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It seems no body on this thread is actually interested in talking about the Everton vs Fulham game that was played today despite the dramatic end to that particular game. I watched the game and was very impressed with the result and performances of both teams even when the result made me lose my money as I had earlier staked on an Everton win. After Fulham took the lead in the 61st minute through Alex Iwobi, the home team continued to press for an equalizer but when it got to the 90th minute, i had already concluded that Fulham were going to leave with a point but shockingly,  Beto scored a 94th minute goal to help Everton claim a point from that game. Interesting game I must confess
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Manchester City have changed, they are no longer a dangerous team that will beat their opponent 4-5 goals. A year ago I wouldn’t have imagined Manchester City struggling with Southampton. City got all three points but the performance was disappointing. At the beginning of the game, it seemed like they were going to embarrass Southampton with a bigger score margin. Luckily to Southampton, Haaland missed a lot of chances today, the fans will be relieved that they got a win.
Manchester City in recent games haven't been as convincing with their performances like they were in their first four games in the league this season. They've been underperforming but the good thing about them is that even when they underperform, they still end up getting good results. Playing against Southampton at home today, I had predicted an easy game for Manchester City and also predicted that 3+ goals will be scored in the game but to my surprise, it finished in a 1:0 win for the English champions. Pep Guardiola must try improve the performance of his side of he really wants to retain the league title at the end of the season.
Actually Manchester City dropped a little of form since the beginning of the season, but has maintained a fair performance, however have always find their way on the Leaderboard, that's one very unique thing I love about City, for couple of seasons now ,they don't slip way down much below the top four in the table regardless of their form at any given time. The scores today wasn't much but ended up taking 3 points home.

Manchester City cannot perform at a high level every match. It may be unfair to expect such a performance from the team because it is not easy to play matches at a high tempo continuously. Even top-level players can show signs of fatigue and therefore the tempo of the match can be low. One of the best things City does is that they know how to win even if the tempo is low.

It is not expected to score only 1 goal in Manchester City matches, but sometimes it can be like that. The team knows how to get 3 points without pushing themselves too much and they can maintain their physical condition for the next matches.
The outcome of the match was really a bad one, despite having the victory what was expected from them was far from being met. Southampton is the weakest team in the Premier League, last on the table and may barely escape relegation if they can improve before the close of the season but with how many expected, the outcome for a team like Manchester City should be above today's result.

If Liverpool should win their next fixture then City are going down below them, now should be no time to relax, every goal scored is valid enough to give them the title.
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I think a draw is possible in this match because the teams are very collected despite Arsenal making mistakes earlier. It will be a very serious derby, Arsenal thanks to the victory can specifically break into the championship race this time and we will see the same situation as last season. In general, I will be satisfied with any outcome of the match, the main thing is that there would not be a zero draw, because it is quite boring
We Arsenal needs to win this match to continue the title challenge, if we lose tomorrow, the Prier title race will be between Liverpool and Manchester City.

Arsenal defense will be the problem tomorrow, the absence of Saliba will be noticed even though we have Ben White that can pair with Gabriel so that either Califiori or Timber will play right back and left back or Thomas Partey to play right back. The injury list in the Arsenal squad will be noticed tomorrow because Liverpool will not take it likely, they will give their best to win Arsenal because Arsenal defeated them last season.

If Bulayo Saka, J Timber and Calafiori are all available for selection, then Arsenal can win or draw the game, but if they are not available, Liverpool can win the game.
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It is not expected to score only 1 goal in Manchester City matches, but sometimes it can be like that. The team knows how to get 3 points without pushing themselves too much and they can maintain their physical condition for the next matches.

The core players or should I say propellers of this squad are currently injured and it has affected how they play score goals and alo dominate. A club who can score goals and at the same time defend will definitely get three points from Manchester City.  They narrowly won the game against Wolverhampton last weekend and had won with a low goal range compared to the previous season. Until they get perfect replacement for Rodri and De Bruyne they'll struggle until the season ends. Jeremy Doku and Kyle walker are also names mentioned to be injured and not available for thr next couple weeks. Arsenal against Liverpool should be the game of the week. A win will deffo send Liverpool on top again.
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As Southampton was a weak opponent, we all expected Manchester City to win today's match by a big margin. But Manchester City only needed to secure 3 points. And Manchester City players have managed to do just that. Manchester City can't win by a big margin. City won the match 1-0 and secured 3 points.

