Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 427. (Read 69863 times)

I feel that Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa are just clubs that are lucky to take advantage of the bad situation that Manchester City is experiencing, but after the return of Haaland and De Bruyne, the 3 clubs above MC will be shifted again and first place will be taken over again.
I don't know if this is just my own opinion or if other people also feel the same way, but the fact is that the 3 clubs above MC are currently at the top of the points table after Haaland suffered an injury so it is natural that performance will decline and Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa are taking advantage of the opportunity. This.
From several of the club's matches, I have the same opinion as @legendbtc, I won't believe that Liverpool looks very ambitious, but the fact is that it makes fans and bettors very sad when playing at home against MU, they can't beat them and what's even more ridiculous is that the opportunity came several times, but no 1 score occurs.

So it seems more reasonable if we speculate about who will hold the premier league title this season between MC or Arssnal and Aston Villa and Liverpool will only be temporary challengers and in my view in the end MC will get the premier league title again.

I agree with the opinion of several members here who say that City still doesn't have enough squad depth. I used to think they had good squad depth. But now we can see that without the presence of Kevin de Bruyne they are having a very difficult time winning. Coupled with Haaland's injury, they have achieved poor results in the last 5 matches. Does City need to spend money in the transfer market this time?
This season Arsenal has the biggest chance to win. They have appeared quite consistent this season. Aston Villa also surprised me because they are currently in third place. Another team that has great potential to win is Liverpool.

Currently Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa are clubs that have a difference of only 1 point, and Man City has a difference of 4 points from Liverpool and Aston Villa. This means that it is not just Arsenal and City who have the potential to win the title. Even though United were held to a draw, Liverpool are in second place with 38 points. This means that the standings can still change in the next few weeks. For City, they really have to work hard to cover their weaknesses because without Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland City look very difficult to win the match.

So you mean that all this time Manchester City has really depended on De Bruyne? I excluded Haaland because of the poor performance that Manchester City has experienced since De Bruyne was hit by injury. If your assumption is correct, this condition makes Guardiola have to think again about finding an ideal replacement who is ready to carry out De Bruyne duties.
The situation that Manchester City is currently experiencing is very detrimental to them because they are increasingly falling behind the top of the standings due to losing 11 points in their last 6 matches. Now Manchester City steps are getting harder to return to the top of the standings after they were in fourth place.

Took the top spot in the Premier League rankings from Liverpool. Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz scored respectively, bringing all three points to Arsenal. Declan Rice delivered another top performance for Arsenal in yesterday's 2-0 win over Brighton. He also had many bright moments from the beginning of the season and played a vital role in the victory over Brighton.

Arsenal created a 5-point gap with Man City after winning against Brighton. Arsenal is the only team that can compete for the championship with Man City this season after Liverpool was held to a draw by MU at Anfield. Man City still has the ability to win the Premier League despite their recent erratic performance. I never believed in Liverpool.

Yes, initially Manchester City was the favorite because at the start of the season Manchester City continued to show consistency, but entering the middle of the season Manchester City began to show signs of decline and it began to be difficult to stabilize their performance especially when Erling Haaland was injured. Manchester City had experienced 3 defeats and 4 draws from 17 match even though the match is still very long while last season Manchester City only had 5 defeats and 5 draws in 38 matches, we all don't know whether Manchester City will continue their winning record like last season or even be able to win a trophy because currently Manchester City is already 5 points behind from Arsenal who are at the top of the standings.

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Meanwhile Arsenal won the match against Brighton with a score of 2:0 with this victory bringing Arsenal to the top of the standings again and shifting Liverpool to 2nd place while Liverpool drew with Manchester United. I think Liverpool can win this match to maintain its position at the top. It turns out Liverpool could not break through Manchester United's defense and Manchester were satisfied with this draw but they had to lose Diogo Dalot due to a red card.

Manchester City was originally favored by champions. But without the presence of KDB and Haaland I saw them losing their best performance. That can be seen from bad results in the last few matches. I think City should start thinking of finding De Bruyne's replacement because he has begun to retire. And I think that as long as De Bruyne and Haaland don't play City will continue to get bad results.

Well in this PL things can go very Much in favor of some teams that are doing well, and well when we are looking at some team I can say that in the beginning I had a favorite, Newcastle, because for me it is a team that is complete , who were Motivated , started very well and I think they can do better, the team that I did know was bad and would not improve was the MU, this team is one of the best but it is under the direction of a coach failed, and I honestly don't know how they still have it there? I don't understand it, sometimes I wonder if the team is going to continue praising me ? I say , not even with Meswsi, Haaland, others could lift this team, but not with Ten Hag, so I don't know to what extent the MU people are going to be so blind, they are out of the UCL, they were left with nothing, because in the PL they are very good , any Team can come to them , what makes me sad is that they have players who are very good and who are burning like Garnacho, Bruno Fernandez and many more who are wow.

