It genuinely feels more likely that Pep Guardiola resigns than he turns this around. Liverpool and Bukayo Saka are brilliant. Newcastle and Everton are not.
Having beaten Real Madrid and Manchester-based Premier League champions within a week before, this is nothing new for Liverpool . Except the volume of these statement victories is far louder a decade and a half on.
Chelsea sacked a manager who took them from 12th to sixth, spent another small fortune transforming the squad and having much of the ensuing drama play out publicly, and have still used no player older than 27 with experience eschewed in favour of youth. Enzo Maresca is right that “we are not ready to compete with Arsenal, Liverpool and City”, but only in games directly against them. Across a season they are holding their own.
Matt Clarke finally figured Craig Burley’s routine out during a 4-4 draw between Bradford and Derby in April 2000, while Steven Gerrard struck the post against Manchester United 14 years later when presented with the chance to make history. That bodes incredibly well and points to a level of buy-in not all incoming coaches benefit from at first. Amorim is working out who he can make the most use of and anyone who does not pull their weight knows the consequences.
Chris Wood receives the goalscoring plaudits and defensive praise is generally reserved for that glorious central partnership of Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic, but particularly at a club which harnesses squad harmony and morale so brilliantly, Aina brings everything together on and off the pitch. Brighton had seven shots in the opening half an hour, scoring, hitting the post and generally looking the biggest threat by an unflattering amount. Both of Southampton’s efforts in that time were blocked; the difference in quality between the two teams was stark.
The midfield pairing of Sasa Lukic and Sander Berge brought much better balance and purpose, while Tom Cairney only slightly tarnished his goalscoring afternoon with that atrocious tackle and red card.when Manchester City could only dream of a run like five consecutive defeats In short: there is widespread belief Manchester City will turn this around and that things cannot get worse, but why? This is a historic rut for the manager, coaches and players, something they will not simply emerge from on a trademark winning run through to the end of the season.
The Wolves manager in the same press conference also said “Sam’s maybe slightly better with his feet” and if that felt like something of a backhanded compliment at the time, Sa’s method of dealing with Evanilson only confirmed it.
They became the first side in over four years to score in a Premier League game without having a shot on target and it would have been a grave injustice had they managed to finish the job in keeping Palace out. Brighton’s last nine home games against promoted clubs have delivered just two wins, a defeat, five draws and eight goals. It is a worrying theme which has extended across three managerial reigns, starting with a 0-0 stalemate against Norwich in April 2022 after which Graham Potter asked supporters to stop shouting “shoot”, with neither Roberto De Zerbi nor Fabian Hurzeler able to find a consistent solution to a curious problem.
Ipswich would not have circled the City Ground in late November as a prime opportunity to pick up points, but delivering positive results against Spurs and Manchester United after a disappointing draw with Leicester has an unavoidable consequence. While Ipswich thriving more as the underdog when expectations are lower is fine, those matches are naturally far more difficult to win or draw.
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