Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 408. (Read 77873 times)

It is going to be one of the most crucial games for Liverpool and Manchester City both. Liverpool need Salah playing in this game from the beginning to the end. Otherwise I think Manchester City would have a bigger probability to win the game. Guardiola rotated the squad for the Copenhagen game but we saw Haaland playing for nearly 90 minutes. 

I don't think it was a good idea to keep him that long because Manchester City were already 3-1 ahead by the end of the first half. But I guess Haaland wouldn't still be very tired in the Liverpool game.

I won't bet on a side but I hope Liverpool win to get closer to the championship. 

Tottenham Hotspur against Aston Villa catches my fancy, tough game and difficult for me to predict who win at the end of the game, one would say Aston Villa would come out victorious from the game on Sunday, but I will day after the Conference Cup Competition, they should sure be having tired legs from that game and could be used as an advantage you see.
I'd say both side would draw but these clubs here have both been unpredictable to be very honest.

The same as well goes with West Ham United, for they'll be against Frieburg in the European Europa League Competition, they should also be exhausted from that fixture on Thursday. Could be a good chance for them to utilize the chance they have to go above Manchester United, but would that be possible? Burnley are also so poor that I cannot back them to even win the game. Vincent Kompany and his lads should do better.

For the the game between Liverpool and Manchester City, Anfield has been a fucking fortress you see, and having Injured players right now has got to be tdue biggest blow they'll face ahead of the game. Would the likes of Mo Salah and Co's be back for that game? T's another difficult game for me to predict. I don't mind seeing Arsenal ahead of them in the Premier League standing. Both Liverpool and Manchester City have both dominated the league in the last few years. Hopefully, they share points and Arsenal gets to  use the chance they have against Brentford to go top.

Arsenal are currently on form and on fire as they have had large rain of goals in the past three to four matches and this shows how productive their attack line is. They are scoring so many goals which is helping them to build goal difference to be able to fight for the league. This season title challenge is keenly contested and their idea of building up goal difference for themselves is very clean and top notch as that could be what will help them stay on top this weekend. Yes they have a chance of staying on top the league should they win Brentford and Liverpool stumble to a draw with City.

 Arsenal and Liverpool will be locked with the same points but the built goal difference will be the help and boost for Arsenal to stay on top of the league. The way the Arsenal players are all involved in the matches is really top notch as that shows commitment. They’re all committed to makind up for last season’s mistakes and yes they real have a chance to gun for the league if they keep maintaining this kind of win streaks. They still have two tough matches which they need to overcome, Man City and Chelsea.

 Chelsea aren’t real in good shape but they could also be capable of spoiling the party for Arsenal as fellow London rivals. Man City are in the race too and Arsenal won’t be finding that match easy nevertheless. The best way out is to get all 3 points and build up goal difference by making sure you take ypur chances as this is the way they can possibly get the league. They are having their players back frim injury and that should be a major boost in the Arsenal camp and I’m optimistic they can perform the magic this season.

This Sunday will be an epic battle and I think it is going to be quite entertaining as well. I think it should be something that will be worth to watch as like taking the day off style. I understand it may not be for everyone, but a lot of football fans will probably just arrange some foods, chips beers, drinks whatever they can and get in front of the TV. Not only it is a game that became a classic in the last decade, but also it is a game that can decide so much about the league as well.

I believe that it will be the most important game of the season for sure, the winner will have such a good chance at the title, and the loser may have trouble coming from Arsenal as well. It is a very important game and I can't wait to see it.

Thank you for sharing this interesting news with us.    As there is going to be a new format to take place in the Champions League by next season I assume the officials wanted to make some changes in the quotas as well.

The Premier League to have 5 teams joining the Champions League? It would make them even more dominant in the tournament. But I feel like it would be better to give the last two additional places to the leagues with few number of teams joining the Champions League group stage or even the leagues with 0 quota for the group stage.

For example it would be really good to see one of the places being given to the Turkish Super League. This league had one spot to join the group stage directly in the past but not anymore.  

