Diogo Jota is out of his funk again.
W88 said that before Monday’s 6-1 thrashing of Leeds, Diogo Jota hadn’t scored for Liverpool in a calendar year.
His two goals at Elland Road broke a strange scoring slump, and his brace in Saturday’s 3-2 win against Nottingham Forest gave him four in six days to definitively put a stop to the matter.
According to W88 Rezence, Jota’s two well-taken goals in the second half at Anfield vindicated Jurgen Klopp’s decision to choose an unchanged lineup for the third consecutive game for the first time since January 2020.
The 26-year-old, who only played 10 games in the first half of the season due to injury, has found his scoring touch again, which is encouraging for Liverpool as they near the end of their erratic season.
If Jota had been healthy and available all season, the Reds’ chances of making the Champions League would be significantly higher than they actually are. But now Vn88 insists that he’s back, they have the firepower to make that improbable goal a reality.
Man City triumphs despite Arsenal’s bizarre tie.
Arsenal held their nerve and displayed remarkable courage all at once. Despite coming away with a 3-3 draw against the Premier League leaders, Southampton must have been disappointed.
In the first minute of the mind-bending match at the Emirates Stadium, Aaron Ramsdale passed to Carlos Alcaraz while under no pressure. Rezence thinks that strange things can happen in a title race. Equally so may a fight to avoid being sent to the basement.
The conventional wisdom was inverted.
One squad, who had cruised through similar games all season, was tense, slow, and depleted of confidence. The other club, who had been written off by most observers due to their position at the bottom of the league and their losing streak of seven games, raced to a merited lead.
Mikel Arteta praised his team’s determination after they overcame a 2-0 deficit. It was more revealing to see his expression when his disappointed players collapsed to the ground in front of him after the final whistle. To Manchester City’s favor.
As Jamie Carragher put it on rezence.com, “something miraculous” is required for Arsenal. If they continue to defend like they did on Friday night against Erling Haaland and the rest, they may need divine intervention just to get a draw on Wednesday when they visit the Etihad Stadium.
After that, we can look forward to further games. There may be further unexpected developments. On Friday night, however, Arsenal’s weaknesses were exposed. It’s a draw after three games. Their late resurgence shows they aren’t giving up, but they appear to be losing the war.
Leeds is losing money with Meslier, so should they make a switch?
Vn88 is said that a good goalie is essential to a team’s success in football, regardless of their current position in the league standings.
John Terry, who once played for the club just down the road at Craven Cottage, famously estimated that Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was worth about 10 to 15 points per season to the club’s title hopes.
Goalkeepers have the ability to both save and lose their team points. On Thursday and Friday evening, David de Gea and Aaron Ramsdale came to that conclusion. Illan Meslier took the stage on Saturday afternoon.
With their second goal, Fulham put the game out of Leeds’ reach with a simple push out to Andreas Pereira for a tap-in.
Vn88 Rezence thinks that Meslier’s slumping form is only part of Leeds’ problems, though. Both goals were set up by sloppy passing from the midfield, with Marc Roca, Weston McKennie, and Brenden Aaronson all at fault.
You need your goalkeeper to stand up and bail you out if you’re making mistakes in the middle of the field. Meslier is not doing that despite making a few excellent saves for Fulham. This season, W88 showed that he and his defense have given up a league-high 62 goals, with only Bournemouth (who gave up nine in one game) coming with 59 goals allowed).
Maybe it’s time to switch goalkeepers, with Joel Robles having seen this struggle before at Everton and Wigan.
Meslier’s playing style and shot-stopping skills were vital in Leeds’ first season of success in the Premier League under Bielsa. It appears now that he may be able to defeat them.