⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Luzin]

A surprising result occurred in the Bournemouth vs Arsenal match. I didn't expect Bournemouth to beat Arsenal with a score of 2:0 and it all happened in the second half. Ordinary clubs sometimes make unexpected surprises when facing tough clubs and they usually take advantage of the opportunity to play at home like what happened to Bournemouth.

This was surprising, beyond my prediction and I'm sure many people lost their bets. Actually 10-man Arsenal were able to keep up with Bournemouth for -+ 40 minutes but not the end of the game. Arsenal's main problem was Saliba's red card and Arsenal's red card this season has been 3 times in 8 matches. Looking at the pattern of play they are also weak in the final finish. Even Odegaard and Bukayo played a lot on the wings and were ineffective. This red card is also detrimental because Saliba must be absent against Liverpool.

[hahay]

A surprising result occurred in the Bournemouth vs Arsenal match. I didn't expect Bournemouth to beat Arsenal with a score of 2:0 and it all happened in the second half. Ordinary clubs sometimes make unexpected surprises when facing tough clubs and they usually take advantage of the opportunity to play at home like what happened to Bournemouth.

This was surprising, beyond my prediction and I'm sure many people lost their bets. Actually 10-man Arsenal were able to keep up with Bournemouth for -+ 40 minutes but not the end of the game. Arsenal's main problem was Saliba's red card and Arsenal's red card this season has been 3 times in 8 matches. Looking at the pattern of play they are also weak in the final finish. Even Odegaard and Bukayo played a lot on the wings and were ineffective. This red card is also detrimental because Saliba must be absent against Liverpool.

Bournemouth's victory against Arsenal was not about the factor of playing at home, but Bournemouth played against Arsenal who only played with 10 players because Saliba got their card in the first half exactly in the 30th minute. But, even though Arsenal played with only 10 players  that Bournemouth also needed time to be able to create goals, and goals for Bournemouth could also only be created in the 70th minute and 79th minute. But indeed, defeat with a score of 2-0 like this is a defeat that is very regrettable and quite disappointing of course, because as a team that is in the upper zone of the standings, Arsenal should still be able to hold a draw or only lose by a thin score.

But yes, with this defeat it is very possible that Arsenal's position in the Premier League standings will also go down and if Arsenal still get bad results like that in future matches, then it looks like Arsenal will be in the top four. But yes, anyway there are still many chances of course for Arsenal throughout this season but I think, Arsenal are still not strong enough to always be  consistent to be in the race for trophies.

[Palakka]

A surprising result occurred in the Bournemouth vs Arsenal match. I didn't expect Bournemouth to beat Arsenal with a score of 2:0 and it all happened in the second half. Ordinary clubs sometimes make unexpected surprises when facing tough clubs and they usually take advantage of the opportunity to play at home like what happened to Bournemouth.

This was surprising, beyond my prediction and I'm sure many people lost their bets. Actually 10-man Arsenal were able to keep up with Bournemouth for -+ 40 minutes but not the end of the game. Arsenal's main problem was Saliba's red card and Arsenal's red card this season has been 3 times in 8 matches. Looking at the pattern of play they are also weak in the final finish. Even Odegaard and Bukayo played a lot on the wings and were ineffective. This red card is also detrimental because Saliba must be absent against Liverpool.

Previously, Arsenal was the favorite to win that the match, but after the red card obtained by Saliba in the match, I think defeat is not a surprising thing they will get, so far we know how crucial and solid Saliba is in maintaining the arsenal defense and losing him clearly opens up arsenal weakness wider and wider in a match, indeed Arsenal is a team that relies on collective play and also teamwork but when they lost Saka, Odegaard, Rice and Saliba so it has greatly affected their game so far, the match against Liverpool will be very crucial and they must be able to win it in order to continue to compete in the Premier League title, but without Saliba and Saka of course their chances of winning will be very small in the match.

[bangjoe]

In addition to the problems that exist in Manchester United regarding the players who have been brought in, do not provide a large impact to Real Madrdi so far, also a number of other things that need to be improved at Man United that I feel a lot of work is messy at Man United, I think Zidane will also be made exhausted with the current state of Man United, he certainly needs time to restructure Man United to perform better, his heavy burden must be a lot of expectations from fans of new coaches, and that is not an easy thing to do to be able to make Man United Changed in one night.

