Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 1671. (Read 779420 times)

Liverpool have already suffered a defeat against Arsenal and all City need to do is take advantage of this to regain the lead in the league. Guardiola will try to win the Premier League and the Champions League, he is a maximalist and therefore will achieve maximum goals. The Champions League is a very difficult tournament, so far they have a chance, but it’s hard to say how far they can go, with only two matches in the playoffs, any mistake can be very costly.

Top man, Top player for Liverpool  whenever the Spanish man is in a good form, since the last time he got injured,  I knew in my heart that this was a good sign that age has come and Liverpool should definitely expect nothing but less from the talented and experienced midfielder who has written his own story around European football.
Though I'd love to watch him play some more games in the Premier League Competition in between. But the recent injury has jump in yet again to deny me that.

He will definitely be amongst the names of players that'll be leaving the club at the end of the season. No doubts about it, I've expected his move even before Jurgen Klopp aired his leave at the end of the season.

Guardiola must be able to maintain the performance of his players, of course it will be very detrimental to Manchester City if one of their key players gets injured again, of course the return of KDB and several other players will certainly make Manchester City perform well, at least wait for Liverpool to make a mistake so that Manchester City can take the top of the standings. from Liverpool in the next few matches, so far I am still optimistic that Manchester City will still win the title this season

But Guardiola seems to have to divide his focus on the UCL as well because it is possible that they can win the UCL title again this season if their players remain in good performance. Guardiola also has to be smart in managing and rotating his players to perform optimally in every match. My prediction is that Manchester City will win the title this season as long as they maintain their performance in good condition, in the EPL they just wait for Liverpool to make a mistake and whereas in the UCL they just have to get rid of Munich or Madrid

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68240481

Thiago Alcantara reportedly suffered another injury after the match against Arsenal last week. Thiago Alcantara came on in the 85th minute and played briefly in this big match. Even though he has just recovered from injury and is trying to make his debut again in this match after last playing for Liverpool in April 2023. Thiago Alcantara's fate is very bad and he will be sidelined from the field again after suffering this muscle injury.

Doubts have arisen since Thiago Alcantara received this new injury and considering that his contract with Liverpool will end this season, it will definitely be quite difficult for management to decide to extend it or let him leave as a free agent. I didn't expect that one of the best midfielders would experience a career collapse after suffering a long injury and as we know since his time at Bayern Munich his performance was so impressive that Liverpool signed him in 2020.

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I'm sure everyone will say this because they still believe in the return of De Bruyne and Haaland is able to give a very strong performance and return as before.
The strength of Haaland and De Bruyne's cooperation is very solid and it is very difficult against Manchester City when these two players have returned to appearing together on the field. Almost all clubs in the Premier League are always afraid when playing against this club because it is very difficult to stop these two players who have a great enthusiasm to help club to dominate the premier league.
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It will literally take extra efforts by the teams to be able to resist these duel, a very strong defense is the only fortress for opponents facing Manchester city but they will not be too sure because De bruyne is very creative and haland is very opportunistic as he utilizes majority of the opportunities that comes his way without jeopardizing them.

Although teams can attempt to put up a good fight against the Manchester city team regardless of how formidable they are after all there's no team in football that's above loosing a match at some point, even with the best defense system and good goal keeper a team still have the probability of loosing a game at some point but the strength of the team possibly reduce the probability of them loosing to the nearest minimum just like as it is currently with Manchester city.

Manchester City winning this weekend, after all their opponents doesn't seem strong enough to withstand the high pressure that will he exerted by the Citizens. Pep Guardiola have come for everything because his team is currently undefeated after Kelvin De Bruyne return to the team from lengthy injury. There's a whole lot to watch out for Manchester City, they don't hesitate to give their best performance for these matches. Liverpool failed to top the EPL table with major points difference, now they have to fight with everything they have for the purpose to lead the team.

This cannot be denied and was clearly proven when Kevin De Bruyne returned to playing, Manchester City's performance improved drastically and it didn't take long for Kevin De Bruyne to return to his best performance after his injury.

