Arsenal could leapfrog Manchester City in an early season showdown for the Premier League title on Sunday as crisis-hit Manchester United seek some respite at home to Brentford
Arsenal could leapfrog Manchester City in an early season showdown for the Premier League title on Sunday as extremity- hit Manchester United seek some respite at home to Brentford. Tottenham have the chance to go top when they travel to Luton on Saturday thanks to a controversial palm over Liverpool last weekend. The Reds are looking to conduct their fury at being wronged by a VAR error at Spurs to bounce back at Brighton. AFP Sport picks out three talking points ahead of the action in the English top flight.
Arsenal’s dreams of a first Premier League title since 2004 were shattered by City’s strong finish to last season.
That included two palms for Pep Guardiola‘s men over the Gunners and Mikel Arteta’s record against his former tutor doesn’t read well.
Arteta has lost all seven league games against Guardiola during his time in charge at the Emirates, with the aggregate score reading a painful 19- 3.
Arsenal smashed their transfer record to beat City to the signing of Declan Rice with the end of scuffling the title down from Manchester.
And City gave the contenders to their crown a huge boost when the titleholders suffered a shock 2- 1 defeat by Wolves last weekend.
But the Gunners could be without the talismanic gift of Bukayo Saka for Sunday’s clash.
The England winger, who has started 87 successive league games, limped out of the midweek titleholders League defeat by Lens.
City are also without one of their crucial men as Rodri completes a three- game ban for his red card against Nottingham Forest last month.
United were supposed to be in the middle of a run of winnable institutions that would get their season back on track.
Rather, they find themselves battling to avoid a third straight defeat when Brentford visit Old Trafford on Saturday after painful home losses to Crystal Palace and Galatasaray.
Erik ten Hag‘s men are formerly seven points off the top four after losing four of their opening seven games of a Premier League season for the first time.
Brentford have only beaten United formerly since 1938 but that came last season, when Thomas Frank’s men won 4- 0 at their London ground.
Ten Hag didn’t anticipate an easy lift after an encouraging first crusade at the helm but the problems are piling up.
An injury- destroyed defence and error-prone goalkeeper Andre Onana continue to blunder pretensions, while Marcus Rashford looks a shadow of the player who scored 30 pretensions last season.
United desperately need a palm to settle their restive suckers and avoid their season spinning out of control.
Liverpool trip to England’s south seacoast full of righteous wrathfulness after falling victim to an disturbing VAR boob last weekend.
Jurgen Klopp’s men were incorrectly denied an opening thing at Tottenham and went on to lose the match 2- 1– their first defeat of the season.
The German director wants a renewal of that match but accepts that he’s doubtful to get his want.
More likely is that he’ll try to conduct a sense of injustice as he targets a sixth palm in eight Premier League games.
It’s tricky to judge which Brighton platoon will turn up.
The Seagulls beat Newcastle, Manchester United and Bournemouth by a concerted score of 9- 3 but have now failed to win in three games in all competitions, including a chastening 6- 1 defeat at Aston Villa last week.
Director Roberto De Zerbi admits he’s playing a” different sport” this season as he grapples with a crowded institution list and growing injury enterprises in the club’s debut European crusade.
The Italian expedients last week’s pummelling will be a one- off after an emotional launch to the season.
“I do not speak about the result, but the station and the passion we will show from now until the end of the season will be fully different,” he said.
“The defeat against Villa was important, it could be a pivotal day for us.” Know More Latest Football News…
