1-0: City knock out Arsenal in a power-to-power matchup

The City of Manchester get off at Arsenal and qualified for the round of 16 of FA Cup in a good game of high voltage solved with little Nathan Ake in the second part. The group of Pep Guardiola signed a serious and effective exercise, having resisted the attacks of a Arsenal greedy died ashore and sent a warning to the sailors before the titanic fight that the two teams settled in the race for premier league: The city He keeps his desire for titles alive.

The first round of the season between the two best teams in Premier more than expected. Guardiola parked rotation except for Ortegaholder in purpose, while Arteta He reserved starters like Ramsdale on the bench, Zinchenko, Martinelli o Odegaard.

The rivalry on the board between the master and the apprentice leads to a brilliant and relentless draw, where both teams use their weapons with the sole purpose of searching for opposing goals. The greatest experience and excellence of city tip the scales to render a Arsenal who reacted too late.

At the start of city quickly found a root in the pairing between Haaland Y Holding company but the center gunner He was successful mainly thanks to the indulgence of the referee, who whistled a very debatable foul in his favor in a one-on-one race with the Norwegian, from more to less in the first half.

The Arsenalless rhetoric than citysought to open and stretch the field from the dynamism of its three points. Trossard He made his debut as a starter in the Gunner box and used his first team tactics. Two stops of Ortega a Tomiyasu already Trossard they prevented Arsenal from leading the scoreboard.

The city respond with Mahrez Y debruyne, who touched the goal on two occasions almost in a row. The shot from the first was deflected by a defender and the Belgian’s left-footed shot from the front hit the post. The battle in the middle of the field led to the last bars of the first part which ended with a muscular injury of stonesreplaced by report.

In continuation appeared a city more aggressive in circulation and pressure. Pep advanced the lines to sink the ball out of a Arsenal orphaned by the ideas of Odegaard and the income of Walker Y Julian Alvarez This is decisive in tipping the balance.

A shot from the Argentine after he entered was spat out by the stick and Oilyon the rebound, found no mark ake for the side to connect a good shot with the right and make it 1-0. The Dutchman, heavy on defense, was drying up moreoverstabbed Arsenal in his first offensive venture.

With nothing to lose, Arteta acted Odegaard already Martinelli and the fight became an exchange of blows where a city supported by the excellent performance of Ortega, a colossus in his area that thwarted all Gunner attacks. After that the painting lost steam Arteta and the city He managed the final minutes with poise and authority so not much happened. In the first match between City and Arsenal, the teacher beat the student.

City of Manchester

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arsenal

City of Manchester: Ortega; Lewis (Walker, 58′), Akanji, Stones (Laporte, 48′), Ake; De Bruyne (Bernardo, 75′), Rodrigo, Gundogan; Mahrez (Julián Álvarez, 58′), Haaland and Grealish
The
Arsenal: Turner; Tomiyasu, Holding (Saliba, 46′), Gabriel, Tierney (Zinchenko, 66′); Vieira, Partey (Sambi, 46′), Xhaka; Then (Odegaard, 74′), Nketiah and Trossard (Martinelli, 65′).
The
Goals: 1-0, Aké (64′)
The
Referee: Paul Tierney. Yellow cards: Holding (42′); Zinchenko (92′); Gundogan (93′)
The
Stadium: Etihad

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