I don't think we're talking about Real Madrid here, but you failed to focus when maybe you were watching the Celta vs Madrid match some time ago. Ah forget it, but you have to fix it so it's not misleading.

Manchester United's victory today made me happy. This was a long-awaited victory after they had gone quite a number of games without a win. I checked again and found Manchester United had failed to win in their previous five games, so this was a win that broke a bad trend so far. I expected more from the appearance of the existing squad, but it feels like Ten Hag failed to do its job.

You are right, hahaha sorry I was not focused, I should have typed Man United, but you was calm I had fixed it.

Naturally, there will be many who are happy with Man United's victory because they are not in a good atmosphere, so this one victory after many failures to get a victory is proud of it even though disappointment must always be there, yes at least Man United does not fall too far on the standings board , We realize that Ten Hag failed from last season, I hope he can fix it or be replaced by also much better.

[reagansimms]

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Previously, Arsenal was the favorite to win that the match, but after the red card obtained by Saliba in the match, I think defeat is not a surprising thing they will get, so far we know how crucial and solid Saliba is in maintaining the arsenal defense and losing him clearly opens up arsenal weakness wider and wider in a match, indeed Arsenal is a team that relies on collective play and also teamwork but when they lost Saka, Odegaard, Rice and Saliba so it has greatly affected their game so far, the match against Liverpool will be very crucial and they must be able to win it in order to continue to compete in the Premier League title, but without Saliba and Saka of course their chances of winning will be very small in the match.

After Saliba was given a red card in the 30th minute, Arsenal's situation was very difficult because they were outnumbered and this incident was never planned in advance. Arsenal were able to hold on until the 69th minute, after which they began to bow after Ryan Christie changed the score to 1-0. The second goal from the penalty spot made Arsenal even more pressured and struggled to turn things around, Arsenal's unbeaten record was ended by Bournemouth. Now they are further behind Liverpool and Manchester City after both teams managed to win against their respective opponents. Arsenal must immediately bounce back when facing Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, this victory can give confidence to the players when they face Liverpool in the EPL on 27 OCT.

[Nanga Parbat]

A surprising result occurred in the Bournemouth vs Arsenal match. I didn't expect Bournemouth to beat Arsenal with a score of 2:0 and it all happened in the second half. Ordinary clubs sometimes make unexpected surprises when facing tough clubs and they usually take advantage of the opportunity to play at home like what happened to Bournemouth. I think they were lucky enough because their opponents lost 1 player and that made the hosts not waste the golden opportunity to make it to make it difficult for his opponent.

The Vitality Stadium was very lucky land for Bournemouth team . Bournemouth players try to overcome the situation and they became successful to handle the attackers of Arsenal team. Arsenal attackers try best to attack but everytime they got no benefit and they could not do any goal in this match. Also their defense system was not powerful and that was big reason of their lose.Christie was the first player who got opportunity and he got advantage by this opportunity.Arsenal team should learn from their mistakes which they did in this match because learning is important part of game and if they didn't learn from that match ,they will lose next match .

[pawel7777]

Man City beat Wolves 2-1 in an away game and Liverpool won against Chelsea at home also 2-1, but both defeated teams caused a lot of problems to the winners.
Wolves, despite only having 22% possession and a total of 3 shots on goal, managed to take an early lead and were actually very close to increasing it to 2-0, but eventually had to succumb to City's pressure and didn't even earn a point.
Chelsea was looking better than I expected despite the loss. They had higher possession than Liverpool (58% Vs 42%) and had more shots on goal, but their attackers were not super effective today.

Looking forward to next week when we'll see the clash between Arsenal and Liverpool. It will not be a boring game.

[Issa56]

Previously, Arsenal was the favorite to win that the match, but after the red card obtained by Saliba in the match, I think defeat is not a surprising thing they will get

Everyone expected Arsenal to win the match, but even after they received the red card, I was still confident in Arsenal to win the match because we all saw how they performed when they played against Manchester City and they received red card. The match wasn’t funny for them, but they were winning till the last minutes of the match before Manchester City equalized, so I was still expecting Arsenal to win after receiving the red card since Bournemouth is not really a strong team, which Arsenal are supposed to find difficult.
 
