high press episode 21 – weekly football prediction

Excessive Press Episode 21:

Episode 21 of Excessive Press focuses on Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool’s rivalry over the previous few years.
Host Alison Bender is joined by Shaun Custis, Sam Cunningham & Riath Al-Samarrai to match the important thing gamers at Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola’s disposal.

Klopp bowing out, is Guardiola subsequent?

Whereas the main focus is clearly on Klopp’s ‘lengthy goodbye’, Custis is fast to query whether or not Guardiola is as near leaving Manchester Metropolis as many individuals consider. Though, he additionally references the ‘elephant within the room’ of the 115 expenses in opposition to Metropolis.

“I simply have an inkling that nationwide administration could be one thing only for him to have a little bit of his life again,” says Bender.
Custis provides, “You positively, while you’re coping with Pep and Klopp, have to consider your query fairly onerous. You may’t simply throw in some bland assertion.”

Alisson vs Ederson

The main focus then switches to evaluating gamers at key positions, beginning with Alisson and Ederson. Bender describes them as ‘two of the perfect goalkeepers within the Premier League’. Al-Samarri offers Alisson the sting, whereas Custis doesn’t understand how the Brazil supervisor ever chooses between them.
Cunningham responds, “I believe that place, particularly for Guardiola, is so onerous to play like that… You’re nearly within the again line with the defenders.”

Virgil van Dijk vs Vincent Kompany

Central defence is subsequent up, with Bender pitting Virgil van Dijk in opposition to Vincent Kompany.
Al-Samarrai says, “I really like Kompany as a participant. Implausible chief, clearly… having stated all that about Kompany, I’d have van Dijk…
“Kompany himself says van Dijk is the perfect centre half to play within the Premier League.”

Cunningham offers Kompany the slight edge, citing an absence of errors all through his time within the Premier League.
Bender doesn’t suppose anybody can actually problem Kevin De Bruyne from Liverpool’s midfield, and Al-Samarrai agrees.

Kevin De Bruyne is a genius

“No disrespect to anybody from Liverpool in any respect, I believe it’s simply how a lot all of us fee Kevin De Bruyne. The person’s a genius.”
He provides, “He’s choosing out the run earlier than the run has even began. All of that’s occurring within the car-crash-madness in midfield.”
There’s an early controversial take from Custis on the forwards.

“Darwin Nunez may show to be the perfect of the lot. As a result of, really, Nunez does greater than Erling Haaland does. He will get concerned within the recreation extra, he has much more touches.”

Haaland vs Salah vs Aguero

Custis continues, “If you happen to’re ever speaking about mixed Liverpool and Man Metropolis groups, you need to put Mo Salah in that workforce.”
Whereas there’s large reward for Salah, Bender describes Haaland as ‘superhuman’, and Cunningham admits that Haaland must be the selection when you have been choosing a participant for a match tomorrow.

Al-Samarrai opts for ‘fashion over statistics’ within the last third, choosing Salah over Haaland. Custis switches to Salah on the final minute after speaking up the affect of Haaland, with Cunningham being the one member of the panel to take the Norwegian.

Klopp or Guardiola – who’s affect is larger?

Ending up the dialogue on the 2 managers, there’s settlement that the result of the 115 expenses may have a serious affect on Guardiola’s Metropolis legacy. Bender additionally means that Klopp performs higher soccer.

Which gamers would you choose? And which supervisor has had the larger affect on the Premier League?

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