Manchester City players have played well enough. City players could not score more than one goal despite attacking a lot. If De Bruyne was in the squad, Manchester City's overall performance would have been a bit more organized. City fans really missed De Bruyne in this match.
For the time being, Manchester City leads the Premier League standings with a 2 point advantage over Liverpool following their victory over Southampton. Manchester City should have won the match by more than 1 goal, but they wasted too many opportunities and failed to take advantage of them.

Manchester City will still lead the standings if Liverpool draw or lose against Arsenal, this is certainly very profitable for Pep Guardiola's team. Arsenal will not make a mistake in this match, so they are a real threat to Liverpool in maintaining their ranking in the standings. But on paper, Liverpool is not bad at all and they are a strong team who might also be favorites to win.

I think a draw is possible in this match because the teams are very collected despite Arsenal making mistakes earlier. It will be a very serious derby, Arsenal thanks to the victory can specifically break into the championship race this time and we will see the same situation as last season. In general, I will be satisfied with any outcome of the match, the main thing is that there would not be a zero draw, because it is quite boring
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Manchester City have changed, they are no longer a dangerous team that will beat their opponent 4-5 goals. A year ago I wouldn’t have imagined Manchester City struggling with Southampton. City got all three points but the performance was disappointing. At the beginning of the game, it seemed like they were going to embarrass Southampton with a bigger score margin. Luckily to Southampton, Haaland missed a lot of chances today, the fans will be relieved that they got a win.
Actually for Manchester City's victory in this match is not surprising because after all they must get results like this in a match that looks easy. But it cannot be denied that the number of goals they recorded on the scoreboard in this match tells us that the supply of the ball to Haaland is still not comfortable due to the absence of Rodri and KDB in the Manchester City midfield.

Although in this match there were a lot of attempts that Manchester City did but of the many attempts and on target only 1 could be converted into a goal of course this gives a concern in my opinion.

Pep must be more able to manage especially for the problem of their goal productivity because after all, even though 1 goal is enough for 3 points but as a big club with all the luxuries it has I think it's not too good if their productivity is disrupted like this because they seem very difficult to score goals even though the level difference is very large.
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Manchester City cannot perform at a high level every match. It may be unfair to expect such a performance from the team because it is not easy to play matches at a high tempo continuously. Even top-level players can show signs of fatigue and therefore the tempo of the match can be low. One of the best things City does is that they know how to win even if the tempo is low.
Indeed. It is not easy to perform at their best level in each match. Man City sometimes has a problem with the injury, they also may be not lucky in a certain match. As long as Man City can win the match, I think it is good enough. Winning the match isn't a must with big scores, winning with a narrow score is no problem. I don't see any problem with winning with a narrow score, it is just people who expect too much on the match.  Cheesy

It is not expected to score only 1 goal in Manchester City matches, but sometimes it can be like that.
Even Man City players didn't want to win with 1 goal, they may expect to win with 5 goals at least.  Grin
However, we must be realistic. If we look at closely, their opponent played very defensively, they used 5 defenders. With this defensive strategy, it is acceptable that Man City couldn't score many goals. Moreover, there was no De Bruyne in the lineup.


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Manchester City cannot perform at a high level every match. It may be unfair to expect such a performance from the team because it is not easy to play matches at a high tempo continuously. Even top-level players can show signs of fatigue and therefore the tempo of the match can be low. One of the best things City does is that they know how to win even if the tempo is low.

It is not expected to score only 1 goal in Manchester City matches, but sometimes it can be like that. The team knows how to get 3 points without pushing themselves too much and they can maintain their physical condition for the next matches.
They certainly do not have any problems with winning, and that is enough. Having a season is like a marathon, there may be matches where they play at a high level and matches where they fall a little. As you said, it is impossible to always reach the best results in every match, it would be unfair to them to have such an expectation.

