While the Bundesliga is in hibernation, the island is still playing hard. Quite surprising: the reigning triple winner Manchester City around ex-BVB goal machine Erling Haaland currently doesn’t have the best cards in the English title race. The sport.de editorial team is also surprised and comments on the situation in the Premier League with their own two cents.
Thesis: Manchester City will not only be dethroned, Pep’s star ensemble will even miss out on qualifying for the Champions League!
Gerrit Kleiböhmer: Yes, Man City are miraculously stumbling in the league. Yes, the competition from London, Liverpool and Birmingham (!) has so far been able to make good use of the mistakes. Will Pep and Co. end up in the dumps? Of course not! A certain Erling Haaland, recently injured, will provide the necessary championship goal in the last minute on the last match day in the old Kun Agüero style.
Jannik Kube: Even if Aston Villa is currently causing a sensation, in the end it will come down to a three-way battle between Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool. In the preseason, the Gunners initially looked like the upcoming champions. In the end, the Londoners were still a bit lacking in experience. The training money paid will now pay off to be at the top in 2024.
Heiko Lütkehus: The “Big Six” are no longer what they used to be. Aston Villa, Newcastle United and other clubs are increasingly displacing Manchester United, Chelsea FC and Co. The big constant up there is and remains Manchester City, which continues to have the best squad in the world across the board. Hot take, but maybe not so hot after three championships in a row: In the end, City is back at the top.
Chris Rohdenburg: Haaland and Pep will mourn – not for the Champions League qualification, that’s easily enough and the quality is simply too great for that, but definitely for the championship. Because there are too many chefs up there currently cooking for the big title, too many teams want to trip up the champions and, above all, are ready for it.
Emmanuel Schneider: Yes and No. ManCity fails in its historic attempt to win the Premier League title four times in a row. Pep Guardiola recently showed how thin his nerves are when he launched into a bashing of TV experts. Somehow understandable, but also seems unconfident. In the league, the Gunners are finally celebrating again and dethroning the series champions. However, the fact that City also lost the CL qualification would mean that there would have to be some wild star constellations coming together over England. Erling Haaland alone is probably enough to qualify.