I come with another interesting news. I have heard that if there will be a new spot to be added by UCL for the leauge with the best performanace this season. There will be two more spots to be added, currently several leagues have 4 spots to quality for the UCL next season and there is also potential for this place will be added into the 5 places in total.
Goal has posted a very interesting article that breaks down which club that has the highest rate. Serie is still topping the ranking then bundesliga following it at the second place. Surprisingly, premier elague was at the third place.


By having two additional teams to come in and im sure the competition will be even more competitive. The winner from this will be eligible to have one more UCL spot in the next season. The league needs to work even properly to ensure they can get one more spot to play in UCL.
Personally, i don't really like this method caused by the only big league that will acquire additional spot. UCL should have given more spots for the league that has less than 4 spots to qualify for the UCL.

To be fair, the league like PSG deserves to get another spot.I can't predict what motive that used by UEFA to add two more spots into the UCL. It seems like UEFA has a plan to make the competition getting tougher than before by adding more clubs to compete in.

Still waiting for response from some members here. There may be some who pros and cons with the new spots to be added by UEFA soon. Two spots will be reserved for the winner.

Bukayo Saka may not have scored a goal, but he can be said to be a player who always tries to make a big contribution to Arsenal and managed to provide one assist.
Arsenal's victory over Sheffield United was impressive because they made sure they performed optimally to beat their opponents with a very convincing score by scoring lots of goals and this made Arsenal the most productive team at the moment with the fewest goals conceded.
Arsenal just need to maintain their consistency because after facing Brentford next week there are two tough matches they have to face, namely against Chelsea and Manchester City.
Maybe Chelsea will not be considered as a team that will give Arsenal difficulties but still they have to be alert because Chelsea can perform better when facing a strong team and against City it will be enough to determine their next ranking, beating City means they will pass their opponent in the standings but if If they lose, it will make their chances of winning the title this season even harder

Just as you expected. The match Sheffield United vs Arsenal ended with a score of 6-0 in favor of the away team. But Bukayo Saka did not have luck in this match. Arsenal pressed forward to attack right from the first minute. Bukayo Saka was the one who spoke before finishing the ball and hitting the post in the 2nd minute. Anyway, Mikel Arteta's army entered the game excitedly, leaving the home team unable to react. Specifically, Arsenal led 3-0 after only 15 minutes, and after 39 minutes, the score was 5-0 for the Gunners. This strong victory helps the Gunners continue to chase Liverpool and Man City in the championship race. They currently have 61 points after 27 matches, 1 point closer to Man City and 2 points closer to Liverpool. This is a truly dramatic race.

No other result was expected than a massive win against Sheffield as Arsenal are currently on fire and form and are fiercely chasing the EPL title with all vigour. Their players returning from injury is a major boost to this team’s growing confidence. Although Arsenal are a better side judging from their EPL performances, to their group stage performances too. Arteta's Arsenal are young, vibrant and victory oriented too. They won't want to give off their chances at the trophy just so easily to Porto. They're a side more likely to put up a fierce contest and make the game tough for their opponent Porto.

 Maybe or maybe not, Porto will be able to endure the strength Arsenal would put up. Arsenal are to some extent technically better than them still. Their win against Sheffield United  was well deserved as they're a team set to make remarkable difference in all their endeavors both in the domestic, country and European cups too. Sadly Sheffield United lost big time to Arsenal and this made them face another downward wrath on the league table. Their remaining weeks in the EPL are shaky, even though they can try to be competitive.

 The probability for a consistent good game result is very low and they have to put in more work to at least finish the season in a reasonable standing on the league table. Arsenal rotation is what’s key at this time as we approach crucial stages of the league and they’re hooked in a 3 club race with an in form City and Liverpool side so the players rotation is needful at this point and must be applauded by the fans.

United have problems in their defense. Several mistakes from the defender allowed the opponent to score goals. That's been their problem from the start of the season. But overall it was impossible for United to win the match. They did perform well in several matches but to beat City with their full squad I think United must appear solid and consistent in every match.

