Man City extend Premier League dominance to the one table normally reserved for dafter teams
The first international break means it’s time to dust off our favourite of all the thing. Yes, it’s the table of points won from losing positions. It is still very much an embryonic table at this point, but it is at least one in which Man City are only second, so there’s that.
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And come this way for the Premier League who have spaffed the most points from winning positions.
19=) Everton – 0pts
4 deficits, 4 defeats
The old ‘four deficits and four defeats’ is definitely always quite a bad start after four games, isn’t it? But trust Everton to contrive a way to make something so very sh*t even worse by having two of those deficits/defeats come in games they led 2-0.
There’s a reason why the Sean Dyche sack talk is gathering pace.
19=) Southampton – 0pts
4 deficits, 4 defeats
Could be worse, could be Everton.
15=) Brentford – 0pts
2 deficits, 2 defeats
Crystal Palace and Southampton have been summarily dealt with at home, and the defeats came at Anfield and the Etihad. Which isn’t so bad.
15=) Ipswich – 0pts
2 deficits, 2 defeats
The increasingly apparent good news for newly promoted Ipswich is that not every team is Liverpool or Man City.
15=) Manchester United – 0pts
2 deficits, 2 defeats
Came very close to rescuing one or even three points at Brighton before emerging with absolutely nothing, but never looked like recovering anything at all in a deeply damaging home mauling from Liverpool.
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15=) Tottenham – 0pts
2 deficits, 2 defeats
Found one equaliser but couldn’t locate a second in what really does look like a careless and potentially in the long term quite costly defeat to a Newcastle side who appeared to be there for the taking for long periods, then fell into an obvious trap from which they never really looked like escaping against Arsenal.
13=) Chelsea – 0pts
1 deficit, 1 defeat
Chelsea’s only deficit and only defeat came on the opening day against the irresistible force of Manchester City. This tells us conclusively that things must be going pretty well at Stamford Bridge.
13=) Liverpool – 0pts
1 deficit, 1 defeat
Three flawless games in which they never even conceded a goal, never mind fell behind, were followed by a defeat at home to Nottingham Forest that ranks pretty high among the Premier League’s unlikeliest.
11=) Arsenal – 0pts
0 deficits
May have dropped points and conceded a goal for the first time in the season-ending catastrophe against Brighton, but are still yet to actually fall behind in any game. They were behind less often than any other team last season, so this is on-brand.
11=) Nottingham Forest – 0pts
0 deficits
Just like we all predicted, Forest join Arsenal as the last two teams still to fall behind at all in the Premier League this season, having inflicted the first deficit and defeat on the third team left standing in Liverpool. Just normal stuff, that.
10) Wolves – 1pt
4 deficits, 1 draw, 3 defeats
Lost without shame at Arsenal, lost with plenty at home to Chelsea but did at least hit back to claim a point at Forest to avoid joining Southampton and Everton as tales of absolute woe. Led for a long time against Newcastle before ending up with nothing.
8=) Leicester – 1pt
3 deficits, 1 draw, 2 deficits
The time-defying combination of Red Bull and housery allowed Jamie Vardy to banter off his favourite opponents Spurs on the opening Monday night of the season.
8=) West Ham – 1pt
3 deficits, 1 draw, 2 defeats
Equalised against both Aston Villa and Man City before their bubbles were eventually burst for good in a pair of London Stadium defeats. Made their equaliser against Fulham stick by shrewdly not scoring it until the 95th minute.
7) Fulham – 1pt
2 deficits, 1 draw, 1 defeat
Fulham are currently unchallenged as the Premier League’s most mid-table team and their start to the season is thus absolutely spot on with a win, two draws and a defeat. Getting the 1-1 draw at Ipswich from behind and the 1-1 against West Ham from ahead also feels correct.
6) Brighton – 1pt
1 deficit, 1 draw
Hit back to take a point at 10-man Arsenal, and a point at the Emirates is rarely a bad effort, but the goalless home draw against Ipswich to follow feels like something of a comedown.
5) Crystal Palace – 2pts
4 deficits, 2 draws, 2 defeats
The point salvaged in the second half at Chelsea would have been creditable enough even had it not come on the back of an alarming pair of defeats to sap the life from a season that started so full of promise after the fast finish to 23/24. Came back from 2-0 down to draw with Leicester but would be slightly alarmed that it was necessary to come back from 2-0 down to draw against Leicester. Have now trailed in all four Premier League games this season – again, not ideal.
4) Aston Villa – 3pts
2 deficits, 1 win, 1 defeat
Fell behind against Arsenal in a game they probably should have taken the lead in. Ollie Watkins and David Raya had other ideas. Then went 2-0 down to Everton purely it seems to ensure they inflicted maximum misery on the poor bastards when they duly completed the inevitable 3-2 comeback against a club that currently seems to exist purely as the butt of all the jokes.
3) Bournemouth – 4pts
3 deficits, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 defeat
The early leaders after that astonishing mugging at Everton in which a 2-0 85th-minute deficit was transformed into an absurd 3-2 win 10 minutes later via means that can only be explained by the word ‘Everton’. Having also come from a goal down to take a point at Nottingham Forest on the opening day, the Cherries have made a strong start. Completed the full set of possible outcomes after falling behind in swift fashion when going down narrowly to Chelsea in game four.
2) Newcastle – 4pts
2 deficits, 1 win, 1 draw
Perhaps slightly fortunate to leave Bournemouth with that rescued point in the bag after the controversy around the Cherries’ disallowed late ‘winner’ before scoring twice in the last 15 minutes to take all three points at Wolves. No deficits have required recovering in the home wins against Southampton and Spurs. On the field, it’s a really rather good start for Newcastle.
1) Manchester City – 6pts
2 deficits, 2 wins
Wins from behind are generally quite thrilling and unexpected. Manchester City’s successes against Ipswich especially but also Brentford are notable only for the surprise at them falling behind and, in the case of the Brentford game, Erling Haaland inexplicably failing to score a hat-trick in the comeback.