Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 685. (Read 800735 times)

Arsenal's 1 point at home to Manchester City is enough for them. Arsenal only managed to get points in this match because of their match strategy. There is no doubt that Arsenal's match strategy was very good. Arteta was well aware that Guardiola's Manchester City would play an all-attacking strategy at home. And with this aspect in mind, Arteta has developed his match strategy.

Manchester City played attacking from the start of the match. Manchester City made 33 shots in the entire match. City players have 78% ball possession. and made 11 on target shots. The match was largely dominated by the City players. On the other hand, the target of Arsenal players was to score from the counter attack. And they succeeded. Arsenal players made only 4 shots in the entire match. And they succeeded in scoring two goals. City players dominated the whole match but they did not get the expected result.

like arteta said, it's a miracle that arsenal defended up untill the last minute that Manchester City scored that goal. let's forget about the statistics and the possession of the ball and even the numerous corners that man city had. The resilience and the discipline of the arsenal team is what needs to be applauded. If they allowed the pressure on them to force them into launching an attack against man city, it would have been easy to break that defense wall and hit them quite early into the second half.

Observe that because of the structure of the defense, halland was just standing and had less touch on the ball cause they out marked him full time. Can you even imagine that an 11 squared man city team will celebrate for drawing against a 10 man arsenal team when city is the home team in this instance? This is just like an emotional final you would expect to see assuming the structure of the EPL permit it to be so. With this shared point, it has opened up opportunity for all the teams in the current top 5 to believe that they can win the league which will go on to make the coming games more competitive for these teams. I give complete respect to arsenal regardless of the fact that they could have won this game if they were able to hold on till the next 1 minutes.

if key players, such as Rodri and De Bruyne in Manchester City's case, are absent, their team's overall performance may be affected. These external factors, such as player injuries or penalties, should always be factored into the analysis when assessing a team's potential for success in the future.

Arsenal played an impressive game against Manchester City, and despite conceding another goal at the end of the game, they need to be praised because it isn't easy to defend with 10 men against 11 players, this is what I was saying before the match started, if Arsenal cannot beat Manchester City, I do not expect them to lose, many people underestimated Arsenal against Manchester City, but when it comes to good defense Arsenal is a great team with powerful defenders in the Premier League, they know how to deal with their opponents' attackers, if Trossard is not sent off in the first 45 minutes, Arsenal will win the game. If Arteta players can maintain their game in such a way throughout the season, I believe they will have a chance to win the league title.

However, without Rodri and De Bruyne, I don't think Manchester City may pose a threat to another team. In yesterday match against Arsenal, Rodri was subbed off in 21 minutes, and a minute after that, Manchester City conceded a goal to level the score. With their current record, I don't think Manchester City can win the championship this season.

who'd give up 3 points to arsenal, a big competition against them on the table? In football, anything that'll give your competitions a chance is really what you need to fight against, especially in their home.

Arsenal scored the most superb goals in the game though; take a look at that strike from outside the box by calafiori? Oh? I love how the brazilian machine slipped outta Walker's defensive arm for that header!
This wasn't a sort of formation per se  [/i; it was just the usual team defense, all in a bid to end the game with the scores at 1:2.

At least Arsenal got a point even though only 1 point was achieved, and it is not easy to match Man City at home because we know that Man City is too strong to play at home, so it is natural that in this match Arsenal expects a draw because it will make it easier for Arsenal in the next match to find full points in the next matches, if they lose then it will be difficult for Arsenal in the future and Arsenal's position will be further away from the top of the Premier League standings.

Yea, you are very much correct on this when talking of this week winners, sincerely speaking, Chelsea and Liverpool are the biggest winners this week because they get their maximum point when it really matters, when the top guys are playing each other and couple with the fact that Manchester united also  drop point in their own encounter with crystal palace, so it was a massive points for both Chelsea and Liverpool.

Then talking about the game between Manchester city vs arsenal, it was actually a fascinating encounter between this two teams no doubt, and almost all the football lovers really had a good time watching these two teams going head to head at the Etihad stadium, though the red card charge the cause of the game and I was expecting an easy ride for this Manchester city side, but it wasn't meant to be, because arsenal stood their ground and fought till the very end, they were just unlucky not to go home with the complete three point, because time was almost up when Manchester city got their equalizing goal, so by the look of things, I think arsenal has bridge the gap between them and Manchester city, so if they can be consistent enough during the cause of the season, I believe that they might win the league, with this kind of performance they put in today.

