Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 605. (Read 776338 times)

Brighton has been a torn on United's flesh in recent years, they beat Man United home and away last season. But that not withstanding, United would have gotten atleast a point in the game, and I'm not talking about Garnacho's disallowed goal. The blame is on ETH, he's killing the team by playing Fernandez as a striker.

He gambled with it in the FA cup final against City and it worked, he did it again in the community shield and the team struggled. He repeated it in the game against Fulham, the team struggled and on Saturday, it was the same thing. If he truly wants results, Mount should be benched, Zirkzee should strike while Fernandez should play as number eight and the team will play better.

Slot brought good results in pre season friendly matches and in official matches, he won two first matches with Liverpool in Premier League. Gaining maximum points after two matches is a good performance of a new coach in a big club like Liverpool.

Slot surely will have a big challenge to come through and satisfy Liverpool fans and their expectation as well as get rid of their memory and love on Klopp. He will need many good matches, titles and a long time to convince Liverpool fans and be a new hero in Anfield. From early things he has done so far with Liverpool, I believe he will be able to gain success in Liverpool, give him more time as it is very necessary.

Chelsea are stronger and in such big defeat, a loser easily collapse after getting two or three conceded goals. This match helps Chelsea to get out of negative sentiment after a first defeated match against Manchester City. It can give them good motivation to move onward and aim at winning more matches but Chelsea still have many things to do for rejoining Premier League title competition like they used to be previous years.

So far, Slott has managed the most important thing, he hasn't made the team worse, he hasn't tried to change anything and, frankly speaking, it's probably difficult to change anything after Klopp. And at first glance, it seems that Slott is a very positive person, which should have a good effect on the team. Liverpool plays easily, dominates the field and significantly outperforms its opponents, so we hope for a good season for Liverpool.

As I was watching the Chelsea match against the Wolves, I was surprised to see Chelsea get a weak team and celebrate themselves by scoring 6 goals in 80 minutes, if Wolves players had performed in the second half the same way they did in the first half, Chelsea would not have scored 4 goals in the second half. The most shocking part of this game was Jackson scoring Chelsea's first goal in two minutes of the game. If it weren't for a weak team, how could Jackson, who always missed a chance, score in two minutes? I am still surprised. I didn't expect Wolves to be so weak considering they defeated Chelsea both at home and away last season, but I can see that Neta's absence has had an impact on their performance.

Furthermore, Chelsea had the opportunity to defeat a weak club by six goals to reduce the suffering of their loss against Manchester City, but I am still not impressed, this doesn't mean that Chelsea will continue to perform better anytime they play against a major team, this is only the beginning.

Chelsea's level of ball possession was much better than the home team although I don't think Wolves is a weak team because the team is sometimes quite troublesome to be defeated by a team like Chelsea. But in this season's match Chelsea has shown a slightly extraordinary game by being able to score 6 goals and three of them by Madueke. I was also surprised by the quick goal by Chelsea players in the second minute although before half time Wolves also managed to equalize, but that was still not enough because Chelsea played better in the second half and were able to get 6 goals until the match ended.

Being one of the reasons why Arne Slot still maintains the squad that has long been formed by Klopp and this is proof that Arne Slot wants to help Liverpool reclaim its glory days and buy all the concerns of people who have doubted the new coach. With 4 scores from 2 matches and without conceding a goal is a very good start.
However, concerns in my mind began to arise whether Liverpool performance would last until the end of the season? I mean, I'm worried that Liverpool started the season very well but in the second half of the season lost consistency and returned to last season.

In the upcoming match, it might be a sign whether Liverpool is really strong when playing against an equal team like Man United.

Sometimes there are always surprises in football matches, big clubs do not always win in a full season sometimes they are also defeated by middle-ranked clubs or lower-ranked clubs, I am not surprised if Manchester United loses in this match because Brighton is also not a club that can be underestimated they have the advantage of playing at their home base watched by many fans so that it increases their confidence in the match.

