Arsenal's performance in the first half of the derby match was very impressive, but they were not very entertaining in the second half. Tottenham almost secured 1 point in the home game and prevented Arsenal from winning the match, but unfortunately that never happened.
Tottenham conceded so much goals in the first half of the match which really affected them, Tottenham performance wasn’t really bad in the second half of the match, their poor performance in the first half of the match cost them to lose today. The second half of the match wasn’t really a easy one for Arsenal, but at least they were able to get 3 points in the match, all what Arsenal fans should be praying for is Manchester City to lose point, and Arsenal should also try to win all the matches they are having left to be played.
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I agree that Tottenham wished they had played confidently right from the beginning and not the tail end of the game but the thing with them is they don't really know how to take games serious. This is a derby and in the first leg, the Gunners played out a 2-2 draw. They didn't get a win but this should tell them something about how Arsenal knows how to prey on a weak defense and that's what Tottenham Hotspur defense was; weak.Bukayo Saka has become to the first English player to score home and away in a derby and I'd tell you for free, at this spate of confidence the Gunners are displaying, Tottenham Hotspur are no match for them.
Arteta really needs to work on David Raya though because I feel the more he keeps making such sloppy mistakes, it will be difficult to maintain clean sheets. With how they played from the first half, you could tell they were on their way to keeping their third clean sheet, and it would have been quite embarrassing had Spurs leveled the scores.
In the end, Arsenal still leads the standings this week even though Manchester City also won their match against Nottingham. Manchester City has 1 postponed match against Tottenham, this match will be a difficult match for Manchester City in mid-May. Arsenal leads the current standings with a 1 point advantage over Manchester City, but considering that Manchester City has 1 match in hand, Arsenal has a lower chance of leading the standings until the end of the season.
The match with Tottenham will be really important for the championship in terms of determining the winners and very difficult in general for Manchester City, and from a moral point of view, because from a physical point of view I'm sure they are 100 per cent ready. If they win the match against Tottenham, I think the winner will be obvious already
Arsenal's performance in the first half of the derby match was very impressive, but they were not very entertaining in the second half. Tottenham almost secured 1 point in the home game and prevented Arsenal from winning the match, but unfortunately that never happened.
Tottenham conceded so much goals in the first half of the match which really affected them, Tottenham performance wasn’t really bad in the second half of the match, their poor performance in the first half of the match cost them to lose today. The second half of the match wasn’t really a easy one for Arsenal, but at least they were able to get 3 points in the match, all what Arsenal fans should be praying for is Manchester City to lose point, and Arsenal should also try to win all the matches they are having left to be played.
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It is an important win for Arsenal even it is not easy after Tottenham Hotspur scored a second goal. This helps them to stay at a first position but hours later, Manchester City got three points and now only 1 point behind Arsenal.Manchester City still have one match, and if they win it, they will take over the first position from Arsenal. This win against Tottenham Hotspur is important because Arsenal went through one of two biggest matches in last 4 matches and they can continue with their fight and hope that Manchester City won't get perfect total points in last 4 matches.
Tottenham Hotspur will be hope for Arsenal to get points from Manchester City but Tottenham Hotspur have to fight for their fourth position too.
Overall, Arsenal and Man City will continue to compete until the end of the season, and it is very likely that Liverpool will not be involved again. If you look at the future match schedule, Arsenal journey looks more difficult and troublesome than Man City. With 4 remaining matches ahead, it is very profitable for Pep Guardiola to overtake Arsenal position, because although Arsenal can sweep all the remaining matches, this will not mean much if Man City is also consistent. Man United will be a tough test for Arsenal in the future, while Tottenham will be a test for Man City, we'll see who will manage to finish in first place this season.
Mikel Arteta isn't giving up on his team's quest to win the English Premier League this season even when he knows that Manchester City stands a better chance of winning it. I'm very excited that the last weeks of the league will be very exciting.
