{"id":4270,"date":"2025-09-29T09:07:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:07:47","slug":"three-talking-points-from-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/4270\/sports\/soccer\/three-talking-points-from-the-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Three talking points from the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arsenal closed in on Premier League leaders Liverpool with a dramatic late fightback to end their history of recent defeats at Newcastle with a 2-1 win at St. James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool opened the door to the chasing pack in the title race by losing 2-1 at Crystal Palace on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United also endured another miserable weekend after a 3-1 defeat at Brentford raised more questions over the future of Ruben Amorim.<br \/>We look at three talking points from the Premier League weekend:<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARSENAL SHOW CHAMPION SPIRIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners were facing down the barrel of a familiar tale on Tyneside after falling behind to Nick Woltemade&#8217;s header.<\/p>\n<p>But Arsenal provided a resounding answer to questions over whether they are ready to take the next step after finishing second for the past three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta threw caution to the wind and his substitutes made a massive impact in turning the game around.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Merino headed in the equaliser before Martin Odegaard provided the cross from which Gabriel Magalhaes powered in a 96th-minute winner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to learn from the past and certainly we take some lessons and very sore different and sore moments in this ground,&#8221; said Arteta after losing in Arsenal&#8217;s previous three trips to St. James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4276\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4276\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2232463121-1-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liverpool celebrates with his teammates after scoring his sides first goal to make it 1 &#8211; 0 during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield on August 31, 2025 in Liverpool, England.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After facing three of last season&#8217;s top five in their opening six games, Arsenal have the chance to leaprog Liverpool in their next five against West Ham, Fulham, Crystal Palace, Burnley and Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN UTD&#8217;S AMORIM ON THIN ICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amorim&#8217;s wait for back-to-back Premier League wins goes on nearly a year into his reign at Old Trafford after United were bullied and well beaten 3-1 at Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils&#8217; glaring deficiencies at the back and in goal were exposed by the Bees, who won for just the second time under Keith Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>United have won just 34 points from Amorim&#8217;s 33 league games despite another summer of big spending to improve on finishing 15th last season \u2013 the club&#8217;s worst league placing since they were relegated in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese insisted after another demoralising defeat in west London that he is &#8220;never concerned about my job&#8221; as it is &#8220;not my decision&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, the pressure is not only rising on Amorim but United&#8217;s hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Co-owner Jim Ratcliffe and CEO Omar Berrada championed the appointment of the 40-year-old and have so far continued to back him despite 11 months of woeful results.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to beat high-flying Sunderland at Old Trafford next weekend before a two-week international break could prove the final straw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVERPOOL&#8217;S LUCK RUNS OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool&#8217;s clean sweep of seven consecutive victories in the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup to open the campaign had masked a series of flaws in Arne Slot&#8217;s new-look set-up.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League champions overhauled the squad that cruised to the title last season during the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Flashes of brilliance, often in the dying minutes, were enough for victories over Bournemouth, Newcastle, Arsenal, Burnley and Everton.<br \/>But Liverpool&#8217;s weaknesses were ruthlessly exposed by a Palace side that have now not lost for 18 games, stretching back to April.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors were nearly bailed out again by a late goal when Federico Cheisa equalised only for Eddie Nketiah to volley in a stoppage-time winner for the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think if we got a draw, then we took already one point too many,&#8221; said Liverpool captain 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