General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

Only time will tell one away or another,

Last night he didn't have much of a direct threat on him but he done all he had to do very well & thats all you can ask

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Ye of course its on himself ,or even Jota would have given a different threat of running in behind,

United played wonderfully well last night but that issue for them is they can't exactly set up like that in there next two games,

Its ok against Liverpool City ,Chelsea but in there next two they will be expected to dominate the ball and play a higher line & it becomes completely different to last night in a tactically sense,

Lets not forget Ole had some wonderful results against City playing the same way as last knight the issues for United is when they have to dominate the ball & play a higher line,

But the manger & fans will expect the same application they got last night ,

You can only praise United , it was very like the fixture 7 or 8 years ago but in reverse when United where the better team & Liverpool had to play blood & thunder to get a result, The hard part for Liverpool was always then doing that against other sides,

Very interesting few weeks , what do you think happens with Ronaldo now

Liverpool themselves need to get the finger out and start winning games,

He put a proper shift in but was he really back to his best ?

He made a run & tackle to set up Elanga chance but bar that he didn't create much , he wasn't involved in either goal

He was part of a midfield who manged 30% possession against Milner,Hendo & Elliot, Nearly scored a dreadful OG & nearly got himself sent off ,

Yes he played very well but more for his work rate than the creativity yous associate him with at his best,

I do agree he worked very hard but he was not near his best on the ball ,

Your next two games will be very interesting because it's rolls reversed you become "Liverpool " the team on the ball try to create & your opponents will sit in worked hard and try to counter, Your defence will have to play 15 yards higher & that tactical set up changes,

The games where you are expected to control the ball have been the issue,

The starting point has to be to keep up the effort of last night ,

Pretty much nail on the head,

I thought the lads on sky got caught up in the atmosphere and didn't look at the game in context,

United played the exact same way as last night in a lot of big games under Ole and had similar results v City, but now have shown the can out in a proper shift, & that's the starting point

There issues is when they have to step 15 /20 yards forward and try control a game & that issue has not bee resolved,

Liverpool spine is suffering with injury, CB Matip/Kone CM Thaigo/Keita CF Nunez /Jota even one in each position would make a huge difference,

the biggest question for the PL title race is whether Arsenal can keep all their key players fit and put any pressure on City tbh.

nobody else looks ready to even try until Christmas.

They've had all summer to get ready!!

also, Anthony Gordon for £50m+£10m is outrageous.

good Christ Chelsea.

He will be able to perfect his diving with Sterling if he goes there, that is all I have seen of him

I'm sceptical about what "linked with" means these days.

City will be managing Haaland from this weekend. They are due to play 3 PL games in 8 days and then the CL is back 3 days after that.

Have Spurs shown enough to make us think they can challenge? Midfield is a problem. Arsenal always struggle against the big teams so hard to judge them yet. Chelsea look weird and inconsistent. Reece James is an attacking full back or wing back, not a CB. Yeah juries have ruined Liverpool’s start.

Based on the commentary of the last few days, maybe Man U will be the team to step it up!

Hey, let's all jump to conclusions after 3 games!

Haaland has the whole month of the World Cup off so I can see him playing in every prem game till then . Alvarez will prob start the league cup games

They reaction from Monday baffles me,

What we saw was straight forward

United scored first, which allowed them sit 10 men behind the ball, They got another on the break , conceded and hung on again,

They had extra motivation after what's gone on recently and a reaction needed in a packed Old Trafford, its nothing new they have done it to City recently enough under Ole,

Liverpool started slack went one down, played forwards against defence for the remainder of the game and got done on the break ,

Its happened when they have had a full strength squad & against worse teams than United,

Now this weekend United have the roll reversed , they have to play 15/20 yards higher up the pitch, Get players running beyond the ball , try keep possession & watch out for the counter,

Liverpool have the same as Monday but if they simply score first the whole game is different,

Pundits are paid to big things up but we didn't learn anything that new on Monday from either side,