As per Gary Neville, Arsenal badly missed Jurrien Timber. As Jurrien Timber is injured, he was out of the match against Manchester City. Players who came in his place lacked attacking quality. Players like Piero Hincapie and Cristhian Mosquera didn’t offer enough in the match.
How Manchester City Won Against Arteta’s Team?
After Rayan Cherki scored a great goal, Kai Havertz equalized it. Havertz scored the goal due to the mistake of the goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma. This gave Arsenal the hope that they could win the home-away match. However, Arsenal missed chances to score in the second half. This came as a punishment for Arsenal.
Arsenal have won only one match in the last five games. In the football match against Manchester City, it tried to pick up to overcome the pressure. However, Erling Haaland’s goal in the second half made Manchester City win. This has reduced the gap between them to just three points in the league.
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Arteta Still Have A Hope of the Title
With 3 points advantage, Arsenal are currently ahead of Manchester City. However, Manchester City is left with one match against Burnley. If City wins, then they will reach ahead of Arsenal in the title match. Despite the setback, Arteta strongly believes in his team and their efforts. Arteta wants to remove any doubts about his team’s capability. Arsenal wants to win the Premier League title and they will not stop chasing.
Arsenal have their next match at home against Newcastle United. According to the reports, Newcastle is not performing that well. Thus, Arsenal has a chance to get over and keep up their hopes of the title.
Gary Neville Praises Manchester City But Supports Arsenal
Gary Neville, praised Bernardo Silva. After reviewing the match, Gary Neville liked the performance of Bernardo Silva. He also mentioned about Paul Scholes. He talked about his exceptional performance at Manchester United 5-6 years ago. Overall, Neville praised every Manchester City player. He said that the players have always shown their energy and professionalism in the game.
According to Neville, Arsenal had good chances to score and win. As per Neville, they failed as they missed the opportunities. Eberechi Eze missed the goal. Kai Havertz tried the header shot from close range. That too got missed. Neville remarked that Manchester City won the match by a margin. They won because they were little better in the second half.
Earlier, Neville had predicted that Arsenal would win the title. However, after seeing the recent performances, he still believes in Arsenal. He praised Arsenal’s performance even though they didn’t win. Neville said people had expected Arsenal to lose under pressure. Arsenal, however, didn’t and handled it well.
Ahead of Manchester City’s match against Burnley, City seems to have an upper hand. The eight-time winner of the Premier League, Gary Neville, is now confident of Manchester City. He said that for Arsenal, Pep Guardiola’s team is hard to overcome. The Gunners can get this chance out by staying mentally calm.
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Gary Neville Asked Arsenal to Stop Making Excuses
Neville asked not to make excuses of Saka’s injury. Gary Neville noticed that Arsenal’s defenders were not as effective. Neville said the players were defenders at the center. The players didn’t use the left and right sides of the areas. Hence, they got blocked by the opposition.
The defenders Piero Hincapie and Cristhian Mosquera played well. However, as per Neville, they were not that good with the ball. The players weren’t able to pass it properly.
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