MADRID, 21 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Chelsea will try to beat Manchester United this Saturday in a duel where they want to take advantage of the slump between Manchester City and Tottenham, second and third classified, which allows a margin of error for the leader Arsenal, while the ‘Red Devils’ want to maintain their good streak despite the internal crisis with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Erik ten Hag’s side learned from a tough 6-3 loss to City in early October. Since then, he has won four games and drawn one, which puts him in contention with the favorites and one point behind Graham Potter, who suffers the loss of N’Golo Kanté for the next four months.
However, the good dynamics of the ‘Red Devils’ has been clouded by their internal management with Cristiano Ronaldo, relegated to the bench with a secondary role and removed from the team for the duel against Chelsea after leaving the last game before the final whistle in the vital triumph against Tottenham.
For its part, Antonio Conte’s team wants to make up for it and not be overtaken by the ‘blues’, against a Newcastle looking to surprise and stick their head out in Europe. Ahead, Manchester City, after his fall at Anfield, will seek to reduce the distance lost with Arsenal. And he will do it at the Etihad against a comfortable Brighton in the intermediate zone of the classification.
In the case of Arsenal, Mikel Arteta continues to savor day after day a leadership that maintains a five-point difference with Pep Guardiola’s. In this way, the ‘gunners’ do not want to slow down and hope to continue adding three by three in St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton’s fort, fourteenth and two points from relegation.
The north London outfit’s margin for error has been largely thanks to Liverpool, who stopped Erling Haaland’s goals to give ground to their great rivals to date. Thus, Klopp’s men seem to have put their bad start to the season behind them and are hooked on the battle for Europe, so they will seek to take another step against bottom club Nottingham Forest.
Stuck in the relegation zone is Aston Villa, who dismissed Steven Gerrard on Thursday, unable to get his team off the ground this season after 12 games in which he has only won two. A situation that Brentford wants to take advantage of this Sunday to gain positions in the noble zone of the table.
Leicester and Wolverhampton, third from last and second from last, will have a direct duel, while Leeds -also stuck in the red zone- looks for a breather against Fulham. The same objective as Everton, who receive a Crystal Palace that has come to the fore in the middle zone.
The last duel of the day will be between West Ham and Bournemouth, the twelfth against the thirteenth, in a game in which they want to climb positions and get away from the contenders for permanence.
SCHEDULE OF THE DAY 12 OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
-Saturday, October 22.
Nottingham Forest – Liverpool 13.30.
Everton – Crystal Palace 16.00.
Manchester City – Brighton 16.00.
Chelsea – Manchester United 18.30.
-Domingo 23.
Aston Villa – Brentford 15.00.
Leeds United – Fulham 15.00.
Southampton – Arsenal 15.00.
Wolverhampton – Leicester 15.00.
Tottenham – Newcastle 17.30.
-Monday 24.
West Ham – Bournemouth 21.00.