Why's it always about City, Liverpool and  the big boys? The incompetency of Eddie Howe has ce.to my notice since last season but getting more and more visible to other folks. I know if he doesn't get them Into the top four it'll be a  good by for him at the end of the season. Playing all weeks with that squad in the Premier League Competition alone is a blessing and he should know how to utilize it. Brighton and Nothingham Forest was the game of the week for me. Nuno Espirito has been great since the Premier League Competition kicked off, I knew it would be hell difficult for Brighton to win them. Michael Oliver was too one sided yesterday. Do we need more evidence that the officials in the Premier League Competition are biased?

Arsenal don't just need to be good from season to season. They need to back it up with trophies if not they'd only be setbacks to teams who want to move forward and not be doing anything positive for themselves.
This is just the first leg that they played and the citizens were unable to collect the three points at the Etihad so I'm wondering how they'd manage when they come to the Emirates. I doubt Pep Guardiola will get points there.
 

I didn't see anything interesting from Arsenal in this game, they played an ugly game by wasting time and implementing a total defensive strategy after successfully scoring a goal from Walker's lack of alertness, another one resulted from a set piece header from Gabriel Magalhaes. Arsenal's victory that was in sight had to be lost after Jhon Stones scored a dramatic goal in the 90+8 minute. Once again, Manchester City players showed a champion's mentality, they never gave up when there was a rival who wanted to steal 3 points at the Etihad stadium.

Using 9 central defenders, what formation is this?

Result of the Manchester City vs Arsenal match ended in 2 - 2 draw and this match presented quite fierce competition even though Arsenal had taken the lead first with the 2 goal they had until followed by Trossard mistake and made Arsenal have to play with 10 players.
I made Manchester City the favorite but was worried about Arsenal pretty good game, but after Arsenal got 1 red card I became optimistic again that Manchester City could turn things around and score several goals to be able to win, but in the end all these hopes did not come true.

In the future, Manchester City will only play against lower team for the Premier League schedule, I sure they can win more to be able to increase their points and stay at the top of the standings in the future.
One who might be quite tough is Newcastle as the next opponent but I sure Manchester City will still be able to win.

In comparison, Manchester City performed much weaker than the Arsenal team, because of the very challenging and performance-filled first half of the match. But Arsenal were under a lot of pressure as they lost a player and were forced to perform with 10 men at half-time. This opportunity was successful in the last part of the match even though Manchester City team performed very seriously, so far the defenders of Arsenal team were constantly fighting. 
The last goal was very risky because if the goalkeeper of the Arsenal team had saved the ball, the Manchester City team would have lost. But the ball was hit by the goalkeeper and went straight to the feet of John Stones, and he was able to magically score the goal with his feet. At that moment the Manchester City team regained their joy and all the Manchester City fans cheered in the gallery.

This result has made a statement to all premier league team,that Arsenal can be very strong when they want to be defensive,infact the hold the best defensive record in the premier league,and I would have been more delighted if they had hold on to those three points and not allow Mancity score in the last minute,but I won't blame them because they were tired,since they were short of one player,it makes the work load to increase and especially when city were all out to score them.
By now,City will be more scared of Arsenal because they are more dangerous than they thought.

In accordance with my prediction that had previously doubted Man City could win this match, because the end result was a draw because Arsenal was able to match Man City's performance even though in the second half they lost one player but that did not make them have any difficulty at all because they almost made Man City unable to score in the second half, but finally luck was on Man City's side who were able to score a goal at the end towards the end of the match.
I was not surprised by this draw, but previously in the first goal scored by Arsenal it seemed that Man City was not fully ready, because it looked like they were protesting to the referee but in the end it was still a valid goal for Arsenal. In addition, even though Man City had a strong performance, their opponent last night was Arsenal who had the same strong performance even from their defense. In addition, even though they were superior statistically, Arsenal were still able to match them even with only 10 people in the second half, this was a pretty good achievement for Arsenal because they had blocked Man City's good performance.

Arsenal managed to hold Manchester City to a draw even though they lost 1 player in at the end of the first half and they started the second half with only 10 players I think this is a fair result for both of them because they are equally strong this season but I have to admit Arsenal's defense is quite strong even though they don't dominate the ball much compared to Manchester City but the Man City players looked very frustrated because the match was very fierce even Arsenal had a 2 goal lead in the first half but in the end Manchester City scored the final goal created by John Stones and finally managed to get 1 point.

