Injury-hit Manchester City are desperate to snap their losing streak in their final Premier League game before the international break.
Injury-hit Chelsea wants to make Arsenal’s suffering worse, while Manchester City is anxious to end their losing run in their last Premier League match before the international break. Winless Wolves meet another struggling team Southampton, as Ruud van Nistelrooy leads Manchester United in his final match as interim manager in the English Premier League. Before the action this weekend, let’s review some of the most important talking topics.
Manchester City, under Pep Guardiola, has grown so used to winning that three straight losses seem like a serious emergency.
Tottenham eliminated City from the League Cup last week; City will play Brighton on Saturday.
Their 32-match undefeated record in the Premier League came to an end at Bournemouth before Sporting Lisbon thrashed them 4-1 in the Champions League — ending another long unbeaten spell.
Although Guardiola’s team is only two points behind league leaders Liverpool and is aiming for a fifth straight Premier League title, they will be cautious about losing any more ground.
Bernardo Silva, a midfielder, acknowledges that the international break, which begins after the weekend, is a good moment, but he adds the team’s numerous injury concerns are not an excuse for their bad play.
“At the moment with the injuries that we have and the psychological part as well, it will be good to have that rest, but before that we have a big game again,” he stated.
Can Odegaard rekindle Arsenal title push?
If results go against them, Arsenal might find themselves seventh in the Premier League by the time they face off against London rivals Chelsea on Sunday.
Mikel Arteta’s team lost their Champions League match against Inter Milan 1-0 in the middle of the week and has only gained one point from their last three league games.
Despite the loss at the San Siro, when skipper Martin Odegaard made a much-needed comeback to action after missing much of August, Arteta remained positive.
However, Arsenal, runners-up in both of the previous seasons, would be 10 points off of first place with a loss to Chelsea and a victory for Liverpool.
“You have too many teams to catch, so it would be very challenging… He remarked, “I don’t see two teams collapsing.”
Liverpool — the real deal
In his first 16 games as Liverpool’s manager across all competitions, Arne Slot has won 14 of them.
The team had a somewhat favorable schedule at the beginning of the season, but they are showing no signs of slowing down. They have a flawless Champions League record and have recently taken seven points from games against Chelsea, Arsenal, and Brighton.
On their path to the League Cup quarterfinals, Liverpool has also defeated Brighton and West Ham, two Premier League teams.
A query about whether he was finding his new position “easy” was dismissed by former Feyenoord manager Slot following Liverpool’s crushing 4-0 victory against German champions Bayer Leverkusen this week.
Fixtures
Saturday (1500 GMT unless stated)
Brentford v Bournemouth, Crystal Palace v Fulham, West Ham v Everton, Wolves v Southampton, Brighton v Manchester City (1730), Liverpool v Aston Villa (2000)
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Sunday (1400 unless stated)
Manchester Utd v Leicester, Nottingham Forest v Newcastle, Tottenham v Ipswich, Chelsea v Arsenal (1630)
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