Friday, 7 October 2016

Check contender Premier League: Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester City

Arsenal (third with 16 points from seven games)

After the first two games of the season, therapists have thought based in North London, that she had hit the jackpot. When the merger was obtained nearly matches against Liverpool and Leicester City, a moan about the lack of transfer activity true followers of Arsenal was will.

Sufficiency, Arsene Wenger, at the end of the season - as last rivals with great happiness not as Brewster was seen to lose £ 30 million - has never more vulnerable than a week - opening late, as Liverpool started a defense, he had returned with the sticky met plastic.

Calum Chambers and Rob holds due to injuries in midfield paired four back knew all Arsenal fans at the beginning of the season, was not good enough, even with a full complement.

Fortunately, it in 20 years of Wenger at Arsenal Things have improved since then. Five wins in the league, with a 3-0 victory over Chelsea have some demons longer have exorcised, the Gunners have to feel pretty.

Fans dare to dream again while therapist said it treated itself induced by the stress by the lack of work at this time.

Position at this stage of last season: third, with 13 points in seven games.

The results so far: home Liverpool - Leicester City 3-4 away lost - 0-0, Watford Distance - won 1-3 House Southampton - won 2-1, Hull City away - won 1- 4 Chelsea at home - Burnley won 3- 0 away - they won 0-1.

Next six aircraft Premier League: Swansea City (h), Middlesbrough (h), Sunderland (a), Tottenham (h), Manchester United (a), Bournemouth (h).

What went right?

Not bad to be fair. Pay £ 35 million for the midfielder Shkodran Mustafi on the penultimate day of the transfer window Wenger's life, death and everything else questioned. It could inspire however.

The German is ready to attack while in the air, Laurent Koscielny leaves to save the second ball. It is an association that has immediately congealed four goals with Arsenal after conceding and had to zero in seven games they played three together.

Wenger was for a medium aggressive center loudly (or at least should be) in the vein of Tony Adams and Nemanja Vidic more or less the second decade of its mandate Arsenal. Finally, he was able to get his man.

Hector Bellerín and Nacho Monreal on each side, Arsenal has now probably the most balanced back four in the Premier League Tottenham Hotspur outside.

The Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka is facilitated by gradual than Mustafi, but had to be taken immediately to the Emirates Stadium faithful. It is amazing how quickly two strokes caused a player to a new set of fans should be enough. On the south coast, look Jack Wilshere passing vessels every day and wonder if it will ever be chartered to bring him back to the capital.

With open in the foundations of sand, many artists Arsenal seems to be unloaded, can mini masterpieces to paint in your spare time. There are some more uplifting in football Arsenal full flow locations. When they come on the right side, Wenger can be sure that you have the most beautiful woman at home.

Mesut Özil is in the type of shape that you can choose the most difficult steps with the indifference of a child picking his nose. Everything he does is done in a languid manner, suggesting that there could be a decline in the practice, while a cup of tea to do so without spilling.

It is to play a measure of the way Arsenal, and perhaps also an indication of how the role of Ozil has changed a bit, help is still found in this season. Last season boasted 19 one of the records in the Premier League.

It is still the main engine that not everything is often a little deeper, however, go through it as before. Sanchez replaces Olivier Giroud as the focal point of the season, Arsenal have added a dynamic element of his game, often come and go quickly. It is no longer what looking to create Özil constantly a pass bottleneck packed defense to break down.

Sanchez uptrend mixed with a coolness in front of goal as often as that may be absent at the speed of a sprinter in the. Soccer Aid Darren Campbell is not the only one with his feet so shaky as they are fast.

Chile has been a revelation in the middle, while Theo Walcott finally realized that it is better to be a great player, what to center forward. His career has reached the starting point and looks at the best for them. Both have five goals per.

Arsenal win the Premier League title?

Giroud is expected to enter from injury after the international break back and Wenger more options. It could be again facilitated by the bank, he gives Arsenal a plan B, they lack in their absence.