Haland fought today, he is trying everything to score a goal, he touched the ball just as he was falling and scored his goal today.
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As Southampton was a weak opponent, we all expected Manchester City to win today's match by a big margin. But Manchester City only needed to secure 3 points. And Manchester City players have managed to do just that. Manchester City can't win by a big margin. City won the match 1-0 and secured 3 points.
Am I the only one that notices that Manchester City performance has dropped this season? Manchester City won their match today just as expected, but I was expecting a wide goal margin from them in the match. Manchester City were able to score only one goal in the match, which I never expected. Southampton is not a club that Manchester City should even find difficult to win. I was expecting so many goals in the match, but they could only get one goal. I know what everyone is after is the three points, but Manchester City should try and improve their performance, if they had played against a strong team today, it would have been difficult for them to even get the three points that they got today.

If De Bruyne was in the squad, Manchester City's overall performance would have been a bit more organized. City fans really missed De Bruyne in this match.
Whenever De Bruyne is on injury, it’s always affecting Manchester City's performance, the same thing happened last season. Whenever De Bruyne is on injury, Haaland is always finding it difficult to score in matches, mostly De Bruyne is the one that’s always feeding Haaland with passes, and whenever he is on injury, Haaland is always finding it difficult to score.
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As Southampton was a weak opponent, we all expected Manchester City to win today's match by a big margin. But Manchester City only needed to secure 3 points. And Manchester City players have managed to do just that. Manchester City can't win by a big margin. City won the match 1-0 and secured 3 points.

Manchester City players have played well enough. City players could not score more than one goal despite attacking a lot. If De Bruyne was in the squad, Manchester City's overall performance would have been a bit more organized. City fans really missed De Bruyne in this match.
For the time being, Manchester City leads the Premier League standings with a 2 point advantage over Liverpool following their victory over Southampton. Manchester City should have won the match by more than 1 goal, but they wasted too many opportunities and failed to take advantage of them.

Manchester City will still lead the standings if Liverpool draw or lose against Arsenal, this is certainly very profitable for Pep Guardiola's team. Arsenal will not make a mistake in this match, so they are a real threat to Liverpool in maintaining their ranking in the standings. But on paper, Liverpool is not bad at all and they are a strong team who might also be favorites to win.
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Manchester City cannot perform at a high level every match. It may be unfair to expect such a performance from the team because it is not easy to play matches at a high tempo continuously. Even top-level players can show signs of fatigue and therefore the tempo of the match can be low. One of the best things City does is that they know how to win even if the tempo is low.

It is not expected to score only 1 goal in Manchester City matches, but sometimes it can be like that. The team knows how to get 3 points without pushing themselves too much and they can maintain their physical condition for the next matches.

As Southampton was a weak opponent, we all expected Manchester City to win today's match by a big margin. But Manchester City only needed to secure 3 points. And Manchester City players have managed to do just that. Manchester City can't win by a big margin. City won the match 1-0 and secured 3 points.

Manchester City players have played well enough. City players could not score more than one goal despite attacking a lot. If De Bruyne was in the squad, Manchester City's overall performance would have been a bit more organized. City fans really missed De Bruyne in this match.
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Manchester City have changed, they are no longer a dangerous team that will beat their opponent 4-5 goals. A year ago I wouldn’t have imagined Manchester City struggling with Southampton. City got all three points but the performance was disappointing. At the beginning of the game, it seemed like they were going to embarrass Southampton with a bigger score margin. Luckily to Southampton, Haaland missed a lot of chances today, the fans will be relieved that they got a win.
Manchester City in recent games haven't been as convincing with their performances like they were in their first four games in the league this season. They've been underperforming but the good thing about them is that even when they underperform, they still end up getting good results. Playing against Southampton at home today, I had predicted an easy game for Manchester City and also predicted that 3+ goals will be scored in the game but to my surprise, it finished in a 1:0 win for the English champions. Pep Guardiola must try improve the performance of his side of he really wants to retain the league title at the end of the season.
Actually Manchester City dropped a little of form since the beginning of the season, but has maintained a fair performance, however have always find their way on the Leaderboard, that's one very unique thing I love about City, for couple of seasons now ,they don't slip way down much below the top four in the table regardless of their form at any given time. The scores today wasn't much but ended up taking 3 points home.