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Arsenal played impressively but they lost Trossard in early of second half and had to play very defensively. They almost succeed to secure three points but Manchester City did not give up, fight hard and were lucky to score that very late equalizer.

I disagree with you because with only 10 players, Arsenal had very limited choices and what they did is best in my opinion. The late equalizer of Manchester City does not erase all impression Arsenal did in this match.

Arsenal did not collapse after an early goal from Haaland, but they equalized the match, then led it till a last minute with only 10 players against 11 players of Manchester City. Days ago, Rio Ferdinand said Arsenal have a duo best central defenders in Europe and this match with Manchester City proves that statement is accurate.

Manchester City lacked of good attacking solutions in this match, first they played not too good, second it's because Arsenal played very well in defense. I believe that in the corner kick, Arsenal lacked of focus and we can see Manchester City had two players were waiting around the box. It's a dangerous situation and I am not surprised if Manchester City score a goal from distant shot by one of these two players and even don't need Stones to complete it.

Pep Guardiola reacted badly in this match and his player Haaland did the same on field too.

Very tense at the start of the match which I think is really a hot match, because the strategy carried out by each of these two teams is so fast, with the first minute Haaland who successfully maximized the opportunities he got made the situation even more heated until finally Arsenal was able to reply with a kick from outside the penalty box which was quite beautiful because it was aimed at the left corner of the Manchester City goalkeeper, This is really a fierce match because the exchange of attacks that did happen so quickly. With Arsenal playing only 10 men in the second half I thought it would make it easier for Manchester City to be able to excel in the game, but in reality it was not like that because Arsenal were still able to play well even though they had lost one player in the second half.
I thought Manchester City would lose, because they had difficulty scoring goals in the second half. but when they were in the extra time they managed to score a goal and make the situation equal, this draw is quite fair in my opinion because they have equally strong performances.

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Arsenal's game was truly extraordinary and to be honest I was also amazed by the quality of Arsenal's game where Arsenal's defense was really shaken but fortunately the Arsenal players were really strong in blocking Manchester City's attacks.

and it is true that Arsenal played with 10 people, of course it was not easy for him, especially Trossard, of course his strength was really needed by Arsenal, but I also saw Arteta's greatness, he made a good strategy and also the cooperation between the Arsenal players was so good that even though there were only 10 people, Arsenal could maintain their performance well and indeed the counter attack certainly shocked the Manchester City players and in fact, if Manchester City had not scored a goal in the final minutes of the match of course Arsenal would have won but here I saw that Pep's troops and Arteta's troops were certainly extraordinary because of In terms of physical and mental strength, it was very strong so it was clear that both teams played optimally in that match. Now both teams must be willing to only accept 1 point because the match result is a 2-2 draw.

It seems that now Arsenal will definitely be more confident in facing the next match as well as Manchester City will definitely be ready to face the next match that will come. Yes, the main thing is that the competition between Arsenal and Manchester City will definitely continue, we'll see.

Arsenal walk away from Etihad with just 1 point. They should learn a lesson if parking the bus is not allowed at Etihad. They should try to win the game instead of playing parking bus and time-wasting like that.

As for City, they badly needed to get better with the variations against low-block or parking bus. They missed KDB, which hurt their creativity. They missed Rodri due to an injury. But, I'm happy to hear it was just a meniscus injury, not an ACL.

Also, stones equalizer in extra time saved them from losing three points. All in all, their overall performance is not good enough. They lack game breakers against Arsenal's parking bus.

The match was fierce until the final whistle was blown, and a draw with 4 goals was created, what an interesting match for football lovers, in my opinion in the second half Man City will take advantage of the rest of this match with maximum victory even though they are already 2-1 behind Arsenal but Arsenal who played with 10 players in the second half turned out to be quite difficult to penetrate by Haaland and his friends even though City's tempo was very dominant but it seems that Arteta has a brilliant strategy but unfortunately Stones' goal in the final minutes closed the match with a score of 2-2 a very fantastic match this week.

But on the contrary with you I think the winner this week falls on Chelsea, they have a pretty good victory with a score of 0-3 over the host West Ham, and in my opinion these 3 goals are very good in the course of this match, and they Chelsea are very good for this week.