After only a few rounds of playing in the Premier League, Bournemouth changed managers, and after the historic 0-9 defeat, they immediately rebounded with 1 win and 1 draw. I don't know if this will bring inspiration to several other Premier League teams, but several managers under pressure have performed well last night.
In addition to Bournemouth, Frank Lampard's Everton drew with Liverpool in the derby, and Gerrard's Villa also drew 1-1 at home to Manchester City. Rodgers, who has led Lampard as an assistant coach at Chelsea and Gerrard at Liverpool, will lead Leicester City to a away challenge to Brighton tonight, and the first win of the season is the goal, but the task is obviously very difficult.
Sunday 009 Premier League Round 6
[4] Brighton vs Leicester City[20]
Time: 21:00, 4 September
The Premier League still has two teams without a win, Everton and Leicester City, the former 4 draws and 2 losses, the latter is much worse, 1 draw and 4 losses. This is exactly the truest manifestation of this summer's transfer market investment: Leicester City did not sign center-back Fiss from Ligue 1 Reims until the final day of the transfer, their real first signing. This is also "thanks" to the fact that they have just sold centre-back Fofana to Chelsea for an almost record-breaking transfer fee for a defender in football.
Manager Rodgers, for the first time since losing 1-0 to Manchester United in the midweek Express, has directly expressed his dissatisfaction with the club not spending money to strengthen, on the one hand. Thai boss Ayawat also needs to do something practical after reassuring fans that "the club's finances are no problem". Fiss can play this game, but after all, he has only practiced once, the possibility of making a debut substitute is higher, Rodgers may continue to use the combination of Evans + Amatei, and Ndidi, who cameo at the center back from time to time, is expected to return to midfield. This defensive line configuration, the first 5 rounds threw 11 goals. It's not just their responsibility, After Schmeichel Jr.'s unexpected departure, Ward, who replaced him, felt a little under-Premier League level, but Rodgers had no other choice.
Brighton made a perfect start for the second consecutive year, this time with 4 wins and 1 draw, becoming the "alternative" in the current top 6. Last season, they also started at the dark horse level, and the lack of strength in the back was more due to the limited overall strength, and the ability of coach Porter had long been recognized. With only three goals in five rounds, they are still the best defensive team at present, which is the performance of the three defensive main defenders who have sold Bent, Dan Bourne and Kukurelia in the past three transfer windows, plus the iron waist Bisuma.
Potter's tactics have always been that I am for everyone, everyone is for me, and there are no big names and no dependence on big names. The latter two have gone this summer and there are also people, and it does not make the team feel too different, Porter is naturally not worried about the departure of striker Mo Pai, and midfielder Lallana is injured until after this month's international break. Midfielder Gross's outburst this season was a bit of a surprise, he contributed 3 goals and 1 assist in the team's 6 goals, and then directly produced two goals, he can become the first player in the team's history to directly produce 50 goals.
An interesting statistic: In the last nine league games played on Sunday, "Seagull" Brighton are unbeaten with 6 wins and 3 draws, with a winning percentage of 67%, while in the 24 Premier League games played on Saturday in the same period, they have only won 7, with a winning rate of less than 30%. This gap is still a bit large. To be sure, their scoring efficiency is a bit of a match for overall performance, but rivals Leicester City have only kept a clean sheet in their last 28 Premier League away games, and the current momentum of the "Seagull" still has a good chance to continue to fly high.