On Tuesday night, Manchester City threw away a 3-0 lead over Feyenoord to draw 3-3. The draw intensifies the pressure on the Citizens, who had been on a 5-game losing streak prior to the Champions League match.
While we Gooners should relish the misery of the Citizens, City face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, which has me keen to know what result in that game would be the best result for Arsenal?
In a nice piece the other day, we hinted that now is the right time for Liverpool to drop points while also highlighting their tough upcoming fixtures. We hoped Manchester City would be able to stun the Reds at Anfield.
After that Feyenoord versus Manchester City game, I doubt the defending champions have it in them to leave Merseyside with a win. Liverpool should easily dispatch them.
Would that be an excellent outcome for our Gunners? It could, after all, be, and Ilkay Gundogan’s comments suggest so.
He says City can’t lose this weekend if they’re to remain in the title race. However, he acknowledges that Anfield has always been a challenging venue for them, and they will be facing a confident team on Sunday, making the game one in which they can only hope for victory.
“To stay in the title race, probably yes (it’s a game City can’t afford to lose), because 11 points would be a huge gap,” said the midfield veteran.
“Anfield is always tough, no matter the situation. We’ve struggled in recent years going there, and we know Liverpool is a great team full of confidence right now.
“It’s going to be as tough as it is possible to be, but that sums up the situation right now. It seems we have to go through this season the toughest way possible.”
Would you rather Manchester City lose to Liverpool and be out of the title race, or would you rather they beat the Reds and see the Merseyside club drop points?
Whichever team wins is a win-win situation for our Gunners. But I’d rather City lose. Many have suggested that the defending champions are currently experiencing confidence issues so a loss this weekend could worsen their situation, and it might require extraordinary circumstances for them to recover. So the Manchester Blues shouldn’t get their much-needed confidence boost this weekend.
As they continue to struggle, it would be wonderful to see our Gunners take on Liverpool for the league title. The Reds, who haven’t faced any difficult fixtures thus far, will now face some of their toughest league fixtures in the next block, and the hope is that they can have a bad run at some point.
Darren N
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Ordinarily, it would be a draw.
But with the way Liverpool are going just now, if there is to be a winner then we need it to be City.
Although it would keep them a point ahead of us, that would still be preferable to a Liverpool win.
All that said, Arsenal need to take care of their game first.
Yes the best result will be winning against West Ham since we play a day earlier and hope for a Man city win.
Nil nil with lots of bookings and sending offs😉
@GB
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Haha, the old saying was I want 4 sending off , four broken lega and I want both teams to lose 4.0.
Is that asking too much?
A draw works in that it slows both Liverpool and City down – if Arsenal beat West Ham, of course.
Given the way Liverpool is playing though, I think a home win is probably still more likely, but you never know as City must surely regain some form soon.
Totally agree with you Bertie. We need to win and then hope it’s a draw between the Bindippers and 115.
Am satisfied once Liverpool do not win, it is said nothing is dangerous like a wounded dog, When that dog happens to be the champion, a victory against the big pretender would hardly surprise.
Best result would be a win for ManCity that enables Arsenal close the gap on Liverpool.
Realistic result is a win for Liverpool or a draw for City.
Draw
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Definitely city win,,, I think 9 points still huge gap..but we must first win at westham any negative results then we done
Interesting viewpoints. If it had been the CIty of the last few years I would have suggested a draw would just about be the best outcome as long as we win. However, with the season as it is I actually think that a MC win would be preferable.
I presume you don’t believe City can mount a challenge if they were to win?
I think they can still be a threat but I don’t see them putting together the types of runs they have in the last few years with the squad as it is. If they manage it fair play to them but there are more evident weaknesses in the team and they have lost their aura.
We shouldn’t be having to ask other teams to do us a favour this early in the season ,shows how we have dropped off in the so called phases and progress we were sold .
Liverpool were 10’points off city last season and spent nothing we spent 100 million again and are 9 points adrift .
