At the end of the matches in round 6 of the 2023/24 Premier League, the opponent that could challenge Man City’s throne was revealed. That is the former king of Liverpool.
Man City needs to be careful of Liverpool
Last season, Liverpool suddenly declined due to injuries and the aging of its pillars. But this season, they are coming back strongly with the sublimation of their attack and quality additions to the midfield.
After the first 6 rounds, The Kop has only dropped points once. That is, a 1-1 draw at Chelsea in the opening round. After that, they won all the next 5 matches, scoring 14 goals and conceding only 4 goals.
Liverpool’s performance is only inferior to defending champion Man City. Coach Pep Guardiola’s team is currently the only club that is winning all the way in the Premier League 2023/24. They scored 16 goals – ranking 2nd in the tournament, 18 goals behind Brighton, and only conceded 3 goals – the fewest in the tournament.
Sad day for London
In the 2023/24 Premier League, there are 7 London teams participating. However, in round 6, everyone could not smile with satisfaction. Crystal Palace and Fulham drew 0-0. Tottenham and Arsenal also tied each other 2-2. The remaining three teams, Brentford, Chelsea and West Ham, all lost matches against Everton, Aston Villa and Liverpool respectively.
Man Utd temporarily escaped the crisis, Newcastle entered history
The 6th round also witnessed memorable victories of 2 of the 4 teams that were in the Top 4 last season, but are not playing well this season. Those are MU and Newcastle.
After 3 consecutive losses in all competitions, the Red Devils won 1-0 at Burnley’s field. Although this was still a difficult victory, it was enough to help coach Erik ten Hag and his team temporarily overcome the crisis.Meanwhile, Newcastle also experienced 3 consecutive losses, but is currently unbeaten in the last 3 matches (won 2 and drew 1). In addition to the expected draw at AC Milan’s field in the Champions League group stage, they had 2 wins in the Premier League against Brentford and Sheffield United.
Notably, the 8-0 victory over Sheffield helped the Magpies go down in history, becoming the first team in Premier League history to have 8 different players score goals in the same match.
Haaland is still dominant in the top-scorer raceAfter winning the top scorer title last season with a record 36 goals, Erling Haaland continues to “terrorize” the Premier League this season. He has now scored 8 goals in just 6 appearances.
Following closely behind is former top scorer Son Heung-min of Tottenham with 5 goals. Below are 4 players who scored 4 goals, including Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Odsonne Edouard (Palace), Evan Ferguson (Brighton), Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) and Callum Wilson (Newcastle).