because I thought it was my phone that run out of data. Everton surprised everyone because Manchester City dominated the entire space which so many thought that Everton will be defeated but they really fought back to show that the hosted the match. I was so excited to see that Manchester City was losing but at the end there manage to make it different by scoring again.

Arsenal has getting another chance again because of the result of this particular match, currently they are two points away from Manchester City, if they can be able to win their remaining matches the victory will be for them.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Kobbi Mainoo saved the day for Manchester United as he scored the winning goal on the 77th minutes to seal up Manchester United 3-2 victory. It was a torque of war for both teams in the second half as Liverpool dominated and scored two easy goals from Amad and the goalie mistakes.

Manchester United is flying higher as they continue winning their matches and adding more points to their total points. Liverpool almost stopped them but they sneaked out again.

It's a shame Carrick didn't start from the beginning of the season; I'm sure they'd be fighting for first place in the Premier League with the current titans. As for the Premier League, Arsenal celebrated their last win like never before, but we all know City are natural hunters, and Pep has the right mindset and makes sure his players know it.

[9ja Amaka]

I hate to say it but it's most likely over for Man City. That lost 2 points will be really hard to make up for. Arsenal only has 3 games left and all of them are relatively easy, so it's more likely that Man City will lose more points in their remaining 4 games.
Man City's defence was pretty horrible at times. The first goal for Everton was handed to them on a silver platter, when Guehi just passed the ball to Everton's Barry, who had no trouble placing it in the net. You simply can't make mistakes like this at this level of competition and at the final stage of the season.

I'm more than 90% sure that Arsenal will finally lift the trophy after two decades of waiting. And I think they deserved it.

I totally agree with you, because I don't see Manchester City coming back thie drop. They just handed Arsenal the title and I believe Arsenal will accept it with open arms. Kudos to Everton anyways especially in the second half, they were really brave and they refuse to sit back in their own half and that paid off. Honestly they deserve more especially with their second half performance,  but a point should be okay against a ream like Manchester city. I think Arsenal players and fans are the most happiest people after this result, because they know it's now in their hand to win the premier league this season.

[WatChe]

I was also counting on seconds to see the full time but when I refresh my phone, I then saw the score, i was shocked because I thought it was my phone that run out of data. Everton surprised everyone because Manchester City dominated the entire space which so many thought that Everton will be defeated but they really fought back to show that the hosted the match. I was so excited to see that Manchester City was losing but at the end there manage to make it different by scoring again.

Arsenal has getting another chance again because of the result of this particular match, currently they are two points away from Manchester City, if they can be able to win their remaining matches the victory will be for them.

Arsenal must be happy to see a draw between Man City and Everton. Doku and Haaland goals towards the closing moments of the match kept City hopes alive for the title. Arsenal once again are favourite for the title win provided they don't play bad football in rest of there 3 matches. Man City next 4 matches are against strong teams and thats why it looks difficult that they will win all of there remaining four games. Man City lost the track when they played two consecutive draw against Forest and Wolves.      

[Danica22]

I expected Manchester City to win Everton and catch up with Arsenal in the league standings, but when Everton was winning Manchester City 3-1, i did not expect the final score between Everton and Manchester City to be 3-3; i thought Manchester City would lose to Everton since Everton was winning Manchester City 3:1 and it was remaining 9 minutes for the game to end. Manchester City chances of becoming the premier league champions has been ruined by Everton because they will not catch up with Arsenal in the league standings.

As like you, everyone expected Manchester City to win this match against Everton. Even in the first half, Manchester City's performance was good. They were able to attack a lot. But in the second half, City's performance was not good. Especially their defense collapsed. Despite leading 1-0 in the first half, Manchester city fell behind  3-1 in the second  half. This surprised me a lot. In the end, city managed to get 1 point. But it will probably not be possible for city to win the premier league title this season.

[Antotena]

Kobbi Mainoo saved the day for Manchester United as he scored the winning goal on the 77th minutes to seal up Manchester United 3-2 victory. It was a torque of war for both teams in the second half as Liverpool dominated and scored two easy goals from Amad and the goalie mistakes.

Manchester United is flying higher as they continue winning their matches and adding more points to their total points. Liverpool almost stopped them but they sneaked out again.

It's a shame Carrick didn't start from the beginning of the season; I'm sure they'd be fighting for first place in the Premier League with the current titans. As for the Premier League, Arsenal celebrated their last win like never before, but we all know City are natural hunters, and Pep has the right mindset and makes sure his players know it.