Manchester City cannot perform at a high level every match. It may be unfair to expect such a performance from the team because it is not easy to play matches at a high tempo continuously. Even top-level players can show signs of fatigue and therefore the tempo of the match can be low. One of the best things City does is that they know how to win even if the tempo is low.

It is not expected to score only 1 goal in Manchester City matches, but sometimes it can be like that. The team knows how to get 3 points without pushing themselves too much and they can maintain their physical condition for the next matches.
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In the English Premier League, Manchester City, Liverpool are number one and number two in the points table, respectively, and Arsenal should have been in the number three position, but Aston Villa is in that place. The competition in the Premier League this season has definitely increased from other seasons and new teams are trying to compete with the big teams to get to the top of the points table.
Arsenal, who were the favorites last season and who came very close to winning the title, are now fifth in the points table, with two teams above them, apart from Manchester City and Liverpool. The way Aston Villa are performing is not to say that Aston Villa are not performing consistently. This Premier League team is definitely performing well and may continue this performance till the end of the season.
Liverpool is more consistent than Arsenal. In the 9th match between Arsenal vs Liverpool, we are confident in Arne Slot's strategy even though our hearts say that Liverpool's steps to win this match are difficult. YNWA.

The competition for the title this season for the names of the teams that have been mentioned still has the opportunity to shift each other in the standings. Manchester City has moved up to 1st place after getting 3 points from Southampton. Brighton and Chelsea also have the opportunity to enliven the competition even though Aston Villa in the match against Bournemouth has the opportunity to secure 3 points.
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I think Chris Wood will be a player who will be targeted by a big club because of his sharpness in front of goal. I admit, since he created a fast score on minute 10' when Nottingham meet Wolves at the beginning of the session, He was shown if he is one the premier player which can be rise together with his club. Nottingham Forest is a club which can not be attention to grow up on top stand. Now, that club has proven if they are worth considering to be on top club on premier league. I am bit surprise they can do that again on King Power Stadium. Nottingham deserve to be attention When made 2 different goals away on opponent's home. This should be a concern for big clubs to do not underestimate them.
Nottingham is not a top team in the Premier League, even after remaining in the Premier League for several seasons so far. Nottingham is only a mid-table team which may often be a team that makes things difficult for many big teams in the Premier League, even last season Nottingham was still saved from relegation. This season they are different, of course because there is an increase in performance which makes them in 6th position in the standings.
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Manchester City have changed, they are no longer a dangerous team that will beat their opponent 4-5 goals. A year ago I wouldn’t have imagined Manchester City struggling with Southampton. City got all three points but the performance was disappointing. At the beginning of the game, it seemed like they were going to embarrass Southampton with a bigger score margin. Luckily to Southampton, Haaland missed a lot of chances today, the fans will be relieved that they got a win.
Manchester City in recent games haven't been as convincing with their performances like they were in their first four games in the league this season. They've been underperforming but the good thing about them is that even when they underperform, they still end up getting good results. Playing against Southampton at home today, I had predicted an easy game for Manchester City and also predicted that 3+ goals will be scored in the game but to my surprise, it finished in a 1:0 win for the English champions. Pep Guardiola must try improve the performance of his side of he really wants to retain the league title at the end of the season.
Actually Manchester City dropped a little of form since the beginning of the season, but has maintained a fair performance, however have always find their way on the Leaderboard, that's one very unique thing I love about City, for couple of seasons now ,they don't slip way down much below the top four in the table regardless of their form at any given time. The scores today wasn't much but ended up taking 3 points home.
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The fact that this team has conceded  few goals  and often try to salvage a win or draw for for me as been one of the most  impressive feat by them. They're really trying and hope they can continue with their fine form and make it to European competitions this season.

They may not dominate but when given a goal opportunity often use it well, while their defense and goalie as been good,  Nuno Espírito has been doing well to get his coaching career better again.