People have been saying the reason why Arsenal lost the match was because of the red card, but I don’t completely agree with that. The main reason why Arsenal lost the match was just because of the injury problem that Arsenal is facing. If Arteta played with his complete squad in the match, even with the red card, Bournemouth will find it difficult to win them in the match.

[Docnaster]

Man City beat Wolves 2-1 in an away game and Liverpool won against Chelsea at home also 2-1, but both defeated teams caused a lot of problems to the winners.
Wolves, despite only having 22% possession and a total of 3 shots on goal, managed to take an early lead and were actually very close to increasing it to 2-0, but eventually had to succumb to City's pressure and didn't even earn a point.
Chelsea was looking better than I expected despite the loss. They had higher possession than Liverpool (58% Vs 42%) and had more shots on goal, but their attackers were not super effective today.

Looking forward to next week when we'll see the clash between Arsenal and Liverpool. It will not be a boring game.

Manchester City were able to score a stoppage time goal to claim all three points in their game against a stubborn Wolves at the Molineux. The result of that game if you ask me is one the reason why Pep Guardiola is regarded the best coach in world football at the moment.
In the Liverpool game against Chelsea, I feel the result of the game didn't do justice to the performance of both teams in the pitch. Chelsea were the better side on the pitch if you ask me but Liverpool was able to get the best statistics of the game which was what mattered most.

[Furious 7]

A surprising result occurred in the Bournemouth vs Arsenal match. I didn't expect Bournemouth to beat Arsenal with a score of 2:0 and it all happened in the second half. Ordinary clubs sometimes make unexpected surprises when facing tough clubs and they usually take advantage of the opportunity to play at home like what happened to Bournemouth. I think they were lucky enough because their opponents lost 1 player and that made the hosts not waste the golden opportunity to make it to make it difficult for his opponent.

William Saliba's red card was a disaster for Arsenal in this match because it must be technically difficult when they play with 10 players in the remaining time so Arteta tried to strengthen the midfield but it seemed that it could not stem the difference in players owned.

This is definitely a surprise but they also can't do anything because the situation is out of their control especially at the beginning of the match they were quite confident with the squad they had.
Now Arsenal are a little eliminated because they have 3 points below Manchester City and 4 points with Liverpool but this is also a lesson for Arteta because all situations can definitely happen including things like this so I think with the season still long enough this is certainly a good lesson and their chances are still very much there of course so instead of having to continue to regret this match it would be better for them to try to get up for the next match.

[Akbarkoe]

Man City beat Wolves 2-1 in an away game and Liverpool won against Chelsea at home also 2-1, but both defeated teams caused a lot of problems to the winners.
Wolves, despite only having 22% possession and a total of 3 shots on goal, managed to take an early lead and were actually very close to increasing it to 2-0, but eventually had to succumb to City's pressure and didn't even earn a point.
Chelsea was looking better than I expected despite the loss. They had higher possession than Liverpool (58% Vs 42%) and had more shots on goal, but their attackers were not super effective today.

Looking forward to next week when we'll see the clash between Arsenal and Liverpool. It will not be a boring game.

The match between man City and Wolves I think will be a match that they can get more goals in the match because Wolves is the worst team earlier this season in the English premier league, but they can beat man city early with a goal created by Jorgen Strand Larsen, and if Stones doesn't get a goal in the last minute of the second half I think Man City will end up with a draw but luckily Stones got it.
Arsenal must learn more from the last match with Bournemouth, I will be very doubtful if he shows the same match against Liverpool, yesterday's defeat should be a heavy blow for Arsenal and Arteta.

[topbitcoin]

But yes, with this defeat it is very possible that Arsenal's position in the Premier League standings will also go down and if Arsenal still get bad results like that in future matches, then it looks like Arsenal will be in the top four. But yes, anyway there are still many chances of course for Arsenal throughout this season but I think, Arsenal are still not strong enough to always be  consistent to be in the race for trophies.

Their position remains in the top 3 but in the end they are a little away from Liverpool and Manchester City who managed to get 3 points in week 8 and that means they have to fight extra if they really want to overtake Liverpool and Manchester City in the standings.
But their chances are still very much there for now because the match still leaves at least 30 more weeks so as long as Arteta can correct mistakes and can minimize the worst situations and possibilities in a match like what happened when Saliba was shown a red card in this match then I think they can still continue to compete in the race to get the trophy this season.

