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Liverpool fell to its fifth defeat of the Premier League season so far over the weekend with Manchester City putting three goals past Giorgi Mamardashvili, even though the goalkeeper saved an Erling Haaland penalty. And even though Arsenal dropped points against Sunderland on Saturday, it was Pep Guardiola's team, not Arne Slot's, that managed to close the gap.
"One team is quite far ahead, although City are four points away from Arsenal. Liverpool boss Arne Slot embraces Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (Image: Getty Images) "I said last season many times, even when we were leading in the beginning, the best way to judge the league table is of course after 38 [games] but the next best thing is to judge it after 19 games because then you’ve all faced the same opponents.
But we need to improve and that’s obvious." According to a supercomputer from Casino Hawk, Arsenal will finish the season four points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table. Liverpool.com says: Slot is right not to be looking too far ahead.