Yes! Of course that is what all fans hope for. Seeing the championship candidate teams fight until the final week will make the atmosphere and tension of every club fan even greater. It's really exciting to see the fans' adrenaline rush every week. I still remember the dramatic moment when City won the 2012 EPL where the winning moment was truly determined in the final match and in the last minute of the match when Aguero scored City's winning goal. It was one of my most memorable moments in football.

It was obvious even before the game starts that City would win, the difference between them is nowhere near and I think it would not be possible for anyone to judge otherwise. I understand that some people may think a little differently but that is just how it is and we should accept it the way it could be.

I personally believe that the best way to go about this would be making sure that we are focusing on the right thing. I am not really considering any changes at any given moment but that should not be really all that weird. I hope that people could see this as a good change and not really make a lot of news about it. I personally hope that we could see City and Liverpool (and arsenal) fight until the very last week.

With Sheffield United getting odds @ 13.00, will there be any surprises they will give in a match against Arsenal? I quite doubt there will be any surprises and this will actually be an easy match for Arsenal, in fact there is a very big chance for Arsenal to continue their winning streak with a big score, because teams that are better than Sheffield United such as Newcastle and West Ham they managed to beat with a landslide score especially Sheffield is the team that has conceded the most goals this season.
Not so pleasant results could happen if Mikel Arteta rotates players by giving their core players more rest to avoid injury because next week there is an important match against Porto, but I am sure that if Arteta makes this rotation it will be done with full consideration to still get three points to be able to stick closely and compete with Manchester City and Liverpool for the title this season, my prediction is that Arsenal will score more than three goals in this match, and Bukayo Saka, who has always scored goals in five of Arsenal's matches, will very likely score again for his team, unless he will be on the list of players rested by Arteta if he rotates in the Arsenal squad.

The success of every team is determined majorly by how great the coach performs by using the right tactics and not just that but also knowing how to implement this tactics on the players. Well this is why most teams are not doing great.The coach might have the right tactics but not but not knowing how to implement this tactics is always a great issue in modern football. This can be because  most of these players feel very big and feel the coach can’t and shouldn’t instruct them.

 Manchester United are now one of the teams now looking on to hire a coach at this point and they must consider so many factors when they want to hire a coach. The players at the team feel unnecessarily proud and they’ll need someone who’s going to be able to enhance discipline in the team. Also the need for a tactician is very important because as wide as the EPL is, different tactics will be required in different situations. Yes and out of the many options I think Conte is the best choice with his strict discipline and tactics.

 Conte has achieved great success in the EPL in the past years and achieving it againg with Manchester United and the right players of his choice wouldn’t be a big deal. Another coach who’ll perform real great is Jose in this team and I would love to see him return because I feel he can still achieve great things if he’s given the right resources.The thoughts of Graham Potter is real crazy as the man has nothing to offer in both tactics and discipline and rather he’ll even go down as the worst coach if hired. Though I think the board wants to stick with ETH and grow more with him which I think will be the solution. ETH still needs more time and with the time and enough resources given and funds too, he’ll sure achieve great deeds for the club.

I must admit united gave tough game during the first half but it's not for the second half. The player could not be as consistent as the first half. It was also making manchester united being isolated on its penalty box. United puts so many players in front of the goal keeper.
It has forced city to play long ball combined with back pass which was used to lure some players left from their positions. That's smart strategy from manchester city. As you can see that how lazi MU's attackers to help the defenders.

They were very slow in going back to backup their goal keeper. That's quite different with what used by chelsea in the last weeks. MU is more inconsistent compared to the chelsea.

United never learned from their previous game. The game against city has been also proving that how manchester united played so garbage in this game. Chelsea used different strategy but it was almost beating city while MU has battered by manchester city.
So, the problem is on the defensive line of manchester united. Some players were also so lazy in going back to help their friends to defense against city.

It was quite surprising that Man United could score first because they were playing as guests and they were not in good condition. But it turns out that the surprise was only the beginning of their nightmare because after that 1 goal Man United ended up failing to show off their football. Their rhythm of the game is very monotonous and it can be seen that they are very nervous.