Arsenal's performance in the first half of the derby match was very impressive, but they were not very entertaining in the second half. Tottenham almost secured 1 point in the home game and prevented Arsenal from winning the match, but unfortunately that never happened.
Tottenham conceded so much goals in the first half of the match which really affected them, Tottenham performance wasn’t really bad in the second half of the match, their poor performance in the first half of the match cost them to lose today. The second half of the match wasn’t really a easy one for Arsenal, but at least they were able to get 3 points in the match, all what Arsenal fans should be praying for is Manchester City to lose point, and Arsenal should also try to win all the matches they are having left to be played. 
I wouldn't say Manchester City could win this match easily, in fact they really had difficulty holding back the onslaught of attacks built by Nottingham Forest in the second half. Nottingham created several good chances in the second half and they really put Manchester City under high pressure. If Manchester City are careless in defense, then I am sure that Nottingham will get the goals they are looking for in this match.
Nottingham Forest is well motivated to get a win in their home match because they hope to stay in the Premier League next season. They are too close to the relegation zone, but Nottingham still has the opportunity to widen the gap if they are able to achieve several wins in the remaining matches this season. The probability of Manchester City winning is very high, but they would be safer if they scored one additional goal in the second half.
Manchester City has been surprised with the performance of Nottingham Forest in this match because this performance is above expectations, I believe the motivation and their strength in trying to stop City in this game is coming base on the fact that, Nottingham Forest is doing their best not to slide down to the relegation zone, But Manchester City we know isn't a club that plays with opportunity, especially when the league is at the point of completion and now has finally shown their superiority over their host team Nottingham and has sealed this game with 2 goals.Nottingham Forest is well motivated to get a win in their home match because they hope to stay in the Premier League next season. They are too close to the relegation zone, but Nottingham still has the opportunity to widen the gap if they are able to achieve several wins in the remaining matches this season. The probability of Manchester City winning is very high, but they would be safer if they scored one additional goal in the second half.
I'm not seeing any spectacular about Manchester City performance today, they are playing as if they are fatigued. If they continue this way, Nottingham Forest will get an equalizer and put them in tight corner as regards the trophy. Now I see why the bookies gave the match over 2.5 goal as big as 1.56 odds whereas Bournemouth against Brighton the same option was given 1.44 odds. I guess I fell for trap of thinking that Manchester City will score many goals today, the reason I played them on goals. If Manchester City cannot score more goals then it will be my please to see Nottingham Forest score to make the league interesting.
Manchester City underrated this match, they did not played with their full squad thinking of their next Premier League match against Wolves because they are expecting the match to be a tough one because Wolves defeated Manchester City in their first leg match. Pep started the match with Grealish and benched Foden, and he also benched Haaland until second half when he sees too much pressure coming from the Nottingham forest side.
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As expected, Manchester City is winning the match 2-0 and they will definitely win the match, but with such performance they displayed, if they keep it up like this, they might drop points in their next match against Wolves or West Ham or even against Tottenham; this means that, if Arsenal keep winning their matches, they can end up victorious.
I wouldn't say Manchester City could win this match easily, in fact they really had difficulty holding back the onslaught of attacks built by Nottingham Forest in the second half. Nottingham created several good chances in the second half and they really put Manchester City under high pressure. If Manchester City are careless in defense, then I am sure that Nottingham will get the goals they are looking for in this match.
Nottingham Forest is well motivated to get a win in their home match because they hope to stay in the Premier League next season. They are too close to the relegation zone, but Nottingham still has the opportunity to widen the gap if they are able to achieve several wins in the remaining matches this season. The probability of Manchester City winning is very high, but they would be safer if they scored one additional goal in the second half.