Against Burnley last week - end - when they needed a win in the Koscielny -Giroud extra time, it would be an ideal replacement as Arsenal put 10 men behind the ball repeatedly from a happy side frustrated were had and leave no room behind.

Alex Iwobi deserves mentioning a. With 20 years looks like a Arsenal player from the first half of the long career Wenger. Rangy and athletic, to push the field. Players can also open the door with a time of continuity chutzpah are hard to find. Wenger seems to have discovered a gem.

"When the ball comes to him, always feel the game now can be fast. It was developed in the last 18 months. When I saw him in the youth team, which was more of a dribbler, a single player," said Wenger Nigeria by The Independent Samuel Stevens.

"He found out slow train with the first team needed to find a mix between individual and team play. This mixture is now."

           

Needs work and can - you win?

As always with Arsenal that seems that the capacity to be a question of attitude. Wenger confirmed the victory over Chelsea a declaration on his side was, but he should be satisfied with the victory last weekend in Burnley. Everyone knows nice to win Arsenal. What lets down is often an inability to win ugly.

It has 12 years have passed since Arsenal were last champions. Wenger accepts his last season was a missed opportunity to bring these sterile career to an end. But with many of its competitors still in transition, there is no obvious reason why they do not press hard next in May

However, although this is hardly a new revelation.

Chelsea (seventh with 13 points in seven games)

The presence of Jose Mourinho, Manchester United should feel like the gift that keeps on Antonio Conte.

While the details have been reported, which on the basis of a happening by the minute by the type of population survey for the last time at Old Trafford when the Watergate scandal, Conte and Chelsea seem to go in the development of only about their business a curtain by comparing moving.

That is, maybe it is better to have a cast that eye staring million, Roman Abramovich, who sees everything.

Somehow it seems a eon of Chelsea was last be masters, but only the second to last season. What the world works, if the class of 2014/15 was simply the best of a mediocre group, certainly this year. You need now a widely spoken of the review, or have returned a very good spine and straighten under the direction of fewer and less-than-coupling story?

Conte a line with the previous finding of diagnosis appears to have drawn. It was 3 days between Italian bunker and Abramovich widely reported after a meeting, by Danny Gallagher Daily Mail, Chelsea - owners, it is committed to its coffers, which have eased considerably in the next transfer window.

However, it seems too early to begin this season as one of the plurality of transition. Chelsea with only five points behind Manchester City at the top of the Premier League, there is no need for the death penalty West London, for now.

Position at this stage of last season: 14, with eight points in seven games.

The results so far: West Ham - Watford 2-1 home win - won 1-2 at home Burnley - won 3-0 away Swansea City - Liverpool 2-2 home - lost away 1-2, Arsenal - Hull City lost 3-0 away - won 0-2.

Next six Premier League Leicester City (h), Manchester United (h), Southampton (a), Everton (h), Middlesbrough (a), Tottenham (h). Planes

What went right?

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Diego Costa has returned to its glorious warlike best for Chelsea.

It's good to Diego Costa to be back. After most of last season marauding around the field with wild eyes of a dog on the road, to avoid cross, was no surprise that speculation emerged that the striker could return to Spain and Atletico Madrid summer.

Eruptions of Vesuvius, as Conte at Juventus, while a man in Paris were legendary'd rather put money in Italian and Costa came to blows, than to enjoy a successful relationship, it is often the case camaraderie among Kindred Spirit (wild). You think Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mourinho, Richard Burton and Richard Harris.

Costa tip of the scoring charts with six goals and is back to his best and miserable bastard. For his pantomime villainy - and for most, that's all it is - Costa is a magnificent center - forward.

A counterpoint to the modern game obsession with false nines, is inexcusable good nine. Forget the theater, it is as tough as nails and enjoying his football again.

In the patch of Eden Hazard, he also showed an improvement, even if it does not scale the heights of 2014/15, when he was elected PFA Player of the Year.

International Belgium is the most talented Chelsea players, but want to kiss with respect to defensive duties as Conte trainer, it is difficult to say the old to pass: "You lead a horse to water, but you can not drink."

followed by a full charge again to minimize, Conte can choose to use just off the coast, although some poses threats Belgian refused if they cut within the left.

