Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 130. (Read 789841 times)

The dominance of big teams may not be a dives, maybe this is happening with Man City. In addition, Aston Villa is indeed not a random team. They are quite strong and this victory puts Aston Villa at number 5 above Man City with a distance of 1 point. This condition also extended the record of 9 losses in all matches. It seems that the number of injured players makes Guardiola dizzy, Guardiola is used to having this full star player is a serious problem and has not found a solution. Regarding Chelsea, yes they are starting to improve. Enzo Maresca managed to change the team's game and mentality.

Of course we shouldn’t expect anything from Manchester City this season because the poor result have been too much and if they should be able to achieve anything this season then it will be a shame on other teams. They have lost a lot of games and by now I even expect to see them somewhere near 10th place but I guess their early victories that enable them to amass points is what is saving them for now and I think if they keep losing this way they might drop below 10th place before the end of December.
I don’t think it’s the players because these are the same set of players he used at the start of the season and only Rodri and a few players are missing so I don’t think the problem is the players. Something may be wrong somewhere and if Guardiola doesn’t get the team back as soon as possible the management will be forced to think of sacking him.

No one expects these kind of performances and results from Manchester City but this is football where anything is possible. I think they might get better but we shouldn’t expect anything from them this season, they might even find it difficult to make Top 4 so i don’t see them anywhere near the title race anymore but it’s still a long season ahead and if they can turn things around in the second leg of the league then they should be able to make Top 4 at least. Seeing Manchester City play in the Europa league or Conference League will be very funny.

It also seems that it will be quite difficult to reach the top four this season for Manchester City if their defense and attack do not develop better in the rest of the season. Because Manchester City's position at this time also still has the potential to continue to decline if several other teams can win today's match. Because the difficulties experienced by Manchester City this season are really very heavy so that it has made other teams able to beat them easily like Aston Villa did yesterday in the Premier League.

Wow, conceding 26 goals in just 12 games is very much alarming and it's definitely going to be of a great concern for pep guardiola because with the rate at which they are dropping point constantly, if things doesn't change for the better, they might not even qualify for the uefa Europa league, talkless of qualiifying for the uefa champions league, so this conceding of cheap goals is the first thing they need to put to a halt first, before thinking of improving on other aspect of their game that isn't working.

Lastly, at first people were saying that it's because of injuries that they were struggling with form, but we have all seen that injuries is not the sole cause of their problem, because most of their injured players are back, so by the look of things, the squad just need to be freshened up in the transfer market in other to compete again.

News from Fabrizio Romano: Manchester City have conceded 26 goals in 12 games this may be a record for Pep Guardioal... Some players like Erling Haaland say Pep Guardiola already has a name and has won many titles in the Premier League.
Maybe when asked about the downturn they will look back for success, for me it's only natural that the solution now for them has not been found.
Like it's still difficult for Manchester City to compete again this season.

I thought we would see a lot of goals from both teams in this match. We saw a lot of goals in this match. However, Crystal Palace scored only one goal. Ismaila Sarr scored their only goal in the 11th minute of the match in the Crystal Palace jersey. Crystal Palace started the match well. But Crystal Palace's defense was weak. That's why Crystal Palace lost by a big margin.

Arsenal played very well. Arsenal's defense was also very strong in this match. That's why Crystal Palace's attacking players could not break Arsenal's defense despite attacking a lot. Arsenal could not dominate the match if Arsenal's defense was weak. The match would have become more competitive. However, after losing points in two consecutive matches, Arsenal won by a big margin yesterday. Arsenal is now in third place in the points table. Arsenal is 2 points ahead of Nottingham Forest.

Manchester City is facing a series of defeats. It is very difficult for the fans to accept such a sudden decline of a strong team like Manchester City. Guardiola is trying his best to stabilize his squad. But Guardiola is not able to succeed. Guardiola has changed Manchester City's match strategy several times. But even then we are not seeing the expected performance from Manchester City. It is likely that Manchester City will not be able to qualify for the Champions League this season. The performance of both the attack and defense of this team has been quite weak in recent times. It is also very unlikely that Manchester City's overall situation will improve very soon.

Manchester City have lost nine times in all competitions this season, they have also failed to win any of their last five away Premier League games (1D and 4L). This negative result occurred for the first time under Guardiola management. There is no hope for Man City to retain the EPL title, we will soon see a new champion this season and Liverpool is the team with the most potential to end Man City dominance in the last four seasons.
This season they are playing differently, they seem to have difficulty scoring goals and their defense is also very fragile, finishing in the top four is the best achievement they have achieved this season.

How are the mighty fallen And things starts to change really fast.

To think that this kind of stats will be one you see from Manchester City is something that looks very impossible to imagine but it's funny how it has already happened and it doesn't even look better in the coming days for them.

Will pep ever get it right this season again? He said it is a player thing but we all know he is confused and frustrated about this long run of loss that is even getting longer. 17th games completed already and the defending champions are still sitted on the 6th position with even Chelsea already getting closer to toping the table? This must be very devastating for for pep.

There's still a chance because they haven't eliminated in FA Cup, the other two big trophies i.e. Champions League and Premier League are too big for them in this season. If Manchester City want to improve, they need to bring more players in their team, but this isn't easy because they were suspected to broke Financial Fair Play rules.

Gabriel Jesus is back!

After waiting for 2 years, now he become man of the match in the last two match. But, Saka is getting injured again, Arsenal without Saka will be hard to match against strong teams.

