Their opening fixture was away at Liverpool's
city rivals Everton and United just could not find a way to break down the Everton back line.
Liverpool unveiled Jurgen Klopp as their new manager on Friday morning, following the sacking of Brendan Rodgers after Sunday's 1 - 1 draw with inner -
city rivals Everton, and described himself jokingly as «The normal one».
In fact, the iconic singer — who was born in Liverpool — was rumoured to be a fan of both the Reds and
their city rivals Everton during his lifetime.
Liverpool are on the verge of being overtaken by their fierce rivals Man United and they are not too far from being caught by
city rivals Everton, but the last thing Arsenal must do is to let them off the hook.
However, they will have to go up against cross
city rivals Everton if they want to snare his signature, as the Toffees look for a long term replacement for Tim Howard.
Not exact matches
They go on to state that
Everton are also keen on a deal, and will fight their
city rivals for his signature.
And by all accounts, Reeves returned to Goodison Park with a glowing report on the Eredivisie champion's skipper, who has also been attracting the attentions of
Everton's
city rivals Liverpool in recent weeks.
and even more like... Can Leicester
City join Spurs, Southampton and
Everton to
rival Arsenal for the 4TH place trophy?
Things have not quite gone according to plan for the new man at the helm following his switch from
Everton, with United suffering Premier League defeats so far against arch-
rivals Liverpool at Anfield,
city - rivals Manchester City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Traff
city -
rivals Manchester
City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Traff
City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford.
It has not been a good weekend for Arsenal as we have already seen Chelsea, Tottenham, Man
City, Man United, Liverpool and
Everton all secure three points, which means that the Gunners simply have to beat Crystal Palace this evening to keep pace with our
rivals.
Our Premier League
rivals Man
City,
Everton and Tottenham have been mentioned, but it is Jurgen Klopp and Dortmund that are apparently the biggest risk to Arsenal losing one of our best young talents.
However, they could face some serious competition for his signature as he is also said to be wanted by the likes of
Everton, Manchester
City and Arsenal's north London
rivals Tottenham.
Nevertheless, it will be a frustrating night for Arsenal with title
rivals Manchester
City being held to a goalless draw by
Everton, while Leicester
City picked up a dramatic late win at Tottenham to move level at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger's side.
Arsenal got away with conceding a late equaliser away to Liverpool in midweek, although it was a bitter pill to swallow for the Gunners, because our main Premier League title
rivals Man
City had been held to a draw themselves by
Everton.
However, if we are not selling Sanchez to
City because we don't want to sell to a PL
rival then we surely can not sell Giroud to
Everton.
Everton is every bit the PL
rival that
City is.
After they've suffered 2 consecutives PL away defeats in to
Everton and Man
City which led to us dropping down from been 2nd to 5th in the table following our away draw at Bournemouth, and with this away win against Swansea
City yesterday, Arsenal are now 3rd in the table pending the outcomes of today's games involving our 2 title
rivals of Liverpool and Man
City.
Arsenal beat teams for fun including its fiercest
rivals like Man U, Man
City, Chelsea,
Everton etc..
It would take a minor miracle for Arsenal to finish this latest round of EPL games on top of the Premier League race, well it would need Manchester United to win their derby game with Man
City while we beat
Everton, and if our
rivals draw we would need to put seven past the Toffees to go above
City on goal difference.
Arsenal fans will be hoping that the blue half of Merseyside can do us a favour, with Roberto Martinez taking his
Everton side to face our main Premier League
rivals Man
City.
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If we can beat Man
City, which we normally do at home anyway, then we could pull four points clear of our main
rivals for the title, and maybe even move to the top of the Premiership if Leicester fail to beat
Everton.
I fervourently believe Arsenal will win the title except if Leicester win or Man
City or Spurs Arsenal will beat Bournemouth tomorrow of that I am certain unless of course Bournemouth win then Arsenal will not win Looking ahead I am sure we can overcome
City United
Everton Spurs W / ham away and every one at home unless we lose to some of these teams which means we won't win unless our
rivals lose to other teams more than we do.
The Chilean speedster put his feet up and watched from the subs» bench as Arsenal cruised to a 3 - 0 win at Aston Villa on Saturday, before
rivals Man
City, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs and
Everton all dropped points in the Premier League.
As other managers have already intimated, there is obviously a reliance on Premier League
rivals to stop
City's march and, so far, that hasn't happened since the draw with
Everton in their opening home fixture.
So many great matches to come against 4th place
rivals City United Liverpool
Everton Spurs Swansea West ham Southampton and now Newcastle.
I could go back and remember the 6 - 3 loss against Man
City, the 1 - 1 draw against
Everton and 1 - 0 loss to Man Utd in the 2013/2014 season and many other matches over the past 3 seasons where Giroud has been a phenomenon and joy to our
rivals.
The 47 - year - old is on the brink of winning his first Premier League title, with victory at
Everton on Saturday potentially putting
City 19 points clear of nearest
rivals Manchester United.
City travel to
Everton in the final game of the day, at which point they will know if their nearest
rivals Manchester United have closed the gap — as they host Swansea at Old Trafford earlier in the day.
The infamous trio of losses were against our direct title
rivals but I am adding the
Everton loss to make it 4 as the margin is exactly the same as Man
City's and
Everton finished 5th.
Everton fans are losing patience with the club's manager Roberto Martinez especially after the listless display against
city rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday.
The Southampton defender has already been linked with Manchester
City and Manchester United, and now Merseyside
rivals Liverpool and
Everton want the centre - half too.
He now has his sights fixed on
Everton's
city rivals, with his appreciation of the importance of this contest heightened by his experiences back in Turkey.
Manchester United seem to be doing okay under new boss Jose Mourinho at the moment, and Arsenal seem to be back to winning ways, but their local Merseyside
rivals Liverpool, and also Manchester
City, look like they are hitting a blip in their season which could prove to be key for
Everton to take advantage and leapfrog them in the league.
Everton manager David Moyes conceded before the match that his side were no longer capable of keeping pace and challenging for a European finish along with Manchester
City, who have been one of their fiercest
rivals for European football in recent years, because of their dismal start to the season.
So then, the question on the tip of everyone's tongue now is how will the Red Devils cope without their father - figure in the dugout for forthcoming games with Bolton (H), West Ham (A), Fulham (H),
Everton (H) and, of course, their eagerly - anticipated FA Cup semi-final with fierce local
rivals Manchester
City at Wembley.
Interestingly Liverpool have never managed to beat
Everton at Anfield in the FA Cup but they will be going off as favourites against their
city rivals.
Indeed, Schneiderlin's purposeful use of the ball was instrumental to
Everton enjoying territorial hegemony over their
city rivals.
Liverpool v
Everton — Despite lying a place above their
city rivals the away side will be nervous going into this game.