Better mood, as n'golo kanté, not necessarily define the French, who have already shown great campaign last season for Leicester his career as it might others.

Needs work and can - you win?

If the first league games of the season papered the cracks three of the following three are the equivalent of a wallpaper remover the show with all that Conte has to play. A draw at Swansea City could have been a bad day at the office, but defeat against Liverpool and Arsenal seem particular and the office on fire.

Football is rarely good enough to let the elephant in the room without comment to time. In the case of the Chelsea defense, Conte put his cards on the table from the moment he arrived in West London.

John Terry received a one-year contract, while, before he announced with a trumpet, the cold was shouldered by the club, while most of the summer was anxious to try to bring some of the best defenders in the world to build a porous defense provided 53 goals in the Premier League last season.

Conte Kalidou Koulibaly Napoli and Juventus steed Leonardo Bonucci, in accordance with the law of Matt Telegraph The Chelsea -. Hierarchy wanted was David Luiz Marcos Alonso, wrapped in a small pure blue nodes. the story of the mother of Mario Balotelli sends him an ironing board to buy when he was counted at Manchester City, and returned with a quad and a giant trampoline.

Chelsea have to see their team compete for the title?

Fight with Thibaut Courtois to something like his best form, Branislav Ivanovic reach young or better, sustainable Gary Cahill a miserable campaign peppered injured with individual errors, Terry and David Luiz still David Luiz, Conte main no work illusions reconstruction has power is more necessary than likely.

It is expected that Chelsea back in January Bonucci. Call me old fashioned, but it might want an idea of ​​the hierarchy of Stamford Bridge for the purchase of players Conte in the summer, has been a £ 120 million spent.

The use of a deeper defensive line or even three back as he tries in the second half with the game, is already dead, Arsenal has even been suggested as a possible short-term solutions to a problem unlikely to disappear even.

Where to play Cesc Fabregas or even the ability to play it at all, a mystery for Conte remains. The remain doubts about whether the Spaniards, despite its exquisite, defensive discipline to trust enough both in midfield. Sometimes, when he played alongside Nemanja Matic can see two men sharing a parachute.

If Chelsea never play three at the back, it seems unlikely Fabregas would start in a 3-4-3. Although it is difficult to see the 29-year-old at the time and not for the player Kiefer, who was, he is still capable of a creator of marvelous game in the right system to be. Conte has the task of identifying exactly what the system is.

Another mystery for Chelsea is their inability games with any kind of movement to start. In particular, it led to a break in only 13 of 38 games last season. In this term, two of the 12 goals for Chelsea came in the first period.

As in the best of times, which were able to take control of the known games from the first minute and making the lifeless by the interval thanks to a big lead, in general, there is a slow decline.

What the big question is whether Chelsea win the title at this stage, it seems that the increased demand, if not impossible. This brings us also in Leicester.

Leicester City (12 with eight points from seven games)

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Claudio Ranieri has much to consider when looking Leicester to lead in unknown waters.

Leicester is difficult. How can you quantify expectations following a campaign that is just pathetic Claudio Ranieri, the group of brothers has the parameters redefined what is perceived as in sports?

The achievement of the Italian and his players secured a man who will never be forgotten, not written, but what happens next question is, it asks almost hurts seem to be comfortable.

For supporters of Leicester, it must feel like a child when his parents a Christmas present, you know that they could not really afford. You want to be forever grateful, but the time came at Christmas next year, will not be sure what it was to ask in order. You have always been grateful, but could end up with nothing. Or just as bad, something you do not want.

Even reluctant edge in Chelsea for sale, Ranieri oversaw a summer spending to £ 65 million. The Champions have their transfer record broken three times by Nampalys Mendy, Ahmed Musa and bring Islam Slimani.

Actually, there is no room for Leicester sure, but it is likely that those who sign checks targets beyond the mark of 40 points set must Ranieri (half) jokingly said that it was his priority.

What would be the success of Leicester, in terms of PL?

