PREMIER LEAGUE
Tottenham’s win over Man. City gave new life to the Premier, that threatened to become dull if the result had been reversed with Guardiola team opening a 5 point lead. As it stands it’s anybody’s game, the distances are very small and any team that puts some wins in a row flies through the table, as did Arsenal and Liverpool lately
Injuries have
taken its toll in keeping a consistent starting XI for Guardiola, and in the
game at White Hart Lane some defensive frailties appeared to show how tough the
Premier League really is. Is up to Pep to pick is team back up to get another
set of wins and allow them space for the tougher matches.
CHELSEA
After the Liverpool defeat, Chelsea was thrashed by
Arsenal and let show that while the team is performing well against weaker
teams, when they face equal opposition Chelsea struggles. With Hazard still
looking to regain confidence there’s no one to be the x-factor on Conte’s team
and something will need to change for the season to be successful.
It has been a
very tough run after the loss in the Manchester Derby, with an embarrassing
display at Watford that saw Rooney dropped with quite a rumble of controversy.
The win against Leicester masked the mistakes, as the defensive calamity that
happened for the champions was very uncharacteristic. Even De Gea made a big
mistake in the game against Stoke and Mourinho needs to turn things around
straight away or his team will start to get inevitably behind.
Pochettino
and Tottenham seem ready to prove that last season wasn’t a fluke on their
part. They are the only unbeaten team, after coming up stronger against
Guardiola’s City in a game where they didn’t have Harry Kane but still come up
with a very convincing win. Now it’s all about keeping the momentum and we can
have Spurs fighting, again, for the title, and they have the perfect result to
build upon.
ARSENAL
After only
one point in two games, Wenger was able to regroup his squad and the return was
a run of 5 wins that catapulted Arsenal to the top, with the win against
Chelsea being the highlight, a game where they scored 3 but could have had 5 or
6, really. Injuries haven’t been the big problem, but you’ve got to wonder what
will happen if Alexis dries up in goals, as Giroud is still goalless and there
aren’t that many options.
Leicester has
been in form in the Champions League, but it seems the Premier League won’t be
a massive success for Ranieri and the Foxes. You could argue that they are not
expected to challenge for the title again, and while that’s true, seeing the
champions sitting in the 12th position is a big disappointing. With
MSV starting to glue together, Rainieri hopes he can have a good run of wins to
get back to the first half of the table.
LIVERPOOL
Klopp had
time last season to study the Premier from the inside and have his team ready
for this year. A year where they started losing at Burnley, and seeming that
Liverpool was just not ready, but after that they are unbeaten, defeating Chelsea
and Leicester in convincing fashion and going toe to toe with the top teams.
It’s an organized kick and rush that Klopp brought and it seems to be working.
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