Manchester City has been surprised with the performance of Nottingham Forest in this match because this performance is above expectations, I believe the motivation and their strength in trying to stop City in this game is coming base on the fact that, Nottingham Forest is doing their best not to slide down to the relegation zone, But Manchester City we know isn't a club that plays with opportunity, especially when the league is at the point of completion and now has finally shown their superiority over their host team Nottingham and has sealed this game with 2 goals.Nottingham Forest is well motivated to get a win in their home match because they hope to stay in the Premier League next season. They are too close to the relegation zone, but Nottingham still has the opportunity to widen the gap if they are able to achieve several wins in the remaining matches this season. The probability of Manchester City winning is very high, but they would be safer if they scored one additional goal in the second half.
Wins for both Arsenal and Man City in the title race, I think Man City are going to win all their games. It’s the time of the season where they just don’t falter.
It will most likely be Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa to qualify for the Champions League. Spurs will be Europa League and maybe Man Utd in the Conference League
It will most likely be Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa to qualify for the Champions League. Spurs will be Europa League and maybe Man Utd in the Conference League
maybe I'm too confident to take the risk of -1.5 but for me this is the most comfortable option.
It's impossible for Man City to waste the rest of this match just for a draw or defeat, but I'm sure that in the rest of this match Man City will beat Notthingham with a big score even without Haaland.
what do you think ? Will Man City waste this opportunity?
Manchester City played very carefully in this match. Manchester City played a somewhat defensive strategy. Nottingham's players made a lot of attacks in this match, every attack was successfully countered by Manchester City's players. And there were some excellent counter-attacks by the City players. Manchester City won a fantastic 2-0.
After winning this match, City is 1 point behind Arsenal. Manchester City will be able to occupy the top spot in the table if they win against Wolves in the next match. If the winning streak continues, Manchester City will win this season's title.
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It is an important win for Arsenal even it is not easy after Tottenham Hotspur scored a second goal. This helps them to stay at a first position but hours later, Manchester City got three points and now only 1 point behind Arsenal.Manchester City still have one match, and if they win it, they will take over the first position from Arsenal. This win against Tottenham Hotspur is important because Arsenal went through one of two biggest matches in last 4 matches and they can continue with their fight and hope that Manchester City won't get perfect total points in last 4 matches.
Tottenham Hotspur will be hope for Arsenal to get points from Manchester City but Tottenham Hotspur have to fight for their fourth position too.
Overall, Arsenal and Man City will continue to compete until the end of the season, and it is very likely that Liverpool will not be involved again. If you look at the future match schedule, Arsenal journey looks more difficult and troublesome than Man City. With 4 remaining matches ahead, it is very profitable for Pep Guardiola to overtake Arsenal position, because although Arsenal can sweep all the remaining matches, this will not mean much if Man City is also consistent. Man United will be a tough test for Arsenal in the future, while Tottenham will be a test for Man City, we'll see who will manage to finish in first place this season.
Arsenal's performance in the first half of the derby match was very impressive, but they were not very entertaining in the second half. Tottenham almost secured 1 point in the home game and prevented Arsenal from winning the match, but unfortunately that never happened.
In the end, Arsenal still leads the standings this week even though Manchester City also won their match against Nottingham. Manchester City has 1 postponed match against Tottenham, this match will be a difficult match for Manchester City in mid-May. Arsenal leads the current standings with a 1 point advantage over Manchester City, but considering that Manchester City has 1 match in hand, Arsenal has a lower chance of leading the standings until the end of the season.
In the end, Arsenal still leads the standings this week even though Manchester City also won their match against Nottingham. Manchester City has 1 postponed match against Tottenham, this match will be a difficult match for Manchester City in mid-May. Arsenal leads the current standings with a 1 point advantage over Manchester City, but considering that Manchester City has 1 match in hand, Arsenal has a lower chance of leading the standings until the end of the season.
Yes, it must be admitted that Arsenal's performance was very impressive in the first half but unfortunately Tottenham didn't have enough time to catch up and if Tottenham had enough time maybe we would see different results. For now, Arsenal is still at the top of the standings but as you said Manchester City still have one game to play so Manchester City can take over at any time and meanwhile Arsenal will face 3 difficult matches ahead, I can't describe this situation and not quite sure whether Arsenal can get through it with satisfactory results I mean Arsenal had to beat Manchester United twice and Liverpool in the last match.
