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Arsenal is ready I think to take on Manchester United this weekend.The form of Manchester United has been good recently with this last draw which I would consider bad luck and players personal arrogance trying to score themselves not helping their friends in securing the second goal against Crystal Palace.I think the lead may as well extend to 8 points during this weekend as Arsenal has one game less than City and this makes them play calmly and whatever result they get,they will still be ahead of 5 points from Manchester City.

Guardiola is right being such livid to his players as it is exactly them,their arrogance which think that they can win any game when in fact they have not been able to do so that is costing them so far the title.

I can't remember the last time I saw Pep being that furious as well too, and especially not about the officials or VAR teams or his opponents being overly favored, but he was being livid at his own players, and I can't help but agree with on some certain statements especially the point of the team being overly relaxed and the lack of desire/passion from them, I think that's says a lot about the way he has rotated his squad since the league resumption of the world cup, perhaps some of the players are tired, or some of them actually feel they've achieved all there is to achieve within 5 years, and you can arguably tell that even if the players he uses often now aren't technically better than those on the bench, their passion and hunger for success is what is driving them, and that's the number one factor has Arsenal seemed to have this season, it's the hunger, not players with distinctive individual brilliance, and that's another part I'd agree with Guardiola with, just like when Leicester went all the way to surprise the whole world!

I'm going for a draw with Livepool, and Chelsea tomorrow. Both teams aren't at their best, with the lineup we'll put out I don't think we could buy a goal despite scoring relatively high amounts this season. If we do score, I imagine it'll only be the one. So, We either keep a clean sheet which is doubtful, but could be helped with Chelsea's form or we have to only concede one maximum to walk away with any kind of result.

Put it this way, I'm not confident enough to put any sort of money on it, but it would be typical Arsenal. Plus, United have sort of slide into that bogey team for everyone despite the form they are in. I mean, we had a ton of trouble with them, despite them not evening reaching their best performances of the season yet. That has a lot to do with how Liverpool set up, and the injuries obviously.

And me dumb enough to believe at half time. City's record going down 2 goals is impressive. We used to be like that, now we can't even keep 2 goal leads to weaker teams.

Anyone read Pep's comments after the game? Can't remember him being that livid/nonsensical.

Hopefully Arsenal's 5-point lead is intact when they take on City though...


I feel the same, though am slightly less sure after they dropped points late against Palace. They aren't quite ready yet, and rely completely on a couple of players to keep their form.

The Sportsbet special on Arsenal win plus 8 corners is a great take if you still want to put money on the Gunners.

Talk about managing your expectations just in case something does go wrong. I don't blame them, they haven't been in this situation for a long time. However, if I was a Arsenal fan I'd be looking at how poorly everyone else doing, and basically go for broke, and set my ambitions high. I think expectations, and ambitions aren't the same; You may have not expected Arsenal to be in this situation, but now that they are you might as well hope that they win the league. It's he managers job to keep the players level headed, not the fans.

The moral implications that they seem to bring with them. While, I'm not suggesting they are all the same, there's definitely some moral questions to be asked over the Saudi's that recently took over Newcastle. However, I feel that's a discussion for politics, and not football. I'd rather have less success, and keep the moral compass of the team; Liverpool has the spirit of Shankly which tends to try, and keep Liverpool as a grass roots team, and keep them in check when they make bad decisions. FSG have made several mistakes over their tenure, and it's spirit of Shankly, and the fans that tend to push them back in line.

I also, don't want to see a league of overpaid players that basically prevents newly promoted teams from competing. I want to see all types of teams in the Premier League, I don't want any sort of super league where only the rich play.

I support the blue side of London, so it would be a huge blow if the red side won the league while we were still fighting for a UEFA spot. I was speaking with an Arsenal fan and told him that their chances of winning the league are the same as Chelsea's chances of finishing in the top four, and I was surprised by his response, i quote, "we are not going to win the league, our only target is to play in the Champions League next season." I was like, man, you are 5+ points ahead and you don't believe your team can do it? It's insane that average Arsenal fans don't believe their team has what it takes to win the league. This type of mentality also exist in the team that's why i don't believe in their title charge at all.  


What's the problem with the Saudis and Qataris owing a club? They have proven to be the best option over the years, the English are not good at managing clubs and only a few Americans have managed a top club. Was the City process fraudulent?

^  I didn't watch the match but I saw a comment that made me laugh when asked how could Tottenham lose when they were leading by a couple of goals.  The comment went something like 'lads, it's Tottenham!'.  

Anyway, you guys think City is out of the race?  


I guess...  But I'm looking at Newcastle's goals against which sits at 11 total, just 5 goals conceded at home and just 6 away.  And what makes me a bit reluctant to take Newcastle ML is what we saw in Crystal Palace at home vs United.  CP sometimes plays a solid game at home...