On the other hand, I am quite happy with Liverpool and almost Manchester City also lost full points in this match for Stones to come as their 3-point savior.

[TelolettOm]

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Poor judgment from Saliba and poor management from Arteta for that lineup. Arsenal struggled to play with 10 men for 60 minutes. At this rate, Arsenal are not going to win the Premier League this season. Apparently, losing key players like Saka and Martin Odegaard is more than they can handle. Arsenal has a more difficult game ahead, they face Liverpool this weekend. How will they play against Arne Slot’s squad without Saliba?

They are missing their key players, it will be very difficult for them even if they play a full team. Next week, especially, the match against Liverpool will be very difficult to handle. Playing without Saka and Martin Ødegaard is already difficult enough, and now, their main back, Saliba. Arteta must be smarter in packing his players against Liverpool later, so that he can be more optimal with the condition of the squad which at least has 3 of their main players.


https://www.fotmob.com/matches/liverpool-vs-arsenal/2tmaz7#4506403

[blue Snow]

Manchester City were able to score a stoppage time goal to claim all three points in their game against a stubborn Wolves at the Molineux. The result of that game if you ask me is one the reason why Pep Guardiola is regarded the best coach in world football at the moment.

Yes, Pep keeps on giving spirit to the squad to fight until the last minute. I expect the game result to draw, but Stone has take the advantage lob ball from corner kick to winning the match in injury time. I admit the Wolves' defense was quite tight during the match. They even build the counter-attack with cross ball and several times have chance to win the match, but they lost in skill, and their attacker was unable to reach any goal. The city are lucky, goal not disallowed by VAR because Benardo Silva do not touch a ball even offside position.

btw, I bit got the winning if Stone didn't creat a goal.

[Litzki1990]

Even if Manchester United coach has found it difficult to get the desired result expected of him, we can see that his team is playing some kind of good football this season than last season. Also knowing too well that Manchester United has improved her team this season is a stepping stone to confidence of good performance. Let's believe ETH knows what he is doing, even if we have our doubts.

Do you think there is any difference in  Manchester United performances? I think their performance is just the same as last season, or I will say their performance is even worse this season. Manchester United haven’t played anything special this season, there performance have been poor, they have been disappointing their fans since the season started. I won’t say because Manchester United won their match today, then I will start praising Ten Hag, a match can’t be used to judge if there is improvement in a club's performance. Manchester United played well today, but I won’t be surprised if they end up performing poorly in their next match.

I don't see any difference between Manchester united last season and this one. they're just repeating the same pattern with no improvement. they always find it difficult to win. just check out their match against Brentford yesterday it was indeed a tough one for them and Brentford took the lead in the first half but Manchester united staged a comeback in the second half. Otherwise, Brentford would have secured a win. However, Manchester united needs to improve in their playing style to surpass last season's performance.

The biggest difference between Manchester United and other good teams is that other teams try to change their club every season, be it by changing players or changing managers, but instead of improving their performance, Manchester United worsens their performance every season. And they don't mind if the manager in charge of their club is not doing well and the team under him is regularly underperforming then sack him. I don't understand why manchester united don't sack their manager if they pay manchester united will get a very good quality manager who can bring a lot of good contribution to the team. Some changes sometimes bring great things to the team but Manchester United have failed to make that change yet.

[Barikui1]

Even if Manchester United coach has found it difficult to get the desired result expected of him, we can see that his team is playing some kind of good football this season than last season. Also knowing too well that Manchester United has improved her team this season is a stepping stone to confidence of good performance. Let's believe ETH knows what he is doing, even if we have our doubts.

Do you think there is any difference in  Manchester United performances? I think their performance is just the same as last season, or I will say their performance is even worse this season. Manchester United haven’t played anything special this season, there performance have been poor, they have been disappointing their fans since the season started. I won’t say because Manchester United won their match today, then I will start praising Ten Hag, a match can’t be used to judge if there is improvement in a club's performance. Manchester United played well today, but I won’t be surprised if they end up performing poorly in their next match.