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The score is still 0-0 at the time of writing, but as you said I am also optimistic about betting on a Man City win, because so far even though there have been no goals scored, Notthingham game cannot dominate the field. So Man City has a chance to get 3 points today. There is still quite a long time and maybe in this first half there could be 1 goal for Man City. Doku and KDB are enough to play their role in opening up more opportunities, but in this match we really need Foden contribution but unfortunately his injury means that the striker position occupied by Alvarez is not as sharp as Foden.Arsenal's win in the away match against Tottenham should motivate Manchester City to win the match against Nottingham. Manchester City must ensure they continue to get full points in each remaining match because only then can they defend their title this season. The good thing is, Manchester City is leading today's match against Nottingham, but they have to be careful because Nottingham can also threaten with their fast attacks.
Between arsenal and Manchester city, I would prefer arsenal to get more points to enable them win the league as against Manchester city, if Manchester City are allowed to win the league for the third consecutive time then the league is almost becoming a farmer's League, so i don't want that kind of situation.
Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City
Nottingham Forest StartXI: 5-4-1
Matz Sels; Neco Williams; Moussa Niakhaté; Willy Boly; Murillo; Ola Aina; Anthony Elanga; Danilo; Morgan Gibbs-White; Callum Hudson-Odoi; Chris Wood
Manchester City StartXI: 3-2-4-1
Ederson; Kyle Walker; Nathan Aké; Joško Gvardiol; Rodri; Manuel Akanji; Jérémy Doku; Bernardo Silva; Kevin De Bruyne; Jack Grealish; Julián Álvarez
This is going to be a easy win for Manchester city because despite Nottingham Forest are hosting their current performance can not withstand the pressure of Manchester city, Arsenal just finished their game against Tottenham and it ended 2-3 and arsenal secured 3 points to amount to 80 points, i have interest in this title, if am to choose i prefer Arsenal to lift the trophy this season.
This matchup is tough. City is dangerous without Foden; probably a last-minute decision, terrible. Grealish there? He's creative and deadly. Pep replacing Haaland is clever. He may be recovering from a knock, so rest him. I enjoy how City changes things up. Forest's five defenders in the back say everything. They know City's attack is crazy and don't want a gunfight. No wonder City is widely favored. Make it interesting? I like over 2.5 goals. City scores quickly. Will City dominate the first half or can Forest hold on?Nottingham Forest StartXI: 5-4-1
Matz Sels; Neco Williams; Moussa Niakhaté; Willy Boly; Murillo; Ola Aina; Anthony Elanga; Danilo; Morgan Gibbs-White; Callum Hudson-Odoi; Chris Wood
Manchester City StartXI: 3-2-4-1
Ederson; Kyle Walker; Nathan Aké; Joško Gvardiol; Rodri; Manuel Akanji; Jérémy Doku; Bernardo Silva; Kevin De Bruyne; Jack Grealish; Julián Álvarez
This is going to be a easy win for Manchester city because despite Nottingham Forest are hosting their current performance can not withstand the pressure of Manchester city, Arsenal just finished their game against Tottenham and it ended 2-3 and arsenal secured 3 points to amount to 80 points, i have interest in this title, if am to choose i prefer Arsenal to lift the trophy this season.
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I agree that Tottenham wished they had played confidently right from the beginning and not the tail end of the game but the thing with them is they don't really know how to take games serious. This is a derby and in the first leg, the Gunners played out a 2-2 draw. They didn't get a win but this should tell them something about how Arsenal knows how to prey on a weak defense and that's what Tottenham Hotspur defense was; weak.Bukayo Saka has become to the first English player to score home and away in a derby and I'd tell you for free, at this spate of confidence the Gunners are displaying, Tottenham Hotspur are no match for them.
