It’s early and the many squad changes will take time to gel before the team is able to begin to look like their past selves.
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“Yes, we could have argued the decisions a little more against Liverpool but it’s not really our job, it’s their job to get the decisions right”. “We’re going there to try to get the win“.
Eddie Howe has revealed he is still waiting for referees’ chief Mike Riley to contact him about Liverpool’s goal in Bournemouth’s 1-0 Barclays Premier League defeat on Monday.
Meanwhile, Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson is set to miss the trip to the Emirates, after limping off against Bournemouth with a foot injury.
Stoke City matched their fancied opponents Liverpool on Sunday and did not deserve to lose their Premier League opener, according to manager Mark Hughes. But who knows, maybe they can feel comfortable in mid-table towards Christmas, that should be the goal, but it’s still too early to be getting excited.
Regardless of those factors, such an underwhelming end to the campaign left Rodgers under pressure.
On Benteke’s first goal for the Reds, Fowler added: “It’s been a great start for Benteke and that goal will do him the world of good“. There are going to be lots of actions by players standing in offside positions.
It is a mystery that Dejan Lovren continues to start ahead of Mamadou Sakho in the heart of the back line.
Liverpool aren’t exactly flying, but still have a 100% record so far this season. West Ham got a good result there but with [Alexis] Sánchez back he is a real catalyst for them and they played well at Crystal Palace.
It has been a mixed week for Manchester United.
“The Premier League has this week written to its clubs to clarify the new interpretation of the offside law decided by the worldwide Football Association Board this summer”, the Premier League said in a statement.
Missing out on two excellent players is clearly a blow, but the recent form of Chris Smalling at least partly soothes the sense of annoyance felt at failing to land Otamendi from Valencia. Newcastle are a work in progress and have got it all to do this season.
The Belgian centre-forward, who joined us from Aston Villa for £32.5m last month (via BBC Sport), has scored twice in his first three games for the club – on his debut against Swindon in a pre-season friendly and again against Bournemouth on his first appearance at Anfield.
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