Merson Says: Liverpool’s safer type performs into Man Utd’s palms

‘Magic Man’ Paul Merson returns together with his newest column, the place he explains why he expects Manchester United to get one thing towards Liverpool’s new “safer” type on Sunday.

United have received two of their final three video games on residence soil towards Liverpool, and kick-started their season in Erik ten Hag’s first yr in cost of their third sport towards the Reds – one thing they’ll hope to do once more.

Arne Slot has loved an ideal opening two video games as Liverpool supervisor, comfortably seeing off Ipswich and Brentford, however the Super Sunday sport, stay on Sky Sports Premier League, represents simply the most important problem of his burgeoning Anfield profession.

Find out why Merse thinks Man Utd shall be higher suited to enjoying towards Slot’s Liverpool than his predecessor Jurgen Klopp, and why the subsequent three Premier League video games will “define” Arsenal’s season by the tip of September…

Man Utd will get a end result towards ‘secure’ Liverpool

This is it – an enormous, massive soccer match. Liverpool must go to Man Utd and get a end result and should you’re a Man Utd fan, it is a closing cup closing, a cup closing. The one factor we query about Man Utd over the previous couple of years is consistency. I believed they did alright towards Fulham, they performed some good soccer.

Against Brighton they have been unfortunate, the disallowed aim hits his knee, however they should not have misplaced that soccer match. You come away from there with at the very least a draw.

I do not see Man Utd dropping this sport. I believe Man Utd trigger Liverpool issues, I believe it will be an entertaining 2-2 draw.

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Liverpool are a unique workforce now. They’re not going to play the Klopp manner. The supervisor has are available together with his personal concepts and he is extra strong, he is extra regimented, they’re secure, and so they’re extra cautious on the identical time.

They’ve acquired nice gamers up entrance the place the supervisor goes, ‘you get on with it and win us the sport and we’ll be sure we’re strong on the again’. Man Utd do not desire a gung-ho sport.

This performs into Man Utd’s palms that Liverpool will come and play a little bit bit safer. If this will get into an end-to-end soccer match, Liverpool have extra of a risk and doubtless have higher gamers all around the pitch.

So for me, that is the place I believe it performs into Man Utd’s palms a little bit bit extra with the way in which Liverpool will play.

I nonetheless suppose it will be an entertaining sport – there’s an excessive amount of expertise going ahead on this pitch for there to not be targets.

Next three video games will outline Arsenal’s season

They’ve had a tough, arduous begin, Arsenal. This fixture laptop, the subsequent three video games – they’re are defining video games of the season for Arsenal.

You’re speaking Brighton who’ve received each video games and on their day can go it round and have a proper go at you and do particular issues.

Then you have acquired Tottenham away and Man City away. They lose two of these soccer matches out of three, and even win one and draw two, they don’t seem to be far out of the title race already.

That’s how ruthless it’s.

Man City put up numbers, we all know Man City completed strongly. You do not wish to be going to Man City in just a few weeks on Super Sunday and must win the sport to remain in contact.

So these subsequent two video games are large for Arsenal. I believe they beat Brighton, however for a sport that in all probability initially of season seemed a pleasant one, it is change into a tough sport. A tough sport.

They must get by that, and they should get three factors as a result of they want to stick with Manchester City for my part.

They want to remain on their coat-tails and after the worldwide break, you could not decide two tougher video games for me, Tottenham away in a large north London derby, after which the next week Man City away on the Etihad.

You lose each of them and you may be six factors behind Man City. That’s too many already. Sorry, individuals may go there’s 30-odd video games left, but when Man City misplaced three extra video games, that might solely give us a chance to lose yet another.

It’s an enormous, massive, massive, massive few weeks arising for Arsenal.

Consistency stays the large query for Chelsea

Chelsea’s win at Wolves was all the way down to sensible ending, some sensible ending, sensible counter-attacking soccer. Wolves have been horrible. I do not wish to be a celebration pooper and I do not wish to be a Chelsea fan – you do not wish to be flat-track bullies.

That the week earlier than they did not lay a glove on Man City, did not lay a glove.

They completed final season beating West Ham, Brighton and Forest. But a few weeks earlier than that they have been getting smashed at Arsenal by 5. That’s the benchmark.

This is what I say about Chelsea. It’s consistency, it is consistency. And that is what they should do, beat Palace this weekend, after which after they begin enjoying the large boys. They’ve acquired an incredible begin to the season.

They’ve acquired some actual good fixtures, however’s it is consistency. Madueke acquired an incredible hat-trick. Real, actual good finishes, hitting them arduous and low down on the goalkeeper’s toes, and he was superb.

He’s acquired to try this once more this weekend, and that is what it is all about. It’s being constant. It cannot be 9 out of 10 one week and a 4 out of 10 week after.