An beneath-energy Arsenal face a enormous take a look at of their Premier League title credentials at opponents Tottenham, whereas Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag desperately wants a response from his facet at Southampton.
We survey on the decide of the motion because the English high-flight returns from an international rupture this weekend:
Can Arsenal cope?
Arsenal possess already blinked first in the title trot to drop two points in the reduction of Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool.
The Gunners were held 1-1 at home by Brighton final day day perambulate back and forth after Declan Rice used to be harshly sent-off early in the second half of.
Rice is attributable to this truth suspended for Sunday’s north London derby to compound damage woes for Mikel Arteta.
Captain Martin Odegaard is anticipated to fail to see three weeks attributable to an ankle damage picked up on international responsibility with Norway.
Fresh signing Mikel Merino can be absent from the Arsenal midfield with a shoulder damage.
However, there used to be some upright info for Arsenal as Arteta signed a new three-twelve months deal on Thursday.
“Along with the gamers and all people on the membership, we are having a survey forward to the approaching years, with our supporters, who possess emotionally remodeled the membership and the team,” said the Spaniard.
Arteta has led Arsenal to second-region finishes in each and every of the previous two seasons however he must reach up with a masterplan to protect away from leaving his facet with an early mountain to climb in the title trot.
A day perambulate back and forth to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium kicks off a daunting flee of three demanding away games in eight days.
Arsenal face Europa League winners Atalanta on Thursday in the Champions League forward of a showdown against Metropolis.
Ten Hag pleads for persistence
Ideal three games into the brand new Premier League season, Erik ten Hag is beneath tension as soon as extra after consecutive defeats for Manchester United.
A 3-0 humbling by the palms of Liverpool on the reduction of a 2-1 loss at Brighton has completed little to point out the Red Devils possess made noteworthy development from ending eighth final season.
“We can witness where we are in Could. It’s terribly early in the season and it is ready winning trophies (and) being as excessive as possible in the league,” Ten Hag said on Thursday.
“It (noise across the membership) would not affect me – I know in the draw where we are. Now we possess got to combine rather a pair of younger gamers in the team.”
United head to promoted Southampton on Saturday lunchtime having a survey to protect away from struggling three successive league defeats for the first time since December 2015.
The Saints are yet to register some degree from their opening three games after bouncing reduction into the tip flight.
Hat-trick history for Haaland?
Erling Haaland has started the season in ominous salvage for someone hoping to grab away Metropolis’s crown after a file four consecutive titles for Pep Guardiola’s men.
The Norwegian has scored reduction-to-reduction hat-tricks against Ipswich and West Ham, after also netting in the outlet weekend gain at Chelsea.
Haaland now has eight hat-tricks in upright 69 Premier League games and is one of six gamers to ranking a hat-trick in two consecutive games.
No one has ever completed three in a row, though, and the search recommendation from of Brentford to the Etihad affords the prolific 24-twelve months-extinct a shot at extra goalscoring history.
Fixtures
Saturday: Southampton v Man Utd, Brighton v Ipswich, Crystal Palace v Leicester, Fulham v West Ham, Liverpool v Nottingham Forest, Man Metropolis v Brentford, Aston Villa v Everton (1630), Bournemouth v Chelsea
Sunday: Tottenham v Arsenal (1300), Wolves v Newcastle