So there is no one to blame Pep because what you said is that this is the players' fault and not just Pep's failure to maintain Man City's quality this season, this is just a matter of the game cycle and the title race so seeing Man City's condition this season is a cycle that must occur throughout the Domestic League.

Arsenal's victory is a meaningful victory and for this victory it is the beginning of them improving their points in the last two weeks always getting a draw.

Chelsea will face Everton today and in this match Chelsea will be ready to attack enthusiastically. At the moment, Chelsea has a great chance to enter the top position, to surpass Liverpool, Chelsea will not miss this opportunity. The difference between Liverpool and Chelsea is only 2 points and if they can win against Everton in today's match, Chelsea will occupy the top position. In any case, I think Chelsea will win in today's match because their strong attack and the way they are progressing now will play a significant role in becoming the champion by the end of the season. Therefore, in this match, Chelsea will be able to beat Everton, so it is possible to win if you bet on Chelsea.

Manchester City is going down the points table day by day. Manchester City performance needs to improve. Manchester City have lost 3 of their last 5 matches, won only 1 and drawn 1. However, at the beginning of the first half of yesterday's match, Aston Villa took the lead with John Durán's goal in the 16th minute. Manchester City ended the first half 1 goal behind. At the end of the first half I thought Manchester City could score a goal to draw the match. But when Aston Villa scored another goal in the 65th minute of the second half to go 2-0 up, I was convinced that Manchester City would lose. However, Phil Foden scored 1 goal for Manchester City in extra time, the result of the match could have been different if Manchester City had played aggressively earlier. But in the end, Manchester City lost 2-1.

This is a team when they have a winning mentality, they will continue to win even if they don't play at home. It's a different thing when compared with a team that always lost like Manchester City.
Arsenal on the best performance right now, they will continue to score the goals even in difficult situation. I respect to them that was create 5 goals last night. I was thinking Crystal Palace will provide resistance after they equal the score. but everything changed after gabriel create the brace, and Harvert also strengthening the arsenal position.
Now, Arsenal are look convinced on 3rd position, they have hope, and chance to the title. They only have 3 different point with Liverpool, and Even still has matches yet to be played, but Arsenal is much better from the team with have 9 lost.

The Pep team has just lost back to back matches. Look at this unnatural performance of Pep, it seems that now Manchester City will not be able to win a single trophy. I am surprised that Pep has been one of the greatest coaches of all time and now he couldn't win even a single match. Showed very poor defending against Aston Villa. Manchester City's defense forces are known to be prominent in the Premier League for a few years now, but now they cannot stop even a weak team from attacking. In this match, all the defenders were playing very unnaturally; all the defenders were moving conservatively even Walker was not moving forward to make tackles. Walker was one of the best full backs last season, but this season the defender who makes the most mistakes is Walker. Pep should work on defense.


 I think we should need to wait until the January transfer window. Maybe signing of some new players can bring up some good services to the team. I mean Pep should be given a break until the January transfer window. Maybe they can sign new players and send the team back to the winning track.

It was actually a very easy win, if Arsenal had maintained the level of play they showed in this game, then they would be at the top of the table. But we all know that Arsenal have had big problems staying consistent from the beginning to the end of the league. In today's game they had Bukayo Saka injured.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1870561632214286661

If he has to stay 1 or 2 games without playing, it will be a problem for Arsenal, who apparently showed signs in this game that with these 11 players they can have a very strong attack.

To say the truth Manchester City have lost it all and I agree with you that the players that are available are not up to the task at hand and you see the EPL best player (Foden) of last season is getting his first goal of this very campaign and Haaland has not for ones changed his style of play. If he doesn't get the ball that means Manchester City won't get a goal, that's very bad and he has nothing to offer.
At this stage of the competition I still believe that Man City need everybody in the team to help stay strong and back to winning ways, it can't be just one player that can make the team come back to good form. And I don't think that the absence of Rodri is the cause of their poor performance, no is not but something they have been doing that other team have found out about City, everybody wants a piece of Manchester City because they have found out a way to beat them and Pep is still struggling to find another way to keep the team together and strong.

In this match, Manchester City team has many mistakes due to which they were not able to score goals, bad performance from the defenders and weak performance of the players in the attack department of Manchester City team, they are performing the worst this season. Manchester City fans will not be able to forgive them in this match today, because although the players of Manchester City team attacked, their attacks were not strong.
Harland tried hard from his side but he was not able to score goals, but Manchester City is currently only moving towards the bottom of the point table.

Indeed, it seems that many people have predicted this, in the past Man City was always superior, but now, it is very convincing from the start, if Aston Villa can beat Man City in the current conditions and that happened.

Man City always:
- have higher ball poesssion,
- have more shots
- have more chances
But, often, less goals than their opponents.

Source: Manchester City concede again

I agree this is a total collapse in the Manchester City team, for me it is not too shocking reason been that Manchester city has already be dominating the league and the also been the best club in Europe for like 6 years now and they have done this yearly after yearly, for me there was going to a bad period which is normal in football after years of success. Manchester United even though they wasn’t this bad period like the rest at Manchester city is currently having but they also had their own periods of difficulty too. So this in a nutshell isn’t even about Manchester city having players out injured or not even if they have Rodri back some of these difficulties will still exist within the team because it is caused mainly by fatigue and excess game time.

Guardiola simply needs to just keep in my that this difficult season cannot be avoided and he should rather deploy a formation that will help the team win against smaller opposition like simply playing a little bit out fashioned style out of his regular game and see if they can actually win him games because it is seriously a difficult moment which they wouldn’t just escape