⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Issa56]

Manchester city had the opportunity to occupy the second position and they blew it, I really thought that they would win that game easily against Southampton... Newcastle won their match against Chelsea and now they are at the third position, city has fallen back to the fourth position.. The EPL is highly competitive this season, if a team relents they will get overtaken... After the red card Chelsea got I knew that they were done for. Let's hope Newcastle keeps up their performance.

Everyone expected Manchester city to win against Southampton, we can’t really compare the two teams performance, Manchester city plays better than Southampton, as we can see Southampton are going to be relegated this season, so I wasn’t even expect a draw in the match. Manchester city needed the match, but they couldn’t secure 3 points in the match.

Newcastle won against Chelsea today, and they have already taken over the 3rd position from Manchester city, we are having just two matches left to be played this season, Manchester city should try and get a win in the two matches left, if they can’t then they might end up not qualifying for the champions league next season.

[pawel7777]

After being down 2-0, Arsenal managed to salvage one point in Liverpool to keep a 2-point distance over the 3rd Newcastle, who earned a very important win over Chelsea.
Things will get super interesting in the last two rounds of the season, as nothing is decided yet in places 2 to 7.

Next week Arsenal will host Newcastle, and if Arsenal fails to win or draw, Newcastle will take away their 2nd place for them (at least until the final round). Arsenal is estimated to be a 51% favourite (25% for a draw and 24% for Newcastle), but I wouldn't be so optimistic for Arsenal, given they have only won once in their last 5 league games.

Man City's yesterday's draw against Southampton is even more painful today. They could've been in a perfect position to attack the 2nd place themselves next week, but the chance is wasted. I don't blame them though (despite that result ruining my coupon). They played well, but it was just one of those days when you do everything right but things play out not the way you want. It just happens sometimes.

[qurbanshah02]

Disappointing result for city as they failed to get all three points against bottom placed Southampton city attack was poor in front of goal because I expected that city should have a good show against Southampton because they are the wiping boys of the league but despite this draw city is still occupying the third position on the league pending Newcastle game because Newcastle can over take city on the third position with a win this weekend with this draw that city has

Manchester city had the opportunity to occupy the second position and they blew it, I really thought that they would win that game easily against Southampton... Newcastle won their match against Chelsea and now they are at the third position, city has fallen back to the fourth position.. The EPL is highly competitive this season, if a team relents they will get overtaken... After the red card Chelsea got I knew that they were done for. Let's hope Newcastle keeps up their performance.

This is their own loss because their team should not have got such a chance but their players did not play well and did not win the match due to which they could not get this position and will miss out on getting this position. If a weak team is given a chance at this position then it has to play hard. Manchester City did not focus on any kind of hard work. They could have easily won this match because their opponent is very weak and Manchester City is so strong that being strong enough was beneficial for them. Newcastle took a very good step and through this they have got this position. Now Manchester City will have to work hard to win many matches but they will not succeed in it.

[Lida93]

Omg, Forest really got a 2-2 draw against Leicester today. I thought this would be the end of their bad form. Man, Leicester are officially out of the Premier League already. Just how???

Chelsea should be thankful for Forest. Otherwise they were going to lose their presence in top 5. I'm saying it now. Chelsea will beat Manchester United and Forest both in the remaining games to secure their CL spot.  

Having aimed for a spot in the champions league next season and it happens that Nottingham Forest are able to make it to the European league I think they'll still be glad and satisfied with their performance this season. All they want is just a spot in any of the two European leagues competitions, and by virtue of their level I think the Europa could still fit them good.

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The statement release of the club's owner about the performance of the team in their 2-2 draw with Leicester clearly explains that even a Europa league spot for his club suffices the entire management of the club.

[tygeade]

Nottingham Forest battled a 1:1 draw Against their last opponent Crystal Palace In the EPL in Selhurst Park Stadium.
The last few matches have been painful to watch. While they were taking it one game at a time, they weren't putting theirselves under pressure. For me the match against Everton was where they started to manufacture a run in to hold on to a Champions League spot and it all fell apart,due to the fact that they were over relaxed.

Palace are a good side so they were lucky to salvage a draw there. If they draw or probably loose their next match against Leicester today, then the pressure at home will be immense.
Forest really need to put on more hard work and win their remaining game.
We want to see them in the UEFA Champions League!.

Obviously it is not going to be easy for them to accept that they are not going to be finishing within top 5, not even top 6. Because they are looking at a top finish for most of the time and because of that we are talking about a team that dropped off, so when you look at it that way it looked like that was worse and that was a good period for them and they did badly after that.

