Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 52. (Read 77275 times)

The results are not too good experienced by Arsenal this week even though they appeared solid from the start of the match but in the end it didn't seem enough to make them secure the 3 points they had even though this is still quite important especially for those who are still possible to catch up or keep the points gap from Liverpool. But when the situation is not optimal as in this match, Liverpool automatically benefits greatly, especially with those who still have 2 matches but the points with the club below are getting farther and farther away, making Liverpool currently have the upper hand.

The scheme pattern that Arteta built in this match was not very good and even a lot of momentum that in the end could be broken by Brighton, which even in my opinion in terms of Brighton's attack scheme was better in this case. With this result apart from those who are still possible to be overtaken by Nottingham Forrest, this also makes Arsenal lose momentum to maintain their balance in terms of performance even though they can still get 1 point.

I just had a feeling that Arsenal were treading on thin ice when they were only up by one goal for so long. I actually felt they should have taking their chances to increase the lead which would give them more comfort but the certainly did not do that and ended up paying the costly price when Brighton equalised the game.
This draw is not actually good for Arsenal title race as they should not be dropping points knowing how clinical Liverpool can be. The title is becoming rather too easy for Liverpool as many teams this season that were meant to be contenders are really not being consistent enough to worry Liverpool.

No wonder the keep saying that they are not in the title race because they know that they don't have what it takes to be seen as a title contender when they continue experiencing series of back and forth results week after week and can't and can't show a sense of consistency in Thier games. How can you score just a single goal and and miss chances while Knowing that you're playing against a tough team that has good attackers that can turn things around anytime? If they continue to show this form of laxity, before the season comes to an end, they might end up on the same spot they ended in last season and this will be a bad one since they  had the chance of doing really well but become too relaxed to the point of lossing a lot of points in the process.
a potential title contender that can't prove that they are equal to the task and keeps giving out cheap point will at the end of every season see themselves almost at the top of the season but can never win any trophy. When you check out all the teams at the top of the table that looks like those that can pose any sort of threat to Liverpool, the common set back they all have is that their inconsistency drains them down and makes it impossible for them to measure up to Liverpool that have remained consistent overtime.

Let's just all agree that the Premier league is one tough competition and results are unpredictable!!

And in the form Arsenal are in, who saw these guys dropping points today   Definitely not me.
It's back on the drawing board for Mikel Arteta has he plots his next move ,while Nottingham Forest plays catch up and hopefully challenge the big boys for the top spot.

It's weird that when Manchester City is winning these are teams like Chelsea and Arsenal are now dropping points what's happening...

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal again have failed to win a game they first took the lead and now very unlikely to catch up with Liverpool if the Reds succeeds to beat Manchester United tomorrow. I think Mikel Arteta got it all wrong when he played Thomas Partey in the right-back position and started Martin Odegaard on bench because of Odegaard had started he would've created more scoring opportunities before the end of the first half. Do you think Arsenal can finish the season as group winners? Let me read your thoughts

It was a classic comeback for Newcastle. Tottenham got a response just two minutes after the sent the ball to the back of the net in the 4' by  D. Solanke and two minutes later a response from Newcastle by A Gordon in the 6'. This shouldn't look like a surprise because Newcastle are in form just like Tottenham and it just proves Newcastle has better use of the ball than Tottenham.

I was expecting a draw when Newcastle equalised after the second goal by A. Isak In the 38' I  knew the game could go either way but Newcastle took a good control of their first half victory and earned their well deserved 3 points which has earned them the 5th position which would have been relinquished if they had lost or drawn

Newcastle won and the Manchester City game also ended up in the way I expected. However Chelsea and Arsenal both failed as they got draws by the same score, 1-1.    I thought Chelsea would finally put an end to their bad streak. But it was in vain... From being a title contender, they have come to a point trying to hold onto top 4 for now. When it comes to Arsenal, this game could have ended in a better way for them. But I don't think their performance was as good as the one they showed against Brentford.



