Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 559. (Read 802544 times)

I don't think John Stones's late goal was just luck. It may seem like that, but actually, when the game was in the final minutes, composure and concentration played a major role. So whoever has more will have a greater chance of scoring a goal. Apart from that, I think Man City is definitely quite confident if they can turn things around, therefore they consistently put pressure on their opponents, so they have more space to build up, and when the opportunity comes, they will be able to make good use of it.

Neither Liverpool nor Chelsea can be considered lucky in this game as both team had a really good play to the point i can say for a fact it was a very balanced game and such that can not be said one side played better and the winner was lucky, they did had good attempts and dominance at different points which made it  good reason enough for them to have almost equal chances, i even find it difficult to fault any position in that game as every was fully functional and productive, it was a good competition and exercise if strength as expected of both teams been of good caliber and interestingly Liverpool still tops the table.

Even though I dont like blaming anyone when a team scores but majority of Chelsea fans know that the second goal scored by Curtin Jones of Liverpool was literally Robert Sanchez's fault, suppose he was in a better position than the ball to have saved freely. With this I can agree with you that Chelsea does have a good goalkeeper at the moment.

Another issue is defenders. Chelsea is managing the defenders they have now but if they want to be title contenders then they have to work better with their defense. They need more and better defenders than they have now. Tosin Adarabioyo is one inconsistent defender Chelsea's has right now. His work rater was low yesterday, he is not someone who can be relied on to win duels. And lastly Levi Colwill. Though he tried yesterday some little mistakes can cause a lot of damage. He made a bad challenge in his box on Jones that almost could have been a penalty.

For me, Man City difficulty in locking in yesterday's winning points was indeed Guardiola strategy not to put too much pressure on the team to get a winning score because Pep Guardiola also has goals in other competitions such as the UCL which will appear in a few days.
So the coach only kept the players to be careful in terms of physical condition to stay healthy without injury when approaching the UCL match.
But still, even though it doesn't look optimal, Man City is still a very consistent team in the EPL today.

Honestly, he's not concentrating that much in the post and easily get carried away when the game gets too comfortable for his team. Made a mistake that would have cost the team a big issue because of his reckless pass and still joined in contributing to the second penalty that VAR ruled out. When we you talk of thier defence being poor, he's one of the cause of It and that's part of the things  Enzo maresca would need to work on.

He's tried to work things up from the place pochetino left it and he's done past what most fans expected when pochetino left and he came in as a replacement. What is lacking in the team is maturity and experience and that's what the Chelsea captain Reece James should have been providing but due to his consistent injury and what could be looked at as lack of fitness, he's not helping the team that much. They are on the right track as things stands but it will take them time before they fix all the errors that's currently in the squad.

I think we should not blame the goals on the Chelsea goalkeeper, who even though he did not play very confidently, but still it should be noted that most of Liverpool's counterattacks were based on the fact that they easily passed the center of the field, which should have been controlled by Chelsea's supporting midfielders, including Caicedo, who had a bad match, and after Chelsea's substitutions the whole game of the team fell apart and Maresca in general and lost because of the substitutions, which did not strengthen, but on the contrary weakened the game.

The first goal Chelsea received wasn't the fault of Robert Sanchez but he would have done better in the second goal. He didn't react fast to challenge Curtis Jones and even when he did that he turned his face away from the ball. One will have to assume that he is scared of the ball hitting his face. His constant error while playing from the back was obvious in the games against Bournemouth.

But I don't think Chelsea actually need a new goalkeeper because he could actually improve. Manchester United was patient with Andre Onana and he is now dependable. With more training and advice, Sanchez can improve.

Liverpool should not be so relaxed at the top of the table. We still have a long way to go, teams are going to drop points in coming games. Manchester City have solidified their position as the top team in the Premier League, they are favorites to win the league and in my opinion every competition they play in. Other big teams in the Premier League that are titled contenders are Liverpool and Arsenal and quite recently Chelsea look like they might be title contenders this season.

In the premier league if you want to speak about the top teams in the premier league, you are not going to mention top three without having to mention Manchester city so definitely they have got the capacity to go beyond the position they are now even if Liverpool is at their best now, they have played only but eight games and still have about 31 more, so is enough game to prove them selves if the need be and not just thinking Liverpool has got the league already, its a temporary position.

We might want to argue that Manchester City were the lucky team in their encounter at the Molineux against Wolves yesterday but we can't take away the fact that they were the better team and also did press for that winner goal for too long. Personally, I feel it was their persistence to fight for all three points in that game till the last minute that gave them the win instead of being "lucky" like you said.
Pep Guardiola is one manager that's never going to get tired of winning trophies as he always wants to win as  many as possible and after watching Manchester City's away game at Wolves yesterday, I think it'll be extremely difficult to stop them from retaining the English Premier League title this season.

Yes I saw it also from the whole match and statistics that Chelsea were far superior to Liverpool in this match, the penalty kick did change the whole situation and it was a big luck that Liverpool got, from this match I wanted to see Palmer enter the goal again but unfortunately he missed several attempts, Liverpool's defense also did not let Palmer play freely, Chelsea just need to improve improvisation between the players in my opinion, the rest they played very well even in an away match against a strong team.

It doesn't matter much what score Manchester United won this match, as Flick recently said, even if a team wins 1-0, they still get 3 points, so in this case it was important for ten Hag to get 3 points, it's good that they managed to do it. The obvious problem with Manchester United is their attack, they have scored only 7 goals in 8 rounds. This is one of the worst indicators in the league, this needs to be addressed and worked on.