However, if they look at it from the other way around, most people would have said they would either gone down or they would barely survive that level. But they are doing much better than what people would assume at the start of the season, so while they do look worse than what they could have done, they look much better than what people expected so they should look at it from glass half full type of situation.

[ITExpert]

Manchester city had the opportunity to occupy the second position and they blew it, I really thought that they would win that game easily against Southampton... Newcastle won their match against Chelsea and now they are at the third position, city has fallen back to the fourth position.. The EPL is highly competitive this season, if a team relents they will get overtaken... After the red card Chelsea got I knew that they were done for. Let's hope Newcastle keeps up their performance.

The performance of Manchester City in this league has been very good and this time too, I personally believe that Manchester City will go against them because they are the destination team and they have so much potential to maintain their position and status in the rankings and in any case, they can maintain it. On the other hand, if we look at the Newcastle match that is taking place between the Chelsea it is my personal opinion that Newcastle will win this match because their record and hold have been very good and they know how to maintain their status in the rankings and maintain themselves in a good position. So my support is also with the Manchester City team and I wish that they win this match and also win this match that they are going to have against Southampton.

[Jegileman]

Manchester city had the opportunity to occupy the second position and they blew it, I really thought that they would win that game easily against Southampton... Newcastle won their match against Chelsea and now they are at the third position, city has fallen back to the fourth position.. The EPL is highly competitive this season, if a team relents they will get overtaken... After the red card Chelsea got I knew that they were done for. Let's hope Newcastle keeps up their performance.

Chelsea was at least fight for a draw in this match and not have allowed Newcastle to win them in this manner. They’ve now lost and fall to the fifth place on the table which is still very shaky for them to book a spot in the champions league next season as both teams playing in the Europa League final will one of them get an automatically ticket to the champions league next season.

The premier league continues to be a tough one and a big challenge for the team in the top of the table to book a spot for the champions league. I have not really thought that Chelsea will be in this position by end of the season seeing how they started the league well. They may end up in the Europa League with the way things are going and if they do, it would be better than playing in the conference league like they did this season.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Chelsea was at least fight for a draw in this match and not have allowed Newcastle to win them in this manner. They’ve now lost and fall to the fifth place on the table which is still very shaky for them to book a spot in the champions league next season as both teams playing in the Europa League final will one of them get an automatically ticket to the champions league next season.

The premier league continues to be a tough one and a big challenge for the team in the top of the table to book a spot for the champions league. I have not really thought that Chelsea will be in this position by end of the season seeing how they started the league well. They may end up in the Europa League with the way things are going and if they do, it would be better than playing in the conference league like they did this season.

I agree with you, even though Chelsea lost their struggle deserves appreciation and basically Newcastle is not a weak team + with the advantage of playing at home. Chelsea must be more careful they have the same points as Aston Villa meaning that at any time Aston Villa could take over especially Chelsea have to face great teams in the remaining 2 matches like Manchester United and Nottingham obviously this is not something easy.

This week there were a lot of unexpected matches Man United and Tottenham lose, Nottingham and Liverpool draw, it shouldn't be difficult to predict this match as the favorite team is playing at home but unfortunately beyond our expectations and all my parlays lost lol. Maybe this is what is called competition in the Premier League is tighter than other leagues.

[el kaka22]

Thankfully for Chelsea and Newcastle, the fifth is going to UCL too, so that game meant nothing. We are not seeing a big deal here, we are seeing a normal improvement of teams within each other and nothing more.

Villa is barely there, and Nottingham is already gone, so not like any game at the top five means anything anymore, that has to be the most important part and because of that we are not seeing the most here. They will all go to UCL, unless they keep on losing, and Villa wins. That needs to be the most difficult part. Otherwise we are going to be fine and not going to have a meaningful tough period here, we are going to do a fine job and shouldn't be worried at all. It will be very good for us and not going to mean anything to others.

[BIT-BENDER]

Chelsea was at least fight for a draw in this match and not have allowed Newcastle to win them in this manner. They’ve now lost and fall to the fifth place on the table which is still very shaky for them to book a spot in the champions league next season as both teams playing in the Europa League final will one of them get an automatically ticket to the champions league next season.

Chelsea wanted to actually fight for a draw but Newcastle were just stronger than them. People don't understand how strong Newcastle is presently but they are in my top three strongest English premier League team right now. This game is also beneficial for Manchester City even though Newcastle got three points Chelsea lost three with the two teams heavy on city's heels this was a needed result for them after a draw against South Hampton yesterday.

[knowngunman]

Leicester City is in relegation zone and they played a draw against number 6th team of EPL today. I wrote yesterday that Forest should not have any problem in winning game against Leicester City but they played a draw and gave away 2 key points.