The odds for Liverpool win are too low. This is why I'm thinking of betting on specials. Maybe Liverpool win & over 3.5 goals @2.28 ?    I think it would be nice try. Because the Red Devils are in horrible shape while Liverpool are dominating the league.

We are watching the match of Tottenham Hotspur football team and Newcastle United football team and both teams are doing well because both teams did 1,1 goal in this match and so far 23 minutes are gone and we could see a huge change in the match because 67 minutes are left and Tottenham Hotspur football team could win this match but that is up on the players. The team will win which players will play well .  We will watch the match between Crystal Palace football team and Chelsea team but I am very confident about win of Chelsea because that team players are doing great and they will win this match one sided.Manchester City football will play against West Ham United team today but my prediction is in the favour of Manchester City because I think that is good team and that team will win this match.

Yes it’s two wins in two for Manchester city, other than the wins been a positive for Pep Guardiola I think they were so many positives, Manchester city dominated the game just like we know them to do, Halaand back in the goals with two good goals, a very positive performance by Savinho and Foden. I wouldn’t say the storm is totally over but this is definitely a good way to get back confidence and if they can keep this up then we will be seeing them back into the top four again.

Chelsea weren’t tested this season mentally, this is the period where we see how resolute they can be. They have dropped points in four games now, this were the games many thought they will gather points to mount pressure on Liverpool but seriously they just can’t. Should Chelsea drop points in the next game again then they will be in for a serious top four battle once again.

Arsenal are currently level after Brighton’s Joao Pedro converted the club’s penalty, should Arsenal drop more points again today then Liverpool will capitalize on this against Manchester United to extend their lead on top of the table

This makes us live without the denial of them being far from the title contenders, Enzo Maresca did say lot's of things against placing them in same quarter as Liverpool, Mancity and Arsenal who are derely competing for the top spot, even if it seems like Liverpool now has it all to themselves, the rest clubs are still taking the very steps to ensure they are closer to the club holding the first position in points difference.

I call today's game a loss for Chelsea, throwing away another points keeps bringing them to the position where it is paranoidal as everyone believed in their development and hoped that this good performances from them can last longer, yet the season is still long and more improvement can happen before the end of season, Chelsea are still expected to round up among the top 4 at the end of this season.

Chelsea lost momentum because they were too engrossed in the attack pattern but did not do a good scheme in defense which made their attack pattern which was actually very good always broken and Crystal could always give a good fast counterattack and could even equalize the score which made them have to be willing to share points in today's match.

Obviously this is a bit regrettable because after all Chelsea's chances are actually very good but indeed this can be a continuous learning for Maresca because indeed for now Chelsea's problem still remains the same where their defense is not very good, especially when they are preparing to anticipate the counterattack that is carried out.
Crystal Palace did not have good possession but they were still able to keep up with Chelsea's performance especially for attack problems so in the end even though this was a draw but still this was a failure for Chelsea which made them still unable to improve their performance in the last 3 matches.

Their days of lamentation are gone. Manchester city is back in good form, and if we are not sure of anything, atleast we are sure that they will go to the Champions league next season.

Now could be the turn of Chelsea to face what Manchester City faced. Anyways they have nothing to lose since they acknowledged they are not title contenders 

This is not the time to tie a team's success to the failure of another. Manchester United seems to be battling relegation instead.

Finally 2 consecutive wins by Manchester City.    Congrats to Guardiola! It was nice to see Haaland scoring multiple goals also. He is a beast anyway no matter what he has had a bad form for a while. But the whole team were performing terrible meanwhile.

Poor Chelsea... I can't believe they still don't manage to win a game. They have been losing points for 4 weeks in a row.    How much longer will they keep this up? Newcastle and Manchester City are right behind.

Arsenal are 1-0 ahead against Brighton away at the moment. I think they will get another victory and pray for Manchester United to hold off Liverpool tomorrow. But it looks like a really far possibility thinking realistically.

