Betting Zone followers are hoping it’s the former.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has very few choices to make when deciding his starting lineup for this game as he still has so many injuries to worry about. In their big match ups at home this season the Gunners have risen to the occasion beating Manchester United and Bayern Munich. One of those games was against Arsenal. It just sums up what they are going through right now. The Gunners have not won the league in over a decade and a win here will put faith in the hearts of fans, who have seen their side win consecutive FA Cups in the last two years. Not quite laying down a marker, but showing City that Arsenal indeed have the character required to live with the best the Premier League has to offer. For a team who have been correctly identified as fragile in the past, such boosts to confidence have to be given due credence, not to mention the obvious benefits of avoiding the Europa League. A draw here would not be a damaging result, but three points would significantly lift the atmosphere around the club and would represent a proper statement to their rivals.
Leicester’s win on Saturday means that neither Arsenal or Manchester City can top the table on Christmas Day but that won’t stop either from seeing Monday’s clash as a pivotal one.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Yaya Toure are among a host of player Wenger has said he failed to sign. He has picked up a goal or an assist in his last six home games and will expect to make that seven by the end of Monday night. I don’t know what happens with other players and what’s in the head of other players.
Arsenal are missing midfielders Jack Wilshere, Francis Coquelin, Santi Cazorla and Tomas Rosicky as well as Danny Welbeck.
Sterling left Liverpool for Manchester City for a fee which could rise to £49million over the summer.
He netted 26 in the league last season.
There’s not a lot Arsenal can do about this problem except to hope that Flamini and Ramsey produce outstanding performances.
“What I feel is great team spirit and great unity in the dressing room, and a focus to go forward, that’s for sure”, he said.
Klopp’s side are 11 points behind leaders Leicester City in ninth place as they prepare to face Watford at Vicarage Road on Sunday (today). You have to play so many games that it is impossible to think just two teams can be involved in the title. On the City test, he added: “It will be a very tight game”.
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The France global scored his 50th Premier League goal in the 2-0 win at Aston Villa last week, prompting Wenger to say that the player was “at the top of his game”. Man City are further out in the betting, at [3.15]. I have won the Premier League twice, so it is only natural to aim for something different, but when you think about it we play in the Premier League every week.
