Elliot Anderson with Gabriel
Elliot Anderson with Gabriel
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Manchester City were not good defensively, their midfield was indifferent and up front there was plenty of room for improvement. Other than that, their Community Shield performance against Arsenal went well.
Enzo Maresca's team were on the back foot from the opening minute when Riccardo Calafiori eased the ball past Gianluigi Donnarumma from close range, and they never really recovered. Kai Havertz added a second after half an hour when taking advantage of more abject defending and Martin Odegaard poked in a third just after half-time.
The Arsenal fans who had come to Cardiff were still on the high of winning the league and could not believe what they were seeing. Having tasted defeat in their last two meetings with City, there were Poznans before half-time as Mikel Arteta's side crushed City.