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Dan Burke·23 October 2020
đ„ Friday Forecast: Ole vs Frank, Liverpool's fury, Moyes to stun Pep

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Dan Burke·23 October 2020
The Champions League returned this week and the games are coming thick and fast, with another mouth-watering round of Premier League fixtures heading our way this weekend.
Here are our predictions.
Itâs the battle of two managers constantly struggling to keep their heads above water.
After last weekendâs 3-3 draw with Southampton, the narrative surrounding Chelsea boss Frank Lampard was all about his sideâs horrific defending.
But the well-timed returns of Thiago Silva and Eduoard Mendy saw the Blues keep a clean sheet against Sevilla in mid-week and the (mostly justified) criticism of Lampardâs defensive coaching has quietened down for the time being.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is in the same boat. The United boss was a dead man walking after that 6-1 defeat to Tottenham but good wins against Newcastle and Paris Saint-Germain have bought the Norwegian some valuable time.
The winner of this match can breathe another big sigh of relief, while the loser will likely have more pundits saying theyâre out of their depth.
This is football.
đź Our prediction: Chelsea 3-2 Manchester United
Even the most experienced managers get told they donât know what theyâre doing.
David Moyesâ disastrous tenure at Manchester United means many have forgotten he was once considered one of the best managers in the business and his sideâs recent results have been a nice reminder that he isnât totally clueless after all.
While after Manchester Cityâs 5-2 defeat to Leicester a few weeks back, there were many suggestions Pep Guardiola had lost his mojo completely.
Since then, City have picked up some decent results and looked solid defensively, thanks in large part to new signing Ruben Dias.
But for no other reason than this is the most unpredictable season in living memory, weâre tipping the Hammers to spring a surprise in Saturdayâs early kick-off.
đź Our prediction: West Ham 2-1 Manchester City
But you know who almost certainly wonât be springing a surprise this weekend? Sheffield United.
Are the Blades suffering from Second Season Syndrome or have they just made a slow start to the new campaign?
Itâs hard to say for sure at the moment but theyâre still winless, theyâve only scored two goals, and they were a bit lucky to rescue a draw against Fulham last week.
A trip to Anfield is far from the ideal fixture for Chris Wilderâs side at this moment in time, especially as the champions will be powered by the fury following Virgil van Dijkâs cruel injury blow.
Weâre expecting a whitewash here.
đź Our prediction: Liverpool 3-0 Sheffield United
Is Brendan Rodgers a genius or a fraud?
Like many of the managers already mentioned here, the Leicester boss polarises opinion.
After beating Manchester City he was a genius but defeats to West Ham and Aston Villa since then have planted Brendan firmly back in the fraud camp.
All it would take is a win against Arsenal this weekend for him to be considered Northern Irelandâs answer to Rinus Michels again, however.
Mikel Arteta, meanwhile, could really do with a result this weekend.
The Gunners have beaten Fulham, West Ham and Sheffield United so far this season, but came up short against Liverpool and Manchester City.
Arteta needs a statement victory soon because if heâs not careful, the âSpanish George Grahamâ is gonna have people calling him a fraud soon enough.
đź Our prediction: Arsenal 2-2 Leicester
He racked up his 100th goal for Liverpool last weekend and the Egyptian is playing like a man possessed. We would not fancy being a Sheffield United defender this weekend.