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Manchester City football club
Lined up in 433, with defenders RubenDias, Stones, Walker, Akanji, midfielders Gündo?an, Rodri, DeBruyne, and forwards Grealish, Haaland, B. Silva.
Arsenal (name)
Also 433, defenders Gabriel, Holding, Ben White, Zinchenko, midfielders Thomas Partey, Xhaka, Ødegaard, frontcourt Saka, Martinelli, Jesus
(Both teams start)
Manchester City football club
Played proactively from the start, and from the looks of the opening five minutes of content
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The backline of their defense is quite tense, after three consecutive draws they are really unstable now.
Manchester City football club
It started with DeBruyne pressing up on offense, and soon put a lot of pressure on the Gunner's waist.
At 6 minutes.
Manchester City football club
The ball was cleared from the back of the field, Haaland carried Holding in the midfield before releasing the ball to the onrushing DeBruyne, who took the ball and drove past Gabriel to fire a fast rolling shot from the top of the penalty area.
Arsenal (name)
The goal lead, a goal that was clearly
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Goalkeeper Ramsdele was slow to get down, otherwise it would have been a good save, he's been in pretty bad shape lately
Arsenal (name)
It's tempting to counterattack, but
Manchester City football club
They come right up and do the press, and they go back up in waves and let the
Arsenal (name)
Struggled to get the ball out, playing 20 minutes with little to no chances to create and
Manchester City football club
Intended to keep the center field inserted
Arsenal (name)
The Waist Pounders are putting a lot of pressure on ThomasPartey.
On 25 minutes Haaland received the ball near the halfway line, Holding went up to rob him, but Holding was too reckless, he didn't expect Haaland to pass forward easily, DeBruyne once again matched the time to intervene, this time it was a quick counterattack, DeBruyne took the ball all the way to the penalty box, if not for the desperate efforts of Gabriel and Ben White to chase back to block the eye of the gun, he would not have been able to get the ball. If it wasn't for Gabriel and Ben White's desperate attempts to get back into the box.
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The goal is about to be broken again.
Manchester City football club
After the goal formed a very stable control, and still in the
Arsenal (name)
Constant possession of the ball at half-time.
Arsenal (name)
Knowing that it would be difficult for their backline to defend, they retreated all the way back, but even then they still didn't dare to grab the ball.
Manchester City football club
The ball, the result
Manchester City football club
continued to create offensive opportunities late in the first half, and the
Arsenal (name)
Then it's hard to hit
Manchester City football club
half of a game or contest
Before the end of the first half
Manchester City football club
A free kick in front of the net was taken by DeBruyne to the far corner for Stones to jump on and score, which was ruled not offside by VAR.
Manchester City football club
Pulled within 2-0 before the end of the first half
At the start of the second half.
Manchester City football club
Still in steady possession, Akanji, placed on the left, gave Saka no chance at all to break through, and Walker on the other side similarly closed down Martinelli.
Arsenal (name)
Both flanks have been blocked and the center has been suppressed, so they've been taking a beating.
On 53 minutes Ødegaard's pass was intercepted by DeBruyne and released to Haaland, who carried the ball forward again and passed to DeBruyne coming up the left from around 25 yards, who shot straight at Holding from 12 yards on the left to score.
Manchester City football club
Easily made it 3-0.
After Saliba was injured.
Arsenal (name)
That's been the case with the defense, and it was even more so in this game, as they were completely unable to block Haaland and even struggled to limit him, and Haaland's connection with DeBruyne was so well-coordinated that both were able to keep getting chances against
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The defense is doing a lot of damage.
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One by one Trossard & Jorginho were replaced by SmithRowe, and midway through the second half they clearly stepped up the physicality of the game, while the
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It also began to shrink a bit, and it was up to this point that the rivalry between the two teams became more intense, with a couple of scuffles occurring
