Manchester United stunned. Liverpool pathetic. City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham pocket 3 points.
In this post we are going to look
at how the Big 6 Premier League teams have performed in the past weekend and
what can we expect from them the next time around.
While Manchester City, Chelsea,
Tottenham and Arsenal came up with three points in their weekend games with
their some powerful and ruthless football, Manchester United were defeated by
the newly promoted Huddersfield team and Liverpool showed how a team with no
quality defence can suffer in the Premier League especially when Harry Kane is
playing against you.
Chelsea nearly lost their match
to Watford at Stamford Bridge but nearly losing is the same as actually losing
because Chelsea just had too much in the locker room for Watford and fought
till the dying minutes before emerging 4-2 victorious.
Manchester City and Arsenal had a
relatively easy game as both teams ran away with three points against Burnley
and Everton respectively. Point to be noted here is that only City were able to
maintain a clean sheet among the Big 6 teams.
Manchester City are the only undefeated team in the Premier League this season and not only that, City are also the top scoring team in the League with 32 goals from 9 games. So far, they have crossed every hurdle in their path with relative ease and are now a clear favourite to win the League title. It seems that his first trophy less season had showed Pep Guardiola how demanding the Premier League can be and he’s not taking any chances with any team what so ever and is always coming up with a strong line up every week. The thing about City’s upcoming 2 fixtures is that they play against Wolves and Arsenal and unlike United, City have at least one easy opponent and given Arsenal’s form only an all-round world class performance by the gunners can stop Manchester City. You do it Pep.
Jose Mourinho must have had too
much confidence in his team that he completely underestimated Huddersfield. Despite being a newly promoted side, The Terriers are currently occupying a
higher position in the table when compared to many teams like Leicester,
Swansea, Everton, West Ham, Stoke and Crystal Palace who have been regular
members of the Premier League. The result of Mourinho’s arrogance and
complacency was Manchester United’s first defeat of the season which saw the
gap between them and League Leaders City grow up to five points and now United are even
with Tottenham with 20 points after 9 games and it’s only due to a superior
goal difference of 5, that United are still 2nd in the table. United have a congested line-up of fixtures about which Mourinho will definitely gripe but more worrisome than that is the fact that United’s next two Premier League games are going to be against Tottenham and Chelsea. Phew. Good luck to Mourinho for that.
Tottenham have been winning
praise from pundits all over the world. They might not have scored as many
goals as City but their ruthlessness and attacking instinct is second to none
in the Premier League. They truly have emerged as a force to reckon with. Harry
Kane had once again proved why he is the real deal at the moment and the best
striker in the Premier League. Two goals and an assist against Liverpool have
proved that if you need a striker in your team then it has to be Harry Kane. Tottenham’s next 2 Premier
League games are against United and Crystal Palace. So, will Mauricio
Pochettino’s giant slayers once again prove it against United? I think they
will. However, they have a match against Real Madrid in the Champions League
in-between their two Premier League games and that is quite a biggie.
Chelsea showed great mettle
against an in-form Watford team and walked out of the match in style
As things go for Arsenal, they
have had a miserable start to their Premier League campaign but the ship seems
to have been steadied for the moment but things as it stand does not look good
for the Gunners who are almost certain to lose two of their key players in the
January transfer window. Ozil has been sensational for them against Everton and
Sanchez has been their only true savior on many occasions. How will Arsenal
fare without these two? I really doubt they will fail if they can’t find ideal
replacements and for the second time in their history they might finish outside
top 4. Looking at the near future, Arsenal have to play against Swansea and
Manchester City in their next two Premier League games, which I think will
certainly prove to be difficult for them and only a top notch performance is
required from them for the next two months.
Liverpool. Liverpool. Liverpool.
I am getting tired of pointing it out again and again. Your 9th in the table, Liverpool have won only 3 out of their 9
games played so far and to add insult to injury, they have a negative goal
difference too. I can’t remember the last time Liverpool were in such a crisis. Their weekend 4-1 loss to Tottenham have clearly pointed out the defects in their squad. They were just pathetic in defense. Klopp had two seasons to prove his worth and so far he has been disappointing.
Take my advice lads, sack Klopp and bring in Ancelloti or Simeone. At least buy
a manager who knows what players must be brought. Also, Liverpool can hope to
lose Countinho to Barcelona in the winter transfer window and if that happens,
I really can’t see them mounting a serious challenge even for a top 6 finish.
They need an immediate change. Two
strong Centre Backs, a solid defensive midfielder and an attacking midfielder.
They need these four and they need it now.
I finish off this post with the
top 6 of the Premier League table as it stands
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Team
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MP
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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1
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9
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8
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1
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0
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32
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4
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28
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25
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2
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9
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6
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2
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1
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22
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4
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18
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20
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3
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9
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6
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2
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1
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19
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6
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13
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20
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4
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9
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5
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1
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3
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17
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10
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7
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16
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5
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9
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5
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1
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3
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17
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12
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5
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16
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6
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9
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4
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3
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2
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15
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17
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-2
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15
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That’s it for now folks. See you
again tomorrow with another post from yours truly.
Peace.
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