Antoine Semenyo expressed his satisfaction after Manchester City defeated Arsenal to win the Carabao Cup, with the forward playing a key role in the victory.
Arsenal had been regarded as favourites by many observers due to their stronger run of form leading into the final. In contrast, Manchester City had endured a difficult spell and had recently been eliminated from the Champions League, which further strengthened expectations that the Gunners would prevail.
Semenyo Influences the Outcome
Despite those pre-match expectations, Manchester City produced an impressive performance, particularly in the second half, to secure a deserved win. Semenyo was among the standout performers, making a significant impact following his arrival at the club in January.
The Ghanaian had previously been linked with a move to Arsenal before completing his transfer to Manchester City, adding further intrigue to his performance. During the match, he consistently troubled Piero Hincapie, creating problems with his pace and direct approach.
Post Match Reaction
As reported by Sky Sports, Semenyo said:
“I just have that freedom to do what I want [on the wing], get at defenders and cause problems.
“I had Hincapie running around a little bit…”
Semenyo’s comments reflected both confidence and satisfaction with his individual display, as well as his contribution to the team’s success. Having played a decisive role in a major final, he will naturally take encouragement from the performance.
For Arsenal, however, the priority must be to move beyond the result and refocus on the remainder of the season. While such remarks may attract attention, the Gunners’ primary concern will be ensuring a strong response in their upcoming fixtures.
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Hard to believe we could of signed him especially when we already have Nwaneri as a center midfielder.
Instead we spent over 120m on Eze and Madueke.
And sent Nwaneri on loan and he is scoring goals, Madueke is on the bench and Saka is out of form. Eze bar a few games has been average. And not even mentionig Semenyo can also play on the left
He had to “run around” after being booked undeservedly of course.
You arsenal fans deserve no trophy. Who’s the loser now? You or the players or Arteta?
Raya ought to start that match not Kepa. Kepa will get his wage but you fans will get no trophy. Since you lot chose to be stewpid.
Lol
Cynthia, who is your club ?
So Cynthia, are you saying that, if we had started with Raya, we would have won the final?
Now, I might not be a brain surgeon, but I’m certainly not stupid (or stewpid) and we would not have won that final with the outfield players at MA’s disposal and with the way he set them up to play in this game, even if Raya had been selected.
On the day, city had the better manager, the better players, the better technique, the better plan B (we only had plan A) and, most importantly, the players to implement said plans and technique.
disagree partly mate
several Gooners said before the game that Raya needed to play because he’s a better keeper
you can’t then watch Kepa drop a ball and say …..oh well, we wouldn’t have won anyway .
You got to be big enough to say they were correct
Dan
Kepa did make the mistake that you predicted but is that enough on its own to have lost Arsenal the match? It had an impact but was he responsible for City’s second and for City getting the better of us overall?
yes
sport Is decided by the smallest details
the first goal was always going to crucial.
if I said to you we will get to a CL final and our keeper will drop the ball after an hour for the first goal would you not see that as a crucial moment ?
How do you know Raya wouldn’t have made a mistake that lead to us conceding a goal ?
Dan
Are you talking about the same Raya who dropped the ball against Wolves or another Raya?
Kepa deserved to start because he took us to a final. When was the last time Raya did that?
You guys are somehow hypocrites
Dan,
Kepa made a mistake in the 60th minute. Can you please tell me what the rest of the players were doing in the 59 minutes up to that point.
As frustrating as it is that Kepa made the mistake. He earned his place in the final team for his previous rounds. If he didn’t play the final, what is he doing at the club in the first place.
You’ll then say he’s our back up keeper. So the back up keeper plays all the rounds and is deemed good enough. But no not for the final. And the fact he did make a mistake, doesn’t mean it was wrong to play him.
No one is psychic, mistakes happen end of.
Well said dear. Harvetz could have score, no one is talking about. Most of the players switched off allowing pressure to their half. It was disgracefully a poor team performance, i honestly don’t understand why Kepa is being made the scapegoat.
Cynthia, if you’re going to troll, you could at least have the grace to spell correctly🤮
Cynthia
No. Kepa deserved to start. He took us there, not Raya
And by the way, Raya did a worse mistake against Wolves
And am 100% sure that, if he had started and lost, you would be here blaming Arteta for benching Kepa