ESPN.com · Aug 19, 2025
What early issues need solving for some top Premier League clubs?
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The opening weekend of the Premier League season is a momentous event and teams spend months preparing for it, yet they still largely turn up undercooked. Preseason friendlies are useful, of course, but nothing can replicate the sheer intensity of a competitive game with points on the line.
We're not expecting perfection after a single matchday, but some of the country's best clubs struggled over the weekend and likely left their managers walking away with their brains full of possible tweaks and solutions.
And rightly so. Some of what happened needs fixing fast, so let's take a look at the issues that plagued some of the top teams and see what we can suggest.