""Winning, win, lose, win, win, win, lose, win, EPL" The team that will be in the relegation zone is Arsenal's third place in shock"Unexpected star is former teacher SON
The English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season was in shock of a major catastrophe.
In the 10th round, Manchester City and Arsenal, the leaders of the 'Big 3', lost side by side. Manchester City suffered a shock 1-2 defeat against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth on the 3rd (Korea time).
Manchester City, which had seven wins and two draws since the opening, suffered its first defeat in the EPL this season. Following the round of 16 (1-2 loss) of the League Cup against Tottenham, the team fell into a swamp of two consecutive official matches.
Manchester City allowed the first goal in the first nine minutes. Antoine Semeno, aided by Miloš Kerquez, opened the door. In the 19th minute of the second half, Bournemouth scored the second goal of a cross from the left side in a counterattack. Manchester City scored a comeback goal in the 37th minute of the second half with Yoshko Gvardiol's header but failed to reverse the game. Elling Holan digested full time but was silent.
Manchester City's unbeaten EPL run also ended in 33 games. Manchester City's last defeat was against Aston Villa on 7 December 2023. Since then, he has raced 26 wins and 6 draws. He scored 80 goals in 32 matches and conceded only 26 goals. Pep Guardiola said of his unbeaten run being broken `I want to keep going, but it's great that I've done it for a few games, months.'
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Manchester City fell to second place, two points behind Liverpool (25 points). Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 against Brighton. Arsenal also suffered a defeat. Arsenal took a 0-1 knee at Newcastle United. Arsenal dropped to fourth place with 18 points.
Third place is Nottingham Forest, which is making a surprise splash. Nottingham brought West Ham home on the day and won 3-0 with a numerical advantage. With Chris Wood scoring his eighth goal, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ola Aina shook the net and won three consecutive games. West Ham had Edson Alvarez sent off in the second extra-time warning of the first half.
Nottingham are third with five wins, four draws and one loss and 19 points. Nottingham was classified as a relegation zone before the cap opened this season, but it is shaking the EPL with 'Big4'.
Coach Nunu Espiritu Santo, Son Heung-min's former teacher, who is at the helm of Nottingham, is also a hot topic.
Nunu Santo has been recognised for his leadership at Wolverhampton. After taking the helm of Wolverhampton in May 2017, he led his promotion to the EPL in his first season and ranked seventh in the EPL for two consecutive seasons. In the 2019-2020 season, he also made it to the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
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And in June 2021, he took over as Tottenham manager. He won all three games in the first half of the league and received the Coach of the Month award, but that was it. Coach Nunu Santo was dismissed four months after his inauguration and only 10 games after a slump of five losses in the last seven games.
Coach Nunu Santu took the helm of Saudi Arabia's RTHAD in July 2022. He enjoyed the joy of winning his first season, but was dismissed in November last year due to sluggish performance in the new season and rumors of discord with Karim Benzema.
Having taken the helm of Nottingham in December last year, he managed to stay in the first division by ranking 17th in the EPL in his first season. In particular, he was disciplined to cut four points for violating the 「Profits and Sustainability Regulations」 (PSR).
The outlook was dark again this season, but it is confusing the EPL with a completely different team.
