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On the first weekend of the new season, "The Times" predicted the trend of the Premier League in the new season on the front page.

There is no doubt that Manchester United are still the biggest favorites for the Premier League title, which is no surprise.

What really attracts people's attention is a set of data released in this report. This is the data list of all the teams that have participated in the Premier League since the establishment of the Premier League.

In the 21 Premier League seasons that have ended, Manchester United and many other teams have participated in all 806 games. As the overlord of the Premier League, Manchester United's record is brilliant.

In 810 games, Manchester United achieved 547 wins, 159 draws and 104 losses, scored 1800 Premier League points, scored 1742 goals and conceded 698 goals, with a goal difference of 1044 goals.

The Gunners Arsenal ranked second, with a record of 435 wins, 214 draws and 161 losses, 1,519 Premier League points, 1,417 goals and 765 goals lost, and a goal difference of 651 goals.

The Blues Chelsea ranked third, with a record of 422 wins, 209 draws and 179 losses. They scored 1475 Premier League points, scored 1358 goals and conceded 785 goals, with a goal difference of 573 goals.

The Red Army Liverpool ranked fourth, with a record of 395 wins, 206 draws and 209 losses. They scored 1391 Premier League points, scored 1308 goals and conceded 812 goals, with a goal difference of 496 goals.

In this list, as the overlord, Manchester United can be said to be the only one. This is clearly reflected in the number of games they won, the points they scored, the goals they scored and the goal difference.

The London duo Arsenal and Chelsea are considered to be the second-tier teams. Arsenal, who have won three Premier League titles, are slightly ahead, but Chelsea, who briefly dominated the Premier League during the first period of Mu, were not pulled away by the Gunners.

Although Liverpool has never been able to qualify for the championship in the Premier League era, they have been a championship team for many seasons, so the gap between their results and Arsenal and Chelsea is not big, and they can be regarded as a quasi-second-tier team.

This is the so-called traditional Premier League semi-finals. Behind them, Tottenham, ranked fifth, has a big gap with them.

As for Manchester City, which has risen rapidly in recent seasons, in this list, it has just squeezed into the top ten. In front of them are Everton, Villa, Newcastle and other teams. They have missed five Premier League seasons, and their record is on par with the Hammers' West Ham United and the violent Ben Blackburn.

However, in the odds of winning the new season, Manchester City once again ranked second, even ahead of Chelsea, who Mourinho entered the palace for the second time.

Obviously, despite Manchester City's disastrous defeat at the feet of Manchester United in the Community Shield, their strength has been recognized by everyone.

With the new coach and the introduction of many players, Manchester City has not been able to form a combat effectiveness for the time being, and it is understandable to lose to Manchester United with a stable lineup.

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The opening game of the new Premier League season will be played between the Red Army Liverpool and the sky city of Stoke at 12:45 on August 17. Liverpool, sitting at Anfield Stadium, beat Stoke City 1-0, ushering in their first good start in five years.

Rodgers' technical style transformation of the Red Army has achieved initial results last season, and it will become smoother after signings and additions in the new season. The newcomers brought in after the Northern Irishman took charge of Anfield all performed well. Kolo Touré hit the crossbar with a header in the first half, and goalkeeper Mignolet saved a penalty in the 87th minute to save the ball. The team gets 3 points.

In the absence of Suarez, the frontcourt attack combination of Coutinho, Aspas, and Sturridge still created a lot of murderous opportunities. Unfortunately, the team was not lucky. A long-range shot scored in the minute.

Henderson's 68th-minute shot hit the post and bounced to the goal line, giving the new season's "Eagle Eye" system a chance to perform. Referee Atkinson used the new technology to rule that the goal was invalid.

A beautiful start may revive the confidence of the Red Army fans. This is the first time Liverpool have won the first round of the season since the 2008-2009 season, and the last time they won the league runner-up.

In the past four seasons, Liverpool's rankings were 7, 6, 8, and 7. Missing the Champions League for four consecutive years also made them lose their appeal to world-class stars, which in turn slowed down the team's rebound.

Suarez was still suspended for the biting incident last season and missed the opening game. Before the game, the Uruguayan striker appeared at Anfield with his daughter in his arms. Recently, the trend of the British media has changed. It is reported that Suarez has changed his mind and has expressed his intention to stay in the team.

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With Liverpool's first victory of the new season, the Premier League has fully kicked off the battle.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, five games started at the same time. As a result, the performance of the teams playing at home is generally not good. The black cats Sunderland lost 0:1 to the farmer Fulham at home, West Brom also lost 0:1 to Southampton at home, Canary North Vichy was tied 2:2 by Moyes' Everton at home. The only home win was the Hammers to help West Ham United, who beat newly promoted Cardiff City 2:0 at home.