Overall, Manchester City's performance this season has proven to be still very strong. If nothing bad happens to their mainstay players again until the end of the season, there is a very big possibility that Manchester City can win the trophy again like they did last season.

Of course the return of these players will definitely boost title hopes, i just knew its too soon to write Manchester City off because of the points lost during the absence of Haaland and De bruyne. I know it would have been a different story if Liverpool and Arsenal have been more consistent with their play by now they should have left Manchester City far behind but they failed to utilize the chance they had now Manchester City is back in business and they are very big threat with higher possibility of winning the league again.

The league cannot be easily predicted and this season we are already seeing more than two contenders for the title which have made it more interesting than before. I fully support Liverpool to win this time around because they have tried their best so far this season but there is still a long way to go and they need to be consistent with their performance until the end if the season.

The Match against Arsenal and Liverpool got Arsenal and Manchester City in the race again so the three teams needs to take their matches with each other very seriously if they don’t want to be left out of the race. Liverpool losing to Arsenal had made the gap smaller so Liverpool needs to buckle up and maintain their position.

Manchester City is apparently in its best condition with Kevin De Bruyne getting back from injury. Julian Alvarez demonstrated his importance and I am certain we can see Pep making adjustments and creating a room for the two of them.

Tomorrow Manchester City gets the opportunity to assume control over the top rating. But Liverpool is not permitting it to and will beat Burnley as well. But assuming there is a surprising outcome for the two leading clubs, I will give it to Liverpool because its certainty may be a little low after that disheartening loss from the Gunners.

Manchester City are now having their full squad back and this means fire for other Epl teams most especially Liverpool. As you can see their strong determination in the win over Brentford how the whole team fought so hard to earn the victory. Now they’re 2 points away from Liverpool and their next match happens to be with Everton. Everton at the moment aren’t having the best time as they’re still sitting around relegation zone and have had poor results lately.

 For this match, I think City will triump and get a point away from Liverpool thereby seeing them in top of the league. Westh Ham who’re having poor run of form fell to a loss to Manchester United as they continue to be going down the drail in terms of form. The coach needs to get this team back on track so as to be able to secure European spot and with these kind of form, I think they’ll be having issue partaking in the UEL. Their next match is Arsenal and they must be very determined to take on this Arsenal side and get at least a drAw from this fixture.

Kevin De Bruyne's presence is like life for Manchester City, proven that without his presence the game seems directionless. Pep Guardiola certainly realizes that he failed to get the right replacement player during the transfer window yesterday. Gundogan's exit in midfield also failed to be covered by Kovacic so KDB is always needed to be in the squad. Statistically, Haaland's goal tally also stagnated due to a lack of supply from the midfield. So it is very clear that currently KDB is a figure who cannot be replaced in the starting line-up.

Arsenal is certainly still better than several other teams, but they shouldn't get too excited even though they previously managed to beat Liverpool with a promising score. This week Arsenal will visit West Ham's headquarters and we can be sure that it will be another fierce match that will make Arsenal have to work hard to win.

Having a more complete squad means Arteta has many options if his initial plans don't go well. West Ham will certainly try to provide the best resistance at home after failing to win their last 6 matches in several competitions. Arsenal's probability of winning is certainly very promising, but West Ham should be wary.


I don't completely agree, Tottenham has collected more than Manchester United and that proves that Tottenham is better than Manchester United. Regardless of the current performance of the two teams, Tottenham has a better chance of winning this week against Brighton than Manchester United vs Aston Villa.

There is no doubt that City greatly missed Kevin De Bruyne when he was absent, and prolly Erling missed him the most individually, because Kevin creates a lot of big chances and that gives the Norwegian many more opportunities to score goals. Nonetheless we cannot take anything away from Julian Alvarez who replaced the belgian when he was absent and played in that role excellently, the Argentine has been an absolute bargain for the Ctizens and that is another proof that City's recruitment process is the best in the world.

Pep has got himself a "good" headache, because Julian Alvarez is now indispensable in this City team and now that KDB is back, he would be forced to play them both together and maybe change his tactics/formation a little bit.