What if Carrick start and things doesn't go well? I'm just joking. You know, if you don't test some things in football, you will not know how to adjust. Manchester United saw the signs very early but they didn't take quick actions, I still don't know or probably they were trying to do what they did with Erik Ten Hag maybe the magic would have work this time around but it never. Glad they did and they have seen the result of their earlier actions.

However, even if they change from the beginning, I don't think their place in the table might really change. The best we might see them on the table is been ahead of Manchester City, they can't takout Arsenal unless they might want to play the Premier League without any loss and if we judge them by their performance, we know it's not possible. Good to see his Champions League appearance if they allow him and may be prove everyone wrong next season.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Manchester City have thrown it just like that! How could they get 3-1 behind after getting ahead first? Especially while they were fighting for the league title?

This is really one of the worst Manchester City in the recent years. There is no change since last season... Will Arsenal take this opportunity to the championship finally I wonder? 

Yeah, that's a strange performance. They lead the game with one goal, but a disaster defense really costed them a lot. I'm very disappointed with how they were choosting to play purely possession instead of keep attacking Everton after they were leading the game.
Some things that i have noticed how poor service given to Haaland. Things would be far better if they were just hand him the ball anytime. Other than it i appreciate doku's effort with his shoot.

However, it has to be a recall for setpiece defense of City. I'm wondering are they ever training a setpiece before? It's also a bad decision by pep to do late subs when his team was underperform.
I can say my team is bottling the title with how shite their performance lastday.

[Stormisover]

Citeh what just happened... game was going just okay with that 1nil lead not until the mess up , and personally felt like this game was getting boring 🥱😴 I stepped out for some air only to comeback to an Everton lead  

You know what Arsenal get your cup while the opportunity has now given you some confirmation, damn you City !! Can only imagine the celebrations that happened with that 2nd Everton goal..

No one predicted the 3-3 final score, maybe no one have imagined that. The goal from city in the last second, or Manchester City lost this game. Now they are five points behind Arsenal, so their chances of winning the title have dropped more than 50%. Arsenal still has to play vs Burnley, West Ham, and Crystal Palace. There are two teams fighting vs relegation and one team has only a little more points this season, they should be easy games. If Arsenal plays with there standard power, they will win all games.

I expected Manchester City to win Everton and catch up with Arsenal in the league standings, but when Everton was winning Manchester City 3-1, i did not expect the final score between Everton and Manchester City to be 3-3; i thought Manchester City would lose to Everton since Everton was winning Manchester City 3:1 and it was remaining 9 minutes for the game to end. Manchester City chances of becoming the premier league champions has been ruined by Everton because they will not catch up with Arsenal in the league standings.

You really think so? Like you believe they can't catch up with Arsenal again? Like is it the Arsenal we all know that are capable of bottling the English premier League title even at the dying minute? To me I can only agree Arsenal won the English premier League title after they might have lifted the trophy, if not the league is still very much open for the both side, Manchester City has not ruin their chances of winning the league, because I believe same way Manchester City dropped points unexpectedly, Arsenal might still drop that same point unexpectedly too.

[juttsab@]

Everton drew 3-3 with Manchester City at home. No one expected the match to end this way. Manchester City managed to take the lead by scoring a goal toward the end of the first half. In the second half, despite Everton suddenly taking a 3-1 lead, City immediately responded through Haaland to make it 3-2, and in the final minutes, Doku’s goal allowed them to secure a point from this away match. We can say this was a significant loss of points for City. Given how dominant they were against the opposing team during the match, failing to secure a victory here might signal the end of their title hopes.

City dropped 2 crucial points and got only 1 . Against Everton they scored and conceded 3 . In the first half City kept the most of the ball and pressured the Everton with 76% possession 0.82xG and 12 shots and got the  breakthrough in the 43rd min by Doku. In the second half Barry scored an equalizer in the 68th minute after a couple of minutes O'Brien scored the 2nd goal for Everton in the 73rd minute . In the 81st minute Barry scored the 3rd goal and bought the scoresheet to 3-1 but Halland scored the 2nd in the 83rd minute . When everyone thought it was overly Doku came in clutch and scored in the added time 90+7 and equalized the scoresheet. Now City dropped 2 crucial points all eyes are on Arsenal to win the league

[M47AK16]

Have you seen this?



This table includes the part Carrick's time at Manchester United only. They have collected the most amount of points with him in the PL. Even more than the current title contenders...