I don't see any difference between Manchester united last season and this one. they're just repeating the same pattern with no improvement. they always find it difficult to win. just check out their match against Brentford yesterday it was indeed a tough one for them and Brentford took the lead in the first half but Manchester united staged a comeback in the second half. Otherwise, Brentford would have secured a win. However, Manchester united needs to improve in their playing style to surpass last season's performance.

The biggest difference between Manchester United and other good teams is that other teams try to change their club every season, be it by changing players or changing managers, but instead of improving their performance, Manchester United worsens their performance every season. And they don't mind if the manager in charge of their club is not doing well and the team under him is regularly underperforming then sack him. I don't understand why manchester united don't sack their manager if they pay manchester united will get a very good quality manager who can bring a lot of good contribution to the team. Some changes sometimes bring great things to the team but Manchester United have failed to make that change yet.

Is there any point in sacking Eric ten hang now that the team is recovering and finding it feat once again? Or you still believe that he has nothing to offer this Manchester united team?

Bro on a sincere note here, I am also one of the greatest critique of Eric ten hang and I have also called for his head in the past due to how terrible they were in the field of play, but the hierarchy of Manchester united has refused to concurred to the pressure of the fan base, and they still believe that he can turn things around, which he is gradually doing, though some Manchester united fan would disagree with me because their hatred for Eric ten hang already would make them not to see any good thing he is doing, which is quite understandable, but I believe that logically, this is not the right time to sack him because the team are gradually finding their feat.

So in my own opinion I think since he wasn't sacked when the team was performing horribly in the past, their is no need sacking him now that they have started doing better than before, so I believe that they are actually improving, and hopefully, they will keeps on getting better and better.

[tusandii]

A surprising result occurred in the Bournemouth vs Arsenal match. I didn't expect Bournemouth to beat Arsenal with a score of 2:0 and it all happened in the second half. Ordinary clubs sometimes make unexpected surprises when facing tough clubs and they usually take advantage of the opportunity to play at home like what happened to Bournemouth. I think they were lucky enough because their opponents lost 1 player and that made the hosts not waste the golden opportunity to make it to make it difficult for his opponent.


Source: https://twitter.com/afcbournemouth/status/1847705450579403166?t=uwUb1vw2sNwWq7vyugfn0w&s=19

This week came with lots of surprises in the EPL. First off, Manchester United disappointed their critics by performaning very well against an inform Brentford team and came from the back to defeat them, then Arsenal lost to Bournemouth and had to struggle with one man down due to a red card and currently Manchester City are struggling to find the back of the net against Wolverhampton and have conceded a goal already in the first half. Well Arsenal's lose is understandable due to the red card booking on Martinelli but Manchester United's comeback win shocked everyone and their performance was great. While I was typing Manchester City has equalized Wolverhampton's goal and it's currently 1-1 they've finally figured how to open Wolverhampton's defence and I think more goals would come in from City.

Honestly about Manchester United's performance, he did not disappoint, in fact he performed well even though he was underestimated and finally won the match, but indeed his performance has not been fully said to have improved because he is sometimes still inconsistent. For Arsenal's match, honestly I can't understand it because even though one of their players got a red card, Arsenal should have played optimally to at least get 1 point and draw, but it turned out they conceded 2 goals and lost the point. I have doubts about Arsenal's title race with Man City and Liverpool, their performance did not show what it was like to be the EPL champion this season.

[Marvelockg]

Previously, Arsenal was the favorite to win that the match, but after the red card obtained by Saliba in the match, I think defeat is not a surprising thing they will get

Everyone expected Arsenal to win the match, but even after they received the red card, I was still confident in Arsenal to win the match because we all saw how they performed when they played against Manchester City and they received red card. The match wasn’t funny for them, but they were winning till the last minutes of the match before Manchester City equalized, so I was still expecting Arsenal to win after receiving the red card since Bournemouth is not really a strong team, which Arsenal are supposed to find difficult.

the red card they hard against city is a totally different case with this one when you consider that city was the better side to win that game assuming there was no card involved in the game. They did what was right and sat back refusing to launch any serious attack against man city which is the only reason why they stayed than long before city equalized. You don't expect them to sit back against a team they are better than. Even with a one man difference, they still felt they could still win that game which is the reason why they kept on attacking and when you attack with a one man down down you expose your defense and allow it to get porous and vaulnaurable for your opponent attack. It's not the best result they would have expected but it happens and it's what a lot of teams have suffered from this season. Red card has been very actively used this seasons which has had a serious effect on the overall result of most games.

