Man City draws with Arsenal, Liverpool 'wins big'

On the journey to the 2023-2024 Premier League championship, three teams, Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool, are fiercely competing for every point. Therefore, the confrontation between Man City and Arsenal in round 30 can directly affect the situation of this tournament.

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta used to work at Man City, so he understands coach Pep Guardiola very well. Before the match, coach Mikel Arteta also announced that he wanted to win against his old teacher to help the "Gunners" have an advantage in the championship race. He also kept his promise when he launched his strongest lineup.

However, Arsenal's ambitions were met by a "tough" Man City. Coach Pep Guardiola was without John Stones, Ederson and Kyle Walker in the starting lineup, but The Citizens made the visitors sweat in the first half. Although Erling Haaland was locked down, Man City did not create many impressive plays and the first half ended with a score of 0-0, but Arsenal could hardly bring the ball up to the middle of the field. Man City players constantly pressed and stretched across the formation, leaving the visitors' midfield with no space to play.

It wasn't until the end of the first half that Saka and Gabriel Jesus tried their luck with shots towards Man City's goal but they also went wide.

Man City hòa Arsenal, Liverpool ‘ngư ông đắc lợi’- Ảnh 1. — Arsenal's midfield (red shirts) struggled against Man City players

Man City hòa Arsenal, Liverpool ‘ngư ông đắc lợi’- Ảnh 2. — Fortunately for the away team, Erling Haaland was "silent" in the first half.

In the first minutes of the second half, Arsenal pushed up their formation with the intention of finding a goal. However, it only lasted about 10 minutes when Man City easily neutralized it. The game was the same as the first half when the home team completely dominated the game.

Man City controlled the ball up to 73%, had 8 shots but surprisingly they only shot the ball on target once. In addition to Erling Haaland being completely silent, the satellites around him such as Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden were also missing. Even when players who play well on both wings and have good technique like Jack Grealish, Jeremy Doku entered the field, they could not change the situation.

Man City hòa Arsenal, Liverpool ‘ngư ông đắc lợi’- Ảnh 3. — Coach Pep Guardiola disappointed on the sidelines

The match was deadlocked, so it was no surprise that the two teams left the Etihad Stadium with a 0-0 draw. This result could satisfy both sides, as evidenced by the fact that in the 5 minutes of added time, neither Man City nor Arsenal were interested in attacking.

However, the happiest team after this highlight match was definitely Liverpool. A few hours earlier, "The Kop" had a comeback to defeat Brighton 2-1 at home.

Man City hòa Arsenal, Liverpool ‘ngư ông đắc lợi’- Ảnh 4. — Liverpool are the happiest team when Arsenal and Man City draw each other

In the second minute, Danny Welbeck helped Brighton open the scoring. However, Liverpool proved that Anfield is still "easy to go but hard to return" for any team. Coach Jurgen Klopp's students quickly equalized the score in the first half thanks to Salah before Luis Diaz sealed the 2-1 victory in the second half.

After round 30, Liverpool still lead the Premier League with 67 points. The gap between them and the two teams below them, Arsenal and Man City, has now increased to 2 and 3 points respectively.

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