marco
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certainly could do with going there wanting nothing or maximum a draw,,,there will be more twists and turns yet hopfully to our advantage however who would have thought we would have come out of the weekend 2 points clear
The Title Race - 2023/24
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The upshot of that is how you think we will fare in contrast.
69FACUPfinal
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How come Arse are home for their last game again?? They were last season and iirc beat Wolves 5 zip. Meaningless as it transpired. There is no random in the pl fixture generator..
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I saw this as a pivotal period in the title race but didn't expect this weekend to go the way it did.
For me, it was more the fact that beyond this, as well as 2nd legs in Europe the dippers have Fulham and Everton away and Arsenal have Wolves away and Chelsea at home before we play again in the league. I couldn't see a situation where they both won both of those games.
They offer an opportunity for them to put real pressure on us before we play Brighton (who have about 12 days off). But they now have to deal with fatigue and whatever mental toll the European games and recent defeats cause.
The worst case is both will be 4pts ahead of us before we play Brighton (with 2 games in hand).
But I had a feeling that we'd be playing Brighton with the opportunity to win and go top and still have a game in hand. Hopefully that's the case.
For me, it was more the fact that beyond this, as well as 2nd legs in Europe the dippers have Fulham and Everton away and Arsenal have Wolves away and Chelsea at home before we play again in the league. I couldn't see a situation where they both won both of those games.
They offer an opportunity for them to put real pressure on us before we play Brighton (who have about 12 days off). But they now have to deal with fatigue and whatever mental toll the European games and recent defeats cause.
The worst case is both will be 4pts ahead of us before we play Brighton (with 2 games in hand).
But I had a feeling that we'd be playing Brighton with the opportunity to win and go top and still have a game in hand. Hopefully that's the case.
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So are we and have been quite a few times the last few years.
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This will be fourth season out of last five when we’ve been at home on the final day. That includes three times consecutively - 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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X/Twitter is awash with grieving Scousers and Gooners throwing the PL title race towel in with 6 games to go, blaming Klopp and Arteta, City’s money, City’s lawyers, City’s depth of squad, the PL for not finding City guilty of the 115 charges yet, etc.
And proclaiming they aren’t bothered about City winning a 4th PL title in a row because City are a plastic club built with oil money, so winning the PL won’t mean anything, and people will forget about it.
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And proclaiming they aren’t bothered about City winning a 4th PL title in a row because City are a plastic club built with oil money, so winning the PL won’t mean anything, and people will forget about it.
:-)
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We have tough fixtures against motivated teams....Brighton,Notts F,Fulham,Spuds, all of whom can be good (orshite) on their day.
Every team wants to beat the Champions so hopefully they'll open the game to our advantage.
The PL is not a given so gird your loins and take ONE GAME AT A TIME !!
Arsenal revelled in a scene of high anticipation when they walked out to face Aston Villa but were left looking at a sea of empty red seats 90 minutes later as the Premier League title race took a potentially pivotal twist.
Liverpool stumbled first in a shock home defeat by Crystal Palace before Arsenal's supporters, well at least those of them left, departed Emirates Stadium as stunned as their Anfield counterparts after Mikel Arteta's side slumped to a 2-0 loss.
The title pursuit is nowhere near over with only two points separating the top three, but there is an ominously familiar feel to Manchester City's presence at the top of the table when the pressure valve is tightened.
Liverpool stumbled first in a shock home defeat by Crystal Palace before Arsenal's supporters, well at least those of them left, departed Emirates Stadium as stunned as their Anfield counterparts after Mikel Arteta's side slumped to a 2-0 loss.
The title pursuit is nowhere near over with only two points separating the top three, but there is an ominously familiar feel to Manchester City's presence at the top of the table when the pressure valve is tightened.
Not at all.
Remember it is physically impossible for us to drop only one point so our 2 point advantage is a little misleading due our GD.
If we were to draw a game we would be back down to 3rd.
The more points dropped by the others, apart from the obvious, also allows Pep to rotate his players. We are in a very similar position to last season, having similar teams to overcome in Champions league, our closest rivals on our tail in the leagues and a possible rematch in the FA cup final.