Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 526. (Read 784239 times)

For all I know, red card is one of the factors that affect the outcome of a match but that not withstanding, the red card that the referee gave to Trossard never really affected the game so badly because Arsenal maintained the lead till injury time so if the red card affected Arsenal so much they would have even conceded more goals just that it made Arsenal defend more than attack. It is not true that Manchester City uses home advantage on Arsenal because if you check most of their meetings for about 4 to 5 seasons now you will know that Manchester City often win Arsenal both home and away but it's only few matches that Arsenal managed to get points from Manchester City. Sure Arsenal played Manchester City with so much confidence and I still stand to say that the red card didn't totally spoil Arsenal's game since they didn't lost the game at last

4 points from 5 matches played, this is a bad record for a team like West Ham United. I think there is something wrong with Julen Lopetegui's strategy which makes the Hammers squad cannot perform optimally. Apart from that, the factor of bad luck might be a determining factor, at the start they had to meet Aston Villa, Manchester City & Chelsea which destroyed them. As for the relegation zone, i'm not sure they will get there, as bad as West Ham United are, they can't possibly go to that shitty zone.

Don't sound bias because Trossad attitude deserves a red card for using his elbow to hit and push down someone who was backing him even when he wasn't with the ball. Arsenal have already macked Rodri out of the game and they continued with their rough game which led to Trossad red cars and you should also not forget that City was playing at home.

Haaland didn't do any rough that deserved a red card because he was not in the game as he was macked down. Actually, the red card spoilt the game because it was no longer interested and the match was one side, but do you also know that injuring Rodri also spoilt the match for City. They are two big clubs and currently I will say that they are rivals in which both of them will look for any means necessary to win the other.

Despite having 10 players Arsenal done amazing stuff in second half and hold the Manchester City which was doing their best for having equalizer and then winner, but Arsenal defense were well alert which give them good support for having this one important point which is surely also good for the physiological advantage because now in coming games their players will be played with better confidence and also able to do much better performance for having their best and full chance of title race in this season.

In last few games we are having some troubling time for the Citizens as they are facing injuries and things are not going as they needed, but they are managing good, but Arsenal is also having good depth and their performance is also improved which are giving their players good confidence and their best chance for keeping themselves into better spot.

From your tone you sounds like an emotional arsenal fan which could be understandable that club  fan ought to support his club at every position. But on neutral discuss arsenal isn't an average team that a one man down in the squad would lead to them being humbled so easily by City. Arsenal has one of the strongest defense in the EPL  this season, they have shown that form in all their games. If you had watched that match you could recall how Manchester City celebrated happily when the final whistle of the game  was blown, it entails that they recognized that they played with a very strong opposition. However, the controversies that ensued in that first match between Manchester City : Arsenal  can't be used to ascertain how the result of second leg at the emirate stadium will be.

He's not the only one suffering injuries of his key players, a lot of teams are faced with such spells so early in the league and it's such a heavy blow for them. Liverpool seems to be without much injuries except for Elliot and their goalkeeper who picked up a muscle injury.

This season injury records are very discouraging as it affects key players. It's a test to the creativity of their managers to push ahead with the replacements for these players on the bench.

This is also an opportunity for the substitutes to prove themselves and get integrated into the team first choice players. This is their chance and I hope they make good use of it.

Manchester City didn't suffer much in the early injury of Rodri  from the fact that Arsenal was playing with 10 men and also opt for more of defending rather than attacking.

Rodri injury is a huge blow for City, while  other team like Arsenal in the Epl are suffering from injury, Manchester City currently faces the biggest pressure since now Rodri is out of season. Injuries are becoming too frequent with these players especially when they have been playing too many games like Rodri and now the current UEFA fixtures, I guessed we might be seeing more injury woes than before like this.

Let's see if Manchester City can really cope without him throughout the season or probably till January when the transfer windows open again, they may just sign another player to support him once he returns. Though I'm only curious to see how well they can perform without him since this wasn't an easy task for them last season.

