It couldn’t be worse for Mikel Arteta this Wednesday the visit of his friend Pep Guardiola. The Basque coach’s Arsenal lost against City and were left without the leadership of the Premierwhich is now occupied by Guardiola’s team thanks to goal difference, although the Gunners have a game in hand. The 1-3 made by the ‘citizen’ against the ‘gunners’ was painful. Only one team from the Premier has not been able to win with Arteta as coach and so far it is still going.
The lead is at stake in the Emirates, despite the fact that Arsenal have 8 points more than City and Pep Guardiola even said that for his team “winning this Premier is impossible”. And now the champion of England is at the top of the table.
The fact is that Manchester City struggled to keep the ball at the beginning of the game, but, pressing as usual on their rival, then they started to create danger. Haaland, who was a doubt after suffering a knock against Aston Villa and finally played, His shot went wide after a good move. The ‘gunners’ responded with a game between Gabriel Martinelli and Eddie Nketiah.
And in the 24th minute, the Emirates turned anxious when Kevin de Bruyne put Guardiola’s team ahead with a great shot with his left foot, Vaseline, after taking advantage of Tomiyasu’s error in transferring the ball. Jorginho acted in place of Thomas Partey, due to injury. Bernardo Silva served as left back to guard Bukayo Saka.
Arsenal, however, managed to overcome and leveled the score at an important moment, before the break, at 42′. Ederson, City goalkeeper, made a penalty on Nketiah and Saka He managed to turn it into a 1-1 allowing the ‘Gunners’ fans to breathe.
But that hope vanished in the second half, when a City thirst for leadership far surpasses Arsenal, an Arsenal that was wrong in goals and wrong in attack. VAR denied that there was a penalty from Gabriel on Haaland. But then Arteta’s team sank.
It was on 72′ when Grealish put City ahead with a hard and dry shot, after some great play from Ilkay Gündogan. And then, on 82′, it was Haaland’s turn, who scored his 26th goal in his first Premier assisted by De Bruyne after a turnover from Arsenal. The Norwegian was a constant nuisance for the defense, even though he had not scored until then. But he never missed his appointment with the goal.
The city is a nightmare for Arsenal: it is the only team to beat them 7 times in a row in the Premier at the Emirates. It was a big blow. But there are many Premiers left and on April 26 They will meet again, this time at the Etihad.
Source: La Verdad
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