Leicester city surprised me today, sometimes it’s always difficult for top teams to win relegation zone teams, and I will say that was just what happened in Nottingham forest match today, and we saw how Manchester city couldn’t win Southampton which is a relegation zone club also. Relegation zone teams are not suppose to be joked with when the season is about to end, they are always surprising people during that period.

Nottingham forest performance has dropped recently, they haven’t been playing well in their recent matches, they are finding it difficult to win their matches, but I was thinking since they will be playing against a relegation zone team, then they will be able to get a win today, but they still played draw which I will say it’s really bad for them since they are fighting for champions league slot.

[Cookdata]

Manchester city had the opportunity to occupy the second position and they blew it, I really thought that they would win that game easily against Southampton... Newcastle won their match against Chelsea and now they are at the third position, city has fallen back to the fourth position.. The EPL is highly competitive this season, if a team relents they will get overtaken... After the red card Chelsea got I knew that they were done for. Let's hope Newcastle keeps up their performance.

I find it difficult to process what Manchester City played with Southampton. After winning 5 games in weeks and then it became difficult to win a team that is in relegation? To make one goal was very difficult, I feel ashame and I don't think teams that does this should even deserve good place at the top 4 of the table. They should be sitting below and allow other teams that are competent have a good place to demonstrate what they can do now and next season.

Newcastle is a perfect example of team that doesn't give up. Those guys were not consistent with winning, things were rough from beginning but they won the FA Cup and became the underdog we were expecting from Arsenal and now, they seems not to be smiling. One win and Arsenal draw, they will be at the top of the game while Arsenal will be at the bottom and it's really possible, two matches that are left can really make a bigger difference and that's applicable to Manchester City future in the Champions League.

[kawetsriyanto]

Leicester city surprised me today, sometimes it’s always difficult for top teams to win relegation zone teams, and I will say that was just what happened in Nottingham forest match today, and we saw how Manchester city couldn’t win Southampton which is a relegation zone club also. Relegation zone teams are not suppose to be joked with when the season is about to end, they are always surprising people during that period.

Both Man City and Nottingham played too badly today. How can they fail to win the match against the weakest teams in EPL this season? TBH, it is unbelievable, they fail to win in a crucial match. Especially for Nottingham, missing 3 points in this match drops their position out of the top 6. Well, they may too underestimate the teams in relegation zone. They may be not aware that Leicester City and Southampton played with no target, they must be relegated this season. Sometimes the team playing with no target can be more difficult to defeat.

Nottingham forest performance has dropped recently, they haven’t been playing well in their recent matches, they are finding it difficult to win their matches, but I was thinking since they will be playing against a relegation zone team, then they will be able to get a win today, but they still played draw which I will say it’s really bad for them since they are fighting for champions league slot.

You're right. Nottingham performance has been declining a lot, they only could win a single match in the last 5 matches. Sure, playing against the team in relegation zone should be the big chance to win again. Unfortunately, they failed to win even if it was against a weak team in relegation zone. I think there is a problem with the mentality of the players or the tactics used by Nottingham is no longer effective to use.

[ajanwalker]

The Premier League is already over for Manchester United. There are only 2 draws in the last 7 games. I can't remember Manchester United having such a bad season before.

If they don't win the UEFA Europa League, this year will be a big failure. If they win the UEFA Europa League, they need to build a good team that will compete in the Champions League next year.

I don't think they will be successful next year with these players.

They need to get a striker, a defender and most importantly a very good goalkeeper. Onana can't be Manchester's goalkeeper.
Yesterday, Westham defeated Manu 0-2 away.

[Pokapoka124]

This is why the Premier League is so high quality. Southampton, who were relegated to the lower league weeks ago, are drawing with Manchester City today.

City made a lot of attacks and missed a lot of goals but couldn't find the goal they were looking for and the match ended 0-0.
If City had won the match, their scores would have been the same as Arsenal, but they didn't.
City's four-week winning streak has ended.
Southampton also drew their 6th match with this draw.

It came as a shocking result to me that Manchester City who are currently fighting to secure top four position for qualification to the champions league next season were unable to beat Southampton, and then I remember that this is the English Premier League and results like this are not unusual. The level of competition in the Premier League is different from other leagues.

[SatoPrincess]

While infact, Arsenal have not managed to advance to the UCL final this season, Arteta has once again failed to bring his club to lift the trophy, for the umpteenth time. Arsenal Lost to PSg with aggregate 3 - 1.

Arsenal are just being themselves. Giving their fans a silver lining in a tournament and failing them again and again... 

I don't know what's going wrong with them when they get close to a trophy honestly. The same thing happens in the Premier League and now the Champions League too.

They have a beautiful squad. Arteta is actually not a bad manager. Arsenal were much worse before he came. Maybe completing the last piece of the puzzle (a reliable CF) might be the key?

