Title rivals Manchester City and Arsenal are two of only three sides with six points from their opening two games of the new campaign.
Liverpool’s new- look midfield faces a stern examination as the Reds put their Premier League title bournes to the test at Newcastle on Sunday, while Manchester United aim to kickstart their crusade against Nottingham Forest. Title rivals Manchester City and Arsenal are two of only three sides with six points from their opening two games of the new crusade. But it’s Brighton who eclipse the table after telling off the deals of crucial midfielders Alexis Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo to score eight pretensions in their opening two games.
AFP Sport looks at the stylish of the action from the Premier League this weekend
Klopp has his’ monster’-
Liverpool’s failure to beat Chelsea to Caicedo or Romeo Lavia has seen their transfer business heavily criticised by numerous of their own suckers.
The Reds rather landed 30- time-old Japan captain Wataru Endo as their relief for the departed Fabinho and Jordan Henderson.
Endo, described by Liverpool master Jurgen Klopp as a” real monster”, could make his first launch at St James’ Demesne in an early index of who could compete City and Arsenal for the title.
Newcastle leapfrogged Liverpool into the top four last season despite the Reds winning both clashes between the sides.
The Babblers thrashed largely- fancied Aston Villa 5- 1 at home on the opening weekend of the crusade, but were brought back down to earth by an incapability to match titleholders City in a 1- 0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
Liverpool will have Mac Allister available after his red card on his home debut in a 3- 1 palm over Bournemouth was rescinded.
Mount’s absence a result for Man Utd?-
Hope that United can challenge for their first league title in 11 times has formerly downscaled after a sloppy 2- 0 defeat at Tottenham followed a woeful performance at home to Wolves, despite escaping with a 1- 0 palm on that occasion.
Erik ten Hag‘s men have suffered from a lack of cutting edge up front in the absence of new striker Rasmus Hojlund, out with a back injury.
The Dane misses the visit of Nottingham Forest on Saturday, but another injury to Mason Mount may simplify effects for Ten Hag.
Befitting captain Bruno Fernandes and Mount, a close- season signing from Chelsea, into the same midfield has proved problematic in the opening weeks of the season.
United lost just two of 25 games in which the triad of Fernandes, Cristian Eriksen and Casemiro started in midfield last season.
Early season extremity clubs
Two of the three clubs to lose their opening two games face off on Saturday when worried Everton host Wolves at Goodison Park.
Everton have hardly avoided the drop for the once two times and look set for another season of suffering, with Sean Dyche trying to patch the holes in his team on a hay budget by Premier League norms.
The Toffees’ troubles on the field have been compounded by the collapse of a deal this week for an American investment group to fit capital into the club for a 25 percent stake.
“It’s just the way Everton’s been for a number of months, times indeed,” said Dyche.” It’s our job to change the story. It always starts on the pitch, with me and the platoon changing the rhetoric.”
Wolves’ own fiscal problems led to the departure of director Julen Lopetegui who abnegated on the dusk of the season.
A dominant performance in Gary O’Neil’s first game in charge went undervalued at Old Trafford, but sanguinity from that display was wiped down in a 4- 1 thrashing at home to Brighton last weekend.
Bournemouth v Tottenham (1130), Arsenal v Fulham, Brentford v Crystal Palace, Manchester United v Nottingham Forest, Everton v Wolves (all 1400), Brighton v West Ham (1630)
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