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Premier League Round 12: Manchester City hopes Malmouche will regain his confidence, will Chelsea be promoted to the second team?

2:12am, 23 November 2025【Football】

The 12th round of the Premier League will continue on the evening of November 22. Egyptian forward Marmouche, who has high hopes from Manchester City, did not spend much during the national team game week, and Newcastle is his favorite opponent. The entire Manchester City team should do their best to help him score the first goal of the season. Chelsea's rotation this season is the largest in the Premier League. They will face strong rival Barcelona in the Champions League next week. This round they will face newly promoted Burnley, who are fighting hard to avoid relegation. Will Ma coach make another big move?

The memories of Malmouche against Newcastle are very sweet

Newcastle United VS Manchester City - Malmouche breaks the game?

Newcastle was reversed away by Brentford in the last round of the Premier League before the national team game week, and its ranking fell to 14th. The Magpies played very confidently after the start. In the 27th minute, Barnes had a flash of inspiration, shook off two opponent defenders and scored with a low shot. But as the game progressed, Newcastle's physical fitness became increasingly tight, and it was not easy to maintain the lead until the midfield whistle.

The Bees began to regain lost ground in the second half. Newcastle defender Boone surrendered after struggling for 10 minutes. His foul in the penalty area not only gave his opponent a penalty kick, but also caused him to be sent off after two yellows and one red. After Newcastle was equalized, they tried to switch to the second offensive team, but it didn't help. In a panic, their defense once again made a huge mistake in the return pass, and the Bees sealed the victory. The reason for the huge mistake should also be the decline in physical fitness and lack of oxygen in the brain.

Newcastle has not yet learned how to fight on two fronts.

In the last round, Manchester City relied on the superb performance of Doku who roared past, and defeated the defending champion Liverpool 3-0 at home. Liverpool's right back Bradley was not as elegant as he was in the Champions League against Real Madrid. He was literally crushed by Doku. The reason why I say crushed is because Doku does not have many skills and can complete the pass just by bumping into Bradley. Xiaobu has been retreating when defending. Even if the ball reaches his feet, he cannot complete the solution due to the inertia of retreating.

Although some referee experts complained after the game that Van Dijk's goal was blown away, both Manchester City and Liverpool fans almost believed that Robertson did benefit from the offside position. Such a harmonious scene is rare even among fans of wealthy clubs with deep foundations. The only fly in the ointment is that Haaland missed a point again. It seems that Guardiola should really consider updating the order of penalty kicks.

Doku's speed urged Liverpool

Malmouche scored the first hat-trick of his Manchester City career against Newcastle last season. In addition, the Egyptian team only played two friendly matches during the national team match week. Guardiola should give him more playing time to regain his confidence in this game. Manchester City is expected to defeat their opponent 2-0 away from home.

Burnley VS Chelsea - Rotation needs to be moderate

The newly promoted Burnley lost to West Ham United 2-3 away in the relegation battle in the last round. Currently, they only occupy the position of deputy captain of the safety zone by virtue of their goal difference. However, the paper strength of West Ham United and Nottingham Forest behind them are at least in the middle of the Premier League. Sooner or later, they will break out of the relegation zone, so Burnley should now have a sense of crisis that they are already in the relegation zone. Burnley actually performed very well against the Hammers, but the disadvantage in personal ability cannot be improved in the short term.

Chelsea did not give the deputy captain Wolves a chance in the last round. Although they only scored in the second half, they had a crushing advantage throughout the game and the Wolves could not see any hope of scoring. Since Wolves are in an absolute decline this season, Chelsea's victory goes without saying. The seven-person rotation of the car is even more interesting.

Perhaps because they do not recognize the strength of their Champions League opponent Karabakh, Maresca sent most of their substitutes to play in the Champions League without guaranteeing promotion, giving the illusion that they are still playing in the UEFA Champions League. From not daring to rotate at the beginning of the season to now recklessly rotating, Maresca's courage has definitely improved faster than his coaching level.

Delap looks forward to scoring the first goal of the season as soon as possible

Delap got his first starting opportunity after recovering from injury in the last round. Chelsea's Club World Cup hero has not made any achievements this season and should continue to start this game. Palmer's new injury makes people laugh. Chelsea will face Barcelona at home in the middle of next week. The Premier League should have some reservations in this game, but there is still hope of defeating Burnley 2-1 in the away game.