Rising Tottenham
The first half of the season, no matter how poetic it may sound, was marked by the emergence of new stars in the Premier League firmament. At the start of the campaign, Tottenham sparkled. Ange Postecoglou’s team played football that was clearly not expected from them. Victory after victory, Spurs were in the lead in the standings until the 11th round. But then, according to the classics, a crisis came. The Londoners were missing several players: Maddison, Bissouma, Sarr were injured, and Richarlison was absent for some time. Tottenham could not cope with the pressure and went downhill. To not miss Londoners matches read football predictions for today online.
City is the main contender
By its standards, Manchester City spent the first part of the season neither shaky nor roll. The team had obvious problems, but there are not as many reasons for concern as it might seem at first glance. Just like a year ago, Man City is five points behind the leader. We remember what happened in the second part of last year’s campaign. The Mancunians improved sharply and achieved another championship. Yes, many are talking about the temporary absence of Erling Hall and Kevin De Bruyne from the squad
Arsenal is still in title race
Another active pursuer, Arsenal, still suffers from an acute shortage of qualified players. First of all, this concerns the attack line. Nevertheless, this absolutely did not prevent the “Gunners” from leading by Christmas, but even before the long pause, Arsenal managed to “fall” to 4th position, kindly letting the “Citizens”, Aston Villa and the Merseysiders ahead. In the Londoners’ camp, everyone scores a little bit: Havertz , Odegaard , Martinelli. But they lack a distinct center forward. Jesus still feels uncomfortable in this position.
On the one hand, the statistics are not the worst, on the other, the implementation leaves much to be desired. And the Brazilian himself admitted more than once in interviews that he does not consider himself a central striker. Right now, the task of bypassing the rest of the competition in the table looks quite doable for Mikel Arteta’s team , but, among other things, something needs to be done with the mentality. This was already seen at the end of last season, when Arsenal barely snatched points from outsiders.
