Guardiola’s men beat Arsenal 3-1 thanks to goals from De Bruyne, Grealish and Haaland
Manchester City delivered a blow to the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. The team led by Pep Guardiola beat Arsenal 3-1 in a game that saw them go from less to more and finally decide the vote in the second half. Goals from De Bruyne, Grealish and Haaland were worth three points and also, albeit with one game remaining, the lead of a championship that is heating up.
It was a battle for the Premier League and also a tactical battle. They faced each other in an Emirates to burst Pep Guardiola and his disciple, Mikel Arteta. The former doubled down on possession with a 3-6-1 aiming to take hold of midfield, while the latter wanted to bite from the start with stifling pressure to punish any fouls that undermined the always daring start of ‘citizen’ ball from behind .
Ramsdale, Tomiyasu (Ben White, min. 83), Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Xhaka (Vieira, min. 83), Jorginho; Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli (Trossard, min. 76) and Nketiah.
Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (Kalvin Philips, min. 87), Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez (Akanji, min. 62), Grealish (Foden, min. 77 and Haaland.
From the start the game went better for Pep. His men were able to stop the local advance, temper their temper and strike first after a blunder by Tomiyasu. The Japanese fullback gave Ramsdale a poor ball and Kevin De Bruyne, smarter than anyone else, took advantage of that to open the scoring with a millimeter chip.
It was the best moment of a city that did not know how to swim and how to store clothes. Pep’s men finished the first part giving up meters, with overalls on and without being able to play an Arsenal that eventually caused damage through the sides thanks to the defecting of Martinelli and Saka. Between the two, they instilled fear in the body of the Manchester team, sparking a reaction that was eventually sealed with a penalty from Ederson on Nketiah that Saka converted before half-time.
After the restart, the feeling was that a piece of the Premier League would be decided in 45 minutes. The Emirates boiled over and with it the twenty-two players, knowing that every detail could change history. Arsenal continued to believe and forced Pep to move the plan with the arrival of Akanji for Mahrez to restructure his team to a 4-5-1. With him, his team improved, he turned on Ramsdale’s goal and finally found results. Akanji warned, then Haaland and finally it was Grealish who punished another mistake at the start by Gabriel. His ball ended up with the England winger after a combination and he reached, low down, the climax that restored the lead for Manchester.
From there, City took out his roller. Arsenal blamed the blow and watched the ‘sky blue’ monster begin to grow and with it a Haaland on his way to a legendary season. He was the third goal, the one that killed the game and the one that enabled him to equal, say, Agüero’s best season in the Premier with the City shirt with 26 goals. The Norwegian received a ball in the penalty area and, without thinking twice, hit the long post with his right foot with an unstoppable shot that completed his team’s performance. Pep’s men are already, with one more game to go, leaders and are a little closer to rehabilitating the title.
Source: La Verdad
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