Liverpool had the toughest test of the season against Chelsea and in a manner I least expect, Chelsea managed to gain dominance in terms of possession against Liverpool but the poor defensive decision cost them a penalty that resulted in the first goal and the next goal that led to a win. It's now becoming evident what marrsca said that he Chelsea team is improving but hasn't gotten to that stage where you're certain that they can contend for the league. The performance is everything a team and fans would expect regardless of the result and moving forward, it's going to be easier to build from this kind of result.

[Nanga Parbat]

Everyone expected Arsenal to win the match, but even after they received the red card, I was still confident in Arsenal to win the match because we all saw how they performed when they played against Manchester City and they received red card. The match wasn’t funny for them, but they were winning till the last minutes of the match before Manchester City equalized, so I was still expecting Arsenal to win after receiving the red card since Bournemouth is not really a strong team, which Arsenal are supposed to find difficult.
 
People have been saying the reason why Arsenal lost the match was because of the red card, but I don’t completely agree with that. The main reason why Arsenal lost the match was just because of the injury problem that Arsenal is facing. If Arteta played with his complete squad in the match, even with the red card, Bournemouth will find it difficult to win them in the match.

Yes ,you are right. Injury was a big reason of their lose in this match. Arsenal team took easy Bournemouth team in this match and that was also reason of their lose of this match. Bournemouth players successful attached for many times and they they became successful to do goal for 2 times and they pass the ball for many times and they got confidence to do goal and in the end they won the match. Christie is a brave player and he attacked in this match and he tried for several times to do goal in this match but he did goal for only one time but he completed his duty which was assigned to him and after that one more player did goal and we also give credit to the players which defended in this match.

[Spaceman1000$]

Previously, Arsenal was the favorite to win that the match, but after the red card obtained by Saliba in the match, I think defeat is not a surprising thing they will get

Everyone expected Arsenal to win the match, but even after they received the red card, I was still confident in Arsenal to win the match because we all saw how they performed when they played against Manchester City and they received red card. The match wasn’t funny for them, but they were winning till the last minutes of the match before Manchester City equalized, so I was still expecting Arsenal to win after receiving the red card since Bournemouth is not really a strong team, which Arsenal are supposed to find difficult.

the red card they hard against city is a totally different case with this one when you consider that city was the better side to win that game assuming there was no card involved in the game. They did what was right and sat back refusing to launch any serious attack against man city which is the only reason why they stayed than long before city equalized. You don't expect them to sit back against a team they are better than. Even with a one man difference, they still felt they could still win that game which is the reason why they kept on attacking and when you attack with a one man down down you expose your defense and allow it to get porous and vaulnaurable for your opponent attack. It's not the best result they would have expected but it happens and it's what a lot of teams have suffered from this season. Red card has been very actively used this seasons which has had a serious effect on the overall result of most games.

Liverpool had the toughest test of the season against Chelsea and in a manner I least expect, Chelsea managed to gain dominance in terms of possession against Liverpool but the poor defensive decision cost them a penalty that resulted in the first goal and the next goal that led to a win. It's now becoming evident what marrsca said that he Chelsea team is improving but hasn't gotten to that stage where you're certain that they can contend for the league. The performance is everything a team and fans would expect regardless of the result and moving forward, it's going to be easier to build from this kind of result.

I totally agree with your submission, the Arsenal game will have been a lot different if the RED CARD came in the second half of  the end of the first half, but the RED CARD came too early and made Arsenal to struggle all through the first and the second half making way for Bournemouth to squeeze out the Juice out of Arsenal.

At the beginning of the game after the Red card was given, arsenal where still trying to force the attack and close up the gap the Red card had created, unfortunately this wasn't just working as Bournemouth use there 11 men advantage effectively.  It was totally different situation from the Manchester city game. Arsenal had played that Man City game to a point they had a different mentality of the fact that they are going to win this game, psychologically and mentally they had control of the Ball before the Red came in and forced them to retreat, which made Manchester to equalise during die minute.