The fierce three-horse race in the Premier League

(Baonghean.vn) - Most of the leading sports journalists following the 2016/17 Premier League have commented that this season's championship will hardly escape the three-horse chariot, in which Chelsea of ​​coach Antonio Conte must fight alone against the two Manchester teams.

Group "Hello!" revealed

First, it must be affirmed that Leicester and Arsenal have shown signs of "raising the white flag" even though the 2016/17 Premier League has only passed 2 rounds... Not even through the "greeting" but the defending champion Leicester and the giant Arsenal are already 5 points behind, which is really too difficult for hopes of climbing higher.

Striker Ibrahimovic (MU), leading candidate for the Premier League 2016/17 Golden Boot race

Defending champions Leicester, after a sublime season, have returned to their best. Playing against the "underdog" Hull City in the first round, they could not overwhelm and had to lose 1-2. When facing Arsenal, coach Claudio Ranieri's students could not play ambush and wait for a sharp counter-attack, the style of play that helped them win the championship last season. After 20 years of association, the French professor is still a "stingy guy" in shopping, so Wenger does not have a single reliable striker. Another season, Arsenal continues to rely on the scoring ability of Alexis Sanchez in the striker position and the return of Ozil. That is not enough for a long and fierce season like the Premier League, especially when the Gunners' opponents are shopping heavily.

Among the big names, Liverpool is still an unknown quantity, as in round 2 they just lost 0-2 to home team Burnley after a "crazy" opening match against Arsenal and ended with a score of 4-3. Losing 2 away matches has not made coach Klopp too worried, but has the German coach understood what the Premier League is?

Three Horses Race

Fans saw with their own eyes how Paul Pogba, the most expensive contract in the world of Man United, made an impressive debut. The 23-year-old French midfielder has all the "5 in 1" qualities of a player playing in the midfield: abundant physical strength, perfect personal technique, excellent in playing high balls and long shots, creative tactical thinking and passionate playing. But MU does not only have Paul Pogba, under the Jose Mourinho era, they have a killer named Zlatan Ibrahimovic who is dangerous in the air, close combat and with hammer-like shots, and center-back Eric Bailly who plays extremely solidly. Only rookie Henrikh Mkhitaryan has not shown much because Jose Mourinho only put him on the field at the end of the match. The important thing is that when there is a new rookie, players like Marouane Fellaini and Blind play much better. It was not until round 4 (September 10) when hosting Man City at Old Trafford that people could accurately speak about the ability of Jose Mourinho's team, but with 6 points in 2 matches and a solid performance, MU deserves to be on the list of top candidates for the championship.

Arsenal are running out of steam right from the starting line

Man City's owners are no pushovers either. After a lucky 2-1 win over Sunderland, Pep Guardiola unleashed a 1-4 drubbing at Stoke's Bet365 Stadium (formerly Britania). Former player Sergio Aguero continued to shine with a brace to help the visitors take a 2-0 lead, but two goals from new signing Nolito in the final minutes helped them climb to the top of the table.

Chelsea is the third name in the three-horse race. Although coach Antonio Conte has just had two difficult matches, including the match against Watford because his compatriot Walter Mazzarri knows each other's coaching style very well. The two matches against West Ham, Watford both ended with a lucky score of 2-1, but clearly Antonio Conte should not be underestimated because Chelsea is a team famous for stubbornly chasing the top teams. It would be a mistake to forget names like Eden Hazard, Diego Costa and new signing Michy Batshuayi, who just scored the opening goal at Vicarage Road.

Football, full of surprises, all analysis is just prediction. What interests Vietnamese fans the most is that the Premier League 2016/17 is attracting the world's top players and coaches to participate. Names like Paul Pogba, Ibrahimovic, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Klopp, Antonio Conte... are worthy of making football fans wake up in the middle of the night and glue their eyes to the TV screen.

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