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Former Liverpool goalkeeper David James is expecting the Reds to have a new challenger for the Premier League title this season - and has predicted Arsenal to fall even further behind.

Liverpool kicked off the 2025/26 campaign at Wembley on Sunday, although it missed out on picking up the first piece of silverware of the new season after falling to defeat in a penalty shootout against Crystal Palace.

Mohamed Salah, Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott all missed their spot-kicks after Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong both scored on their competitive debuts, with Arne Slot given plenty to think about ahead of the start of the Premier League season on Friday.



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David James has backed Chelsea to challenge Liverpool for the Premier League title.

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“There will inevitably be a lot of expectation but Liverpool are better than their rivals and even if they do not make a spectacular start, they have a great chance to win the Premier League again - the title is theirs to lose

I can see Man City finishing second, Chelsea third and Arsenal falling back to fourth.”

Liverpool.com says: It will be fascinating to see how this season pans out, and we suspect the title race will be closer than the previous campaign.

Liverpool clearly has some issues to iron out based on what we've seen this summer, but hopefully Slot can sort that out quickly
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