Impressive comeback from City - but what was the Spurs team doing? They had a defensively strong lineup on the pitch, they should have done so much better after going 2-0 up before the half time.

City haven't lost any of their last 5 league games in which they were trailing by 2 goals - they won 3 and drew 2 of them. Tells a lot about their mentality.

I almost almost made money from my first 4-3-free win and still nothing to celebrate 2023 yet. Inspired by so many big bets from people I decided to go for higher odds than usual. Why did I think Tottenham could win??

The worst is I got frustrated and ended up losing even more in casino Blackjack lol

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I thought the same and got to sleep.When I woke up today morning and check the result of 4-2 I could not believe my eyes,how can a team like Tottenham which was leading 0-2 concede 4 goals in a single half of the game,I guess it is the Manchester City that has waken up now and that is good for the Premier League.

I had two bets on this game,Manchester City to win and both teams to score and I am glad I won both bets from a single game like this one.

Arsenal is in the best position currently,as far as we see they cannot be stopped. Man City o most slipped again today but their winning mentality kicks in again and Arsenal will have serious trouble keep the first place . Man City and Arsenal are the main favorites for the title i dont see Man Utd or anyone else having a chance in the end for the title.

Personally, I'd much rather Arsenal out of the three. However, if you support another London based club I can see why you wouldn't want that. City probably is the next best option, but I'm really not a fan of them considering how they got where they are. Unfortunately, Liverpool could be taken over by a similar process. Hopefully not.

Not sure if United will pull it off, I'd be more comfortable predicting a draw, which I do believe that's what I put in superbru. I've missed too many weeks to compete in the tournament now though, so I'm having a little bit of fun with my wild predictions.

What to say about the match.... It was a match?

For me were only moments, a burst of two minutes for Totenham, and when we can expect a good defensive play and good counterattacks nothing of this happens, another burst of goals but this time for City and GG.

Totenhamm needs to wake up, you cant blow up a two goal diference so easy, and for me Loris dont come back good after WC, the other day against Arsenal first goal, and today the first one of Mahrez.... come on man, the first pole its ALWAYS from the goalkeeper.

Yeah Arsenal are know for slumping at the end of every season; if Manchester United take 3 points away from them this weekend, pressure will mount in the team and they will begin to drop points. At this point, Arsenal fans can only dream and hope that no injuries occur; it will be an interesting title race between them, Manchester United, and Manchester City.

It's already becoming the worst season for me because I don't want City to retain the league and I despise seeing Arsenal or Manchester United win a trophy. What options do I now have? Hah

I actually think Man Utd could derail Arsenal this weekend, despite what I've said previously about Arsenal running away with it. United just seem to be the thorn in everyone's back this season, and they could pull an upset here. Arsenal also have a history of falling off the wagon a little after the Christmas period. I don't think that's going to happen, but I do think there will be unexpected results, and this game is on top of my list.

I'd still be somewhat confident in the prediction of Arsenal winning the league though.

I thought Man City were the dumb team, but it turns out that Tottenham are actually much more dumber than City themselves, at least City and Pep were able to escape this humiliation, It sure would have put additional dent on their supposed title chase, but I guess the fixture against Arsenal in few weeks will probably settle that issue. It was a complete turnaround, so It's deserving at the end of the day, right ?

Aaaand it's all gone in 15 minutes or so. Kulusevski's proving Spurs need him in the team, first half actually powered and steamed over City like paper, but now they've flipped their tune and played a crap second half. Turning off now after City lead... thought I had a really nice 9/1 bet on Spurs booked but it's all gone to water now heh.

Who knows, 2 more goals before the game ends? I'll wake up tomorrow and find out.

Liecester has more problems than the other struggling teams because they have been selling their best players every year without proper replacement, the board is no longer investing, and the club has had to rely on 36-year-old Vardy for the past four seasons now without any good backup, they sold Fofana a few days into the season without replacement until now, and Ndidi has had to play CB and DM to cover the space left by Fofana and some of the injured players. For some time now, fans have been protesting and holding banners against the
board and the coach.

wait.... City losing to Totteham? this is my shitest week in the pool, from top 10 to God knows where... hahah

This should change though otherwise City is going to lose another 3 points. Kinda interesting that somehow Tottenham managed to score two goals on 45th minutes and lead the halftime. Pep is definitely going to be so furious about this in their locker room, kinda interesting to see how City will turn this out in the 2nd half lol

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That's literally Tottenham being 2 goals up just within less than 4 minutes, I could have said I saw this coming and now I guess I couldn't have been more right about my prediction of both teams to score and Tottenham not to lose the game, now that's even Guardiola can come up with a plan to get at least one goal as well.