Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag desperately wants a reversal in his aspect’s Premier League fortunes on Sunday in opposition to an Aston Villa crew on a high after beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City will all be confident of three aspects heading into the international spoil, with last season’s high three atmosphere the tempo once extra.
Nonetheless at the underside, all three promoted aspects are but to register a win, with Ipswich hoping to pile extra tension on contemporary West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui.
AFP Sport picks out three things to uncover for this weekend in the Premier League.
Flying Villa meet struggling Man Utd
Aston Villa relived their best-ever night on Wednesday as Jhon Duran fired them to a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich — a repeat of the result in the 1982 European Cup last.
In distinction, United are going thru one other excessive mosey in their 11-year spiral since last turning into English champions.
The Purple Devils take a seat thirteenth, having won appropriate two of their opening six league video games of the season, to place Ten Hag’s future firmly in the highlight once extra.
The Dutchman survived an inner overview after an eighth-placed enact last season — United’s lowest in the Premier League know-how.
Hopes that an FA Cup win and one other transfer splurge would result in better things hang up to now proved misplaced as United hang been schooled at dwelling by Liverpool and Tottenham.
On Thursday, Ten Hag wished an injury-time goal from Harry Maguire to salvage a 3-3 draw with Porto in the Europa League.
Villa’s resurgence below Unai Emery started with a 3-1 win over United in the Spaniard’s first match accountable in November 2022.
Ten Hag can sick hang ample money a repeat, which could well well inch away his superiors with two weeks to stew over whether or now not the time has advance for a managerial alternate at Aged Trafford.
West Ham’s walk
West Ham are one other club but to present results from a heavy recruitment pressure all the draw in which thru the summer season transfer window.
The Hammers brought in German international striker Niclas Fuellkrug, last season’s Championship participant of the year Crysencio Summerville and experienced Premier League defenders Max Kilman and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Nonetheless they’ve lost their opening three dwelling league video games of the season for the principle time in the club’s historical past, inserting Lopetegui below tension appropriate months into his reign.
The Spaniard has admittedly had a tricky bustle of fixtures, with Villa, Manchester City and Chelsea the three aspects to win at the London Stadium this season.
Nonetheless these excuses discontinuance on Saturday when newly promoted Ipswich are the company, taking a detect to expose certain performances staunch into a first Premier League win for 22 years.
Since shedding to Liverpool and City in a baptism of fireplace, Kieran McKenna’s men hang drawn four video games.
Top three predicament the tempo
Liverpool pushed City and Arsenal in a 3-ability title flee unless the last weeks of last season when the wheels came off, denying Jurgen Klopp a resplendent Anfield ship-off.
There became no hangover after the German’s departure, with Arne Slot turning into the principle Liverpool supervisor to win eight of his first 9 video games accountable.
The Reds are high of the Premier League and off to originate in the Champions League and League Cup.
“It says plenty about how Jurgen left this club, the squad I inherited, how great work-charge the gamers put in and the draw in which great my workers persons are helping me to win these results,” stated the Dutchman.
“Nonetheless but again, I’m hoping to assemble extra particular things than best be remembered for eight wins out of the principle 9.”
Liverpool can start up a four-level lead at the quit, for about a hours at least, after they shuttle to winless Crystal Palace for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.
Arsenal and City originate the weekend appropriate one level reduction.
The Gunners are stable favourites to beat winless Southampton at the Emirates, but City face a tricky test in opposition to Fulham, who take a seat sixth after appropriate one defeat in their opening six video games.