Many Man United players are confused about what to do and end up making mistakes, for example Casemiro who often makes dangerous maneuvers in blocking the ball or Garnacho who has difficulty in penetrating and often makes the wrong passes or when Amrabat made a blunder and made it a way for Haaland to score the third goal for Man City. There are only 2 players who I think played quite well in this match, that are Bruno Fernandes and Andre Onana.

Without a doubt, the figure of the match was Foden, said by Pep Guardiola himself, so in view of this we realize that when Certain things are going to be answered, we have to see what they can achieve, I am one who He has always thought that Foden has nerves of steel in this type of game, even on ESPN they were eventually going crazy with everything they said, for example they called Foden the Sniper, and boy did they, because the goals he scored were very good , spectacular, everything was given so that they could give their best, but even so they had everything to score even more goals, of course in this game the one who put the cherry on top was Haaland , therefore this is one of the things that this player He is a gem for the team, and the team is in good shape right now, and that is the sole work of Pep Guardiola. I'm worried, will Guardiola now stay here? or will he leave? I don't know but I see Guardiola very committed to the things that have to do with Barcelona, because he is worried about it and from there I saw that he wants to lead a team to take it to a soccer World Cup.

In this order of ideas I see that many more things that Pep wants have emerged, but for now I see him determined to go for everything in the PL, they go like this:



Source: Google.

They are only one step away from taking first place, so will they be the leaders of the PL? They will do it? How can these things be done, then if I start to see how they can Attack this type of thing in the PL, I would say that Lieproool has to play With his soul from now on, this is something that they have to see from now on Imagine that now Klopp is worrying, but Klopp lost games that he should not have lost, for me he threw everything he has done in his effort overboard, because for example against Arsenal things did not go very well, now he This is a very good thing, because Peope wants to go for everything, he wants to go for the PL and the UCL, this is something that has no Compassion and goes all in for it.

Pep Guardiola is one of the coaches who has the most things to do, I think he is more valued by Barcelona, now if we look at it, where does the future see Pep? at Barcelona or stay at City, if he wins where can he stay? there or go try it, do you see any luck in Spain?

Things that are being seen are very good:


‘A much better footballer’…Paul Scholes says Manchester City star is ahead of £11m Chelsea legend




Source: https://tbrfootball.com/a-much-better-footballer-paul-scholes-says-manchester-city-star-is-ahead-of-11m-chelsea-legend/

Well for now how to compare with Scholes is because they are very affectionate, this is something that everyone notices, he has received many good things that have been said to him, for now things are quite great, will City take first place? Pepe is looking for him at all costs, he wants to show that he is the best, so far what he is doing is going very well, and possibly if things go well for him, it is very likely that Pep will win another UCL again, because he equipment that I saw, wow it was quite a machine that spins at more than 3600rpm.

It's one thing to score an early goal when you're playing against a big team like Manchester and absolutely a different thing to protect the lead till the end of the game or even add more goals to the match. Manchester United were able to take the lead inside the opening ten minutes of their English Premier League game against English, European and World champions Manchester City and were even able to protect that lead till the end of the first half of the game but failed to put out a good performance that'll see them win the game in the second. The performance of Manchester United in the second half of their game against Manchester City was absolutely poor from a big club like United and that was why they were outclassed by Manchester City who emphatically defeated Manchester United by scoring three unreplied goals in the second half of the game to come from behind to claim all three points and reduce their points difference behind league leaders Liverpool to just one point.

Phil Foden was the man who inspired Manchester City to come back into the game. Before the game, I was of the opinion that Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will make the difference but despite scoring after Manchester United defense made a huge error very late in the game, the Norwegian wasn't the player of the match as he skied the ball when he had only the goal post to beat from less than five yards. The possibility of Manchester United finishing the season in the top four this season I think is almost impossible considering their current position and recent performances.

