Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 145. (Read 70564 times)

Manchester City's result at Newcastle was disappointing to you and definitely to others who thought that Newcastle was a push over team that can be easily beaten by the reigning champions and not for people like us who already predicted a difficult game for both teams. I was impressed Newcastle didn't lose the game.
Chelsea's impressive win today I think have proven that they are a strong contender for the English Premier League title tho season. The depth in the squad of Chelsea I think is one of the best in the league. From all indications, I think Chelsea are back to their best but my concern is if they can retain their current performance for a longer time.

The loss of De Bruyne and Rodri is still a problem because as always they are good movers and although Kovacic also did a good job in this match, it did not have a greater impact on the final result because in the end there was a slight loss of momentum and Manchester City's attacking patterns became rushed so that the chances that were obtained could not be converted properly.
The guarding of Haaland can also be appreciated for Newcastle as they didn't let Haaland go free for the entire 90 minutes of the match which made his space covered in this match.

With this draw they lost the top position and Liverpool with Slot as his helmsman this season managed to shift the focus of the top standings to them and of course this became very interesting because indeed competition from the beginning like this is always awaited from the EPL.

I don't think you watched that match cause if you did, you won't make such statement, oh you think because Leicester City just got back from the relegation league then it should be easy for Arsenal to beat them right? Well, this is the EPL, the toughest league in the world and full of surprises. However Arsenal's performance was far better than Leicester's in that game, though they had ill luck in the first half and conceded two goals but their performance wasn't really boring and they dominated the game and even had about 36 shots with 16 on target, you can't compare that to Leicester's 5 shot with just 3 on target but then the most important thing is that Arsenal scored 2 late goals making it 4-2 and they've still maintained their unbeaten run. Mind you, their are only 2 clubs in the EPL that's unbeaten, namely Arsenal and Manchester City.

Palmer's performances today were very incredible, which excited a lot of people, including me. Although no one expected that Palmer would be able to have 4 goals in the game today, that ended up happening, and he did all this in just the first half, which is showing that palmer is able to bring Chelsea out as the top 4 in the table this season. Although the season has just begun, we are expecting a lot from Chelsea this season, but for next season, I don't think Palmer will be able to be among the players of Chelsea any more.

Disappointing result ion the big match between Manchester City and Newcastle, also Haaland ruined his median.
Still early in the season but was a long time we didn'0t see Chelsea in the top 4 of the league.

I think they will not compete for the final win, and the league will be won again from Manchester City.

...Unless... something unexpected will happen in few months with a big penalization of FFP.

Arsenal won today’s match, but I was just disappointed with their performance in the match. I never expected Arsenal to find it difficult to win Leicester City, I will say Arsenal were just so lucky in the match, the match would have ended as a draw. I never expected Leicester City to equalize in the match, and they really wanted to defend the draw, but things didn’t just go well for Leicester City, Arsenal were able to score their last two goals in the extra time of the match. Leicester City couldn’t win the match, but seriously, they played well in the match.

To rate Arsenal's performance as a poor performance is not fair, if you watch the match, you will understand what I am saying. Arsenal didn't perform to their peak as expected, but they did their best in the game. Suppose you have been monitoring Arsenal games since Odegard got injured. In that case, you will notice that Arsenal was struggling to win matches even after several struggles, we only scored confidently on setpiece because the main attacking midfielders that were supposed to be with the squad were all injured. Still, the manager is trying his best to improvise and use his other options to make the team win games.

You are right, Arsenal dominated the first half and got two goals, but Leicester City came back strong and got two goals which they were defending before Arsenal could get the last two goals. Leicester City's goalkeeper made a lot of saves today, he saved his team from conceding a lot of goals because Arsenal dominated the game.


That shows that the Arsenal squad of this season has a winning mentality, they don't want to give up easily which is why they keep putting pressure until the final wistle and they get the three points.

you are right I thought Arsenal could not win the match. But Arsenal were very lucky. If Arsenal were not lucky, the team would not have been able to get 3 points from this match. Leicester City were not strong opponents. However, Arsenal's performance was poor.

