Premier league season review 2019/20!
After an 11-month season during which the biggest news was that off the pitch, Liverpool claimed the 2019/20 Premier League title. Liverpool had the championship wrapped up with seven games to play, but the chase for European places and battle to avoid relegation went right up until the final day.Since March, the season has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.On 10 March, the match between Manchester City and Arsenal, due to be played the next day after being rescheduled due to City's participation in the 2020 EFL Cup Final, was postponed. A number of Arsenal players had made close contact with Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis, who had tested positive for infection with the corona-virus, when the two teams had met in the Europa League 13 days earlier.It is the first football season in England to be halted since the 1939–40 season was abandoned after only three games following the outbreak of the Second World War.On 13 March, following an emergency meeting between the Premier League, The Football Association (FA), the English Football League and the FA Women's Super League, it was unanimously decided to suspend professional football in England until at least 4 April 2020.On 19 March, the suspension was extended to at least 30 April 2020.At the same time the FA agreed to extend the season indefinitely, past the scheduled end date of 1 June.On 28 May, clubs agreed that the season would restart on 17 June,with the two games in hand of Manchester City vs Arsenal and Aston Villa vs Sheffield United with the first full round of fixtures since March to be played on the weekend of 19–21 June, with all matches played behind closed doors. On 4 June, the Premier League announced that teams would be allowed to name nine substitutes per match, instead of the usual seven, and that teams could use five substitutes per match instead of three.Financial services company Deloitte estimated that Premier League clubs would face a £1 billion loss of revenue for the 2019–20 season, £500 million being accounted for in rebates to broadcasters and loss of match day revenue.
- You can’t talk about 2019/20 without talking about how Liverpool just beat the hell out of everyone for basically the entire season,it took a global pandemic to stop them just straight-up setting all the records.Obviously teams have started fast before but Liverpool came out at such velocity it was like someone had shot them out of a cannon. The Reds won their first eight games, were held 1-1 by Manchester United, then proceeded to win their next 18 straight games before finally losing.unbeaten runs happen, but there’s usually at least a handful of draws in their as sides dice with defeat. Liverpool drew once. They won 26 games "Twenty six". For reference: the last time the Reds won the league title they won 23 times in the entire god damn season. This time they won 26 before March.The Reds were comfortably the best team in the country and deservedly lifted their first league trophy for 30 years.
- A strange season for Manchester City by the recent standards they have set. Whether it’s judged as a success or not will depend on the Champions League. Winning the Carabao Cup again was great, but nine league losses is unforgivable for this City team.The decision not to sign a replacement for Kompany last summer was a huge error. It couldn’t manage three in a row and nine defeats was the undoing. But it still managed 102 goals. No doubt, they will come firing all cylinders in the upcoming campaign.
- As for Manchester United.It’s been a good season, some real progress made. That seemed highly unlikely back in the dark, cold days of January, particularly after the 2-0 loss at home to Burnley, but it’s been a different team since Bruno Fernandes arrived. Third in the league, semi-finals in both domestics cups, a shot at winning the Europa League it all points to even better to come. With youthful exuberance the side from old trafford will no doubt want to challenge for title in the upcoming season. As they wait for a title since Sir Alex Ferguson retirement, as it goes into a 8th season title drought.
- After nearly 12 months of ups and downs, with Frank Lampard managing a team broadly comprised of academy players, Chelsea have secured Champions League football for next season.Chelsea lost Eden Hazard and replaced him with a bunch of 19-, 20-, and 21-year-old. It was a good season for the side from London, with a transfer ban and loosing their best player. This season turned out to be good for blues , with already the addition of Werner , Ziyech and possibly Havertz. It looks a title challenge might be underway with a couple of defensive addition.
- Leicester were unstoppable through Autumn. Jamie Vardy scored 16 goals in 16, excelling in a stripped-down role that - by staying higher and more central. Since Christmas Vardy form took a dive not long before the team went on a poor run of form. They won 3 games from last 14 games and which ultimately cost them a place in next season's Champions league. Finishing 5th was not all doom and gloom for the foxes. As they have an alternate route to Champions league for next season.
- Reaching Champions league final was some achievement for the side from north London. Hopes were high for this season, but the only thing they gave was disappointment.After a disappointing start, which resulted in parting company with head coach Mauricio Pochettino His replacement Jose Mourinho oversaw improvement but not enough to secure a fifth consecutive top four finish. In the end they did seal a Europa league, but will have to go through qualifying rounds.
- Wolves again won plenty of fans for its exciting brand of soccer. The club was close to challenging for a Champions League place and finishing 7th, the same as last season, is a decent result. With a few extra players, a top-four place next season is far from impossible.
- A season to forget for the Gunners, which finishes in its lowest league position for 25 years. There are signs though that Mikel Arteta, who took charge in December, has a plan for the team, and an FA Cup win soften the blow of a poor league campaign.
- Sheffield united were the favorites for the relegation, instead they went on to finish in the top half of the table. Blades were around for the champions league places until March, but hopes were dashed after the restart.
- 15th place in the previous season and flirting with relegation. Many tipped them for another scrappy finish in the league. They finished mid-table comfortably, with outstanding results at Anfield and Old trafford.
- In October, when Southampton lost 9-0 at home to Leicester City to leave them 18th in the table, a relegation battle looked certain. Instead, the board kept faith with manager Ralph Hasenhuttl, who engineered a remarkable turnaround. The Saints finish a respectable 11th.
- Another disappointing season for Everton, which has now not finished in the top six since 2013/14.Manager Carlo Ancelotti, who arrived in December, will be eyeing signings in the transfer window.
- Newcastle looked a club in crisis at the start of season. Many tipped it for relegation and there was skepticism over manager Steve Bruce. Despite an unbalanced squad though, Bruce steered the team to safety and a 13th-place finish.
- Palace probably should have been fighting for a top-half finish, but, with safety virtually secured after the restart, it lost seven in a row.This season has shown little progress on last season, when Palace finished 12th, but it at least lives to fight another season in the Premier League.
- Brighton’s aim at the start of the season would have been survival and the Seagulls just about managed it. That was enough for manager Graham Potter’s first season in charge and it will be intriguing to see what ideas he has for a higher finish next season.
- West Ham finished 10th last season and would have hoped to push on during this campaign. But it was a season of struggle and the 39 points it won is the lowest total since the club finished bottom, in 2010/11. There will be relief at avoiding relegation.
- In the end, it was a single point that secured survival on the final day of the season for Aston Villa. It will be a big relief for the club, which spent heavily on new signings last summer. There are plenty of issues to address before next season, but the most important thing for now is the club ha survived in the Premier League.
- One of the Premier League’s smallest clubs, which drops into the Championship after five years in the top flight. Eddie Howe’s side remained committed to its ethos of easy-on-the-eye football but ultimately failed and faces a big fight to return to English football's top table.
- Watford will also play in the Championship next season after a disastrous season which saw the club go through three managers. A 3-0 win over champions Liverpool in February lifted Watford out of the relegation zone but it couldn’t stay there. The gamble to sack Nigel Pearson with two matches of the season remaining has badly backfired on the club hierarchy.
- Like Bournemouth, Norwich played an attractive brand of football which, unfortunately for them, did not help the club pick up enough points. Norwich won plenty of fans and should be among the challenges to come back up next season with plenty of young talents on their hand. The table doesn’t lie though, and 21 points is far from good enough.
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