I became a big fan of Nottingham forest after they finish seventh in 2024/25 season. In 2023/24 season Nottingham finished 17th, just one position above the relegation zone. This shows that every team has the capability to finish at top position regardless of it's position in last season. Likewise, Crystal palace finished 12th in 2024/25 season but they won Emirates FA Cup and recently they defeated EPL winner Liverpool in Community Shield. All indicators are positive for Crystal Palace for upcoming season.
Exactly, even Chelsea finished low 2/3 seasons back but now they are World champions, Nottingham as you said are also good example even when they deserve a spot in the champions league. They did really well and even this coming season I expect them to perform even better but this season will be though for everyone. Any team can improve and I won't be shocked if Manchester United also show some improvements.
I will say penalty is a luck, and crystal palace were lucky to get a win in the penalty, but if we check overall performance of the two teams, then I will say crystal palace didn’t win by luck, they really played well in the match, I never expected such a impressive performance from crystal palace in the match
Crystal Palace did really well to win even though Liverpool failed to seal the win they were ahead, to those saying they got lucky to win why didn't Liverpool get lucky too. They weren't lucky in my opinion, I know penalty is a game of luck but Crystal Palace played well and deserves to be appreciated. Let's see if they have really improved when they face Chelsea in their first game of the season.