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It's true that Arsenal is a little luckier if the ball doesn't hit the opponent maybe the situation is different, but apart from that moment Arsenal deserved to win for their efforts in the second half. I don't follow news about Manchester City so I don't know what's going on within the team however, from what I saw yesterday it seems City played less aggressively and was less effective how is it possible that they only had 4 chances and only 1-2 dangerous attacks. If Manchester City continues to play like this then I'm sure they will fall behind in the standings.
The point is, in this match the Arsenal players played very disciplined, especially in their defense line. Likewise with the midfield players, every attack created by Manchester City was able to be blocked by the Gunner players. and what I'm a little confused about is, Pep applies the same system as Arsenal with his 4-3-3. I thought initially Pep Guardiola would implement a 4-2-3-1 system. or, 3-2-4-1. It's just that maybe because Rodri still received a red card suspension, Pep is adopting another pattern even though he actually has the option of other players if he applies the system I said. and don't be surprised if Pep tends to dare to rotate his players in different positions.
But IMO, ideally if Pep implemented a 4-3-3 system, he could rotate ideal and established players. Grealish, Haaland, Alvarez, on the front line. for the middle, it could be Kocavic, or Jeremy Duku, it could also be Foden, don't be surprised, because Pep often rotates players as he wants. in the middle would ideally be John Stones, and the other middle side could be played by Bernardo Silva. for the defense line, that is ideal.
However, as we can see, Pep prefers to use Foden on the wing and Rico Lewis as a midfielder. even though in reality, this match is a crucial match and Arsenal now is not Arsenal last season. because they have Rice who is playing with extraordinary performance, and Odegaard with good performance. Also, Arteta also has quite ideal substitute players. this was proven, in the second half, after Martinelli came on to replace Trossard and Havertz and several other players came on. Arsenal played much more aggressively to the point where Martinelli was able to take advantage of Havertz's pass and it became their only winning goal. As a Gunners fan, I am very happy with this victory, especially since Arsenal's odds are quite good with odds @.2.90.