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After the humiliating fall of Manchester United and Liverpool … Are we facing an unexpected English Premier League champion this season?
Sunday, October 4, was not an ordinary day for English football, as two great teams fell with disastrous results on their supporters, generating speculation about the possibility of crowning a surprise champion for this Premier League season.
With Manchester City conceding five goals at home for the first time in 438 matches at the Etihad Stadium against Leicester City in the last round, the surprises continued with the exceptional result of Liverpool, the champions, against Aston Villa.
Liverpool lost 7-2 to become the first Premier League champion to concede seven goals in a competition match, as Arsenal did against Sunderland in 1953, but the number of goals this season is not normal.
This result came hours after Manchester United tied their biggest Premier League defeat, falling 6-1 to Tottenham Hotspur, and only 41 goals were scored in this round of matches.
This is just three goals short of the record for goals in a round, which was achieved last month, and while many results are unexpected, this added a lot of excitement to the competition.
United equaled their worst loss in the Premier League era, falling 6-1 to rivals Manchester City in October 2011.
Manchester United will play for Newcastle United after the international break on 17 October.
Former Liverpool defender Jimmy Carragher told Sky Sports: “I want the Premier League to be like this this season … When you talk about scoring 95 points to win the title, this is amazing, but sometimes it kills the competition.” .
He added: “I would like to go back to the times when the league champion collected a number in the mid-1980s … This means losing more games, and this increases the excitement, and the distance is not great with the teams that they finish the competition in fourth, fifth and sixth place. “
He continued: “I think this season can become exceptional.”
With no fans to exert more pressure, as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions, playing at home no longer gives them an advantage.
This season is the lowest of the last five seasons, in which teams win at home when comparing the average number of games.
With the crowded match schedule, clubs don’t have time to correct mistakes, and playing in empty stadiums gives players a training-like feel, helping to score more goals.
Carragher believes that if teams like Aston Villa, who narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League last season, manage to double Liverpool’s win, with Everton topping the table, more surprises may come.
He explained: “There was no preseason period. It is an intense schedule of matches to be completed. There is no time for the coaches to work with the teams to solve the defensive problems that have cropped up with almost every team this season.
He continued: “Maybe what happened in the Leicester season (when surprisingly they won the league title in the 2015-2016 season) and we are witnessing a new champion, and maybe even the semi-finals is strange, and I think that gives an indication. positive for the Premier League this season. “
On the other hand, Everton lead the Premier League, led by manager Carlo Ancelotti, after their 4-2 win over Brighton, their fourth of 4 matches this season, to become the only one to have won the full record. and rules the competition only until the next round at least.
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