Is Man City, Arsenal or Liverpool looking the best in the EPL so far? 🤔 | ESPN FC Extra Time

Will there be Chelsea questions? [Music] welcome in then to lat's edition of extra time just Craig and shaer here today not taking Chelsea question no there will be Chelsea no no no there will be yours I don't want them no it's all yours what I'm refusing I have never seen Craig glow that way about Chelsea since was great he was so positive but how would you not be POS look that's just glowing full stop just the Natural Glow that follows early around the yeah what I don't want to do here is get involved in all the getting carried away okay I can feel it all right well can we just wait till get the Chelsea question can I can smell it get carried away although I was pretty Craig who's looked the best so far in the Premier League City Arsenal or Liverpool city city still I mean epwi was Total Domination yes I wasn't particularly impressed with Arsenal yesterday oh really no I wasn't uh yes TRS big Difference Maker for them which he he he was last year and he is and yes Who is looking the best in the Premier League? I'll give him a lot of credit for getting the job done at a place where and against the team they struggled against last year but it boils down to two things a lot of Arsenal's football up until they got the first goal was Tippy tappy try to walk it in and also they got away with it Oly Watkins should have buried them right I mean just David Ryan with a great save though you've been very critical no DAV wasn't a great save no no that wasn't a great save he he got he got off his backside and he headed it straight at him it was a gaping hole on that side right I'll give him credit for was I thought was a great save but I he got up what his he got up quickly that's his job and he got his hands to it that's his job he headed it straight out mly Walkins and the one he missed in the first half was so just dragged it and he scored this big goal for England in the summer I was expecting a lot more I thought the boy Morgan Rogers I thought brilliant for uh for Aston Villa and I think credit Arsenal for getting that three points I don't think it was a brilliant performance Jaa did moresa just find his first 11 for Chelsea Squad AB or who do you think starting modri modri canetto play Netto play that side when he's come on in the left yeah Pedro right he's a good player a lot of injury problems put it one way it's it's anybody oh apart from modri Did Maresca just find his first XI? right wow can't it can't rely on him you just can't rely on him he is so well he's consistently he is consistent he's consistently poor which is a shame because he has got a talent and he's got incredible Pace but he was hooked again today at half time for a reason you got mad shown him you got mad in the other another youngster on the other side who's basically showing him what wide play is all about right so that's a change that has to to be made so to to the question he has found a sty level 100 go not to win and what about Lavia when he's fit well we talked about this last week was that the three midfielders Lavia kaedo Enzo Fernandez they just lack this this the three kind of similar they don't always do the same job but they're all what you'd call Natural Central midfielders so they missed the playmaker last week oh okay it was Man City so it was more difficult but they definitely missed Cole pmer and that number 10 R uh and so this is a headache that went away for Enzo Marisa this week because the Lavia hamstring injury meant that he was down to two midfielders and he could shift Cammer and it allowed mad to come in um from the start and put that performance in that he did so he maybe he stumbled maybe he would have made that change anyway I I I don't know but certainly Co pmer if if he needed any Clarity that he's going to give Chelsea more options from that position then he got it in Spades today every time we've seen Brahim Diaz come on he seems to make a difference how long can anel to keep him on the bench with this sort of performances um you have to appreciate how Carlo on chelotti just seems to continue get the best out of players on the bench and keep them happy at at that football club How long can Ancelotti keep Diaz on the bench? you saw that all of last season with not just briam Diaz but but others Jos Lou and and so many others and continues to do the same for for bam Diaz as long as he continues to be involved play a meaningful role at a club like Real Madrid um I I I don't feel he needs to go anywhere else I I I I think he's more than content there how would you feel Craig if you're in Brahim Diaz is sh I think I'd be okay just now as long as I was getting some game time and making a difference I think the answer to that question is it'll keep him on the bench the bulk of the time because all he's got to do to Ibrahim Diaz is the same he's got to do to others and go look at him Venus mbappe Rodrigo bailing him when his fit what you want me to drop he's not going to drop them for long he he may rest them he may give them a rest in the odd game but he's not going to drop them for long periods that's just just not going to happen I mean they would have to