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Arsenal’s confirmed team to take on Man City tonight – Jorginho replaces Partey

It has been quite boring picking which Arsenal starting XI that Mikel Arteta will choose every week, because he has now picked the exact same line-up for the tonights match against Man City.

Everyone has been talking all week about whether Mikel should start mixing it up, with Ben White and Martinelli maybe being in line for a rest, but the biggest rumour today is that Thomas Partey has picked up a knock in training.

This is one injury we have all been expecting for a qhile, so the question is who will come in and replace him?

Could it be the safe option in moving Zinchenko further forward? Or will he slot in one of the new boys, as in Jorginho or Kiwior.

So we’ve been waiting long enough and here is Arteta’s confirmed official starting line up for tonight’s game against Man City….

Come on you Gooners!!!!

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  2. City is playing 3 defenders. My boys will have spaces to operate. Fast movements at the middle will aid our victory.

    Best of luck boy!

  4. I reckon Jorginho and Xhaka won’t be able to move too further up because they don’t have pace to track back a counter. Massive job for our for forwards

  6. Still quietly confident. Time will tell on Jorginho could be cometh the hour cometh the man. Just asking for a good performance win, lose or draw.

    Going with 3-1.

  7. I’ll watch out for the Joghinho show. He’s gonna have a brilliant full debut . COYG we are winning this 3 to the Arsenal

  8. Jorginho xhaka and Odegaard, doesn’t fill me with confidence, Trossard should be in this match not Nketiah,
    Here’s to a great win.

  9. Seems to me that we are doing 3 at the back with ziny coming into midfield, xhaka and saka as wing backs!

  10. Lets shut the “pretending to be doubters while in their hearts they know the truth which is obvious to everyone with eyes and at least some capacity to think” once and for all.

    Down with the pay to win, unfair and undeserving title defenders.

  12. Arteta need to instruct Zini and Ode to deliver on time. Counterattack will be very key to us winning this match. I am confident that if we can dominate the game in the first 20 minutes, we will be able to build momentum knowing the Emirate crowd will also be on it tonight.

  15. Abit of worry with Odegaard,Xhaka and Jorginho in the same team ,hopefully we keep it compact in the middle where silva and KDB will be looking to take advantage of our lack of pace .
    Going 1-1 now after Parteys withdrawal.

  16. No Thomas partey tonight, that is a huge blow for us, I can safely say goodbye to position 1 and am also not sure about the second cause man United are coming like waves. But anyway good luck gunners.

  17. Zinchenko needs to stick to playing g left back I’m not in support of him coming to midfield in this game because this affects Martineli.

    I don’t even understand if he’s playing midfield or Xhaka is the one playing left back. I’m not just comfortable with this right now!

  18. We play them at wrong time,now that most of our players are not inform.No Partey make it worst.i see Man city will win comfortably

      1. Yeah when your luck’s in your luck’s in. Perfect through ball though. Such a shame he did so well to get to the ball.

    1. Great start though. Best chance for Eddie in the game and tbf de bruyne’s goal he was aiming to lob it in the middle, shinned it a got lucky it curved in.

      Silva being card free after 3 deliberate fouls one which wasn’t given and led to a corner is shocking

      City trying to time waste and slow the game down before the goal is testament to the threat we lose.

  22. Love it when we get a referee who can do his job. Shame he didn’t do the newcastle game, their time wasting game would have got in smoke.

  25. No 2nd yellow? Take the pen though.

    Pep shaking his head after getting away with all the fouls earlier makes me smile.

    Good on Eddie and Saka wow what a head he is had on those shoulders.

      1. Literally what I said IRL to go through missing that important a pen at that age and coming out firing as he has is impressive. Not sure I could now nevermind at his age.

  26. Hopefully all the silly talk about we don’t get decisions can now be put to bed ,a very soft penalty.
    Overall a great half and really impressed with Jorginho and Xhaka .
    More of the same should see us get atleast a point .