I quite agree with this and even Haaland also has quite a hard time scoring goals without Kevin De Bruyne. It cannot be denied that Kevin De Bruyne's influence on the Manchester City team is quite large and what was most surprising was that when Kevin De Bruyne recovered from his long injury he was able to immediately at the top of his performance, this is truly an extraordinary player.

With the return of Kevin De Bruyne, now Manchester City's performance is immediately different and much better and I think now no one will be able to stop them but I also don't underestimate the other top teams in the Premier League, and I think with the return of Man City His top performance has made competition at the top for trophies this season even fiercer, that cannot be denied and indeed the Premier League is like that almost every season.

This time around there is a feeling that Chelsea management will let Pocchietino work until the end of the season, perhaps the only reason he could be sacked is relegation from the EPL, but for now that is not a viable option.

I think that if Chelsea finish 8th or higher, Pocchietino will be retained for next season, if lower, then most likely his contract will be terminated.
While Chelsea resembles a "dark horse", because the potential of the team is great, the players are collected very good, some like Enzo and Cole Palmer may well grow into stars of the first magnitude, but so far the potential of the team is realized only partially, mainly in games against average and weak teams or in cup matches, where the pressure on Chelsea players is not so strong.

Seeing Man City's performance after De Bruyne's return will also make people who watch it will be optimistic again to be able to see Man City win the title again this season. Because there has been a very significant increase after De Bruyne returned. Man City's attacking line became more pampered thanks to the highly qualified midfielder. For now Haaland has not seen a return to his best performance. But I'm sure in the next few games Haaland will also return to the best performance he has and return to harmonise with De Bruyne and make Man City's attack even better. I admire how Pep Guardiola has been able to keep Man City in form when De Bruyne hasn't returned and when Haaland was injured. I think the best coach this season should be Pep Guardiola again.

Manchester United is slowly advancing on the premier League table by securing the six position on the table, I didn't no that Manchester United will even get to the position they are now on the premier League table because there performance at the beginning of this season was very bad that they hardly win any match and because of there inconsistency then they lose to so many smaller team they had privilege to win but however after all those losing they still tried to have maintained the position they are currently on, although there match against West Ham United they tried very well because to an extent I was thinking that West Ham United will tried all there possible best in other to hold Manchester United to a draw but it was quite unfortunate for them that Manchester United performance has really improve than before, however the chances of West Ham United advancing more on the premier League table is very low because there next match will not be easy on them because they will be meeting Arsenal and we all no what Arsenal has been on this season in times of performance so that match is very certain that Arsenal will win West Ham United.

Fully agree. De Bruyne and Haaland play like a well-oiled machine. Manchester City's cohesion is a nightmare for other teams. City's game becomes more dynamic and unpredictable with De Bruyne's smart passes and Haaland's finishing. Any team has to dread this duo.

I've witnessed De Bruyne's absence dampen City's flair. The pitch is his chessboard because he amplifies everyone's performance. De Bruyne's vision greatly benefits Haaland. Goals boost team morale and performance, not simply score marks. Their comeback is predicted; City must dominate again.

Since the early Premier League match start, Manchester City had losses their key player Kevin De Bruyne and absent almost 15 matches in domestic league all group phase matches in Champion League, but its not much problem because Manchester City have balanced well with their current players composition. There are has many option for replacing when key players get injury and Pep Guardiola can put well their players with many position such as Julian Alvarez moving down as attacking midfielder when De Bruyne Injury.

This special thing why Manchester City near close as favorite Premier League winner in this season and they have good balanced with composition teams, right now all composition have been completed after Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne returning from injury will make easy for Pep Guardiola playing with the formation he want and easily making rotation when Manchester City playing in Champion League knock out round match.

You are right. If KDB and Haaland had not been injured for a long time, I think City would have really dominated the English league and could be up to 8 points ahead of other teams. City's defeats and bad results in the last few matches were because Kevin De Bruyne and Haaland did not play together. Haaland without De Bruyne will make it difficult for him to get the ball. And kdb without Haaland will waste a lot of opportunities in front of goal. So I think the return of those two players will greatly improve City's overall quality.