In this order of ideas, things can be very good for some teams that are on the verge of the best, like Liverpool , which for me should have been in the UCL. It's a shame last season's performance, because those who are up to it have some They have not been at the level, and that is like anger, because there are teams that do Give it a try and others that have the opportunity and no, they do not take advantage of it , sometimes things can be very difficult for some , the Big Teams that Always They have played and won because they perform, because they are consistent, but the teams that sometimes win by luck do not perform, then that is Disappointing , because it is as I have said, the case of MU is a case that I do not know , they do not learn, In the case of Arsenal, I don't know what's wrong with them, it's like they're not well, sometimes I wonder what could be Affecting them and I can't determine it, the players have everything.

BBC pundit slams Arsenal player left ‘panicking’ in first-half against Brighton





Source: https://tbrfootball.com/bbc-pundit-slams-arsenal-player-left-panicking-in-first-half-against-brighton/

I think it's fair to say that their overall performance this season hasn't been as stellar as in the past. They have the best squad in the league despite the squad is smaller than Arsenal's and Liverpool's, because their squad players have almost no quality gap between them. Squad depth indeed plays a crucial role in a team's ability to cope with injuries and maintain consistency, but Guardiola uses rotation method to injuries which has been succeeded before.

Manchester City is indeed still the top favorite to win the Premier League despite their current form aligns with the general perception of the team's capabilities. I believe Manchester City remains strongest team in the tittle race even without Kevin de Bruyne. Arsenal is another favorite who need to have ability to learn from past experiences and perform better, because that's the the right mentality to be a champion.

We are mostly given excuses of missing a single player whenever Manchester City lose a match, we are yet to admit that Manchester City is not in a good form this season, but I admit that the absence of KDB from the beginning of the season actually affected them but generally they are not too good like they used to be.

Arsenal and Liverpool this season have more squad depth than Manchester City because even if they have one or two players injured, they do perform and avoid losing match. Nevertheless, Manchester City is still the top favorite to win the premier league but Arsenal are my favorites because I think they can’t do the same mistake as they did last season.

I confess that I am very surprised that Liverpool were not able to beat Manchester United and to make my shock worse, Liverpool were not able to score at least 1 goal in that game against Manchester United, I expected a victory for Liverpool, but every time As I looked at the minutes of the game I realized that this would be a game in which Liverpool would lose points, and thanks to this draw, Arsenal which won in their game came out on top and Aston Villa which also won was closer to Liverpool, Honestly, Liverpool wasted a great opportunity to stay at the top, a victory in this game would have been a real boost in the race for the title.

Aston Villa played against Brentford in a game in which Aston Villa started to lose until the end of the 1 half they came out with defeat, thanks to a goal that Brentford scored in the 45th minute. but Aston Villa did not sit back and watch the defeat, they ran to score a goal and tie the game and in the 77th minute Aston Villa managed to score the first goal and tied the game, and 8 minutes later Aston Villa scored the second goal and won the game, without a doubt, must have been a very emotional game for Aston Villa fans, seeing how the team is progressing this season must be a source of great pride for the fans of that team

lastly, arsenal played against brighton and managed to score 2 goals and didn't concede a single goal, with this victory arsenal is at the top of the table and they need to get stronger to stay at the top, if they make a mistake, another team will take over the leadership and could become champions if they are very consistent, which is why if Arsenal really want to win the premier league, they will need to win all the games they have ahead of them, with Manchester City out of the picture, and a good chance for the arsenal win the premier league this season

Aston Villa won in a game that they had difficulties against Brentford. If that red card wasn't given to Brentford I'm not sure whether Aston Villa would have still been able to make a comeback. 

But the important thing is to get those 3 points no matter what. Aston Villa are doing this job incredibly well these days. Meanwhile Arsenal also won easily against Brighton as they dominated the game and deserved that 2-0 win. However Liverpool are struggling too much against Manchester United at the moment. I can't say that Manchester United are playing an effective game but so far they have been surprisingly good in defense.

If they hold on a little longer they are really likely to get 1 point at Anfield at least. This would be still good for Manchester United as there is normally a serious difference between these teams.

I didn't expect Aston Villa to perform so well this season. I think this result shows that in the first half of the season Aston Villa was able to appear consistently in every match.I think the final wake up game that Aston Villa played was the one against Manchester City. I thought I could not trust my eyes when I had a look at the game statistics. Aston Villa only won 1-0, but they outplayed Manchester City on all fronts and I don't know when Manchester City was dominated that much.

