A SHORT RESURRECTION
Winning 4, drawing 1, including the record for the biggest away win (6-0 against Ipswich), that is a series of matches showing that Man.City seems to have "revived" after 2 months of decline to the point of crisis. Not to mention, Man.City won important opponent Chelsea 3-1 right before the clash with Arsenal in the Premier League last weekend. As it turns out, that was just a short-lived revival.
As a symbol of hopeless struggle: Man.City "got hit" and collapsed very quickly, just when they thought they had recovered. After a series of 5 matches that looked very promising, Man.City only held on for 103 seconds before Martin Odegaard opened the scoring for Arsenal. The defending champions tried to hold on until Erling Haaland equalized 1-1 in the second half. Painfully: they conceded again, just 105 seconds after the equalizer. And that equalizer was also Man.City's last shot, and the match ended with a resounding 5-1 victory for Arsenal.
Sad images of coach Pep Guardiola and Man.City
One thing is for sure: Guardiola had prepared well for a game that everyone knew the world would be watching. So Arsenal’s victory was a confirmation that, in a game where everyone knows anything is possible, anything is possible. The way Arsenal scored was a foregone conclusion: there could be no surprises. Myles Lewis-Skelly was the man to score – the first of his Arsenal career. Another youngster, Ethan Nwaneri, also scored. This meant that for the first time in 18 years, two players aged 18 or under scored in a Premier League game.
STABLE N OTTINGHAM F OREST
It is difficult to find another match that Guardiola has to prepare as carefully as possible, as well as the Man.City players have to enter the match with the highest fighting spirit possible. The conditions for Man.City to "win for reputation" before this important match are also very favorable. But the result... could not be more cruel. They conceded very quickly, or conceded in a way that was foreseen but could not be saved. If Man.City had to enter an important, balanced match, it was inevitable that they would lose - regardless of the randomness or surprise of football. What is the next important match? I would like to tell you: the play-off match with Real Madrid in the Champions League next week!
Not to mention Arsenal or the top team Liverpool, Man.City is now 6 points behind Nottingham Forest. After a 0-5 defeat to Bournemouth, Forest beat Brighton 7-0 in this round. They are still firmly consolidating their position in the top 4 after 24 rounds, or 2/3 of the season. In addition to Liverpool and Arsenal, there are 5 teams competing for the top 4. It seems that this is the most exciting race from now until the end of the season. Those 5 teams (in order): Nottingham Forest, Man.City, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bournemouth. The gap between No. 3 Forest and No. 7 Bournemouth is currently 7 points. Chelsea only needs to avoid losing to West Ham in the late match of this round (early morning 4/2) to surpass both Man.City and Newcastle, taking the 4th position.
Despite Arsenal's excellent performance in crushing Man.City, it is still difficult for them to compete with Liverpool for the top spot. The gap is currently 6 points, not to mention Liverpool can increase the gap after the make-up match (at dawn on February 13) with Everton. As usual: MU "stuck" in 13th place after losing to Crystal Palace right at home.
Other results of round 24: Brentford - Tottenham: 0-2, Wolverhampton - Aston Villa: 2-0, Bournemouth - Liverpool: 0-2, Ipswich - Southampton: 1-2, Everton - Leicester: 4-0, Newcastle - Fulham: 1-2.
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