This is true as we saw Arsenal's dominance in the first half of the match. It was 2-0 at the end of the first half. We thought Arsenal was going to get an easy win in this match, as the opponent Leicester is not a strong team. But Leicester scored two consecutive goals in the second half to level the match at 2-2. Leicester city players managed to score two goals despite not attacking much. This shows that Arsenal's defenders did not do well in this match.

A lot of attacks were carried out by Arsenal players throughout the match. But Arsenal scored the last two goals after 90 minutes. More importantly, Arsenal's third goal was a mistake by Leicester's Ndidi.

Palmer is just something else friends.    His high talent is a blessing for Chelsea. They really look solid in the championship race for now by the way. Do you think they would stay in it until the end?

Arsenal didn't look comfortable today. Don't just look at the final score. If you watched the game you would understand. Besides those last two goals came in the stoppage time. I wouldn't expect Leicester to make such difficulties for them. Liverpool also managed to get past Wolves and Salah continued to shine as always... Manchester City were like the only loser among them. But with that effort they deserved the draw.

Is the most highlighted Palmer in the amount of Chelsea goal productivity. Jadon Sancho in two Chelsea matches also performed neatly in helping the team's victory. Not the same performance as in Manchester United. I think about Sancho only the trust of their internal.

Now Liverpool are about to finish the match. The winning score is led by Liverpool.
Liverpool seems sturdy at the top of the standings.

Watching Chelsea - Brighton was really fun. The first half I mean because the second half wasn't that good. We watched all of those 6 goals in one half. I missed watching Chelsea like this so much. 

They really look promising at the early stages of the season for the first time in a while. Palmer is such a game changer... It was like "Palmer 4 - 2 Brighton".    Scoring 4 goals in a half is insane!

Chelsea are currently the most productive team in the PL with 15 goals. I really hope to see them in a title race this time. Those nice days in the past don't look so far away from us now either.

The Newcastle vs Manchester City match has ended quite disappointingly, the draw is definitely not something Guardiola expected in the match especially since they need a victory to restore the morale of their players after the draw from Arsenal in the previous match, although Newcastle has the advantage of playing at home but it is precisely throughout the match that it is seen that Manchester City managed to dominate the match, the goal created by Gvardiol in the 35th minute has increased the motivation of Guardiola squad in the match, but unfortunately the advantage did not last long after in the second half Newcastle managed to equalize the score to 1-1 through a penalty kick.

In the match actually Manchester played very well and was able to create many chances, but indeed the solidity of Newcastle defense made the Manchester City players quite frustrating, If you look at the dominance and many chances created by Manchester City in the match, I think the loss of De Bruyne has no effect at all on Manchester City game, as well as Rodri absence in the match, still makes their performance stable.

I know a lot of people may be surprised that Newcastle was able to draw against Manchester City, but as for me, I was not that surprised because I always see Newcastle as a strong team. Anytime two strong teams are playing against each other, it's possible that any result can come out from the match. I know that Manchester City was the favorite team to win the match, but seeing Newcastle playing at home gave me some confidence. Even if Manchester City were able to win, it wouldn't be easy, and truly, the match was not easy for Manchester City. That is the reason why Manchester City was not able to secure the one goal they were leading with. After Manchester City scored the goal, I was expecting them to be able to defend it.

It is not the first time at the beginning of the season that Manchester City has been either third or second on the table, but by the end of the season, they always have the opportunity to take back their first place. Since Arsenal have won their game, it's possible they will be the team leading the table, but it is also very possible that Manchester City will still be leading, as they have more goals than Arsenal and both are on the same points.

If you write a win in Manchester favour, you are mostly wrong.  Because either they lose the match or the match is drawn.  Yes, but they are said to be a strong team and this defeat has cost Manchester points and also those who like them.  Obviously, the player who is injured is most of the life of the team and that gives them more chance to win.  That is why they will be weak in the match as their players play for their team's victory.  Yes, Manchester will have to come to this position because Arsenal, who have the same performance as Manchester, and Liverpool will also win this match against Wolves, then Manchester itself will deteriorate its position.  Now Manchester has only one situation to hope that if Liverpool and Arsenal lose the match, he will keep his position or Manchester will fall.

