Liverpool, which is struggling locally, faces a challenging test against Arsenal on Sunday, knowing that a loss would distance it from the leaders by 14 points, while Manchester City hosts Southampton on Saturday, blazing with the incredible form of the young Norwegian Erling Haaland in the English Premier League competitions.
Liverpool is now in ninth place, 11 points behind league-leading Arsenal, with two victories in its last seven league contests.
The World Cup will interrupt the season for one month, but Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk has urged his team to embrace the pressures of a potentially important stretch.
Liverpool recovered from another league loss with a 2-0 victory over Scottish visitors Rangers in the group stage of the Champions League, achieving its second straight victory in the continental competition after the failure of a resounding 4-1 opening In Italy against Naples. Liverpool had drawn 3-3 at home with Brighton in the previous stage.
On Sunday, it visits Arsenal in London before travelling to Glasgow to face Rangers again. The following weekend, it will host Manchester City in the “Premier League.”
Van Dijk remarked, “It’s a game we’re looking forward to. “They (Arsenal) are in a terrific phase, but if you look at our Premier League results, I don’t think he will advise us to win there,” the speaker said.
“But we know what we can do, we know what to anticipate, and it’s a massive match. They are in excellent form and full of confidence.
For its part, Arsenal, led by veteran coach Arsene Wenger and vying for the league crown for the first time since 2004, has had one of its greatest starts with seven victories and just one loss, to Manchester United.
After winning 3-0 on Thursday against its Norwegian guest, Bodo Glimt, with its reserve squad in the European League, “European League,” coach Mikel Arteta’s Spanish team is still on a continental winning streak after winning the north London derby in the league 3-1 against the neighbouring and rival Tottenham just days earlier.
The player, who joined from Borussia Dortmund in Germany this summer, is playing at an amazing level. He has scored 19 goals in 11 games in all competitions, including 14 in the Premier League, and is now performing at an amazing level.
He and Phil Foden each scored three goals as they led their team to a decisive 6-3 victory over visiting and neighbouring United in the Manchester derby last week in the league. He then added two more goals in the 5-0 Champions League victory over Copenhagen before leaving at the beginning of the second half.
Erling said that a significant factor in his impressive form was the lasagna his father Alfie, a former City player, prepared at home.
“I took it before every game on our land, and so far it has shown to have a nice effect, so it seems that it adds a special flavour to it,” the 22-year-old added.
“I help him quite a bit,” he continued, “I just lie on the couch and watch him.
The four-time winners in the last five years have scored 29 goals in their first eight league games and sit second, a point behind Arsenal, with Haaland adding to the attacking fulcrum City have needed since the departure of Argentine Sergio Aguero.
It makes sense, then, that Haaland’s Spanish coach, Pep Guardiola, was eager to refute claims made this week in Spanish media that Haaland’s contract with City included a provision permitting Real Madrid to recruit him starting in 2024.
The humiliating loss came after a series of four victories in a row for United in the league, including two against Arsenal and Liverpool.
Ten Hag believes the agonizing defeat should spur his players to give their best on Sunday’s trip to Liverpool to face Everton, after their narrow 3-2 win in the Cypriot capital against Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League on Thursday, but he has the dilemma of choosing the starting line-up that must be resolved first. .
Ten Hag hasn’t used Casemiro much since buying him from Real Madrid this summer for 60 million pounds; instead, he’s relied on Scott McTominay, a Scot who has performed admirably, particularly during the run of triumphs.
The Dutchman declared, “Like I stated previously, it’s not about Casemiro, it’s about what Scott brings. “Casemiro will undoubtedly play a crucial part.
“The third Tottenham faces a cautious trip to Brighton, the fourth and brilliant this season, after it was satisfied with a goalless draw against Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany in the main continental competition. The fifth Chelsea meets with its struggling Wolverhampton guest on Saturday, after its wonderful 3-0 victory over AC Milan in the middle of the week in the Champions League.
On Sunday, struggling Liverpool will have a challenging test against Arsenal.
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