Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 381. (Read 74126 times)

It was Liverpools eagerness to win every single ball they lost that impressed me, so much high spirits. Both Pep Guardiola enjoyed the game and has said nothing more but reign praises on themselves and their respective clubs.
Only if that Jeremy Doku penalty should have been looked at by the Var then Liverpool should have been the winners of that game yesterday against Manchester City.
It does feels like the match official was protecting Manchester City players more than he did with Liverpool. Officials in the modern day gane are no longer transparent in them decision making.

Liverpool did well, they just couldn't capitalize the chances they had both Luiz Diaz and Darwin Nunez missed clear cut chances which should yave lead to goal.

Even though Man City players are generally of higher quality, the rigid style of play that has shaped the brand will not be easy to change. It is highly appreciated, but Man City cannot beat Liverpool. The two teams played openly, constantly giving each other tit for tat. The match could have had more than two goals if the opportunities were fully utilized. Although their strength could be stronger, Liverpool can make it difficult for any opponent at home. Liverpool is also unafraid to push their squad to play double-attacks with their opponents. The 1-1 draw was even somewhat unfair to Liverpool, as the number of opportunities and the quality of opportunities they created were both better than Man City. At the end of the match, Liverpool was also denied a confusing penalty when Doku kicked Mac Allister in the penalty area. Man City has survived a tsunami in Anfield.

Talking about Erling Haaland in the whole match, he only touched the ball 21 times, lost the ball once, and never won an aerial battle. This was a disappointing match for Erling Haaland, as he was utterly outclassed by Virgil Van Dijk. I actually think Van Dijk is a better centre-back than Haaland as a striker. This is a battle between the best centre-back and the best striker. And Virgil van Dijk won. Klopp's introduction of Salah and Andy Robertson created space for Diaz to move and exploit the hole. Diaz played with enthusiasm, constantly tormenting Man City's defense.

To me it's quite normal that they will both disagree at some point,  since they aren't seeing things the same way, and what we football lovers have to understand is that their are so many good players with winning mentality in this Manchester city team, any decisions made by the coach that they feels like wouldn't give them the desired result, will definitely be kicked against, even as he was brought out, their was some excitement in the stands of the Liverpool fans because they actually knows how good kelvin de bruyne is, and the threat his carries, so I think de bruyne is right, the game became easier for Liverpool the moment he left the pitch, and that decision affected the Manchester city team negatively.

Well we all saw a great exhibition From a City team that did wonderfully as a visitor, a Haaland and a Fodden, they will always make the difference in this team, in fact many things I saw in City, the biggest weakness I saw is that Pep He took out De Bruyne and he was in the cameras and discontent and the exchange of words, that even Pep himself went to talk to De Bruyne and the getos on De Bruyne's part were not very friendly, they focused on that, so I think there are problems Between Those two, I hope they get fixed because De Bruyen is crucial in every game, I read that Otero player was dissatisfied with the PEP and they didn't put him in because he wasn't ready, he wasn't performing, Pe is a coach with a lot of discipline, and for that reason it has good Results.


Pep Guardiola sends request to Kevin De Bruyne after Man City star's anger at being substituted vs Liverpool




Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/pep-guardiola-kevin-de-bruyne-man-city-liverpool-fc-b1144363.html

This is evident, things with Pep are at Another level , there are things that he doesn't say, he only keeps them to himself, and over the years he says them, that's what happened with Messi, he was always a player who for him was the best in the world, however this Causes more fury, Because Pep Guardiola always has things Going well for him, he is like a Zidane the time he had problems in Madrid with the Colombian James Rodriguez, since every time he entered The Colombian scored a goal, but Zidane didn't pass it, but who is going to refute something to Zidane , if he saw something he didn't like, he didn't accept it and that's it.

Yes, yesterday's match was very tense even though Liverpool dominated the match, but look, Manchester City put up very good resistance several times, making Liverpool's defense panic when Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne tried to apply pressure towards the goal.
In fact, Liverpool wasted a lot of opportunities because they lacked focus, like what Nunez and Luiz Diaz did, where it was very clear that they lacked concentration and if only these two opportunities could be utilized well, they would definitely get a winning score.
Not only Liverpool but de Bruyne and Haaland also wasted a very good opportunity to almost score but for some reason these two clubs seemed to have the same pressure because Manchester City was a little stressed playing away but Liverpool felt pressured because they were playing against the strongest team like Manchester City and the result a draw is not commensurate with the tension between these two clubs, but actually this is the choice for both clubs to get 1 more meaningful point.

For me, it doesn't mean that Haaland and the other players are not productive, but as you yourself said, competing at Anfield is not an easy job and we can see how if Ederson had not made a mistake on Nunez which resulted in a penalty, Manchester City would have won the match.
Not only was Manchester City less productive but Liverpool also didn't give a very strong performance because the 1 score that Liverpool got was only from a penalty kick and if that didn't happen maybe the PL title competition would have ended because Manchester City won.

Interesting game to be honest Liverpool should have won the game but they missed all of the golden chances they had to end the game. Both Darwin Nunez and Luiz Diaz did miss chances they shouldn't have missed in the first place.
Anfield is not one easy place to win against Liverpool, no matter how good they're I mean the opponents the best results they could get out of the egakr would be to draw that match same way it was this evening with Manchester City.