Many users and observers seem to have the same expectations about Manchester City in the away match against Newcastle, I mean they think Manchester City can win 3 points in that match. However, in fact, Manchester City was forced to draw by Newcastle 1-1 until the end of the match. Haaland and all the players seemed very disappointed about today, Pep Guardiola ran out of ammunition to use in this match.

Anthony Gordon was Newcastle's savior in their plans to avoid defeat, but throughout the second half Manchester City basically had several good chances to win. Haaland's header could still be saved, as could Bernardo Silva's volley. But this is good for other competitors including Arsenal and Liverpool, even Chelsea is starting to show its existence.

What a good performance from Chelsea today, from im observing from this season I think Chelsea is coming back to the Chelsea team we all used to know in the premier league, I love the energy Chelsea put in the match today and I can say that the Chelsea coach deserves more respect for what he is doing now because we have seeing many coaches who have come to Chelsea and they can't start a season like this, Chelsea is going to be a tough team next season if the coach keeps this player improve their performance, But let be honest Manchester city made a mistake by selling cole palmer for Chelsea and the price did not worth 100m, Chelsea is making their fans happy, unlike another team that is making the fans angry whenever they play the match.


Manchester City have shown us that Rodri and Kevin DE Bruyne are the players who can make the team strong and also they are the players that are very important in all the games they are playing, I said it before they should start that Manchester City is going to find it difficult to defeat Newcastle because the team two best players are injured and they are not going to be in the game and that is exactly what happens, Manchester city score opening goal in the match but after Newcastle equalize Manchester city find it difficult to score another goal again, are having to win their game and they also get luck if not they will end up the way Manchester city end draw today, if Liverpool win their match Liverpool will be the one leading the table of the league.

I thought about this Manchester City vs Newcastle United match yesterday Newcastle has been given Manchester City some slide headache in the past season and also with there current form this season added with home advantage I really know it was going to be a tough game for Manchester City  with the absent of Rodri and Kelvin De bruyne.
After Manchester City scored in the first have and with the performance of Newcastle United in the first half I knew that it is not going to be easy for Manchester City in the second half so i wasn't much surprise with the score line nice performance from both sides. Newcastle United 1-1 Manchester City.

I didn't watch the match because I also just got off work but basically, I also don't watch matches too often because of time constraints and I still have a lot of work to do. But about the match between Chelsea v Brighton it was great, because Palmer made four goals and it was very extraordinary as a player who only plays in midfield. But even so,  I'm sure it's difficult for Palmer to consistently score goals in every match,  considering his position in midfield.

Maybe, at Chelsea Palmer became very fertile in making goals, but maybe that's one of the reasons Manchester City sold Palmer. Because anyway, at Manchester City there are pure attacking players who can make a lot  of goals like Haaland and also, the midfield players owned by Manchester City are also very good and experienced  so Palmer is difficult to get many minutes to play at Manchester City. But yes, Chelsea under Enzo Maresca  has really improved and that's good of course, because Chelsea will be able to compete in the  top zone and not just in the middle of the table as happened in the last few seasons.

I agree with you. The season has just started so there is nothing special about being first in the standings. It would be great if Liverpool could win the match against Wolves and play consistently until the end of the season. City really can't play effectively when they don't have Rodri and KDB in their squad. Haaland is struggling to get chances because he doesn't get much ball from midfield.
Chelsea are currently leading 4-2. I think it's hard for Brighton to score. On the other hand, Arsenal were held to a 2-2 draw and this makes them unable to match points with City. The match is still on but I think Leicester played very well in this match.

Before the Newcastle vs Manchester City match started or to be precise yesterday, I had thought that Manchester City's efforts to target full points were not easy because Manchester City were experiencing unusual conditions. One of them is because of Rodri's injury.
Manchester City's game can be balanced well by Newcastle even though Manchester City has possession of the ball.

Yes. They are undefeated. Based on the previous results, Liverpool has the opportunity to occupy the standings if Liverpool can secure full points at Wolverhampton's home.