Arteta really needs to work on David Raya though because I feel the more he keeps making such sloppy mistakes, it will be difficult to maintain clean sheets. With how they played from the first half, you could tell they were on their way to keeping their third clean sheet, and it would have been quite embarrassing had Spurs leveled the scores.
In the end, Arsenal still leads the standings this week even though Manchester City also won their match against Nottingham. Manchester City has 1 postponed match against Tottenham, this match will be a difficult match for Manchester City in mid-May. Arsenal leads the current standings with a 1 point advantage over Manchester City, but considering that Manchester City has 1 match in hand, Arsenal has a lower chance of leading the standings until the end of the season.
It was really a good performance by arsenal today, although I didn't expect them to win Tottenham but rather I secoetee the match to end in a draw or home win, most times we shouldnt consider the team that is in their peak at the moment, we should know what a possible outcome could be once some team meets each other, if not that totenham first goal was canceled I think their would have been a difference in their game today despite how aggressive Arsenal was at that game, they couldn't still win the match confidently, though they won but who knows what would have happened if they minutes in the match was extended, arsenal should improve in winning a match conveniently, they should avoid die minute panic, they deserve wining this match but the team has do more next time.
Arsenal's performance in the first half of the derby match was very impressive, but they were not very entertaining in the second half. Tottenham almost secured 1 point in the home game and prevented Arsenal from winning the match, but unfortunately that never happened.
In the end, Arsenal still leads the standings this week even though Manchester City also won their match against Nottingham. Manchester City has 1 postponed match against Tottenham, this match will be a difficult match for Manchester City in mid-May. Arsenal leads the current standings with a 1 point advantage over Manchester City, but considering that Manchester City has 1 match in hand, Arsenal has a lower chance of leading the standings until the end of the season.
It is an important win for Arsenal even it is not easy after Tottenham Hotspur scored a second goal. This helps them to stay at a first position but hours later, Manchester City got three points and now only 1 point behind Arsenal.In the end, Arsenal still leads the standings this week even though Manchester City also won their match against Nottingham. Manchester City has 1 postponed match against Tottenham, this match will be a difficult match for Manchester City in mid-May. Arsenal leads the current standings with a 1 point advantage over Manchester City, but considering that Manchester City has 1 match in hand, Arsenal has a lower chance of leading the standings until the end of the season.
Manchester City still have one match, and if they win it, they will take over the first position from Arsenal. This win against Tottenham Hotspur is important because Arsenal went through one of two biggest matches in last 4 matches and they can continue with their fight and hope that Manchester City won't get perfect total points in last 4 matches.
Tottenham Hotspur will be hope for Arsenal to get points from Manchester City but Tottenham Hotspur have to fight for their fourth position too.
Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City
Nottingham Forest StartXI: 5-4-1
Matz Sels; Neco Williams; Moussa Niakhaté; Willy Boly; Murillo; Ola Aina; Anthony Elanga; Danilo; Morgan Gibbs-White; Callum Hudson-Odoi; Chris Wood
Manchester City StartXI: 3-2-4-1
Ederson; Kyle Walker; Nathan Aké; Joško Gvardiol; Rodri; Manuel Akanji; Jérémy Doku; Bernardo Silva; Kevin De Bruyne; Jack Grealish; Julián Álvarez
This is going to be a easy win for Manchester city because despite Nottingham Forest are hosting their current performance can not withstand the pressure of Manchester city, Arsenal just finished their game against Tottenham and it ended 2-3 and arsenal secured 3 points to amount to 80 points, i have interest in this title, if am to choose i prefer Arsenal to lift the trophy this season.