Players like Kevin De Bruyne and Bernado Silva weren't productive and creative so the likes of Alvarez and Erling Haaland couldn't find the back of the net in this game and also thanks to the Liverpool defenders even without Konate. Jurgen Klopps substitute made sense, he was ready to attack all til the game ends.

In that round there were 3 games that had a draw and they were games that in a way the draw did not cause any great surprise, but I will talk about the recent game that had a draw, I am talking about the Manchester City game against Liverpool, in that game both teams were playing a lot Well, focusing on defense so that they wouldn't concede too many goals, and also focusing on attack, Manchester City is known for having a squad made up of excellent players, but this result shows how Liverpool are very strong and are a very strong candidate for win the premier league, but with this draw liverpool will need to count on arsenal and manchester city losing a game, something that will be very difficult to happen, fortunately in the next few weeks arsenal will play against manchester city, this will be a game in which they will eliminate one of these two teams in the race for the title

Arsenal will need to work hard if they want to beat Manchester City, especially in defense, I believe that in Arsenal's game against Manchester City the team with the best defense will win, if the game ends in a draw, then they will put Liverpool in the lead and with greater chances of winning the premier league. It will be very interesting to follow Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City's next games. Now talking about the teams competing for position 4, Aston Villa and Tottenham are the two main teams with the best chances of finishing in position 4 and going to the European Champions League next season, in that round Aston Villa played against Tottenham in a game that I thought would end with few goals, but I was surprised by Aston Villa's humiliating defeat

the 1 half ended without any goals and I thought that Aston Villa were having a good defense and that in the 2 half they would maintain the same posture, but to my surprise in the 2 half Tottenham started much better than in the 1 half and their attack improved they even scored 2 goals in the first minutes of the 2nd half and then scored two more goals, and Aston Villa were unable to at least score 1 goal, they conceded 4 goals in that game, it was a very humiliating defeat, with this result Tottenham is more close to position 4. tottenham and aston villa are unstable teams, which is why in my opinion it is very difficult to predict which of these two teams will be able to finish in position 4

The game is actually going towards my expectation I knew from the beginning that the Liverpool vs Manchester city game is going to likely end being a draw game , for Arsenal to have their way on top of the premier league table once again , both teams strength are equal, though I expected more than 2 goals in this match ,I initially thought the goals would reach like about 4 goals, making it end in a 2-2 draw. 

Honestly both of their goals came from penalty and that is why I think it's quite important to realize that Manchester United is still not looking all that great, they are not overpowering anyone and that's the most important part. I believe that we are going to see them fire ETH and that should be the most important thing. I think that's the most important thing, if they fire the manager then they are going to end up being much better.

I understand that they have loaded the team with who he wants, and that's definitely something, but that doesn't mean that we are going to see anything major changing. So all in all, we are going to end up with a whole rebuild of that team eventually, a few players may stay like Garnacho for sure, but many will have to change.

Liverpool is unbeaten at home in this season/league and I dont think Mancity able to break that record today.
I dont want to see a draw but it looks like it will end with a draw, any point from this match is very important for both teams.
Im sure in the last 10 minutes - Liverpool will not attack carelessly anymore, better get 1 point and still lead the league than to give Mancity 3 points.

Of course this will be quite difficult for Liverpool even though they are playing at home, this is a match between two top Premier League teams who are fighting for the championship trophy this season.
In the first half Liverpool were 1 goal behind even though they were able to control the match, but there was still a second half where Liverpool still had a big chance to turn things around.

Only 5 minutes into the second half did Liverpool manage to equalize through the penalty point.
Now the afternoon is 1-1 and the match is running with higher tension which makes the match even more fierce.

Seeing that the game between Liverpool and Manchester City is quite even, but I bet on Liverpool, I think with the full support of the fans they will be able to win this match.

Liverpool had alot of ball control in the first half but then Manchester City have recorded an early goal that sealed the first half but also can consider the level of pressure that Liverpool put up in the entire first half this will be a determinant match for them since Liverpool is already off the number spot on the league table where Manchester City in points accumulations.
It may be a tough one for Liverpool today since putting up with Manchester City is one big battle that will determine their faith in the remaining league and if they lose it means Liverpool will eventually lose this season's title, but then all the best for Liverpool in this match.

City is going to win the game soon. No doubt that is caused by its being much more dominant in this game. Liverpool has been trying so hard to attack City from various sides, but it's still unable to score. Salah is going to play in the second half, and City needs to be even more careful. Alvarez was playing so poorly by very often wrongly passing the ball.
I hope he can be replaced by doku or someone capable enough to do that. There must not be a lot of changes happened in manchester city to win the game. The current squad is good enough to help the club in winning the game. Diaz can do nothing as long as walker is still there.

Look at how diaz can do nothing when walker was preventing him to run. Diaz was losing in speed and physic against walker and there's nothing to be worried about from diaz. The only problem is when salah will play to replace bradley. This is also adding more pressure for manchester city.
There must be someone who can prevent salah when he is gonna play at the second half. City missed many opportunities due to the many inaccurate passing.