I knew Manchester City would find it difficult to beat Wolves at home, and that made me not play Manchester City to beat Wolves in my ticket. Even the option I played in the Wolves vs Manchester City match almost cut my ticket, but thanks to John Stones's late goal for Manchester City against Wolves yesterday. Manchester City always finds it difficult to maintain their dominance and beat their opponents easily any time Kevin de Bruyne is absent from Manchester City's squad, so Pep Guardiola should look for a backup that will help Manchester City win their matches any time Kevin de Bruyne is not fit to play for the club. I know that Manchester City's performance usually changes in the Premier League any time they get to the top of the table, but with Liverpool's current performance, Manchester City needs to keep winning their matches in the Premier League to mount pressure on Liverpool and get the chance to flip Liverpool if they draw or lose any match in the League.

What you said is very right because I also still see that Manchester United are not in a very good condition because they still have to improve their way of playing in other matches so that there is an increase in points and their position in the standings so that it will be considered a good thing for improving performance. But for now Manchester United still haven't done that even though they were able to win at home when hosting Brentford which is a team that is not competitive enough in the League this season.

When the foundation is right, whoever comes in will succeed. That is what is working for Enzo Maresca and Arne Slot, they are both working on the foundation that’s been built by their predecessors, Pochettino and Klopp. In that light, one can amen excuse for Erik Ten Hag slow start to the season, Manchester United have been in a shambolic state since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. You can’t totally blame him if his team is underperforming, it’s his third season, maybe they will improve next season.

Brighton broke Newcastle's unbeaten home record after 13 Premier League games without defeat. Newcastle wasted several opportunities to score, they had 21 shots, and 6 were on target, yet they failed to score a single goal, the result is very disappointing since Manchester City has also failed to beat them at home this season, and they just lost a point at home to Brighton. Many people predict Newcastle United will defeat Brighton, but I feel they will be disappointed with the outcome of the game.


That was terrible news for Manchester United at this moment of their poor performance. Mainoo is an important player for Manchester United, even though they have lost points this season, Mainoo has improved their performance since the previous season, so he might be in good shape by the end of next month. However, the absence of Kobbie Mainoo did not affect their performance in their last match against Brentford, Manchester United was losing in the first half and then made an impressive comeback by scoring two goals to win the game, but this doesn't mean that Manchester United is in good form because Brentford is an average team in the league.

I don't really know if Arsenal are having a different way the referees in the EPL are officiating their games or is there something we're not getting? Arsenal played against Bournemouth and they lost with a player (Saliba) being sent off and the game between Liverpool vs Chelsea we saw a similar situation where Tosin had to tackle one of the Liverpool players but he wasn't shown a red card but a yellow and it got me worried that the way some decisions are being made by the refs is not suppose to be, similar situation but different punishment, why is it like that? Arsenal have suffered so much this very season with 3 red cards this season. Is the EPL refs fair in making decisions this season or they have teams they target to issue red cards?

Exactly, it is very difficult for any team in the English premiership to improve their performance when the team they are playing is city, though let's be factual, wolves were better yesterday than other games they have played so far this season, am not saying this because they scored the opening goal of that match rather I noticed a lot of improvement in the defence, though there was much pressure from city, yea Manchester City won but the number of goals was not humiliating.
Chelsea are really in good form as such it just luck on Liverpool side to win that match, both team manager are doing great, this have shown that Chelsea can take on any team with their current form, despite losing 2:1 to Liverpool, the blues fans won't be much angry because Chelsea showed working but they were unable to get it right in this one, that's football but am happy that Chelsea never allowed multiple goals in their net, yea jurgen klopp successor is really a good manager for now but time will tell if he will continue this way.

I also think the match was very fierce, but before their match started I thought their match would not be fierce because of course Wolves, who had never experienced a win this season when they competed, I thought Wolves would easily be defeated by Manchester City and I thought Manchester City would be the first to score a goal in that match. but yes, Wolves really surprised me and surely many people were also surprised that Wolves were the first to score in that match.

Yes, it seems like Gary has prepared this strategy carefully and Gary strategy is really effective in making things difficult for Manchester City players. Yes, of course it is clear that it is really difficult for Manchester City players to break through Wolves' goal because their back line is very strong. But fortunately, Manchester City was able to respond to Wolves' goal through Gvardiol's kick and ultimately made the Manchester City players even more enthusiastic.

yes, I also agree with you because I also see that Manchester City's back line needs to be improved because in that match it was seen that the Manchester city players in the back line were not performing optimally. So hopefully Pep can fix all of that because of course if it isn't fixed, of course it will be very bad. endangering Manchester City's performance for the upcoming match. but I'm sure Pep will definitely be able to fix all that.

but yes, it's true that it was a lucky day for Manchester City because if they weren't lucky, the match could have ended in a draw, but fortunately, in the last minute, J.Stones scored a goal and he was really the hero at that time because if he didn't score, then for sure The result of the match will be a draw and of course the competition between Liverpool and Manchester City will definitely not be exciting.

Manchester City is a strong and well performing team, they can change the game even now because they are big with experienced players. Manchester City's hard work has brought them to this position and they can go even higher if they work harder.  But I believe that Manchester cannot go above this position because above it there are very strong and more match winning teams.Which Manchester City cannot compete with.  Even if they do, they cannot win from them.Liverpool have scored a goal so far if Chelsea work hard they can score and tie the match but Liverpool will neither draw the match nor lose the match.Now let's see if Chelsea manage to score or not.