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Arsenal qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League, but the Gunners are expected to win the Premier League this season for the first time since 2004. The last time they won the title since 2004 was in 2023, but they failed to maintain stability. on performance and to lose the title to Manchester City.
Arsenal have been impressive in their performances at the start of the season and Mikel Arteta has helped the team enter the title race. The Gunners' main goal is to finish in the top four this season but they have been impressive in terms of form.
City were under a lot of pressure at the start of the season as they battled for the title with Arsenal, Pep Guardiola's men won the title after Arsenal's 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest. The Gunners had lost 3-0 to Brighton in their previous match but managed to win 2-0 against Newcastle United and a 3-1 win over Chelsea. The Gunners lost to Man City 4-1 and was held to a 3-3 draw by Southampton. Arsenal were also held to a 2-2 draw by West Ham and another 2-2 draw with Liverpool.
Arsenal should find their way back to winning ways after a string of disappointing results.
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Ambition to recruit 3 new central defenders to help Jurgen Klopp rejuvenate Liverpool despite not playing the Champions League
Roberto Firmino says farewell to Anfield - Liverpool can now focus on transfer market, with high hopes for next season
Roberto Firmino had his final home game for Liverpool against Aston Villa on Saturday, but Cody Gakpo has become his natural heir
If Jurgen Klopp can pull off a meaningful win after a disappointing season at Liverpool, it's because he's somehow turned accusation into prediction.
Confirmation of a Europa League spot will come as Newcastle and Manchester United are certain to collect their last points, but the blame game for Liverpool's predicament was designed and implemented in March. .
As the players received a round of applause from The Kop after their final home game, club legends Roberto Firmino and James Milner sang in red one last time, longing to look back and linger. The mistakes made the top 4 become a vain hope. Collapsed.
Liverpool enter this season trying to squeeze out their ultimate winning formula. They end it with Klopp having successfully tested new experiences on the road. Trent Alexander-Arnold's reinvention brought immediate rewards, Curtis Jones broke through as a regular first-team starter, and in Cody Gakpo, Liverpool found Firmino's natural heir.
May is the most special month for a team that looks energetic, but a season cannot be over anytime soon - as Liverpool are 12 points behind the top four with nine games remaining - it's too early now. one month. Klopp must curse all the dismal holidays and loss of points earlier in the campaign when the slightest improvement would help maintain a place in the top four.
He and his followers have long concluded how and where it went wrong this time. The next phase of his adjustment will be in the transfer market, with predictions that at least four players - three midfielders and one defender - will give new impetus to a team that has grossed 22 in the last two years. their closest 24 points and doesn't look as much as hit as it did six weeks ago. It's not hard to see how Alexis Mac Allister's midfielders and Mason Mount's profile would blend in perfectly with Klopp's fine-tuned squad, with Liverpool switching to an even more technical ball-control unit with Alexander-Arnold operates in midfield, while still relying on their senior strikers and midfielders to press and counter-attack like the famous Duracell bunnies.
It's no surprise that Klopp is looking for another defender given Ibrahima Konate has been injured so many times, and Alexander-Arnold's drift means those behind him have extra responsibility to fill the void. .
Aston Villa's organization and tactics pointed to problems that could still arise for Klopp, with their early penalty the result of Ollie Watkins finding space left by Alexander-Arnold on the right flank. of Liverpool.
Saturday was also a day when, despite their superior possession, they needed to be more creative on the rare occasions when Alexander-Arnold's passing radar failed.
But for senior players who have resigned themselves to a year without Champions League football, the deflation of Europe's 'relegation' is balanced by a renewed belief that, unlike last August, Liverpool will be ready ready to sprint three months from now. Virgil van Dijk said: “I am very excited for next season. “That feeling came a few months ago when we turned the page.
“The pre-season is going to be huge. Everyone knows we have gone through a small transition and if I am a rising player and I have options to take the next step and Liverpool
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