      1. Consider it half redemption by PGMOL for their so called school boy human error in Brentford goal, Martinelli’s disallowed goal at Old Trafford and possible Gabriel’s t shirt pulling penalty against Newcastle..

    2. why is it soft…if a defender ran out to close the angle and continued to run into the player then its a pen. i think its the right call. deserve to be at least drawing…think i would have preferred tierney in this game at left back tho

    3. Not really soft, if that happened outside of the box it would have been a free kick and I doubt anyone would call it soft.

      Nice to see city get a penalty for constant fouling. I want to see the team give saka the ball at every opponent to run at that city defense.

      How was OD shoving Tomis head up after the error, true leadership.

    4. Behave. It’s a clear cut pen. If that was a defender would you call it soft. What about the 2 pens missed Vs Newcastle, the pen against Southampton etc.

      No conspiracy but we’ve had the worst luck concerning decisions and impactful ones at that.

      1. Clear cut pen !
        He had already taken the shot ,ederson stood his ground ,the bias form some of our fans is laughable ,soft pen all day long .
        Look down at comments below and I’m not the only one.

        1. Anywhere else on the pitch a player takes someone out after they have passed it is it a foul?

          It’s as clear and obvious as you can get. Ball was still in at not like he kicked off for a goal kick and the keeper fouled him (btw those get given every time too) he kept the ball in play and got taken out.

          1. Messed up the wording but strikers kicking the ball off ahead of the GK for a goal kick get given the penalty everytime if the keeper takes them out. So why is this different?

    5. Already started crying cause you won’t be able to post your arsenal weak mentally crumble vs City article. Bet you already have it typed.

    6. You honestly thought it was soft DAN? All theTV pundits thought it was one and I thought Ederson was lucky not to be given a second yellow, personally.
      I am now looking for a win, not a draw, as we have been the better team and easily so,IMO

      1. Lol wrong Dan Ackshay !😂

        Yes jon ,very soft pen all day long ,got the run of the green on that one ,but yes agree very even ATM

        1. See above. How is it different to a player kicking the ball off for a goal kick getting taken out and winning a penalty which happens everytime. Your gripe seems to be the fact he instead of kicking it off the pitch directed it at goal, why should he or we be punished for that? Surely that is backwards.

  28. I don’t understand that was not 2nd yellow to Ederson??
    He fouled Nketiah and gave away penalty so that has to be a yellow card…
    Man City should have been man down by now..

  31. A fatal error from Tomiyasu, but he was required to win aerial balls on our right wing. I bet he will redeem his mistake in the second half

    I think our penalty was the officials’ apology for their mistake in the Brentford game

    Guardiola’s decision to assign Silva as an inverted LB was interesting. I guess that was why Arsenal overload that side

      1. We can win as long as there will be no more errors. Man City are the experts to force their opposition make mistakes

        They play openly, so Nketiah will have more chances to score

    2. What favor? It’s a stone cold pen. Eddie gets to the ball first, Ederson goes straight for Eddie but pretends to be getting away when clearly his intentions were either get the ball or the player. I even saw the ref explain exactly what he did and why it’s a pen and Ederson had no answer.

  32. Come on boys!! 60-40 possession against City is crazy good. We got this, stay sharp and City will get frustrated!!!

    1. COYG

      We believe and this type of game has suited us this season, if we keep errors down and maintain temp we got this 🤞

  33. Good football, watching city the defending champions , wasting time! Got to love this. Now let’s wrap this up boys

  34. Never a soft penalty! Ederson KNEW he couldnt get to the ball and then chose the next most viable but cynical option: go for the player and let the official decide. I cant believe there are dumb experts out here thinking it was soft! Eder was NOWHERE near the ball but took Eddie out completely.

  35. Good performance let’s kick on and get the 3-1. City got lucky twice for their goal Tomi teeing it up and De Bruyne fluking the finish. His reputation getting to Shearers head there.

  36. Jorginho is having pretty decent game..
    He is doing well so far..
    Hopefully we will pull out a victory…
    Poor decision making from Tomiyasu..
    I don’t understand when you are in awkward position then instead of going back to goalkeeper, just put the ball behind for throw or corner and then defend it

    1. If it had Silva wouldn’t have been booked for his 4th foul on Saka and the one least deserving of card because Saka just did him for skill.

    1. Yeah replay painted a different picture still not sure it was foul Haaland plays that way constantly. The idea that was a pen is insane.

      Hand proving my point after the fact and whispering to the ref on it.

        2. You didn’t reply to above comments on our pen so either man up and address those directly or go away. I am going away so win win for you somehow I guess?

  44. City want the game broken up it quietens the crowd. Doesn’t mean they are settling for a draw but they want a quiet crowd.

    1. I really don’t get arteta, for me, zin is at fault for the two goals because both goals are a product from the left back role, lack of discipline is what I see here. Arteta does not trust KT again. He bottled it. This is a shame

  54. Well once again silly errors that should not happen at this level creep in and cost us.

    If we not champions we can only blame ourselves.

    Is this signs of our annual collapse, I would not bet against it.

  60. Mistake from Tomi, Mistake from Gabriel and boom 2 goals.

    We are close but not there yet! City showing why they are champions, we need to get back to the target of Top4 as we buckled under the pressure of a mid way title charge.

    Eddie is good but not good enough and Martinelli is burned out by the looks of it.

    1. The gulf between the two sides is massive but hopefully with one or two signings in the summer we can close it a little next season

      1. It’s not about one or two signings because this gap will always remain the same..
        Because it’s not like that we will only buy players…
        City will also buy players at whatever price they want..
        So this gap will remain like that

    2. It’s all about having too much extra quality in squad..
      If you compare man to man with city then they are having too much quality in there squad compared to Arsenal
      We need to change our target for season as top 4

    2. Bro Again for the 1000th time City drew at newcastle and lost to Brentford at home. No excuses this was down to us being careless at the back though as I said earlier there’s 17 matches to play so I wouldnt be so worried.

  66. Partey is dearly missed in this game. He is the one that breaks the press and without him you can see them struggling with the press

  67. Thats what you get for not investing properly in the team but no everyone here was saying what a great business jorginho was cheap and experience and how we had a fantastic tranafer window.

    1. I don’t think Jorginho was poor..
      He was pretty decent today..
      It’s just City is having too much money muscle and because of that too much extra quality in squad..

  68. Anyone think we can win the reverse fixture with City as that’s what we’ve probably got to do even if we can keep pace with them till then.

  69. Anyone think we can win the reverse fixture with City as that’s what we’ve probably got to do even if we can keep pace with them till then.

  70. Nketiah had a horrible game. You need to be converting all those chances. Looking at how clinical city were it is clear Arsenal are still not there to be title winners.

      1. True that but they scruffed through somehow. Arsenal had the better chances but the old habits of not finishing them is starting to creep in yet again.

        1. Really? De Bruyne was shinned and the 2nd was a deflection that took it beyond Ramsdale. Did you watch the game?

    1. A Wenger team with the money spent in the last 5 seasons will be clear champions., not least with a 6 point lead and a game in hand. No one is taking the league from him. None.

  72. We cannot ignore the fact that it is too much money power City has and because of that too much extra quality they have in their squad…
    I don’t think no team can reach this level except Chelsea and Newcastle because of Money Power they hold

  74. They are still fighting
    The crowd have been fantastic
    You can’t win them all
    We had chances and they haven’t been taken
    KDB is class and Haaland knows where the net is and a top squad who are waking up after an iffy spell.

  75. I will still very much reminisce our first half of the season as the best memory for Arsenal fans in the past 10-15 years. Being content and able to enjoy the moment are a must for people like us. Our normality has been bitter and somehow I for one has no regret whatsoever to love this club. The good days are like roses, they are perishable, especially for Arsenal fans.

    The bigger question is: What do we learn and are we willing to improve? We had the top 4 in our hands last season yet we let it slip through. We are top of the league for so long and it is sneaking away from us. The same Arsenal, as usual.

  76. Saliba has been really good this game but gabi had a stinker. Nkettiah just keep missing the chances one after another. Reason why Martinelli seems invisible is because we don’t utilise his ability which is to run behind the defense. He keeps making run but no one plays the ball, Xhaka could have put him through twice.

  77. We had 4 good chances 3 for nketia 1 for xhaka yet failed to put any of them on target. You cant be this wasteful against a team like city and expect to get points.

  78. Got the 3-1 right unfortunately staying away from the site for now because the idiots are going to have their moment in the sun complaint about being level with city behind on gd with a game in hand after 22 games….. No time for it.

      2. I am calm just not interested in becoming less calm with the nonsense that will no doubt ensue. I work in the medical industry my day to day matters. I love Arsenal but I’m not losing energy on talking to people that can’t see the wood for the trees.

    2. Well said Angus. Lots of our fans dont deserve to support a great club like ours We now need positivity and belief and we will not get it from these self entitled dainthearts on JA.

      Thankfully, MA will stay only positive. So glad these Jeremiahs have no direct influence on our players minds.
      I disassociate myself from these silly cry baby children on JA.

      1. Appreciate this post, please carry that torch of positivity and bear in mind the afters. Like most others here you wind me up the wrong way at times and you did years back when I was more lurker than poster. It was on Bellerin which yes you were right but my point was HG quotas and you refused to engage on that. Lockdown has been done out loud since repeatedly that was the my most prolific posting to that date. After that was the summer I asked people to give Arteta until November and I didn’t stop posting then.

        Just saying be a little positive and less damning of others because I’m taking a break from this.

  79. Feel sorry for Trossard. He comes on late is given zero service and is thus ineffectual. He could have/ should have been an important impact player but everything about the set up on that side of the field is wrong. Please next season no Xhaka, no Nketien Tierney back at centre back. And we deserve this slump. The transfer window was a self inflicted fizzler by an unambitious owner.

  80. The coach killed the game. What is Martinelli doing for 75 mins. So Trosard is a miracle worker.

    Arteta just played like he wanted the team to concede the second goal before he brings players in.

    He failed to help the team at the most critical moment when they were struggling in the second half

    1. Problem is, Arteta had few options on the bench. Viera has been a failure and we are overloaded with centre halves for some ridiculous reason.

  81. Why I feel we had the best half of the season ever and now we will have the worst half of the season ever. We need to bounce back from this dip in form quick to show we have character. Title is for sure gone, wait goes on n on.

  82. I find the excuses being bandied around here quite insulting. There’s no gulf in quality, it’s complete BS. We effed up twice and got punished. This aint Everton or Brentford where you get second and third chances to redeem yourself. We gifted them two chances. Onto the next one.

    1. That’s were quality comes in picture…
      You make mistakes because you are short of quality…
      You are not upto the mark.
      Why City didn’t do any mistake being away from home??

  83. We gave away all their goals by sloppy passing. So frustrating. I don’t understand why Arteta isn’t playing KT. We have options to step up our game, play Trossard as CF switch Zinchenko for KT, why isn’t he doing this?

  85. Better team won.
    Move on to the next game.
    Ist half we played well. 2nd half they were at their clinical best and punished the errors.

    1. Exactly! Onto the next one. Finding excuses for a self-inflicted defeat is laughable. Could’ve easily ended in a draw.

  86. It is really amusing that we have failed to even play to a draw! I’m baffled with the lack of discipline and late subs from the coach? Did he really mean to get 3 points today?

  87. Arteta and Edu are messed up. How did we buy Kiwior when we have more than enough defenders? The January window was a disaster. We lack experience upfront. We could do with Lacszette from the bench and Pepe also. Jorginho was not a desired buy but from today’s performance he can form a better partnership Partey. I still don’t understand why Arteta allowed the team to play from the back when we were under so much pressure. If Arteta thinks he will get a better chance than this season he is deluded. We need another striker who is experienced. If we can’t buy someone for Partey’s role why do we loan out Azeez.

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