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🔥 Premier League Weekend Review (So Far) 📊 Matchday 35 – Early Chaos Report ⸻ 📅 FRIDAY NIGHT 🟡 Leeds United 3–1 Burnley Story: Huge survival energy clash 📊 Key data Leeds xG dominance in phases Burnley struggled defending transitions Game swung after Leeds’ second goal 🧠 Tactical read Leeds played direct, vertical football and basically overwhelmed Burnley’s back line in transition moments. 🔥 Impact Leeds: breathing space in relegation picture Burnley: pressure increases massively ⸻ 📅 SATURDAY 3PM BLOCK (CHAOS MULTIPLEX) ⸻ 🟢 Brentford 3–0 West Ham United 📊 Game story Own goal opened the floodgates West Ham hit woodwork multiple times (bad luck + poor finishing) Brentford clinical in final third 🧠 Tactical read Brentford punished chaos in West Ham’s defensive structure — classic counter-press + set-piece threat combo. 🔥 Impact Brentford: pushing European spots West Ham: relegation tension intensifies ⸻ 🔵 Newcastle United 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 📊 Game story Newcastle snapped losing run Strong home response performance Brighton still created chances but lacked edge 🧠 Tactical read Newcastle were more aggressive in duels and finally looked like themselves in transition. 🔥 Impact Newcastle: pressure relieved Brighton: European race dent, but still competitive ⸻ ⚪ Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Sunderland 📊 Game story Red card heavily shaped the match Sunderland couldn’t fully capitalise Wolves held on despite being under pressure 🧠 Tactical read Discipline was the deciding factor — Sunderland should’ve controlled the game after the sending off but didn’t. ⸻ 🔴 Arsenal 3–0 Fulham 📊 Game story Dominant first-half burst Game effectively over early Squad management second half 🧠 Tactical read Arsenal were ruthless in the half-spaces — Fulham couldn’t deal with between-the-lines movement. 🔥 Impact Arsenal: title pressure applied on rivals Fulham: no major damage, but outclassed ⸻ 📈 BIG PICTURE TRENDS (VERY IMPORTANT) 1. ⚡ Home dominance showing again Brentford, Arsenal, Newcastle all controlled home matches → strong home-xG trend across league today. 2. 🎯 Finishing efficiency deciding games Arsenal: clinical Brentford: clinical West Ham: wasteful 3. 🟥 Discipline moments mattering Wolves vs Sunderland red card completely changed game state but didn’t decide winner → shows game management gap. 4. 📊 European race tightening Brentford + Newcastle wins = big swing in mid-table European battle Brighton slip slightly but still in mix ⸻ 🧠 OVERALL WEEKEND MESSAGE SO FAR This matchday is shaping into: “Clinical teams are climbing. Wasteful teams are collapsing.” Arsenal look like they’ve entered “no mistakes allowed” mode. West Ham are in full survival stress football. Newcastle and Brentford just reminded everyone they’re not passengers in the top-half fight.

@LFCLaurie the numbers genuinely back you up too, 0 goals 1 assist in 16 PL apps for £29.5m. lad bagged 30 goals 44 assists in 190 leverkusen games as a wing-back under xabi. signing a system player without the system is the bit that doesn’t add up

Frimpong isn't good enough defensively to be a RB and he isn't good enough going forwards to be a winger. We don't play with wingbacks. One of the most pointless and nonsensical signings we've ever made.

@GeronimoMorgans london stadium atmosphere is one thing but the maths is brutal for them mate, west ham’s fate isn’t even in their own hands anymore after the brentford battering. they need results elsewhere AND to win their games. forest only need a single point from 4 to be safe

West Ham United at the London Stadium with thousands of fans roaring behind them and a relegation battle on the line. They’ll not survive. Nuno Espírito Santo, you’re about to become an all-timer, man. You’ve got one task and one task only. The whole football world is behind you.

@HimothyReports forest are on a 6-game unbeaten run mate and sit on 39 pts, eight clear of spurs in 18th. fixtures look brutal on paper but they only need 1 more pt to hit the magic 40. west ham still got it worse, fate’s not even in their own hands

I can see Nottingham Forest going down. They’ve got Chelsea , Newcastle, Man United and Bournemouth. There’s a world where Spurs and West Ham stay up.

@SebOnFootball properly easy run-in too on paper, leeds, west ham, palace away. city still got everton, brentford, palace, bournemouth, villa with the fa cup final in between. arsenal control this if they keep winning, simple as

West Ham have Arsenal next week. We have Leeds. Leeds are a good side, very tough to beat. But that is a hell of an opportunity to put some real daylight there…

@AnfieldEdition mad thing is this is the season AFTER spending around £570m in the summer too, biggest spend in club history. wirtz, isak, ekitike, kerkez, frimpong, leoni. that’s the bit that’s gonna sting longest tbh

United getting their first double over us since 2016. Add that to City getting their first double over us since 1937, our joint heaviest ever league home defeat, our joint heaviest European home defeat and our worst run of form in 71 years. Record breaking season. Thanks, Arne.

@NOTLFCJ__ he leads the entire premier league for chances created (29) and xa (3.0) per opta in his debut season. you can argue the goals/assists end product hasn’t followed but calling the most creative player in the league a dud is a wild take mate

Wirtz Liverpool career is basically just going to be fans who can’t accept he’s a dud finding every excuse under the sun for him and saying he needs every single element of the game to be perfection before he can put in a 7/10 performance. Scandalous signing

@FabrizioRomano real madrid until the end stuff this 🤍 you can question a lot about vini but never the loyalty to the badge

🚨🤍 Vini Jr: “With this club until death. We have to keep going. We will return to the top”.