Arsenal has now been able to still do well even with their recent injury struggles and I guessed somehow they would be happy from the fact that they are not the only ones suffering injury woes early and seeing it happened to their biggest league title competitor who has sadly often find way to come out the better team to win the league these past two seasons ahead of them

I also have no doubts about Pep's ability to handle every problem that is being experienced by the Manchester City team and one of them is in keeping the team in top condition by placing the right players in important lines when one of the players is injured during the season. Currently, Manchester City is still in first place in the Premier League and I am quite sure that Pep will try not to lose in the upcoming matches in order to stay at the top, because if City cannot win in the upcoming matches, of course their position will be displaced by other teams such as Liverpool and also by Aston Villa.

What would you have wanted Arsenal to play against such a stronger team? It was the best choice Arteta made, he knows he has a very good defense and knows they are able and capable to hold on for forty five minutes and they did. When you play against a very tactical and attacking team like Manchester City and you’re down to 10 men with 45 minutes left on the clock, the only way to stop City from scoring is to sit back and defend the lead they had.

It’s too early to be celebrating as a Liverpool fan, the league is just starting. Rodri is going to be out for the rest of the season. Wishing the Ballon d’Or contender speedy recovery. 

What happens to Rodri is a risk that we often see when two big teams meet who do have ambition and also high intensity in their game, losing Rodri will obviously be very detrimental to Manchester City who are currently about to enter a busy schedule in their matches, reportedly Rodri has an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in his right knee and obviously it is a very severe injury that every footballer has feared so far, so It is likely that he will undergo surgery and it is certain that Manchester City will play without Rodri until the end of this season, the most likely option for Guardiola at the moment is of course relying on Kovacic to fill the place left by Rodri during the injury,But actually Guardiola has another option that they may be able to do to get a replacement for Rodri in the midfield, namely calling back players they has loaned to other teams including Kalvin Phillips who is currently playing at Ipswich Town.

Actually, in my opinion, in yesterday's Arsenal match, they were able to beat Manchester City by holding back their attacks which they did quite well in the second half where they lost one player but they were still able to play quite well until Man City had difficulty scoring a goal, but in that match luck was very much on Man City's side where they were able to score a goal in the final minutes, I noticed their second goal occurred in the added time which was actually only 40 seconds before the referee blew the whistle to end the match.
I appreciate Arsenal's performance, even though they played with one player missing in the second half, they were still able to match Man City and were almost able to beat Manchester City, according to my prediction the match between the two teams would end in a draw and in fact it did end in a draw. With Arsenal's next match against Leicester City, I think they can excel and win the match, regardless of that with the points they have, it is not much different, but it is not easy to get points and occupy the top of the standings.

Honestly the Arsenal performance has surprised everyone that on Sunday when they later remain 10 players in the field, but upon that they put much efforts in the second half and able to have a wonderful control which nobody expected that Arsenal can maintain their 2 goals reach the extra minute, Manchester City was able to lead the match to a draw on a luck way; the kind pattern of the game that arsenal applied in that on Sunday against Manchester City if will keep their consistent to with good performances they cannot have much challenges this season.

If Manchester were to finish any place lower than Arsenal, it would be a disappointment for Manchester because as they know, if Arsenal were eliminated in one match, Manchester would not be able to see the strength on anything.  If Manchester had won this match, everyone would have been very surprised.  Because most of the predictions were draw.  Of course, Arsenal will beat Manchester in this match because Arsenal is a team that is hardworking and strong and Manchester loses some matches, that why I have predicted this match in favor of Arsenal.  It will only be good for Arsenal and Manchester if it is not a match.  If this match happens and one team loses the match then it will be a loss of 1 point or we get to see a draw again.  Can't say anything about Barcelona but can beat Austin.  And if Manchester scores more points than Arsenal.