He is doing this even without a great squad. Bruno Fernandes is making a huge effort. He is a one-man army. He should stay no matter what. They need him for a potential title race next year.

This is crazy stats!… This puts what Michael Carrick has done in so much limelight but it’s unfortunate he inherited many debts but let’s see how he runs in a full season. Bruno Fernandes has been Manchester United’s best player ever since he arrived throughout all the bad runs and form he has been the one player you can hope on in the Manchester United squad, at one point he was one time highest scorer in the Club and assists too. Despite his temperament man deserves the Captain armband.

While this is huge, and means that they would have been leaders if the league started there, it also puts so much pressure on him. Because he took over a team that is not even his, he did not get any players or made any decent changes, didn't had time to build his own tactics and get everyone comfortable there, he was just thrown at the job and he still got the most points since he took over.

This pressure means that people will start thinking about him becoming a champion next season, because if they are the leaders after he took over, why not do that next year again but whole season with a summer camp, transfers and so forth? The expectations for him will be as high as a giraffes top hat for sure .

[MorganaX]

I expected Manchester City to win Everton and catch up with Arsenal in the league standings, but when Everton was winning Manchester City 3-1, i did not expect the final score between Everton and Manchester City to be 3-3; i thought Manchester City would lose to Everton since Everton was winning Manchester City 3:1 and it was remaining 9 minutes for the game to end. Manchester City chances of becoming the premier league champions has been ruined by Everton because they will not catch up with Arsenal in the league standings.

As like you, everyone expected Manchester City to win this match against Everton. Even in the first half, Manchester City's performance was good. They were able to attack a lot. But in the second half, City's performance was not good. Especially their defense collapsed. Despite leading 1-0 in the first half, Manchester city fell behind  3-1 in the second  half. This surprised me a lot. In the end, city managed to get 1 point. But it will probably not be possible for city to win the premier league title this season.

Whether we like it or not, Manchester City this season have been totally different and they have failed to create that flair that they once had because we all saw how they struggled in the midfield as their main man didn't get to play in the midfield, Rodri has been an important asset to guadiola and the team always feels his absence whenever he doesn't play and yesterday was the same thing again as Everton ran so easily and attacked so fast and deadly.

[rachael9385]

I hate to say it but it's most likely over for Man City. That lost 2 points will be really hard to make up for. Arsenal only has 3 games left and all of them are relatively easy, so it's more likely that Man City will lose more points in their remaining 4 games.
Man City's defence was pretty horrible at times. The first goal for Everton was handed to them on a silver platter, when Guehi just passed the ball to Everton's Barry, who had no trouble placing it in the net. You simply can't make mistakes like this at this level of competition and at the final stage of the season.

I'm more than 90% sure that Arsenal will finally lift the trophy after two decades of waiting. And I think they deserved it.

It seems like it right now because because arsenal would take advantage of this opportunity they have now but I won't be surprised if they mess it up. Manchester city didn't really play well against everton, their defense was poor and I don't know why their defense gets bad sometimes. Arsenal deserves to win the trophy because they have worked really hard this season, I just hope they don't mess it up.

[Felicity_Tide]

It seems like it right now because because arsenal would take advantage of this opportunity they have now but I won't be surprised if they mess it up. Manchester city didn't really play well against everton, their defense was poor and I don't know why their defense gets bad sometimes. Arsenal deserves to win the trophy because they have worked really hard this season, I just hope they don't mess it up.

Manchester City actually played well. It was just one of their usual games where things couldn't go their way because everton wanted to make a statement. And when it comes to the title race, every team below wants to take a point just to destroy the hopes of those contending for it. Manchester City, from the kick off, looked very much like a team that was going to win, but the narrative changed in the second after conceding 3 goals, and it almost looked like they were never going to comeback.

Well, at this point, the title is looking really promising for Arsenal. They've really done more than enough to get to this very point, and this might just be that season to win a very big silverware.

[Stable090]

Manchester city has made a very terrible mistake yesterday by drawing with Everton.

Honestly they made a terrible mistake, they are not suppose to draw that match, the season is about to end, and we are left with just few matches, they are suppose to struggle to win all the matches that they are having left, but it’s surprising that they ended up playing draw in the match, now they going to be praying for Arsenal to lose at least a game, but if Arsenal can win the matches that they are having left, they going to be winning the premier league title. Manchester city have not been consistent this season, if they have been playing well from the beginning of the season, they will have been at the top of the table now.

[SmartCharpa]

The one thing that is still surprising me about Chelsea is how a team that was in a good run will later lose the worse form by having a six consecutive lose streak.