By the way I placed some bets on last night's games and as predicted Chelsea won their game with a stunning score against Wolves it was a great first away game for Chelsea, meanwhile Newcastle got a draw against Bournemouth while for Liverpool it was an easy win for them against weak club Brentford.

Their former coach Klopp was built Liverpool to the point that any coach can coach them and they will still be win many matches than the ones they will lose because they are used to Klopp game pattern and it has sink into them.

When we will see the quality of their new coach is when they will meet a strong club and the challenge and pressure on the pitch is very tensed for them, that is when his experience and game strategy will prevail. Liverpool is doing well and started the season with consistency as normal and I believe that they will go far.

Liverpool who didn't bring in a new player this season, were actually very superior and dominant over Brentford in yesterday match, the 2-0 win and two consecutive wins indicate that they are currently experiencing a lot of improvement in their game, although it's too early  to say, but I think this season they deserve to be considered as favorites to win along with Manchester City and Arsenal, without adding players it actually makes their squad more compact and in last 2 match I actually saw that the tactics applied by Slot were very capable in destroying each of their opponents, even from several media that I read, Liverpool has recorded very high pass accuracy in the match against Brentford and that is the best in the last 20 years.
If Arne Slot is able to maintain his good performance in each of their matches, of course we cannot deny that Liverpool will easily won the championship trophy this season.

To think that Liverpool is playing the kind of exciting football they're currently displaying under a new manager that's yet to sign any new player to the team is another reason why I think the rest of the English Premier League teams should be worried about Liverpool and the threat they possess.
I watched the Liverpool game yesterday as well as their 2:0 win at Ipswich Town on their first English Premier League game of the season and if you ask me of my conclusion of the team's performance, I'll say be a major force in the league this season.

To me, that wasn't a lucky victory for Brighton because their performance deserved three points at home; they dominated more than Manchester United. I can only say that Manchester United was lucky that they didn't concede more than two goals because I believe if Simon Adingra had started that match, it wouldn't have been as easy as we think for Manchester United. After all, he assisted Brighton's final goal.


Bournemouth's match against Newcastle ended in a 1-1 draw, both teams played well, but I believe Bournemouth performed better than some of us expected, many people expected Newcastle to defeat Bournemouth because they did not appear to be a strong team, just Newcastle scored in their last game to secure the three points despite Fabian Schär being sent off in the 28th minute. Even before the match against Bournemouth started, I did not expect Newcastle to win because of Bournemouth's performance last season, they are not a weak team, they defeated many clubs last season, including Manchester United. However, Newcastle's defense didn't seem very good against Bournemouth, otherwise, they wouldn't have conceded a goal in the first half, but Gordon's came with an equalizer to draw the match and share the points.

So far Liverpool have not met a strong opponent so it is true that we cannot conclude anything about Liverpool's strength with their new coach but as far as I see right now there is not much difference from Liverpool's team performance moreover the players in their current squad are still the same as last season. And for the victory against Brentford in the second week it is quite worthy for Liverpool to get, that's because Brentford is not better in quality than Liverpool.

It is unclear whether Brentford is not in their best form or Liverpool is simply too strong for them but what is certain is that Liverpool played impressively and they deserved the win. It is quite difficult to compare the strengths between teams because the season has only just started and I think there are still some teams that haven't yet set up. However, the match against Man United seems to be able to be used as a comparison, whether Liverpool with their new coach and strategy is truly effective or whether Man United is the one who stands out with all the changes they have made.

Very positive results in their first two matches with new coach Slot by playing with a fairly ideal style they managed to occupy the 4th position at this time, of course this will be a good foundation for them to convince themselves for the next victory when visiting Old Trafford headquarters, how could it not be Man United who are on the verge of shock under the guidance of Ten Hag with one win and one loss in the first two matches of course they are not in good condition, how on the other hand Liverpool who have only been with Slot for a few days or months they have found a good scheme in thorough preparation without any new players this season is truly extraordinary compared to Slot with Ten Hag. With not being defeated and not conceding this is a good thing for Liverpool in reaffirming that their defense is in a very fantastic condition especially at this time in the EPL where not a single goal has been scored, of course it will be difficult for Man United players to penetrate Liverpool's defense, they Man United who have conceded two goals of course their defense line is not ready of course this is a good opportunity for Liverpool to take advantage of this match to add their points at the top of the standings because Man United is not a mature team at this time.

