Since City were blessed with untold riches, the squad has made drastic improvements in terms of player recruitment and development.
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Manager Arsene Wenger wants Arsenal to reinforce their title credentials by beating Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday and called on his players to show no fear at the Etihad Stadium.
He complained that last week’s game at Everton, in which his players also sacrificed a lead to lose 2-1, was on Tuesday, rather than Wednesday – giving his squad a day less to prepare.
Midfielder Mesut Ozil had a very poor showing and absolutely no impact on the match, managing to put in only an inaccurate cross into the box.
The home side were able to hold on to consign Arsenal to their second 2-1 defeat in a week.
Germany worldwide Sane did appear to be stood offside when he scored his first goal for the club, . There are fantastic players on both teams, so, don’t take your eyes of this one.
HollywoodLifers, who will be victorious between Manchester City and Arsenal? It all came to a head when City hit the go-ahead goal in the 71st. The verticality of the wingers’ runs gave Silva and De Bruyne space in between Arsenal’s defensive midfielders and back four.
“So they ask him the question of whether he’s going to change his playing style, but he does what he does, and I think he always sticks with it, and I think you have to do that as a coach”. Sterling still had plenty to do but he cut inside Monreal and rifled in a powerful low shot inside Cech’s near post. Arsenal was much less inventive and active in attack after the opener, opting to sit back and try to strike on the counter. But City, too, will not likely, despite Arsenal’s improvement in this area, be faced with the same coordinated, intense pressing that has disrupted its efforts to play out of the back.
For City, it’s two wins in a row following that disastrous result away to Leicester.
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Yaya Toure also headed at Petr Cech from a De Bruyne corner and the Arsenal keeper then had to react quickly after a Gabriel clearance rebounded in his direction off Hector Bellerin. Away from home, his record versus the Spaniard is W0 D1 L3, though only Chelsea (7) have won more Premier League games away at the Etihad than Arsenal (6).
