It’s early, but every Premier League title contender already looks flawed | Premier League

TThere is always a danger at the beginning of the premiere season -there are too many games in one set of games. The names can be lost in September, but they very rarely win. However, the past weekend felt like the one where many prevailing narratives crystalize as arsenal I dug deeply To win the game that they are used to losing, protective shortcomings in Liverpool were exhibited when they lost For the first time this campaign, Manchester City threw aside a smaller opposition In the manner of the old and Chelsea fell apart againField

Liverpool looked in defense throughout the season. Being a control team in the last campaign, having made an unremarkable 2-0 to win in the brand, they became a side of the deceased winner, winning the games this season in the 88th, 94th, 83rd, 95th, 92nd and 85th minutes. This will never be stable, but the question was whether general performances will improve, or whether the late blows will dry out.

Form 4-2-3-1 with Florin Virts, playing centrally for the attacker, disappeared this weekend in Crystal Palace, with a return of 4-3-3 last season and VIRC turned to the left. This seemed to add stability when it was used in the second half against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, Ryan Grayenberch – Alexis Mack Allter – Dominic Szoboslay Trio of last season returned to his position. But this is not a quick decision; The vulnerability entered Liverpool, and the palace exposed him again and again, especially before the break. As often under the arne slot, Liverpool improved after the break, but by that time it is not an exaggeration to say that by that time they could be 3- or 4-0.

The detachment, as last season, is still not enough for the defender, but this does not explain why, even with the three acquaintances in the middle, Liverpool is much more open than last year. The value of the Trent Alexander-Arnold, the revolution of the right defender, adding another degree of central security, may have been usually underestimated. Five of five victories at the beginning of the season, especially when one of these games was at home to Arsenal And one in Newcastle, this is a great beginning. But until Saturday the results exceeded the performance. If Liverpool must maintain its title, at least part of the control of the last season should return.

Arsenal gave a recent habit not to be able to use the possibilities, but after cheers reduce the gap at the top to two pointsThe field is not only the result, although; It is also a question of overcoming the failure of VAR disperses the penalty solution for them in the first half. Over the past couple of seasons, the arsenal becomes a side with a tendency to sink to itself, to respond badly to misfortune or disasters; This happened to some extent in Saint -James, since the early impulse was lost, but they were still enough to claim victory. Of course, the table looks – and the mood feels itself – is very different from how it would do without late goals in the last two games.

Three more points ago – Manchester City, which are at an indefinite stage of their development. They had already lost twice in the League, and the low block, which they deployed in the Arsenal draw, was Without a precedent During the control of PEP Guardiola, but at least they re -opened the ability to take aside the smaller opposition at home. Having beaten Manchester United with comfort – although with a more counterattack approach than they are familiar – they followed Convenient victory More than 10 people Napoli with the demolition of Bernley, who used to be a routine. Perhaps they relied more on a person in Iori Dok, than once they would be so, but when they fled to the later goals against the opponents depleted by the day of the persecution, one could see something from the old swagger returning.

Chelsea is only two points behind the city, but mired in self -doubt. Their only good performance in the league this season was in the demolition of 5-1, corresponding to the Western Ham; Otherwise, they seemed to be strongly relied on Cole Palmer for creativity and, possibly, clearly considering their problems with the injury, shut -off from behind. There is no real excuse that their two defeats in the league occurred after a person went; Both red cards were to deny the opportunity to score goals, one after a simple film, and the other after the player was caught in the possession. Protective shortcomings led to the fact that red cards, not their result. Chelsea There may be world champions But at the moment they are in numerous difficulties from the internal title.

All the main applicants, in truth, look erroneous: Liverpool is too open, the arsenal still does not trust his own abilities and depends excessively on the set-to-game, and the city still integrates new players and adapts to the new views of Guardiola. None of these three looks far from a click – the same cannot be said about Chelsea – But after this weekend, this is probably arsenal with the greatest reason to feel satisfied.

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