What a season in England, and we have seen only 11 rounds so far! Arne Slot’s Liverpool, without a single new player bought in are at the top of the table with only one defeat and a rookie coach at the helm. The second surprise is Arsenal, who are currently occupying sixth place (with a game in hand) and are 10 points behind the league leaders (remember last season, when they were challenging the title until the last round). But the biggest surprise is the champion, Manchester City, with four consecutive defeats in all competition! Pep Guardiola and his players experienced this situation for the first time ever. It way back in 2006 when this situation happened the last time and the manager was Stuart Pearce.Without Rodri and KDB, Cityzens are only ‘human’: Pep’s fourth defeat in a row!With Liverpool’s current form and five points difference, it looks like City might finish second this time around. Not if you ask Guardiola.“It’s what the people want. We are not finished yet. It’s normal because we win a lot. It happens. Under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool after winning the Champions League and Premier League had Virgil van Dijk injured and went to the Europa League“ he said.1 – Pep Guardiola has lost four games in a row in all competitions for the very first time in his managerial career, while Manchester City have lost four straight games for the first time since August 2006, when Stuart Pearce was manager of the club. Unthinkable. pic.twitter.com/yAnz6ct8dn— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 9, 2024 Two defeats in the league, from Bournemouth and Brighton last night mainly happened due to lack of first team players avaiable, who are all injured. But the Spaniard loves the challenge.“There is always a first time in life, Normally, people lose games. This is my challenge. I love a challenge. I won’t step back. More than ever, I want to do it. When my players come back, I have no doubt that we will be back at our best“ the City boss added.Frustrated Pep: “We’re like NBA, only they have four-month holidays, and we have three weeks”The following international break will be a good chance for his first-team players to get healthy and start pushing the Reds for the first place.“Two defeats in the Premier League. We have to count the victories and defeats and we win a lot. We have to count how many victories in a row. It’s not nice. The performance in certain moments is good. We have to change, we have to try to win a game. We are going to be second before international break. We will be better for the fact we will have players to play. The game was there, we played really good the first half. We had clear chances. It is what it is. Clear our head, go international break and the players come back fit. The success we had was because we had few injuries. I would like players to play the level we had in the first half. You have to build from that“ said the Spaniard.ENGLAND PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 11SaturdayBrentford – Bournemouth 3-2 (1-1)/Wissa 27, 58, Damsgaard 50 – Evanilson 17, Kluivert 49/Crystal Palace – Fulham 0-2 (0-1)/Smith Rowe 45+2, Wilson 83/West Ham – Everton 0-0Wolverhampton – Southampton 2-0 (1-0)/Sarrabia 2, Cunha 51/Brighton – Man.City 2-1 (0-1)/Joao Pedro 78, O’Riley 83 – Haaland 23/Liverpool – Aston Villa 2-0 (1-0)/Nunez 20, Salah 84/Sunday17:00: (1.42) Man.Utd. (5.00) Leicester (8.00)17:00: (2.75) Nott.Forest (3.20) Newcastle (2.65)17:00: (1.27) Tottenham (6.25) Ipswich (9.50)19:30: (2.85) Chelsea (3.50) Arsenal (2.55)***odds are subject to change***
