As the Premier League prepares to restart, attention turns to how London’s heavyweights—Arsenal, Tottenham, and Chelsea—have opened their campaigns, and what they’ll be looking to build on. So, as the league gets back underway, Arsenal appear sharp despite a setback, Tottenham are searching for consistency, and Chelsea are steadily growing in confidence. Three clubs, three different stories—each with something to prove as the season kicks back into gear.
00:00As the Premier League prepares to restart, attention turns to how London's heavyweights, Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea, have opened their campaigns and what they'll be looking to build on.
00:14Arsenal set the tone with real authority, beginning with a gritty 1-0 victory at Old Trafford, sealed by Riccardo Calafuri's header, before sweeping aside Leeds United 5-0 at the Emirates.
00:26In a display that underlined the firepower of new signing Victor Jokerez.
00:31Yet just before the break, momentum slipped away at Anfield, where Dominic Shabozlai's late free kick denied them a point.
00:39Even so, Mikel Arteta's side have shown resilience and attacking threats, suggesting they'll be a strong contender once again.
00:47Martino Degar was injured, Kai cannot play. Merino is a player that is incredible arriving from there.
00:54We played with three attacking players, two attacking full-backs. After the game, I think it's too easy to say that.
01:00Because this is Anfield, and at some point it's going to change. You cannot dominate Anfield for 95 minutes.
01:06And it changed from various ways, especially because we had made the right decision when our keeper got the ball in their hands.
01:11So we started to rush it. The turnovers, we didn't manage them so well, so we could never glide as a team.
01:18And they're going to create those moments without really creating any situations of danger.
01:25Tottenham's start under Thomas Frank has been more uneven.
01:28A confident 3-0 win over Burnley gave supporters reason to be optimistic.
01:32But a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Bournemouth quickly exposed the need for greater consistency.
01:39Frank himself admitted the performance merited the fans' frustration,
01:42making it clear there's still work to be done if Spurs aren't to settle into a rhythm after the restart.
01:49Well, we knew exactly what they came with.
01:53We just, and we trained for it, we just didn't handle it well enough in terms of the balls behind,
01:58the second ball game and the jewels in the middle of the park.
02:01And then I think that's the defensive side of them.
02:04On the offensive side, we struggled to find good enough solution to get through phase one and two
02:16so we could get up there and then put a bit of pressure on them.
02:19We only did that in the last 15, where we put good pressure and we could have equalized,
02:24but I think over the game it was fair that Bournemouth won.
02:29And all kinds of footballers you need to be able to perform against.
02:34And today we struggled with it.
02:36I prefer them not to boo, but I understand it was not a good performance today
02:41and they have high expectations, which is absolutely fair.
02:45And I think, let's say we performed even better and you can still lose a football match today.
02:51I don't think we hit the level we should.
02:53I think the players gave everything and then that's the foundation and put the heart out there.
02:59But football-wise, we didn't hit a top level today.
03:03Chelsea, meanwhile, are beginning to click under Enzo Mareska.
03:06A frustrating goalless draw with Crystal Palace on the opening day was soon forgotten
03:10thanks to a rampant 5-1 victory over West Ham,
03:14which showcased both attacking depth and growing belief in the manager's methods.
03:20Unbeaten so far, the Blues look like a side slowly gathering momentum,
03:23with Mareska's optimistic about their direction.
03:27One of them is injury for different weeks.
03:30Probably it's not enough.
03:31Today, we play more than one hour with Tyrik, that he did brilliant.
03:38The last game he played as a nine was Man United at home last year.
03:43And again, we try to use a different solution.
03:46If you remember last year, we used Pedro in some games as a nine.
03:50It's because we are always looking for solution.
03:53But for sure, when you have two proper nine, it's enough.
03:56Today, I was not happy after the first half.
04:00The reason why is because we didn't play on the ball in the way we prepared the game.
04:05And we were not good enough in second ball in duels.
04:10While second half, I think we were very good on the ball.
04:13And we were very, very good in second ball in duels.
04:16And I think we deserve to win the game.
04:19We dominated second half.
04:21And against this team, if you are not strong enough, you struggle.
04:25So as the league gets back underway, Arsenal appear sharp despite the setbacks.
04:31Tottenham are searching for consistency.
04:33And Chelsea are steadily growing in confidence.
04:37Three clubs, three different stories, each with something to prove.
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