Everyone is still surprising with Cheslea current performance, they started the season with the confidence of winning all the titles. The players were very confident that they can beat any team in the world, but look at it, they can’t even compete to even among the top four. The team made a big mistake when they sacked Enzo Maresca, he was the best man to manage the team with their young players. I think Cheslea management believes they can hire anybody they like, perhaps Xabi Alonso could be their manager next season.

Citeh what just happened... game was going just okay with that 1nil lead not until the mess up , and personally felt like this game was getting boring 🥱😴 I stepped out for some air only to comeback to an Everton lead  

You know what Arsenal get your cup while the opportunity has now given you some confirmation, damn you City !! Can only imagine the celebrations that happened with that 2nd Everton goal..

Edit

Everton got a third goal, wtf

Wait City fighting back.. 3-2. 🤯

This was a crazy game, Manchester City didn’t give up on the match, the draw bring them alive in the title race, I thought Manchester City would lose the match when the score was 3-1, and I was thinking if Chelsea and Manchester City would lose their game the same day, important game for Cheslea to fight for the Champions League spot for the rest of the season.

[Hyphen(-)]

Whether we like it or not, Manchester City this season have been totally different and they have failed to create that flair that they once had because we all saw how they struggled in the midfield as their main man didn't get to play in the midfield, Rodri has been an important asset to guadiola and the team always feels his absence whenever he doesn't play and yesterday was the same thing again as Everton ran so easily and attacked so fast and deadly.

Rival fans will not admit that because they want them to outplay Arsenal while their respective teams can’t do that for them. Manchester City are not in their best form this season, they have to even buy more reinforced players in the January transfer window to support the team and they are now playing well, but they are not better than Arsenal this season.

The only advantage they always have is their threat, and Arsenal is yet to win after long term, that’s why they will always be under pressure when they feel like Manchester City is coming to overtake them, and they will drop some points along the way, while Manchester City will win their to take advantage. It is jot working this season; I am sure it’s Arsenal’s a season to win as well and it can be both the Champions League and the premier league.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Honestly they made a terrible mistake, they are not suppose to draw that match, the season is about to end, and we are left with just few matches, they are suppose to struggle to win all the matches that they are having left, but it’s surprising that they ended up playing draw in the match, now they going to be praying for Arsenal to lose at least a game, but if Arsenal can win the matches that they are having left, they going to be winning the premier league title. Manchester city have not been consistent this season, if they have been playing well from the beginning of the season, they will have been at the top of the table now.

If Arsenal win all their remaining games then it is certain that they will achieve the Premier League trophy this season. I don't think the remaining matches involve particularly strong opponents, so Arsenal has a great chance of winning the title. Furthermore, they beat Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and Arsenal will be even more motivated to put in a much better performance. Arsenal are in much better shape than Manchester City and I believe they will win the title this season because many factors make them the clear favorites.

[Razmirraz]

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I expected Manchester City to win Everton and catch up with Arsenal in the league standings, but when Everton was winning Manchester City 3-1, i did not expect the final score between Everton and Manchester City to be 3-3; i thought Manchester City would lose to Everton since Everton was winning Manchester City 3:1 and it was remaining 9 minutes for the game to end. Manchester City chances of becoming the premier league champions has been ruined by Everton because they will not catch up with Arsenal in the league standings.

I don't think it was Everton who ruined Man City chances of winning the EPL trophy, but they themselves threw away the chance because they didn't play at their best in that match. After dropping two points to Everton, Man City is hoping for a miracle and relying on themselves to revive their chances of winning the trophy, but the problem is, Arsenal is in top form, especially since they will face a relatively weak team in the remaining three matches. Man City will certainly try to give their best in the remaining matches to make up for their mistakes, so Arsenal cannot afford to make any mistakes in these three matches to ensure the title this season is theirs.

[rachael9385]

If Arsenal win all their remaining games then it is certain that they will achieve the Premier League trophy this season. I don't think the remaining matches involve particularly strong opponents, so Arsenal has a great chance of winning the title. Furthermore, they beat Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and Arsenal will be even more motivated to put in a much better performance. Arsenal are in much better shape than Manchester City and I believe they will win the title this season because many factors make them the clear favorites.

I also think arsenal has a chance of winning the premier league title this season but at the same time I doubt if they can because they have a problem with consistency. Speaking of the champions league I don't know if they can win the trophy but the closest or possible trophy they can win now is the premier league title, I'm not Sure they are capable of winning the champions league this season.