This matchup is tough. City is dangerous without Foden; probably a last-minute decision, terrible. Grealish there? He's creative and deadly. Pep replacing Haaland is clever. He may be recovering from a knock, so rest him. I enjoy how City changes things up. Forest's five defenders in the back say everything. They know City's attack is crazy and don't want a gunfight. No wonder City is widely favored. Make it interesting? I like over 2.5 goals. City scores quickly. Will City dominate the first half or can Forest hold on? Nottingham Forest StartXI: 5-4-1
Matz Sels; Neco Williams; Moussa Niakhaté; Willy Boly; Murillo; Ola Aina; Anthony Elanga; Danilo; Morgan Gibbs-White; Callum Hudson-Odoi; Chris Wood
Manchester City StartXI: 3-2-4-1
Ederson; Kyle Walker; Nathan Aké; Joško Gvardiol; Rodri; Manuel Akanji; Jérémy Doku; Bernardo Silva; Kevin De Bruyne; Jack Grealish; Julián Álvarez
This is going to be a easy win for Manchester city because despite Nottingham Forest are hosting their current performance can not withstand the pressure of Manchester city, Arsenal just finished their game against Tottenham and it ended 2-3 and arsenal secured 3 points to amount to 80 points, i have interest in this title, if am to choose i prefer Arsenal to lift the trophy this season.
I'm not seeing any spectacular about Manchester City performance today, they are playing as if they are fatigued. If they continue this way, Nottingham Forest will get an equalizer and put them in tight corner as regards the trophy. Now I see why the bookies gave the match over 2.5 goal as big as 1.56 odds whereas Bournemouth against Brighton the same option was given 1.44 odds. I guess I fell for trap of thinking that Manchester City will score many goals today, the reason I played them on goals. If Manchester City cannot score more goals then it will be my please to see Nottingham Forest score to make the league interesting.
Honestly, I was not expecting Manchester City to struggle to win the game against a team like Nottingham Forest; I was thinking that Manchester City would find the match so easy and win with many goals. Manchester City really performed below my expectations. At this moment, it was not a team like Nottingham Forest that I was expecting to play a play a tough match against Manchester City. But in the preseason, I think they found the match tough because maybe they underestimated them because even Haaland did not start the match.
When the season is coming to an end, predictions become harder because even weak teams become more serious. Unexpected things frequently happen when the season is coming to an end. At this period, anything always happens, so that is why someone needs to avoid some options.
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I agree that Tottenham wished they had played confidently right from the beginning and not the tail end of the game but the thing with them is they don't really know how to take games serious. This is a derby and in the first leg, the Gunners played out a 2-2 draw. They didn't get a win but this should tell them something about how Arsenal knows how to prey on a weak defense and that's what Tottenham Hotspur defense was; weak.Bukayo Saka has become to the first English player to score home and away in a derby and I'd tell you for free, at this spate of confidence the Gunners are displaying, Tottenham Hotspur are no match for them.
Arteta really needs to work on David Raya though because I feel the more he keeps making such sloppy mistakes, it will be difficult to maintain clean sheets. With how they played from the first half, you could tell they were on their way to keeping their third clean sheet, and it would have been quite embarrassing had Spurs leveled the scores.
In the end, Arsenal still leads the standings this week even though Manchester City also won their match against Nottingham. Manchester City has 1 postponed match against Tottenham, this match will be a difficult match for Manchester City in mid-May. Arsenal leads the current standings with a 1 point advantage over Manchester City, but considering that Manchester City has 1 match in hand, Arsenal has a lower chance of leading the standings until the end of the season.
maybe I'm too confident to take the risk of -1.5 but for me this is the most comfortable option.
It's impossible for Man City to waste the rest of this match just for a draw or defeat, but I'm sure that in the rest of this match Man City will beat Notthingham with a big score even without Haaland.
what do you think ? Will Man City waste this opportunity?
Congratulations on the victory. It was a reasonable bet since the advantage in power is too great and if you bet on a simple victory for City, the odds will be too small. As expected, the game was dominated by City and I would say that the score of 2-0 does not quite reflect their advantage, however, I am sure that at any moment they could improve if the need arose.
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