Says a lot IMO
Dan Kit,
I agree with what you say, but we are where we are. And like it or not, we need others to do us a favour.
Not ideal I know, but unless we keep winning and hoping other results go our way, what hope have we got otherwise.
We shouldn’t be in this position though mate .
We were sold this phase bollocks ,now the excuses are coming out with injuries and red cards ,cannot wait for another 5 years under this manager 🙄
Let’s hope other teams do us a favour because our manger needs all the help he can get .
Again I agree Dan,
But what can we do this season now, other than hope that results go our way, along with us winning our games of course.
The problem is that Arsenal have backed themselves into a corner, because as unlikely as it is, they’ve got to win most if not all of their games, a big ask really isn’t it.
But as I said its where we are.
But I will say this Dan, as you may have noticed in quite a few of my comments over the last few months, I’m not Arteta’s biggest fan.
And like you I don’t like this phase and that phase crap that some fans keep harping on about.
But I’ll tell you what phase I’m in Dan.
I’m in the phase of, if we don’t win the League this season, then it should be Arteta out. That would be called the final phase.😉👍
You get a lot of slack Derek .
Over time being on JA ,you see the herd group ,you’ve been subjected to the 6-7 giving it large ,( they cannot speak for themselves).
Keep giving your own opinion,the proper fans know the score .
Unfortunately this forum as become a refuge of Artetas weird fan club .
Keep up the good fight though ,hopefully Pat does not ban you ,for speaking sense.
Dan Kit,
Once again thank you for your kind words, I really appreciate them.
I try to give honest opinions, and maybe sometimes I get it wrong. But never the less I’ll give them anyway.
If people have another opinion, fair enough.
The thing is Dan, I’m all for being positive. But there are those that absolutely refuse to have anything negative said about the team or Manager, no matter what.
While that’s there right, it’s not very realistic is it. Because where there is a positive, there is invariably a negative.
And while it’s better to be positive. Its not always possible to be positive, so in my eye’s to be positive for the sake of it, just doesn’t sit right with me. (It’s just my opinion though, before I’m castigated, I just dislocated my tongue saying that word😊).
Anyway Dan thanks again.
DK, iirc, asking for other teams to do us a favour this early in the season is exactly what happened in Wengers first Double season. We had a few defeats which left us in 5th or 6th place.
Such sense of entitlement!!!! So because we spent the league should be given to us in a platter of gold ? You’re from which planet again? lol
(Lol)
Thats on form “@Dan Kit” for you. Season after season that’s the surface level thinking he engages with on nearly any given topic. 🤯.
Lol 😂🤣🤣
Sometimes you need a favour from others because you can’t always dictate terms. None of us could have predicted our three red cards nor unexplained injuries to our defenders during the Liverpool game. If such mishaps can happen, then you also need a favour somewhere else. There is no shame in that. We don’t live in a perfect world.
As for the debate on Mikel Arteta, I am neither pro-him nor against him. I am pro-Arsenal and will support whoever is the manager as long as he is doing his job well. Sport should not be treated like a parliamentary chamber where there are opposing factions.
Again, we shot ourselves in the foot and here we are once more. Asking for cringeworthy favours from other teams..
It’s very frustrating and infuriating too..
Come off it Goonster 😊
Most of the time and definitely over the decades I have hoped a team will do us a favour. It part of the territory of the highs and lows of a season. What you are describing is never needing a bit of luck because we are always at the top of the table. What about the VAR decision against Southampton last night? Terrible for them but lucky for Brighton who are on a very good run and now 2nd in the league. It’s the way it goes
I totally agree SueP,
Whatever team it is, and any time through out the season, and whatever position any given team are in, there will always be teams hoping for a favour or two throughout a season.
That’s just common sense really. For your team to win every game in a season, you’ll need everything to go your way, which lets face it isn’t going to happen.
So, I for one sat thank you to any given team that doe’s our team a favour through out the season.
As a certain supermarket chain says, every little helps, with a little pat on their bum.😉👍
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