Sunday, February 03, 2019

The Guardian:



Half-time: Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal

[Why strange?]

After 10 minutes of struggle, this is a brilliant way for City to restore their lead. Sterling plays a pass back to Gundogan from the left and Lichtsteiner falls asleep. Gundogan instantly pops a pass over the Arsenal defence, leaving Sterling to cushion the ball across the face of goal for Aguero, who isn’t going to miss from two yards out! City have been wobbling, but their main striker has two and they’re in front again.


GOAL! Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal (Aguero, 43 min)


42 min: City are beginning to lose the midfield battle, which isn’t surprising given that Fernandinho is playing in defence. Arsenal swamp them again and stream forward. Aubameyang’s played into space down the inside-right channel, but his shot’s deflected over. City deal with the corner.

[Another writer wrote in December that Fernandinho was the answer, not the problem.]