You know, it's how they kept adding pressure on Brentford that made Frank's boys relent and easily loose focus if not on a normal day, Brentford are a good club. They also excel at punishing teams with wicked counters especially when Wissa and Mbuemo are paired together.
 I guess Liverpool didn't give Brentford enough time to celebrate their win against Crystal palace because you can measure if a team is strong when they meet an equally stronger side and defeat them but it showed clearly yesterday that Brentford are just an average team who managed to beat an equally average team but couldn't go further when they got hit with a challenge like Liverpool.
 I look forward to seeing their performance against Man UTD, whether Erik ten Hag's boys will be subdued by Arne Slot's Liverpool or the Red devils will put up a better fight than Brentford.

The match has finished Liverpool achieved a positive result at home against Brendfort, Luis Diaz opened the first goal tap for Liverpool in the 13th minute in the second half Moh Salah ensured Liverpool's victory with his goal in the 70th minute, in the two matches that Liverpool have played they have not conceded a goal at all, this indicates that the defense line that was built is so solid, a clean sheet in two matches is a good capital to start this season. Week 3 of the EPL Liverpool will meet Man United at Old Trafford, I look forward to this match

This surprised me I thought it would end in a draw and I put my bet on a draw, but in fact Chelsea went crazy in the match against Wolves with a score of 2-6 it turned out I was wrong with my trust in Chelsea, Wolves are actually capable but quite weak in their defense which made Chelsea easily score a big goal in the match, Chelsea deserved to win because they have players who are much more superior than Wolves, only a few players are owned by Wolves the rest are non-seeded players, I hope Chelsea can maintain their victory to continue to be consistent in achieving victory in the next match, because that will improve their standings in the last few seasons which performed badly, it's time for them to rise to prove and compete with other top clubs to win the title this season.

In my opinion, Chelsea is team that is difficult to maintain their best performance consistently, they can't really perform consistently and always show significant improvements and declines from time to time.
I don't really believe Chelsea can maintain this performance until the end of the Premier League competition, but if they succeed then I will be very happy and surprised with what they get for this season because it can be much better than the previous season.
From this match, Madueke really got the attention of many people considering that for the first time playing he immediately gave hat-trick for Chelsea and brought big win.

On the other hand, the last match showed that Liverpool also managed to win over Brentford and of course this is still as we expected.
Salah also still played very well and gave one goal for Liverpool even though some time ago he had been talked about lot with decline in performance.

For the consistency issue we need to test how strong Chelsea are at defending to get wins in the next few games.
A promising win with Noni Madueke scoring a hat-trick in the match as a step forward.

The most highlighted defeat was Man United and this is a weak point that may be difficult to fix and their defence does look very poor.
Manchester City and Arsenal may still be considered the strongest contenders this season but it is quite interesting to watch the Manchester United vs Liverpool match.
I think Manchester United will be tested again against Liverpool and even though the match will take place at Old Trafford their defense is quite worrying.

Last season, Chelsea performance still inconsistent when playing well one match and few matches later downtrend to back perform, but too early comparison with their performance in this season after defeating on first match against Manchester City and success return to top performance after fantastic winning over 2-6 against Wolves.
Currently Chelsea's defend performance not quit well after easily conceded four goals in last two matches but Enzo Maresca success make the new record as Chelsea manager winning over six goals in one match.

Looking forward how consistent Chelsea performance upcoming match in Premier League against Crystal Palace, for several matches later Chelsea only face mediocre teams and must secure all three points if want make easily reach the top fourth standings before facing top team. Loss from Manchester City on the first match make us doubt will Chelsea can easily for defeating another top team such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur?