After the very unhelpful international break, we welcomed back premier league football this past weekend with a very huge win against Tottenham on their own turf on Sunday. The fear heading into that game was genuine, loose and we risked falling behind a relentless Man City side that is yet to taste defeat, the injuries and suspension ahead of the game against spurs wasn’t helping our case.
However we found a away to pull through with a very mature performance to clinch a win. A powerful header from Gabriel made all the difference and made sure we’ll have a good solid platform to prepare for the mouth watering clash against the reigning champions next week.
Given how they’ve been leaking odd goals recently we should fancy our chances of coming away with something, shouldn’t we?
Given the way we lacked fluidity at times in the Spurs game( caused mainly by Ødegaard and Rice’s absence) any helping hand we get on Sunday would be welcomed especially if it’s from our opponents.
The City attack has been at it’s irresistible best this seaon with them already scoring the most number of goals so far, however it’s the presence of little vulnerabilities at the back that might help us next week.
The Citizens have kept one cleansheet so far, with them conceding goals to Ipswich town, West Ham united and Brentford in their first four games. Its interesting to see that they’ve conceded two goals out of the three from within the first ten minutes.
Given how solid we are defensively, an early goal might be all that it takes for us, and there might be an even better chance of scoring if we start fast and get an early chance on Sunday.
However we still have to respect the force that Man City are, scoring will still be a tough task even if they’ve shown fragility at the back recently. We’ll be hoping that we do nevertheless so that we can get a crucial win in the title race, even if it’s still early on in the campaign for it to be a title decider.
What are the odds of us scoring more than once at the Etihad on Sunday?
KENNETH BENJAMIN.
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i agree Man C defence can got at for two seasons now, hardly ever have clean sheet even at home to bottom half teams
however, i’m not sure Arsenal ‘must start very fast’, in fact the opposite, Arsenal must keep a lid on Man C for the first 20 minutes, same for start of second half, just like we did at Spurs
as you say the chances will come, patience is the key, bursting out of the traps is not necessary, just like we did at Spurs
Why start fast ? We only need one goal to win it. Two clean sheets against them last season. Best defence in world football !!!!!!|
I predict Arsenal will be very dour and careful. I don’t see a quick start. Especially away from home.
Am in agreement with the two post above, we don’t need to start fast too many things could go wrong
I think we can assume City won’t be like Sp*rs – or at least not the Sp*rs that turned up (if they did) -against us last week. Added to that City are undoubtedly still our “bogey” team (although the record has improved very recently which is a hopeful sign for Sunday).
Haaland will likely be the main danger as he almost always is, and he already has 9 goals. If Arsenal are too gung-ho from the start, I think they are probably asking for trouble.
Some reports described our win against Spurs as “Mourinho-like”. If true, the tactics were successful then.