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<\/p>\nAfter Liverpool lost Jurgen Klopp, appointed a relatively unknown Dutchman after being rejected by Xabi Alonso, and made \u00a312.5m winger Federico Chiesa their headline signing, few had the Reds down for Premier League glory.<\/p>\n
By late April, there was a rush on red flares on one half of Merseyside, and a shortage of humble pie across the rest country.<\/p>\n
This time around, the picture couldn\u2019t be much different.<\/p>\n
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Liverpool to miss Premier League title, Arsenal pain extended<\/p>\n
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Questions may be asked of Mikel Arteta if this prediction comes true (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve broken the bank this summer to sign Florian Wirtz<\/a>, Hugo Ekitike<\/a>, Milos Kerkez<\/a> and Jeremie Frimpong<\/a>, and are still eyeing another record-breaking move for Newcastle United<\/a>\u2019s Alexander Isak<\/a>.<\/p>\n In short, the pressure\u2019s on to perform, not least from the club\u2019s accountants, but an AI supercomputer has the Reds<\/a> buckling in their retention bid.<\/p>\n Liverpool are spending heavy, and want to break the transfer record again for Alexander Isak, but it may not be enough (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n The prediction, via Sportscasting<\/a>, has them finishing third, behind champions Manchester City<\/a> and, you guessed it, perennial runners-up Arsenal<\/a> in second place.<\/p>\n Enzo Maresca\u2019s Chelsea<\/a> round off the top four, but are some 13 points off the league leaders.<\/p>\n There are few shocks foretold at the other end of the table with the three promoted sides \u2013 Burnley<\/a>, Sunderland<\/a> and Leeds United<\/a> this time \u2013 all dropping back down for the third consecutive season, the latter managing just 28 points.<\/p>\n Manchester United<\/a> likely have the biggest grin of all, apart from their city neighbours, having gained 10 places on last season\u2019s 15th-placed finish to bag a Europa League<\/a> spot.<\/p>\n Swipe to scroll horizontallySupercomputer-predicted Premier League table in full<\/p>\n Position<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Manchester City<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 92<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Arsenal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 88<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Liverpool<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 85<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Chelsea<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 79<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Manchester United<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 76<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Aston Villa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 70<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 67<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Newcastle United<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 63<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n West Ham United<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 60<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Everton<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 56<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Brighton & Hove Albion<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 54<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 52<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Brentford<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Fulham<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 48<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Crystal Palace<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 45<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Bournemouth<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 43<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Burnley<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 35<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 19<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Sunderland<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Leeds United<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 28<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Liverpool lost Jurgen Klopp, appointed a relatively unknown Dutchman after being rejected by Xabi Alonso, and made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-306123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114946898981307500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Alexander](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cVVzcgWkG56NsYRcGPcvfn.jpg\")
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