[Sport@@] Arsenal vs. Manchester City live video 6 August 2023
Halftime: Gripping, breathless stuff. You can't really argue that Arsenal don't deserve to be at least level after Kevin De Bruyne's opener came against the run of play. Whether the penalty award was a touch harsh on Ederson (who was on yellow card at the time, if you want to open another can of worms), is another debate. Anyway, grab some refreshments, have a breath and we'll see you back here shortly.
24th minute: GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Kevin De Bruyne!!!! City strike first. Glorious finish from Kevin De Bruyne but a howling error from Takehiro Tomiyasu. Ederson pings a clearance downfield and the Japan defender foolishly looks to play a blind pass back to Aaron Ramsdale. De Bruyne reads it and lifts a first-time finish into the goal left footed. 22nd minute: First decent change falls Arsenal's way. Ake bravely clears a Granit Xhaka cross and Oleksandr Zinchenko swings the loose ball back in. Eddie Nketiah gets up but heads wide.
He gets there first but can only scuff across goal. It might have been interesting had he tested Aaron Ramsdale, who is down with his boot off having some treatment. 13th minute: Nketiah is penalised for a high boot, which seems a bit harsh given Nathan Ake won the header around his kneecaps. 12th minute: Granit Xhaka seizes possession and quickly looks for Eddie Nketiah. Ruben Dias reads the though ball and gets a convincing block on the shot. 9th minute: Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez are City's wide forwards tonight but they look to be lining up very narrowly. Getting bodies around Erling Haaland seems to be a key part of the gameplan. Bernardo Silva is penalised for a foul on Bukayo Saka now. You sense this could become a long night for him. 7th minute: Bernardo Silva isn't penalised for what looks like a fairly obviously foul on Bukayo Saka. Here's Jack Grealish, sashaying in-field.
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twitter. com/uEBiI2japa — Sporting News Football Club (@sn_footballclub) February 15, 2023 Eddie Nketiah highlights Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal complaint Arteta understandably said he could find little fault in Arsenal’s overall performance, aside from the manner in which he felt they gifted City their goals. Nketiah made it a similar story at the other end of the pitch.
That was an attack built out of pure tenacity as Arsenal snapped into a succession of second balls ahead of their opponents. 21st minute: Bukayo Saka charges into a hard and fair tackle on Nathan Ake. Saka limps back to his feet but he'll be fine running that off. 18th minute: Ramsdale is back up and running. Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta were able to impart some bonus pearls of wisdom to their players after an intense opening that has been light on goalmouth action. 16th minute: First sniff for Erling Haaland as Riyad Mahrez floats the ball to the back post.
“At half time we said you cannot play always defending. They are so, so good but we need to be more active. Second half we were excellent. ” So, why was that? “My tactics. I decided something new and it was horrible. We let them play in the build-up with our shape. Second half we were more like we are. ” It’s unlikely we’d have got this level of self-deprecation and honesty had City failed to turn things around, but it was a reminder that Guardiola is still working a few things out this season. For the second time in a week, Bernardo Silva lined up as an inverted left-back. The City boss’ halftime tweaks were decisive and his switch to a more conventional back four — bringing Manuel Akanji on for Riyad Mahrez and adding Silva to the attacking press — served to make things horrible for Arsenal.
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Spicy. City have a free-kick in De Bruyne territory on the right flank. For an actual foul, not because Arteta was making mischief. That's definitely not in the rules. 48th minute: Takehiro Tomiyasu is booked for taking ages over a throw. Seems odd to be timewasting at there, at this juncture. Perhaps he was just being incredibly indecisive.
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