The truth is, I don't think that players, because they have many players who do it well, but under the direction of Ten Hag what they did was to be all together as defenders, because they only scored 1 game, but they do not have players who can stop players quickly, they cannot be determined, they are not Prepared and also core because they don't repeat the codes, if a team has a lot of strength then basically it doesn't get tired, it just holds on, to make a total fight, but that's all, then when looking at things I think the best thing to do is try to see and avoid at all costs that this happens again, the truth is that City came in from all sides, the MU guys seemed very comical running behind the ball, they scored the goal because well, it was a genius from Rashford but I don't think otherwise that they have life in the PL.

For the MU fans who have faith in a team that is still in Ten Hag, let me inform you that you will be left with the desire, this man does not want this team to emerge, today they suffered a big defeat, as long as they do not beat the City, Arsenal, Liverpool, I won't see them in the first 4 places, it's a shame, but they should remove a coach like Ten Hag, I don't know, but there are still people who defend him despite the embarrassing situation he has left I am sure that he does not suit a team like the MU, for me it is clear, but not for the leaders, and the fact is that time passes and the score remains the same, and the players, the ones, are going to leave, and Now when they want to form a good team it is not worth having quality players, they have Garnacho, they have Bruno, they have Csemiro Varane, and they can't! They have a Rashford and neither, then? What do they seek? who is to blame=?

‘Ratcliffe will see that’…Pundit shares why Ten Hag will be sacked after Manchester City performance




The goalkeeper? Do you think the Goalkeeper had a lot to do with it ? No , not at all , the Goalkeeper did what he could, go and save goals from De Bruyne, Haaland and all the City Stars, no, the coach's quota is total, I don't Know how long they Are going to wait for him to leave? When they do not qualify and they give up as always, the MU is Being very conformist, they are giving up on winning and they cannot and do not want to react, what I say about this is that Ten Hag has always been the worst decision that the club has made in hiring him , here no MU player was to blame, they suffered a defeat, proposing to put their entire team on defense when at the Beginning of the game they couldn't score more, it was a very bad strategy, in fact I have always said something , I Still Want that Your team, don't score more goals, you have to leave everything in the hands of a great controgople, you have Rashford who Runs quite , you have to take Advantage of his speed, they put Him in Late , and he is the one who runs the most , they have a Garnacho who It was defined and at the same time attacking, they were Practically Tired , because you Cannot have a game Based on Defense, not even Italy in their best times did it that way.

If they scored a goal, fight back , play with the Desperation that they were the Locals and go immediately to a deadly counterattack because a good counterattack would have made them score everything else and I'm not saying anything that they put everything into defense but deu Make sure you have passed at least 60 minutes of play and put yourself on defense with 2 goals in favor and that it is like a Wall , but Otherwise things cannot be done like that.

For me the game could have been MU's if they had Played it in the most defensive way but with a devastating counterattack, but that is not the way a Ten Hag plays , in fact the South American Teams do manage these strategies very well, but the European Player or European leader does not believe in that strategy, either it is only attack or it is only Defense, and that is not how football works , Especially Against a City team.

‘Absolutely brilliant…’ Paul Scholes amazed by Manchester United star v Manchester City




Source: https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2024/03/03/absolutely-brilliant-paul-scholes-amazed-by-manchester-united-star-v-man-city/

Manchester city vs Manchester united game many people thought that it will be a tough game based on how organize Manchester united organized in this new year to take victory from some games and, they started the game well to lead the game 0:1 till the end of the first half but I don't know what happened that make Manchester city to equalized the goal in the second half.

 I believe Manchester united goalkeeper contribute among the things that made Manchester city to added 2 goals to beat Manchester united in their home 3:1 , I believe this is a lesson to Manchester united coach to learn from to replace this goalkeeper before things go get worst.

Hehe Manutd almost give a heart attack to Mancity fans before Foden scores at 56' minute. But in the end they are leading 3-1 now, and many people who bet on Mancity must be happy right now.
And soon we will hear more gossip regarding Ten Hag in Manutd.
With this result, there is 6 points difference for Manutd to chase Tottenham if they want to participate in the Europa competition.
2014/2015 season was the last time that Manutd not join any EU competition because they finished in the top 7th back in 2013/2014 season.