The real surprise in the five games was Arsenal. The Gunners played against Aston Villa at home. After 90 minutes of competition, Arsenal lost 1:3.

When Arsenal defeated Manchester City 3:1 in a previous pre-season warm-up match, Wenger reiterated in a high-profile manner that "they have the strongest team". At the same time, many signing plans have all slowed down. Prey such as Gustavo, Higuain, and Reina who are very optimistic are also intercepted by other clubs.

But Wenger doesn't care, he has full confidence in winning the first round of the new season at home. Now, after the first round, Arsenal lost 1:3. To some extent, the domino effect of today's defeat may not be inferior to the 2:10 two years ago.

720 days ago, Arsenal lost 2:10 to Manchester United in the third round of the Premier League in the 2011-2012 season. Arsenal, which suffered the worst defeat in 115 years, then signed Park Zhou-young and Andre before the summer transfer window closed. · Santos, Benayoun, Mertesacker, and Arteta are the five major supporters.

The current situation is very similar to two years ago. They also suffered a humiliating defeat at the beginning of the new season + held a huge signing budget but refused to spend a lot of money to buy people. Luxury buying superstar before the window closes?

Gun fans eagerly hope that this question mark can be straightened quickly, no matter what the final answer is.

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"I want to ask you a question. Is it impossible for us to win just by relying on these players on the field today? And my answer is that we can win." When the reporter threw the question about signings to Wenger after the game, he was The professor who touched his weakness immediately went into a rage, "If we don't spend money, it's only because we haven't found the right players, and I'm not the only one who is running this thing. We have a team that is responsible for signings. If someone is identified The player is good enough and we're going to spend money on him, that's all I can say."

This summer, although the overall transfer actions of the Premier League giants are not big, only Manchester City continues to spend nearly 100 million pounds, but looking around the Premier League and European powers, it is rare to be as "thrifty" as Arsenal.

This summer, Professor Wenger let go of 17 players in one breath, including Chamark, Denilson, Santos and a group of powerful players who went their separate ways. The professor has hoarded almost 80 million pounds in transfer fees, but the only one The only new aid to go to Arsenal to report is Ligue 2 striker Sanogo, and he signed in for free.

Just after Giroud opened the scoring for Arsenal in this game, the broadcast camera showed a big "buy" (buy) in the stands, seemingly telling Wenger that he must sign, but when the camera zoomed out, the content of the banner was It is the slogan of "money can't buy the" (money can't buy the rich blood).

But embarrassingly, as soon as the TV broadcast camera swept across this banner, the opponent Aston Villa ushered in a goal. By the 85th minute of the game, the score had become 1:3.

After Luna scored the third goal, he imitated Henry's classic kneeling action at the Emirates Stadium. What's more ironic is that August 17 is the 36th birthday of the Gunners legend.

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In recent seasons, Arsenal's transfer policy has been subject to controversy from the outside world. Selling the captain every year, letting go of the star players, there is even a weird talk about "winning the championship without the Gunners". In the past 8 years, players who have left Arsenal have won nearly 54 championships in major competitions, while the Gunners still have an embarrassing 0 championships.

After the start of the transfer period this season, Arsenal stated ambitiously that the team had a transfer fund of 70 million pounds and retained all the main players in the team.

This summer, the Gunners have also had numerous scandals with top players such as Sneijder, Higuain, Suarez, Rooney, Gustavo, etc., but then it was proved to be nothing. Arsenal, who are used to tightening their belts, seem to be Intimidated by the inflated market value in the transfer market, Wenger has stated more than once that the rules of the transfer market have been broken and the principle of financial fair play is simply a joke.

Arsenal's lack of strength in the transfer market not only made the media wonder, but even their loyal fans couldn't stand it anymore. Photos of Arsenal fans threatening Wenger to buy someone with suicide have been circulated on the Internet before. At the Emirates Stadium yesterday morning, many fans chanted "spend" (spend money) throughout the game, and one fan even rushed to Wenger's back and raised the "spend" slogan.

After Arsenal fell behind 1:3, thousands of fans at the Emirates Stadium shouted "spend some fxxxing money!" (XXX spends money) to fight against the club's inaction this summer.

Although he was criticized by the fans, Wenger still hoped that the fans would be patient. He said: "I know the fans are disappointed. My job is to make sure the fans are satisfied, but today's loss is not because we didn't buy people. I need to convince everyone of a point, and we have been actively signing in, everyone knows that we are ready to pay for people at any time, but before the signing is successful, we must first ensure that the game wins, without buying people, we cannot lose excuse."