Unbiased observations from the opening weekend of the EPL:

1. Arsenal defense worries still persists. If the first match of the season is anything to go by, then arsenal needs to strengthen up at the back, not just by buying new defenders but also by making sure that there is an understanding between the defenders and goalkeeper Petr Cech. I must admit that Arsenal would be a force this season given the way they attacked Leicester City but to be title contenders, they need to strengthen at the back.

2. The Liverpool that we all know is still alive. This is the Liverpool that will defeat Chelsea this week and loose to Bournemouth the next week. Liverpool feels very complacent when playing against small teams in the league and this has always been their undoing season after season. In addition to curbing their complacency, Liverpool also needs to tighten up things at the back.

3. EPL 'Title winners curse' maybe after Chelsea. Don't get me wrong please, but remember that Chelsea finished 10th last two seasons after winning the league in the previous one, same fate befell Leicester City last season having been Champions the season before that. What am saying in essence is Chelsea were decent against Burnley from the beginning but still lost to circumstances beyond their control and also to emotional breakdown in the second half. If Antonio Conte does not tighten things up ASAP then his team might just be the newest victims of this strange curse. Let's just see how they react in their next match.

4. The two Manchester clubs are title favorites. The display of Manchester City and Manchester United left no one in doubt that they are prepared for the new season. The attack setup of United and the resilience and discipline of City in defense and midfield are stuffs that you look out for in genuine title contending teams. Let's just look out for what happens in the coming weeks to separate the pretenders from contenders.

5. Everton and Tottenham Hotspur are teams to watch out for this season. It seems the huge amount spent by Everton has started to pay off already. The discipline and resilience they showed in their opening game of the season shows that they might just be one the teams to watch out for this season.
In the side of Spurs, anyone thinking that Tottenham Hotspur is in Crisis or depleted as compared to last season might just be fooling himself, because from what we've seen this weekend, Mauricio Pochenttino is still in control at the club. Tottenham is still Tottenham.

Written by:
Ogonnaya Mkpuma,

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Arsenal defence is still not yet right! It might be because of kocielny and Mustafa not on the pitch...




I see Arsenal going far this season!
COYG

Ur observations aren't observations but d usual predictable stuff..
Everyone knows both Manchester clubs are d arguably d biggest club in d league considering how much dey spend on their squad so they are always title favourites until whoever wins d title wins it...
Everton and Spurs in particular were outstanding already last season so ?? Who wouldn't watch out for a team dat has finished 2nd for 2 seasons running...? No one ever said or made d mistake of assuming d squad is depleted becos dey have only sold Walker... D squad is still intact so what's ur point?? Tottenham has always been Tottenham and u don't need to watch jus one match to know dat.
Chelsea lost against Burnley but showed what a threat dey still are by scoring 2 goals being 2 men down.. U observed d weekend matches but have nothing to say about Huddersfield (a first time premier league new comer) beating Crystal Palace rather resoundingly or Brighton putting up a solid fight until d superior firepower of Man city overwhelmed dem..