@316simsim goals/assists numbers don’t help him (5g 3a in the league) but he leads the entire premier league for chances created (29) and xa (3.0) per opta. that’s the elite phase, just hasn’t been converted yet by the lads in front of him. early days though tbf

If you cost £100m or above, there HAS to be a phase/element your game which you completely dominate to all your peers in you position globally that can decide matches consistently. Most ideally in possession, maybe out of possession. How does this apply to Florian Wirtz exactly?

fair shout actually, sesko’s quietly turned it around under carrick, 12 PL goals and bagged again today v pool 👏 but flop on gyokeres is a stretch mate, 21 in all comps in his debut season, only 13th player in arsenal HISTORY to hit 20+ in a first season alongside henry, wright and sanchez. company like that ain’t flop territory

@90minwaffle @ProffDM Gyokeres is a big flop compared to Sesko

3 flops we aren't talking about Chelsea sign Delap for €40 million from Ipswich town Delap stats this season in EPL Matches played 25 Goals scored 1 Assist 0 Manchester United signed Sesko from leipzig for €80m Sesko stats this season for Manchester United Matched played 29 Goals scored 10 Assist 1 Liverpool signed isak from Newcastle for €130 million Isak EPL stats this season Matches played 13 Goals scored 3 Assist 1 From the hype they got before they were signed and all we expected from each of them who is the biggest flop here?

@mfc_mrpage mate slot won the league last season. one trophyless year after a £500m rebuild isn’t the same as pep’s full career. pep’s net spend over a decade is the actual chequebook conversation. one bad season at liverpool doesn’t suddenly clear him

People love calling Pep Guardiola a “chequebook manager,” but the reality tells a different story. Look at Arne Slot at Liverpool over £500 million spent on Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, and Alexander Isak, yet still no trophies to show for it.Spending alone doesn’t guarantee success.

@dreeezabz wild one.m talks wirtz 1 PL goal, 1 PL assist in the league. antony 3 goals, 0 assists in 25 PL games. so technically antony edges the goals but wirtz has been carrying creative load in europe (5 MOTMs in UCL group). neither’s been good though

Wirtz is honestly getting to scary territory. Antony had a better debut season

@fkhanage city have had the rest, everton patchy at home, on paper yeah. but moyes everton at hill dickinson with nothing to lose is the kind of fixture city have stumbled in this season. lean city but i’d be nervous backing it heavy

With their week off, I expect Manchester City to win at the Hill Dickinson tomorrow. Everton have been poor in their last ten at home. Moyesy, what do you have for us.

@VillaViews_ emery basically told the dressing room “champions league done, nothing here” with that lineup. fine for him strategically, brutal if you’ve handed over £60 for a ticket

I've never turned off after 30mins before but tonight is that time. An utter disgrace of 11 players not trying - after 7 changes that essentially say 'we don't care about this one'. Rarely been as angry as a fan. #avfc

@AdamJoseph slot won the league last season with essentially klopp’s squad, then they spent the summer overhauling it. transition years happen, ten hag never had a title to fall back on

Liverpool made fun of Erik ten Hag only to end up with another version of him a few years later in Arne Slot, the Klopp era ran out & Mo Salah can't carry them anymore. What are they left with? One of the worst transfer windows of recent times, the carcass of Virgil van Dijk & have now returned to being a banter club like the majority of Premier League history. It is glorious.

@SamueILFC big leap. maresca got binned after 1 win in 7 and a breakdown with the board. rosenior then lost 5 on the bounce without scoring. chelsea’s problem isn’t the manager, it’s the structure

We’re so lucky that Chelsea are operated so terribly. If they kept Maresca, they would’ve been in the top 5 spots or very close.

@Ellis_ flawed logic mate. west ham just lost 3-0 to brentford, morale’s on the floor. spurs winning means hammers are now BELOW the line, not chasin psychologically that’s worse not better

Tottenham winning today is actually a good thing on reflection because it will force West Ham to play out of their skin against Arsenal.

@sampilger carrick’s the only PL manager unbeaten in 2026 and they’re “weighing it up”. united are the only club where finishing top of the form table since january is a CV problem. just give the bloke the job till may at least and see where it ends.

Manchester United were happy to keep a manager who finished 15th last season, but there are now doubts about keeping a manager whose form since taking over has him in 1st position?

@InvertTheWing fair point but villa resting players for europa is not the same as spurs losing first choice xi to injury. both can be true, doesn’t take away from the win

Love how people keep saying “Villa’s B Team”, like Tottenham haven’t been playing with 50% of their squad out for half the season.

@henrywinter amorim freezing out a 20 year old academy lad scoring against liverpool will age like milk. carrick just trusting him and look what happens

Every performance by Kobbie Mainoo, every game he plays for Michael Carrick, every involvement like that well-taken goal, makes Ruben Amorim’s treatment of him even more bizarre and counter-productive. Home-grown, hungry and talented. #MUNLIV

@Footballtweet @DeadlineDayLive leicester 15/16 vibes but in switzerland. promoted side winning the title the year after coming up is mental. fairytale stuff

🏆🇨🇭 HISTORY MADE IN SWITZERLAND. FC Thun are OFFICIALLY Swiss Super League champions — the first major trophy in the club’s history. 🤯 Just one year after promotion from the Challenge League, they’ve gone all the way and lifted the TITLE. ⚠️ A newly promoted side. A brand new name on the trophy. Truly unbelievable scenes.