Thomas Frank believes Arsenal can win the Premier League, Alexander Isaacs is isolated and the Women’s Basketball champion has been dealt a serious blow.
Here are today’s English football news headlines.
Weekend Snack Ice Cream
Thomas Frank believes Arsenal should be classed as title contenders. Brentford, coached by the Dane, lost 0-3 at GITIC Community Stadium. This is the club’s biggest loss at home Premier League.
– We lost 3-0 to the scoreboard, says Frank on Sky Sports.
They (Arsenal) did a fantastic job, you can’t brag about that. In terms of quality, they should be seen as title candidates.
Already at the press conference before the meeting, the coach was on the same line.
At times, they gave the best performance of all teams during the opening six matches. Frank, who was particularly impressed with Arsenal in the opening meeting with Crystal Palace, said I think they were fantastic:
The opening 20 minutes Crystal Palace didn’t touch the ball and I thought ‘they can win the Premier League’. After City, they gave the best performance of all teams in the league.
One person who has also admired Arsenal, but thinks title talk should be underestimated, is Alan Shearer. In his column on the BBC, the former Premier League striker wrote:
“It’s not time to talk about them as title contenders yet, but now people can see that it’s a different Arsenal compared to the team we saw 13 months ago.”
“I still think Arsenal’s main objective should be to finish fourth in the top four for the first time since 2016, and so far they haven’t made many mistakes.”
Weekend worry
Newcastle must learn how they can benefit more from Alexander Isaacs, says the Daily Mail. The article begins about the draw with Bournemouth at home at St James’ Park: “There is frustration in Tyneside, but only because expectations are up to the ceiling.” Isak, who scored the equalizer from the penalty spot, gets a modest sixth (on a ten-point scale).
He learns, not just how the team plays, but how his teammates play, says coach Eddie Howe.
We saw again nice tendencies from him, but I think we as a team weren’t good enough to put him in the right positions in front of goal. We did not pass the ball in time. It became a little isolated. But let’s look at it positively, the penalty was great and he worked hard with the team.
Kieran Trippier is on the same path.
– Everyone has seen what he can do. I met him in La Liga, he has a good look at the match, fast, good in the air. According to the newspaper, we brought in a versatile striker, a young man.
Anyway, Alan Shearer took the opportunity to honor the Swede on Instagram. “Awesome penalty Alex,” the former Newcastle striker wrote in response to Isak’s latest post.
Weekend Status
Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest ever Premier League player when he was substituted at the end of Arsenal’s win over Brentford. 15 years and 181 days means he beat Harvey Elliott’s old record from 2019 (16 years and 30 days). Prior to that, Matthew Briggs set the record (16 years 68 days), as did Elliott, then from Fulham.
Weekend Cry
Newcomer Liverpool defeated defending champion Chelsea in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup (2-1). Zisera Mosovic and Magdalena Eriksson played from the start and Joanna Ritting Kanred made her debut in the closing stages of the match as the London club sought to equalize.
What to worry about losing a football match, says coach Emma Hayes, according to The Guardian.
– I don’t let myself get carried away in emotions. We will have time to think, look back, and then a new week will come next week.
Certainly some of the fans are Arsenal, with the Swedish trio of Jonas Edvall, Stena Blackstenius and Lena Hurtig. Last season’s runners-up kicked off this year’s edition by beating Brighton 4-0 (after Emma Kohlberg’s red card after seven minutes).
New coach for this weekend
Roberto de Zerbe replaces Graham Potter in Brighton. Chairman Tony Blum is “extremely pleased” to have signed the former Shakhtar Donetsk manager on a four-year contract.
“Roberto’s team plays an exciting and brave type of football and I am convinced that his style and tactical approach would fit in nicely with our current team,” Bloom says in a press release.
According to The Mirror, Juventus have also shown an interest in De Zerbi due to Max Allegri’s poor start to the season.