The west Londoners are already five points behind early pace-setters Manchester City and will know they can not fall much further off the pace if they are to challenge for the big prize again this time around.
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The draw has also thrown two all-Championship ties. If any team can traditionally rely on an emotion, a passion and a never-say-die attitude to match Manchester United’s, then it’s Liverpool.
But given we’re talking about actual, match-winning goals, that means Liverpool have secured all three points in stoppage time 28 times in the Premier League era, equating to 84 points – albeit the leap from being level to scoring a victor brings in two points.
It is invariably one of the highlights of the season when Arsenal and Chelsea face off in the Premier League but of late it has been the latter who have enjoyed the most success.
When Irons fans said goodbye to The Boleyn Ground at Upton Park last season, everything was supposed to turn out claret and blue when Slaven Bilic’s men settled into their impressive new home at the London Stadium.
Leicester have won one out of their last 18 league trips to Old Trafford. Over 2.5 goals also looks a decent bet.
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The Football League’s “Whole Game Solution” claims to have consulted with its’ clubs over a six-week period in an aim to better the national football landscape.
Phil Thompson says. “As much as it pains me to say it, there’s clearly a lot of confidence flowing through Ronald Koeman’s side and with Romelu Lukaku back in goals it’s hard to back against them”. There’s no way they can lose another league match, right?
Some argue that is typical of the hot-and-cold form of teams managed by Alan Pardew, but the fluctuating fortunes probably have less to do with Pardew and more to do with the players available to him. “The regret from the last two games is that we couldn’t play with 11 against 11”.
“They beat us in the Community Shield – now we want revenge”, Ranieri told his pre-match press conference on Thursday.
It was a 10th straight win in all competitions and while sterner tests are ahead with a trip to second-place Tottenham before the global break and a European tie away at Barcelona after it, at the moment, City look to mean business on all fronts.
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Three of their six goals-against were penalties and at least one of them was a disputable award, while their defeat at Arsenal came in stoppage time. Watford can back up the United display with another victory.