IMO I think the phase of grooming is still not complete because I can’t say that Arteta is not a good coach because I know he is a good manager, and I know how much improvement he has brought to Arsenal team but the players are not doing so well individually on big stages. Arteta needs to strengthen the team by bringing in top and experienced players that can push the team beyond their limit. I believe this is the only way Arsenal can achieve success.

[yenerbatmaz]

The Premier League is a very high-quality league in every respect. The team that won the championship before the match brought its opponent onto the field with applause once again.

I don't know if this is the case in other leagues?
Arsenal was going to start the match with a goal. Liverpool tried an offside tactic, but Saka was not offside because he came from behind and took a bad shot and could not score.
In the first half, Liverpool dominated the match and the first half ended 2-0.
Arsenal started the second half well and made the score 2-2 with Martinelli and Merino. Merino's moves to get the lost ball back resulted in him receiving a second yellow card and being sent off with a red card. Arsenal played the last 15 minutes with 10 men. The match went back and forth between the two teams. Arsenal could have won the match with 10 men. Liverpool scored a last-minute goal, but the position was reviewed by VAR and the goal was disallowed because it was determined to be slightly offside.
This magnificent match ended 2-2.

[Pokapoka124]

UEFA events are having amazing history about this because I watch in past many teams those were near relegation or having terrible performance done good stuff here it's never been new because things are interesting for soccer fans.

In this season, Europa League is having two finalists which are currently on their lowest level in Premier League but done surprising stuff and have spot into final with winner is going to be had spot in Champions League for next season. Manchester United was undefeated in event while Tottenham done good job and have some good wins which keep them in limelight for having their best but now who is going to win it's another interesting match because both are on same level of performance and quality with have terrible defense and poor attack.

It is really strange yet unarguably one of the best happenings in the world of football. Who would have believed that two teams sitting 15th and 16th in the league table will be participating in the Europa League final. Both sides have everything to play for and will make the contest a very interesting final to watch.

[Velvet78]

I was watching the El Clasico so I couldn't watch the Liverpool - Arsenal game live. But it looks like this was also a game not bad at all! 

Chelsea beat this Liverpool by 3-1 earlier. I wonder how Arsenal managed not to. I mean Liverpool were already champions. Maybe just related to complacency by Arsenal players or a disappointment of the CL? Thankfully they aren't at risk of being out of top 4.

Having aimed for a spot in the champions league next season and it happens that Nottingham Forest are able to make it to the European league I think they'll still be glad and satisfied with their performance this season. All they want is just a spot in any of the two European leagues competitions, and by virtue of their level I think the Europa could still fit them good.
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The statement release of the club's owner about the performance of the team in their 2-2 draw with Leicester clearly explains that even a Europa league spot for his club suffices the entire management of the club.

Yeah but I saw an action I didn't like by the chairman on the pitch after the game. He was really angry at Nuno Espírito Santo about the draw. Of course it was an important game, no problem with that. But showing your anger in that way isn't very healthy before the remaining games in my opinion. 

[Lida93]

Chelsea beat this Liverpool by 3-1 earlier. I wonder how Arsenal managed not to. I mean Liverpool were already champions. Maybe just related to complacency by Arsenal players or a disappointment of the CL? Thankfully they aren't at risk of being out of top 4.

From my view about why Arsenal couldn't win Liverpool just as Chelsea did, it's isn't about complacency or UCL disappointment effect on Arsenal but just that Liverpool took this game mote serious than they did against Chelsea. Perhaps, because they didn't want to record two losses in a row and wanted to keep the records straight even with a draw, which was what eventually played out.

Having aimed for a spot in the champions league next season and it happens that Nottingham Forest are able to make it to the European league I think they'll still be glad and satisfied with their performance this season. All they want is just a spot in any of the two European leagues competitions, and by virtue of their level I think the Europa could still fit them good.
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The statement release of the club's owner about the performance of the team in their 2-2 draw with Leicester clearly explains that even a Europa league spot for his club suffices the entire management of the club.

Yeah but I saw an action I didn't like by the chairman on the pitch after the game. He was really angry at Nuno Espírito Santo about the draw. Of course it was an important game, no problem with that. But showing your anger in that way isn't very healthy before the remaining games in my opinion. 

You can't really blame him for releasing such emotions in the public especially when you look into how much funds these guys has invested into the club, they just want to continue seeing great results and that's why they cant help but continually mount pressure on managers. But for Nuno Espirito Santo, the man deserves his flowers to have been able to have taking Nottingham Forest this far on the table now fighting for a spot in Europe, and surely didn't deserve such expression by the club owner Evangelos.