There may be a lot of change to happen on the city's side. Im only guessing that if alvarez is to be replaced with doku. The combination between doku and silva was good. Doku needs to go in.

I thought Manchester City vs Liverpool match would be very competitive. Both teams will attack a lot and we will see a lot of goals. But I don't find the match very competitive. Both teams are playing somewhat defensively. We don't see much attack from either team's players.



At the end of 45 minutes, Manchester City is leading 1-0. Stones scored the goal for Manchester City. Assisted by De Bruyne. On the other hand, Liverpool have been playing defensively since the beginning of the match. Klopp will likely change his game strategy in the second half. Because Klopp didn't keep Salah in his starting XI today. We will probably see Salah at the start of the second half. And Liverpool will play completely attacking strategy in the second half. Liverpool will definitely not want to lose today's match.

The game between Liverpool vs Manchester city is already underway, with the few minutes played so far, Manchester city have been the better and dominant team so far, and they are already winning by a goal to nil, a goal scored by John stone from the Conner, this Liverpool team needs to step up and do better if they want to stay in the fight for the title race, because much is expected especially in this game that they are playing their direct rival for the league title, so they have to prove that they are up for it. Let's just watch and see how this game goes, if Liverpool can actually get their own goal, or Manchester city doubling their lead.

It's really surprised me to see burnley was leading the game but paqueta and own goal from mavropanos helped westham to equalize the score. The draw is better for Westham than losing against a mediocre club like Burnley. Westham is playing even badly in this game. Westham showed us how to play even badly at the end of season.
It seemed to me as if there was nothing wrong with Westham, but the club kept performing even worse. The gameplay from westham was not even structured. I'm curious what changes are being made by Moyes to the club.

Westham lacks the motivation to win the game. It was almost losing against a relegation club. I can't believe it how westham has been declining so hard like this. The different gameplay shown by westham.
It's recorded more than 20 shoots but only 5 goal attempts happened from this club. Westham has been degrading a lot since the mid season. I never expected that westham and the Villa, which were performing perfectly from the beginning of the season, would have the same fate.

Villa and westham are declining at the sme time which is very bad for both of clubs.

This will be the last Liverpool v Manchester City match between Klopp and Pep. Undoubtedly, their rivalry will continue with other teams. But it will be Klopp's last Liverpool v Manchester City game. Arsenal are currently leading the league. Whoever wins this game will be the leader. That's why it's a very important match because whoever wins this match will have a psychological advantage. I also want Liverpool to win the league because the Manchester City hegemony has bored me too. We need a change in the Premier League.


Nunez gave Liverpool the kiss of life with his last minute goal last week. I think his mood will be high today.

In the match of West Ham vs Burnley team, Burnley team is now leading by 2 goals. If we look at the points table of the two teams, we can see that the two teams are almost at the same position. Burnley team is at the 7th position of the point table and West Ham team is at the 8th position. Now  West Ham could not score any goal till now. West Ham team is trying hard to score but it is not yet clear whether they will be able to score any goal in today's match.

Aston Villa is putting on a very poor performance right now , especially that they are playing from Villa Park I really expected goals from both sides, but unfortunately it's a one sided affair in favour  of  Tottenham and the red card could have made things even tougher for a team I considered to be in very good form of late!! Btw, does Aston Villa even have any shot on target, ouch it's that bad!!!

Manchester City disagrees!!! The lads in the city camp are very much hungry to collect another title to their name as they play catch up in terms of number of titles got by all EPL teams...

And that Liverpool City game, let's not run away from the inevitable...City are winning this game no doubt 

Manchester United who haven’t had their best of performance this season because of some crazy results got back to winning ways in their home match against Everton yesterday. This win was so important that a loss here could have been crazy and not acceptable.Well getting back to winning ways gives them this sort of hope and boost in their already fainting top 4 hopes. They’re now sitting pretty in 6th position and are very confident that they can still make top 4. The match yesterday had it’s 2 goals in the first half both from the spot kick and that shows the level if brutality in the match. Bruno and Rashford converted from the spot to extend Everton winless run in the EPL to 11 games.

 In the match you can see both teams had same strength going forward but the defensive errors by Everton made them concede those penalty. Talking about the style of play of Manchester United, you can call that pattern of play very disappointing as one expected them to score more goals from open play. You can see how they all ghosted after those 2 goals in the first half and you can try to blame it on injury.Yes we understand the injury crisis in this team though but that doesn’t mean they can’t get something reasonable from this match. Everton have been struggling this 2024 and one expected Man United to have over 5 goals in that match and not struggle like that. The effect of this effect is shown on both teams.

 For Manchester United it’s a boost for their top 4 hopes  since they got all 3 points in this match but for Everton it’s keeping them in danger for relegation. Now Manchester United are 3 points away from Tottenham who are in a tight contest with Villa. The pressure now is much on Tottenham to get all 3 points or at least a draw from Aston Villa else I think they could be parking their load off 5th place soon. The EPL is real fierce and the competition is now coming alive and it’s this kind of scenes we love to see.