Premier League clubs enjoying early success in the Champions League
Make that four wins for Premier League clubs in Matchday 2 events of the Champions League. A pure Royal flush and flawless victories.
Many positives to take from each Premier League club’s individual victories with Liverpool probably suffering the only downer of all after losing yet another centre-back/player to injury early on in the season.
If it wasn’t for Chelsea’s opening day draw against Sevilla, it would be a flawless run from the English clubs in the European cup. Nonetheless, it has been an impressive start from all involved with signings finally gelling together to ultimate fruition and defences tweaked to help see out clean sheets. Taking a massive W from the second matchday affairs, no English side conceded a goal over the two nights.
After two games played each, England’s top-flight teams all top their respective Champions League groups. However, things are far from decided and there is still a lot of work to do before they can start thinking about the knockout stages.
Man United – The Best team of Matchday 2
There is really no contest for the best English team of the week. Manchester United made the Theatre of Dreams their own following an emphatic win over an in-form RB Leipzig. A 5-0 scoreline is a true reflection of the game and was the best result of any of EPL teams taking part in the tournament.
Doubted against Paris Saint-Germain and expected to lose their cool against Leipzig. Led by Rashford and they are well off the mark, proving the doubters wrong again. Good on Ole, who must take a lot of credit for his team selection, strategy, and substitutions.
Manchester City – Strong but second best
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Over a stretch of two games, Man City have been almost unplayable, beating FC Porto 3-1 at the Etihad and Marseille 0-3 at the Stade Vélodrome. They’ve been convincing winners over two games, giving their opponents no window to come back from behind.
The reason their neighbours make it in ahead of them? United have faced far tougher competition in their group, having two of last season’s semi-finalist. PSG rated as the favourites and were last season’s runners-up.
Leipzig, who are leading the Bundesliga is regarded as the other team to make it to the next round, but now look as if they are fighting Paris for the other qualifying spot left.
Chelsea – Edouard Mendy has the hot hands
His name is Edouard Mendy and he has kept four clean sheets in the four games he has played for Chelsea. He along with all their other newcomers at Stamford Bridge had a hand in their 0-4 win on the road in Russia.
If this is what to expect when this team finally clicks, the Premier League is not ready. However, it was the Blues’ Captain America who still remains Frank Lampard‘s biggest game-changer. Once they put him into the game, the result was heading in an inevitable direction, three points to the Blues.
It was also the first time the highly anticipated trio of Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, and Kai Havertz started together. They are going to make the game we lover very entertaining.
Liverpool scraping through
Two clean sheets and three goals scored is the record the Reds hold early on in their CL run. The most impressive being their defensive record in the elite tournament, as this very side has suffered two hectic injury blows, have a 19-year-old filling in at centre back, and have let by 14 goals in the Premier League already.
The best defensive team in the league has now become the joint-worst defensive team with Fulham and West Brom, both who have not won a single EPL game in six Matchdays played. In front, the changes have started and trusting in his squad is what Jurgen Klopp has done forever and repeats till today.
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But their attack has taken a hit from all the changes made by Klopp. Not the ruthless wrecking crew no more, but a side that wins ugly when second-best for a lot of the match, despite having all the ball possession.
Win it however and ask questions later is the way of the Anfield stide.