 Well I'd say that those periods were times that City had her ups and downs, they're still yet to get back into the usual expected form because they also had a share of points at home to Crystal Palace which is definitely so unlike the normal City everyone knows. Hopefully with time, they'd be out of the shit hole and would then do better.

Manchester City didn't have any problem with scoring goals. But this time the problem was with defending their goal post. They got ahead by 2-0 against a much smaller opponent at their home stadium but couldn't maintain this advantage in the second half. There was a huge difference between their effort in the first and second halves. 

Roy Hodgson was smiling at Guardiola in some part of the match after Guardiola got really frustrated. Guardiola was really desperate about this comeback by their opponent. People showed Rodri's absence as one of the biggest reasons for Manchester City's not being able to do anything against Aston Villa before.

But now we clearly see that it isn't actually due to the absence of only one player.

Yes I also feel that it is very impossible for Aston Villa to win the EPL league, especially since the league still has a long way to go. Of course the Aston Villa squad is not strong enough to continue playing consistently considering the depth of the squad is still very uneven between core players and reserve players, this is different from other teams such as Liverpool, Asrenal and Man City. They managed to finish in fourth place, which seems like an extraordinary achievement for them.

Aston Villa's success cannot be separated from the intelligence of its coach who can utilize existing players. This is what Unai Emery looks like. When coaching a team that could be considered mid-table, he often succeeded in taking teams from the bottom to the top, such as at Valencia, Sevilla and now Aston Villa.

Aston Villa's journey at the start of this season was very good and consistent, at least this is what they have to maintain for the Christmas holiday, several of the matches they played posed a threat to all Premier League clubs, being in 3rd place in the Premier League is not easy because all the big clubs are aiming for that position. because they are in the Europa League Zone, even though having minimal players is not a benchmark, they are weak, in fact they know to overcome it in their last few matches with a draw in the Europa League match yesterday, this week they will host Brentford even though they are playing away like Aston Villa will try looking for full points to continue to secure their position from the big Premier League clubs...

I think without Haaland City would really struggle to win. They have only won 1 match from the last 5 matches. It was really a very bad result for a team that was chasing the title. I was really surprised by the draw against Palace because they were leading 2-1 going into extra time. It was a truly unlucky penalty for City. This result makes things even worse because now they are in 4th position and Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa still have one game left.

Of course, this match is difficult for us to predict because both clubs both want to get the full 3 points, Tottenham wants to use the golden opportunity in the next match to overtake Manchester City, who yesterday achieved a draw against Crystal Palace. If Tottenham can get the full 3 points then Tottenham will are in 3rd place and have overtaken Manchester City, they are only 1 point different. Of course Tottenham will not miss this opportunity. They have lost quite a lot of points so they want to immediately fix it from now on.

Meanwhile, Everton still has to fight hard and this is also a quite difficult match for him because Tottenham is a club that is competing at the top and of course its performance is stronger and it looks like Tottenham Hotspur is in better condition now and is starting to get a winning streak but Everton also got a win. . in a row in the last 5 matches and only experienced 1 defeat so I think this will be quite an interesting match and it seems that with the option you said is a good choice, namely betting on BTTS it will be a little safer.

I can't fathom what's happening with Mancity anymore; they keep dropping points. Mancity surged ahead, leading by two goals and seemingly securing the win, but then, Crystal Palace equalized in the final minutes. To be fair, Mancity dominated almost the entire match, but in the last 15 minutes of the half, they lost what was almost a precious victory for them at the moment.

Perhaps the most regrettable was the perplexing foul by Foden, leading to a penalty in the final added minutes. It was an unbelievable ending because Palace hardly created any dangerous opportunities throughout the game. This outcome really puts Mancity in a tough spot in the championship race as they are currently trailing Liverpool by 3 points, having played one more match.

Yes tomorrow will be quite fun in the EPL as some big guns of the season will be matching all out to get points to move up and down the log, Liverpool match against Man United isn’t much of a match because if you check the way this Manchester United set out, you can easily tell how shambolic the team is and what’s more crazy is that they’ll be without most of their players whom they’ve lost to injury.

 I think yes a handicap on Man United and Liverpool winning is a sAfe bet for this fixture, Arsenal will sure cruise through when they play Brighton who aren’t really on a good form lately and this will also be a boost to Mikel Arteta title chase, Aston Villa are in god shape but now they face. brentford side that can cause you some worries even when not needed and that could be the surprise of tomorrow’s fixture, so I feel a safe bet is giving handicap to Brentford and for them to win still.