Draw Premier League: Manchester City 0 - 0 Arsenal | Sunday 31st March | KO: 16:30 BST | Sky Sports

Prediction
Man city 0-1 Arsenal

 

[Henry boi]

Nice thing about City is if you play well enough to win, you can actually get a result without the crowd being a factor like Anfield for instance

 

[A_G]

Chelsea should’ve been up by 2 or 3 when they played there a month ago, be very disappointing if we lose this.

 

[Iwobeast]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1769818558114976117

Can't let this guy score lol

 

[field442]

Manchester City vs Arsenal. The stakes of that game are insane. A win for either side would be as impactful as they come. It’s like a final inside a 38-game season.

 

[Gooner Zig]

Critical that we score first as @SA Gunner wrote. We do that and I think we can win the game. I want to see us go with our 'big game' template which is the Jorginho/Rice double pivot and Havertz at #9. We can bypass their press by going long to Kai.

 

[Gooner Zig]

When was the last time we played these guys at the Etihad with a fit and in form squad? I honestly can't remember - these cretins are going to come in for a rude awakening.

 

[Riou]

The most complete forward England has ever seen...



... reading those posts Oxeki posted from the City forums, they are SO LUCKY they got their oil money otherwise this would always be their club.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

the blue panther said:
They'll have gone off the boil completely by the time they get to us. What could be worse than a visit to our fortress when they haven't played for the best part of 3 weeks, and lost all momentum.
They're ****ed.

FORTRESS.

Would be more intimidating trying to get on a bouncy castle guarded by 3 year olds.

 

[BaZZe]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1769818558114976117

Can't let this guy score lol

Need Saka to score so he can do this.

 

[Tom Mix]

This could go any way. I would hope the days of us being thumped are gone though. I hope we can sneak it by a goal. but it's going to require maximum concentration for the whole 100 minutes. One slip and it's gone. If we concede first it will be extremely difficult to win.

Earlier in the campaign yo'd have been delighted with a draw but I think a draw could give the title to Liverpool, poor as they are. The only plus with that is that they need to win even more than we do, behind on points and goal difference, so they can hardly play for a draw.

Heart says 1-2. Head says 0-1.

 

[Riou]

Raya
White-Saliba-Gabriel-Kwiwor
Jorginho
Rice-Ødegaard
Saka-Havertz-Martinelli/Jesus
​

...we need this team to get a result here, we need one of Jesus or Gabby fit to start (if Leo starts City will just snaffle us out, we need pace on both sides of Kai here) and Gabriel to be there...then we can win.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Whoever gets the goal first, will get a huge advantage in this game. Because chasing the game against Arsenal, City or Liverpool means you have to take more risks defensively, and even if you take your time to get back into the game, its still not a position you want to be in against the top 3 sides.

Arteta needs to do something different tactically, not seen before and that can catch City out, even for a moment. If we remember last season at the Etihad, it was that on field swap between De Bruyne and Haaland that bamboozled our defense. If we remember, it was De Bruyne scoring, and Haaland providing the assist for the first goal, and I'd say the opposite was expected by our defense and our man to man markers. De Bruyne was expected to assist and hence was less marked than Haaland.

In the Emirates game earlier this season, we had Havertz and Tomiyasu push up to occupy their defenders and win the aerial ball for the knock down. It was something that Arteta substituted TP5 and Tomiyasu on for specifically. Something like this will be needed again on the day.

A draw is not the end of the world, but I think a win is important here. Its going to be very difficult of course, but this is exactly the game you perform in to send a message to the dressing room (in a potential semi final second leg) and the rest of the league as well.

Think we'll win this one, it will be a tight 0-1 or 1-2.

They were also physically too much for us. I remember Akanji driving with the ball from his own half through our midfield like it wasn't there.

 

[asukru]

Don;t care how we play or who starts, just go out there and perform! I want our players to believe in themselves and each other, there is no reason we can't go and play the way we should - this City team doesn't look the same as before. That Rodri needs to be kept off the ball so I expect Rice to be on him! KDB needs to be shut down - Jorginho should be able to handle that. Laslty, Haaland needs to be inside Gabi's pocket at all times!

I keep the same lineup, only change is if Tomi is fit he may come in for Kiwi imo. Kai must be up top as he's just a menace!

 

[Gooner Zig]

They were also physically too much for us. I remember Akanji driving with the ball from his own half through our midfield like it wasn't there.

Yeah that's not gonna happen again.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

The most complete forward England has ever seen...



... reading those posts Oxeki posted from the City forums, they are SO LUCKY they got their oil money otherwise this would always be their club.

Titi was truly in a league of his own. Opposition couldn't get near him. Pace, power, trickery, creativity, he was the complete package.

I get so offended when the likes of Shearer, Drogba, Aguero, Kane and Haaland get compared to him. None of them get close. If I'm being completely honest, the only PL striker who can be mentioned in the same breath is Suarez. And even then, he isn't better than Henry - no chance.

The GOAT.

 

[Riou]

Titi was truly in a league of his own. Opposition couldn't get near him. Pace, power, trickery, creativity, he was the complete package.

I get so offended when the likes of Shearer, Drogba, Aguero, Kane and Haaland get compared to him. None of them get close. If I'm being completely honest, the only PL striker who can be mentioned in the same breath is Suarez. And even then, he isn't better than Henry - no chance.

The GOAT.

"You can move Henry over to the left and away from the striker position, in order to get Shearer/Kane/Drogba/Aguero into an all time Premier League team...as you then..."

 

[BaZZe]

Don't buy it for a second

 

[drippin]

Don't buy it for a second

 

[Iwobeast]

Don't buy it for a second

Does this guy even play for Norway?

 

[Synical]

Nice thing about City is if you play well enough to win, you can actually get a result without the crowd being a factor like Anfield for instance

This is what I was thinking. So why do they have such a good record at the Etihad?