'Giants' Liverpool and MU find a way out of the crisis: Whether they can escape is the problem

The strange development of the Premier League this season has led to an ironic situation after 9 rounds. Bournemouth and Sunderland are in the top 4. The big names are jostling, and will fight, in the group right below.

Liverpool need a win

Having started the season as the favourites to win both the Premier League and Champions League, Liverpool have won their opening five games. Now they have fallen into the opposite extreme after four consecutive defeats in the Premier League and were knocked out of the League Cup midweek. This is only the second time in 70 years that Liverpool have lost six of their last seven games in all competitions.

Liverpool (left) really need a win to find a way out of the crisis.

PHOTO: REUTERS

In principle, Liverpool can still return to the top 4 if they beat Aston Villa tonight. But in reality, many people think that Liverpool's current goal is much more "modest". Escaping the crisis is already a blessing. That is the most important and immediate task of coach Arne Slot. Aston Villa is not trivial. They are winning 4 consecutive matches in the Premier League, with Tottenham and Man.City on the "victim" list. More importantly, Villa beat Man.City 1-0 last weekend with very reasonable tactics. On the contrary, Liverpool's biggest stalemate at the moment is tactics. They have not yet been able to neutralize the opponent's long passes. Villa playing counter-attacking, long passes, with Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins ready to attack behind center-back Ibrahima Konate in Liverpool's defense, is very dangerous.

Whether to win at Anfield or cautiously aim for not losing is a difficult question for coach Slot. Of course, playing to get all 3 points is also easy to lose. What greater fear is there for Anfield fans than thinking about a series of 5 consecutive defeats in the Premier League, in the context of having to face Real Madrid in the Champions League in the middle of next week?

MU PREPARING TO "PLAY BIG"

MU is on a 3-match winning streak. The attack is really in sync. Win another match and MU will be fully qualified to enter the big game that even the most optimistic fans could hardly dream of at the beginning of the season: racing into the top 4 to return to the Champions League!

It should also be mentioned: MU finished 15th overall last season and was so bad at the beginning of this season that coach Amorim faced the risk of being fired. Now, he has the opportunity to celebrate his 1-year milestone leading MU (mid-November) in a grand way. Winning at Nottingham Forest, a team that always advocates defense first and attack later, is always difficult. Moreover, Forest have won against MU in all 3 recent clashes in the Premier League. But Forest are now in the relegation zone, with Sean Dyche as the third head coach this season. His predecessor, Ange Postecoglu, was fired after losing 0-3 to Chelsea in the most recent home match. And in coach Dyche's debut match in the Premier League, Forest lost 0-2 at Bournemouth. Dyche built up some confidence when he beat Porto 2-0 in the Europa League. But let's wait and see, can the home team Forest withstand a MU that is "in form"?

MATCH SCHEDULE

November 1:

22 hours:

Crystal Palace - Brentford

Nottingham Forest - MU

Burnley - Arsenal

Brighton - Leeds

Fulham - Wolverhampton

November 2:

0:30: Tottenham - Chelsea.

3 o'clock: Liverpool - Aston Villa.

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