Yeah, Nottm Forest's style is a bit unusual, they're not focused on ball possession and would often allow rival teams to take initiative and then surprise them with counter attacks. I just realised they currently have 2nd best defence in the league. They've only conceded 7 goals, which is less than Arsenal or Man City. Only Liverpool is better with only 3 goals lost so far, but it's worth reminding that one of those goals was scored by Forest in a surprise 1-0 away win.
Who knows, if they push a little harder and start aiming for more wins than draws, they might have a chance even for the top 4.

I'm also quite sorry that I canceled my intention to bet on Nottingham, because previously I also predicted that Nottingham might win. Because anyway, so far this season that Nottingham has been one of the best away teams in the Premier League because it still has an unbeaten result on the road. But yes, because I thought that Nottingham might fall too or not be able to be consistent, then I did not bet on Nottingham and the result that happened in this match was enough to make me regret it too. But it's true that Nottingham had very good goal attempts and shots on target despite playing away.

Having such good goal attempts and shots on target will certainly give the team more chances to win, rather than just having ball possession. After all, prioritizing ball possession also usually only good to teams that basically have great dominance in the league. But, for mediocre teams if they want to win, then there is no need to create high ball possession, because it only creates a deadlock in scoring goals.
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As expexted, Manchester won the game against southampotn.
As unexpected Aston Villa has not won the game vs Bournemouth.

All eyes are on the big game between Arsenal and Liverpool.
I think Arsenal will win the game, not easly. 2-1
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Manchester City have changed, they are no longer a dangerous team that will beat their opponent 4-5 goals. A year ago I wouldn’t have imagined Manchester City struggling with Southampton. City got all three points but the performance was disappointing. At the beginning of the game, it seemed like they were going to embarrass Southampton with a bigger score margin. Luckily to Southampton, Haaland missed a lot of chances today, the fans will be relieved that they got a win.
Manchester City in recent games haven't been as convincing with their performances like they were in their first four games in the league this season. They've been underperforming but the good thing about them is that even when they underperform, they still end up getting good results. Playing against Southampton at home today, I had predicted an easy game for Manchester City and also predicted that 3+ goals will be scored in the game but to my surprise, it finished in a 1:0 win for the English champions. Pep Guardiola must try improve the performance of his side of he really wants to retain the league title at the end of the season.
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I thought Manchester City played beautifully well and gave their best to ensure they either draw the match or win as they did. They are a great side with much potential in this season and I know that with the lead they hold in the premiership table, they would lift the trophy come the end of the season unless Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool struggles to topple them. Nice performance today.
The EPL is a tough one for these clubs to handled, don't you think?Manchester City are ontop of the EPL table and there's all proof to see them winning the league title again this season. Manchester City have dominated the entire league with their elite performances and stats, although they will surely encounter top competitive oppositions this season and when I mean top competitive oppositions, they're Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa. The top four race is already been geared on and watch the best from these clubs. Manchester City was able to grab three points from Southampton at Etihad stadium today, it was really a good hit for the Citizens today. Pep Guardiola examined his game strategy and he's going all in with his team and confidence present.
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In the English Premier League, Manchester City, Liverpool are number one and number two in the points table, respectively, and Arsenal should have been in the number three position, but Aston Villa is in that place. The competition in the Premier League this season has definitely increased from other seasons and new teams are trying to compete with the big teams to get to the top of the points table.
Arsenal, who were the favorites last season and who came very close to winning the title, are now fifth in the points table, with two teams above them, apart from Manchester City and Liverpool. The way Aston Villa are performing is not to say that Aston Villa are not performing consistently. This Premier League team is definitely performing well and may continue this performance till the end of the season.
Villa is getting better thanks to Umai Emery, he has always been a great coach wherever he goes, and I am hoping that we could see this growing to be a better place as well, I can't say it will be easy to do but I am sure we are going to end up with a much better thing on the long run as well. I believe we are going to see something greater as well, and shouldn't really be bothered.

I believe Unai Emery could actually make this team a title winner, because Pep is leaving and City could gradually get worse, so all Villa has to do is keep getting better, if they can keep growing and getting better then I am sure eventually they are going to get better and have some good results, hopefully it wouldn't be too bad and could do fine.
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