If Chelsea fails to bounce back, then I am sure that Chelsea will also fail to finish in the top four. Because after all, if I consider Chelsea's last four matches, at least Chelsea only played against mediocre teams that on paper Chelsea has a good chance of maintaining its winning streak. But yes,  I personally might be quite surprised after five consecutive wins, but for the last four matches Chelsea has not had a win at all. Thus, of course Manchester City who are basically in a bad trend, still have a big chance to be able to return  to the top four and make Chelsea get out of the top four as time goes by.

Great to see Haaland getting more than one goal and most importantly team Manchester City winning another one...but their defense needs some work because better teams than Westham will easily get goals over them.

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Wish I saw this comment before  watching the game, I would have less expectations from Chelsea winning...because just like the previous game they have thrown away another 3points which looked like they secured this one, but to my disappointment another mental breakdown by the blues.

Chelsea’s form has started to weaken again, they’ve been playing well quite lately but all of a sudden their performance has now started to turn over and we may see them going down further in the table. Even after getting an early win today to take the lead in the match, they couldn’t protect the one goal to the end of this match and had to give in to the final minute equalizer from Crystal Palace. Such goals are hard to equalize and we have now seen them share the point today. They’ve now lost five points out of six points in their last two matches which is not a good result for them.


Manchester City were able to get another win, which now extend their win to the second time in a row. We may be seeing them getting back gradually as we’ve seen them getting worse in their last matches that had to see them go down below the table. If they can continue like this, we may see them getting back to the league race once again.

Tottenham lost to Newcastle, and if now that they had losing form, the game would have been worse than this because for instance, I know how the two clubs are good in whatever they are playing so I was not even expecting a win from any of them What I expected was just a draw game. and am not surprised by how they still have the same challenges they have been battling for years because any time they start well, you see them eventually going down again so this is something that seriously needs to work because they can not keep doing something like this continuously they need to work on there self and even with newcastle with the amount they are spending on that club and they are still very unserious with there performance so the better they wonrk on there slef the better and if its the issue of a new coach they should start working on it early. and them facing arsenal anything can happen in a game like this.

This will show which team has achieved how much success in the year and which team has achieved how much failure.  Only a few teams will be involved in this because there are very few strong teams in this league. Tottenham and Newcastle prediction was correct and Newcastle scored 2 goals and Tottenham scored one goal and Newcastle won the match by one goal. The prediction of Chelsea and Crystal Palace is also correct because if you look at their record, Chelsea has a good record and Crystal Palace  have destroyed record which will give victory to Chelsea.

The prediction of Arsenal and Brighton is also completely correct in that Arsenal will win because their record is greater than wins and Brighton's record is greater than draws and defeats. There will be nothing more than a draw between Manchester City and West Ham as both have equal records.  If you think more, he can win the West Ham match because he has won 3 matches and Manchester City has won only 2 matches.

The match between Manchester City vs West Ham has entered the 87th minute, as predicted by many member in forum previously, Manchester City today managed to bounce back after the negative trend they achieved in the last few matches, the victory over Leicester City in the previous match has motivated them to get back on winning ways and with an outstanding performance they have been very impressive today and while this is 4-1 ahead of West Ham through an own goal Coufal, two goals scored by Haaland and also Foden, while West Ham has so far only been able to reply 1 goal through Fullkrug in the 71st minute, I think with a fairly balanced dominance from both teams at this time,it seems that the final score of the match will still change, especially since actually West Ham is quite impressive in attacking.

Half time won by Chelsea with a score of 0-1. It doesn't seem to be over yet because Chelsea are still chasing a goal and Crystal Palace also want them to be able to reply.
The match is getting more interesting and the bet on both teams to score has a chance to be won by the bettors.

Another match is no less interesting which is taking place elsewhere. Manchester City are currently leading 4-1 against West Ham.