Continuation of the 24th day of the Premier League this Sunday afternoon with the shock between Arsenal and Manchester City. A shock to continue dreaming in the title both for Arsenal and Manchester City. The Gunners, if successful, could go to 6 Liverpool points which still has one less match. For City, the challenge was mainly to revive with a victory against a big one in the championship and hope for a crazy comeback (12 points behind in the event of success). For the occasion, Pep Guardiola aligned an offensive team with Haaland, Savinho, Marmoush, Foden and Bernardo Silva. Opposite, Mikel Arteta trusted his strong men Odegaard and his offensive trio Martinelli, Havertz and Trossard.
And we shouldn't arrive late this Sunday, because Arsenal opened the scoring after 2 minutes of play. Odegaard took advantage of Akanji's gift. The Swiss defender lacked his recovery and offered a goal in Havertz. The German preferred to serve Odegaard who had only to score in the empty goal (1-0, 2nd). Yet another defensive error of City which illustrates well the crisis of confidence crossed by the club. And that was not going to stop there. In the process, Martinelli thought of doing the break but his goal was reported offside (6th). In the ropes, City responded with this Gvardiol head heroically pushed by Raya on his bar (24th). A few minutes later, Havertz lacked the inevitable with his non-cadrée strike (27th) all alone in front of the surface.
City sank again
But it was only awarded for the German international. On the return from the locker room, Manchester City thought they were reassuring with the equalization signed Erling Haaland. The Norwegian, discreet in this match, placed an unstoppable whim on a good service from Savinho (1-1, 54th). A goal which, instead of ringing City revolt, would cause the fall in the formation of Pep Guardiola. Barely seconds after equalization, Thomas Party gave the advantage to his team. Again, Phil Foden lacked his recovery in the axis, which benefited the Ghanaian who triggered a distant shot, countered by Stones (2-1, 56th). Sounded, City then fell in love with twice. On a pass from Declan Rice, the young left side Myles Lewis-Skelly was flashing with the right foot that Stefan Ortega could only divert in his skylight (3-1, 62nd).
Outdated in intensity, the teammates of Mateo Kovacic could only undergo the waves of Arsenal. The Gunners were enjoying each other and wanted to hurt a quasi-dead beast. On a flashing after a new loss of ball from a Cityzen, Kai Havertz went there. He sent a strike from the left opposite net (4-1, 76th) to seal the victory of his team. To conclude a dream evening, the young Nwaneri concluded the offensive festival of a powerful shot (5-1, 90th+3) from outside the surface. Too strong Arsenal left a Manchester City no chance that offered several goals. A habit this season since the Pep Guardiola team has conceded 9 goals after an individual error, a first for a Guardiola team. With this victory, Arsenal returns to 6 points from the Reds and stands out as the only team capable of holding a minimum head in Liverpool in the title race. City dark and risks having a galley end of the season.
