London (AFP)
Leaders Chelsea are facing a difficult test against their stubborn neighbor West Ham in the fifteenth stage of the English Football Championship, which marks the beginning of the era of German coach Ralph Rangnick at the helm of the coaching staff of Manchester United.
West Ham achieved a remarkable start this season, crowned with a remarkable victory over Liverpool 3-2, followed by the first loss this season, but followed that with two defeats and a draw, and also achieved two distinguished results by excluding the poles Manchester City and Manchester United, respectively, from the League of English Professional Clubs in their home, Note that the first won the title of this competition in the last three years.
And the team’s situation has changed since it was supervised by Scottish coach David Moyes, specifically since December 2019. The ticket to qualify for the European League «European League», which reached the knockout round.
For his part, Chelsea were not in the best condition recently, because they lost points at home by drawing in the last two matches they played against “Stamford Bridge” against the humble Burnley and the volatile Manchester United, while their German coach Thomas Tuchel described his winning team away from Watford 2-1 Wednesday that he was lucky to score the three points in the match.
Regarding his team’s performances this season, Moyes said, “I think we are in the first places (currently fourth) well deservedly. You can see the quality and personality of my players. What I want is to compete with the Big Four, this is the challenge in front of the players.”
On the other hand, Manchester City, the second by a point, and Liverpool, by two points, are seeking to take advantage of any stumble for Chelsea to pounce on the first place, as the first is a guest of “Watford”, and the second is on Wolverhampton.
City suffers from several injuries in its ranks, most notably German midfielders Ilkay Gundogan, Belgian Kevin De Bruyne and defenders John Stones and Kyle Walker, but Spanish coach Pep Guardiola can count on the brilliant Portuguese Bernardo Silva and Spaniard Rodri.
Liverpool wants to continue its impressive attacking performances recently, when it is a guest of Wolverhampton.
In the middle of the week, Liverpool achieved a remarkable victory over its neighbor Everton 4-1 at the latter’s stadium, “Goodison Park”, and in general, the red team scored an average of more than 3 goals per game (43 goals in 14 matches in the domestic league this season), thanks to a triple brilliance. The introduction is composed of the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (13 goals), the Portuguese Diogo Jota (8), and the Senegalese Sadio Mane (7), or about two-thirds of the team’s goals.
Manchester United opens a new era under the supervision of its German coach, Ralf Rangnick, who contracted with the club for a period of six months, and to take a consultative position in the club for a period of two years after that.
Rangnick will play his first official match at Old Trafford against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Rangnick stressed in his first press conference the tightening of ranks within the team in order to achieve positive results that live up to the aspirations of the club’s supporters, saying, “My role lies in helping the team to form a homogeneous mass. The team spirit and solidarity between its various members are very important, we have seen two different stages On Thursday’s match, “Manchester beat Arsenal 3-2, but having great fans will help us without a doubt. It will not be easy. I can’t change a lot of things in a training session or two. We have to have more possession of the ball to be more in control of the course.” Play”.
United had sacked their former Norwegian coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and temporarily replaced his assistant Michael Carrick, who supervised him in three matches that ended in his victory away to Villarreal 2-0, reaching the final price of the Champions League, and drawing away from his rules against Chelsea 1-1 Then beat Arsenal 3-2 Thursday.
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