It is too strict with Arsenal and Trossard but the player must be more carefully after a first yellow card. That situation deserves a yellow card and controversy is after Trossard got a first yellow card, referee need to be softer in that situation like giving Trossard a warning, then a second yellow card. The player can not blame this strict punishment on the referee as he must know consequence of it if the referee is strict, that actually happen.

This red card destroys the match, I agree but it's wrong to say the referee is the only person take responsibility here.

They don't like to be at a similar level of Arsenal and fail to beat Arsenal in last two seasons. They dominated Premier League and want a better result in big clashes with Arsenal.

Of course Rodri will be missed, the team will be affected not just against big clubs but even against some stubborn  small teams. Whenever Rodri is out the team feels his absence, it’s as if they don’t have a substitute player that can fill his spot perfectly. Kovacic is good. But can’t be relied on to replace Rodri but i trust Guardiola to find a better option to fill the spot.

I heard he will be out for the remainder of the season so it will be a long season without Rodri for Manchester City, they will definitely feel his absence but injuries are to expected at anytime and it can happen to any team at anytime.

It was tough and Manchester city got their way out by equalizing the remaining one goal during the extra minutes and Manchester city fans were making all sought of comments about the red, what leandro did does not warrant the red card i was so angry at what happened, and the way this cards are been given is what I'dont understand and this issuing of card looks like a new trend from the referee's.

I did not expect to end draw i was just to certain that the game was ours to win and getting a draw result with our current position was what was making me angry. All.i want from Arsenal now is for us to getter enough point to get back to the second position and that way we are going to become a problem to Manchester City because the way they keep making fun of Arsenal is just what I can take anymore, arteta is at advantage since the defence is very much okay because I so much trust saliba.

This is going to be a new era for Arsenal we don't have attack for now and I have a feeling that arteta must have discovered that the attack is weak and he would have been looking for a striker that will improve our forward because we are lacking behind seriously.

Of course, losing Rodri is a big loss for Manchester City, his role in the team is very crucial. When he is present on the field, the guarantee not to lose is very big because of his role as the rhythm regulator of the game and being the starting point for starting attacks. Gundogan's presence is a temporary alternative, but Manchester City need to look for another player in January to fill the position left by Rodri. Martin Zubimendi Ibanez is starting to fit into Guardiola plans. He could be the right choice to complete the Puzzle missing due to Rodri injury which is expected to be out until the end of the season.

Source: Bola.net

Does this make Liverpool more in the race than Arsenal? I have lost confidence in both Arsenal and Liverpool to overtake Manchester city. I was thinking a new team will emerge this time, maybe Aston villa to surprise Manchester City.

I have not given up on Aston Villa, they can be the Bayern leverkusen of England this season. Even if they don't do upto Leverkusen, they can do something surprising to everyone this season.

Here I agree about this with talking about title is too early we are just ended with 5 round games and many teams are not able to perform as they needed to be give their best for having better results in coming weeks we are going to have too many changes specially things will be much different after December vacations when we will have winter transfer window which will surely going to have good impact on few teams with bad for few as well.

Currently, we are having few teams are having trouble with injuries, so this is also going to be had big impact in coming weeks if teams are able to have suitable replacements then surely things will be not bad but small teams surely going to have problems because they are having no funds for keeping things on same level and give performance with consistency.

The referee spoiled the game of Manchester City against Arsenal, the match was going normally until the referee gave Trossard a red card, A Red card is the one thing that spoils football because if a team gets a red card that team will not be able to perform well again because they are missing one person and the opponents will use the missing person position to attack in the game, one thing I understand about Manchester city and arsenal match is that Manchester City uses home advantage to do what they like and also mockery arsenal even after the match end. Arsenal comes to the field with full confidence that they are going to play very well and make sure they win the game but the red card ruins everything.

Manchester City is over hype team because if they are not over hype why did they find it difficult even when Arsenal was playing against them with 10 players on the field, This is the first match of the season and they will play the second match in arsenal field which will be very difficult for Manchester City to win the match because Arsenal are very angry with what Manchester City did at Ethihad and they will revenge in the second leg of the match.