be horrendous uh not that any of those players are bad players it's just they are such big Superstars that they're playing they're going to play does the measured nature of slot ball I know it's called slot ball this must be no you won't hear it again well I might honestly I had no idea what you were talking about I know I heard the I heard today a Moresco ball oh just put bone on the end of everything yeah okay cuz it was SAR ball wasn't it a we while Liverpool playing "Slotball" ago I remember that H slot ball okay I mean we're just wonder where we going we're on the edge right we're on the where are we August still in August I'm on the cliff already we're on the edge because of balls um does what was it the other day wood games W you got slot how dare you I would how dare you I would take a conversation about W what's the other game connections and I would take a conversation about word the link connections or any discussion that involves the word slot ball right well I'm afraid we're going to have to break that here because does the measure nature of slot ball make this version of Liverpool less like that you feel like needs an American twne to it as well hey you see that slot ball um does measure nature of slot ball make the version of Liverpool less amable to a rockus anfield well apart from the slot ball that's actually I think a very valid point okay and it's something I touched on almost did it who ever said that question it was almost a good question I touched on it in the show that the atmosphere at times I think could be a little more subdued although klopp did get frustrated over the years now and again about the lack of support and he was very public about that uh both in his remonstrations and in his words uh I think big games anfield are just big games aren't they and the atmosphere is is what it is but in the in in the so-called games against teams where they're expected without being arogant expected to sort of roll over then we may see that a little bit more because of a difference in approach uh and that is but you know with every new manager comes a different styling and maybe that's something the crowd are just going to have to get used to cuz let's be honest they did have it pretty good under Club yeah cuz it was sort of ACDC heavy metal kind of and that's the onlyall that's the only heavy metal band was Heavy Metal CL ball does Barcelona Shaker have a better front three than Real Madrid on the pitch compared to on paper no I I think it's it's still so what do we see linum Mal Rafia and Le Lei I still I I I still take Real Madrid front three oh yes um but those three Does Barca have a better front 3 than Real Madrid? work together for barcel can these three work together with two games in all right I'm still taking Real Madrid's three uh for Craig three isn't itl that a little bit more we're still trying to figure it out you know what I mean right okay many years 10 years 11 years have been doing this of chemistry for Craig where do you see United finishing in the Premier League based on their performance so far is it going to be the same old story well you have to look and say can Chelsea you know who I probably had I think maybe six I think I had United fifth that's a standard today we saw Where will Man United finish? from Chelsea that we haven't yet seen from United uh you could argue well you couldn't argue uh who the United play first day out at home last week you okay what are you talking about who did United beat at home last week I want to say filam pH so fil and BR I stopped listening to him and then he just wasn't talking carry on I'm listening Craig carry on that's a difficult one I I think it's going to be better in the most part in terms of performance forance than it was last year but a lot of the games were dire uh how much that will uh reflect in points and results I I don't know I don't know is the big answer we got we did all of that for you don't know well it's a very hypothetical question isn't it answer hypothetic if Chelsea continue to play like that they should finish higher up can United match that can so I don't know Spurs one as well didn't they the Everton well yeah Everton have I okay well oh here are your predictions oh you didn't even have Chelsea in the top six see I suddenly just forgot what those predictions were that's that's phot there you go what's up top scorer earling Harland what do you want me to say sh Craig's predictions what do you want me to say Rasmus Highland Cal Dominic Calver loon what do you want me to say Calvin Dominic Calvin Dominic Calver Lon what do you want me to say Shaka who finishes higher this season Newcastle or West Ham bit dodgy and they Newcastle to start with and and um I something been all right I I'm going to go now I'm sticker with Newcastle yeah you think newcast come good there we go you remember your predictions oh shut up Will Newcastle or West Ham finish higher? that's it that brings us to the end of today's show espnfc will be back uh tomorrow with the little man with the arm no man stay okay a t-shirt just a t-shirt on you exactly I can be the little man definitely I'd be happy perfect we can H balls out you Phoenix from the Flames recreated [Music]