This week, Ranieri of La Gazzetta dello Sport was quoted as saying (via ESPN), it is only now that Leicester in May reached absorption in. Soon it will be time to be on. Sport is nothing if not a hard master.

He said:

I thought about it today, for the first time, I have to be honest, the way we have done something that many people made happy.

You will not believe it, but hear everything he said something that I realized we did me with great Leicester because of the credit must go to all of them.

If the shape of the League Leicester can be described as uneven generous best, it is in the Champions League, where they played their best football.

Whisper softly in the Premier League can very be clear now what they are all about Leicester, there is nothing that the rest of Europe to say, will not be caught off guard.

Brugge and FC Porto testify.

Position at this stage of last season: eight with 12 points in seven games.

The results so far: Hull away - lost 2-1, Arsenal at home - 0-0, Swansea - won 2-1, Liverpool away - lost 4-1 at home Burnley - Manchester United won 3-0 - he lost 4 - 1 Southampton home - 0-0.

Next six aircraft Premier League: Chelsea (a), Crystal Palace (h), Tottenham (a), West Brom (h), Watford (a), Middlesbrough (h).

What went right?

a 4-1 defeat to Manchester United at the rear end of September, some would have been surprised to find the bow of Leicester, in the Champions League three days later showed the proverbial wet gunpowder After suffering.

Instead, the Giants Zorros (dragon) killer showed again that looks at a shot Slimani Brand 1-0 thanks Porto. His jump is so amazing that the pilot circumnavigation now the King Power Stadium in flight from East Midlands Airport.

In the best part of £ 30 million for a 28-year Slimani it will never be described as a robbery, but there is evidence of a good relationship. Jamie Vardy in tandem with Algeria could forge a gloriously unruly alliance.

Imbued with a voracious pace of work and on the back of a campaign of 31 goals with Sporting CP, Slimani hit the ground with three goals in his first five games for the Foxes run.

Needs work and can - you win?

And unless Manchester City 10 points, it seems that the defense of Leicester title is rather more before they actually began.

It has always been a significant break - inevitable as the night the day - but the cat would not have been pronounced, so that if they had managed to intact to navigate the first game of the season.

Losing to Hull City relegation favorites, it was as if Leicester had suffered an identity crisis. You hesitate to play the game against the attack, which so well last season, or the possession of a dominant force the issue against a team much lower, ineffective and lost has served 2-1. It has been a recurring theme.

"It's so hard in every game of every team wants to beat us because we are the champions," said the official website Leonardo Ulloa from Leicester, with violin accompaniment world's smallest, to Southampton happened in the draw at home in order to week ,

Ranieri had the decency to tell Leicester lucky to get a point.

In retrospect, it seems remarkable ability for both ultimately of arms with a high line were against Leicester, morning green field Danny Drinkwater leave balls in Vardy chip to hunt. It was not nearly as easy this time.

In seven games have this season suffered so many defeats, as they have done throughout the last season. Losing 4-1 Liverpool team in good shape seditious is one thing, but the absolute form of power, covered by the same score against Manchester United was on the verge of dilettantism.

Leicester scored poorly put bases in Old Trafford from three angles. If it seems to be difficult to say they are not good enough to be by far, not the simple things well, but better than a passport, deigned to give the pattern of previous triumphs.

Where man-mountain Leicester Wes Morgan halves and Mark Center Robert Huth to set pieces with the accurate recording of rugby players in a row, as they fear that the whistle of football looking arbitrator to act his (penalty box) ,

Last season, with something to remember in the second half of the season, Leicester League had the charged atmosphere of a football match. The innate sense of emergency that has seen rewarded with their own private celebration all devices is impossible to create.

The lack of edge should not implicitly or Mendy go completely understandable for fighting game with the omnipresence on the floor of his predecessor.

It would not be the biggest surprise must be Leicester struggling even to make the top eight, but make them at least a couple of European heavyweights with epistaxis have.

The next chapter in the extraordinary history of English football still only be interesting.

All statistics provided by WhoScored.com except where indicated otherwise.

Look out for our review of Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham on Monday.

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