Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Lida93]

Manchester City is over hype team because if they are not over hype why did they find it difficult even when Arsenal was playing against them with 10 players on the field, This is the first match of the season and they will play the second match in arsenal field which will be very difficult for Manchester City to win the match because Arsenal are very angry with what Manchester City did at Ethihad and they will revenge in the second leg of the match.

From your tone you sounds like an emotional arsenal fan which could be understandable that club  fan ought to support his club at every position. But on neutral discuss arsenal isn't an average team that a one man down in the squad would lead to them being humbled so easily by City. Arsenal has one of the strongest defense in the EPL  this season, they have shown that form in all their games. If you had watched that match you could recall how Manchester City celebrated happily when the final whistle of the game  was blown, it entails that they recognized that they played with a very strong opposition. However, the controversies that ensued in that first match between Manchester City : Arsenal  can't be used to ascertain how the result of second leg at the emirate stadium will be.

[dezoel]

Under the Command of Arteta Arsenal is showing their game level always at the top the way they tackle Man City at their home ground is simply brilliant and the chnage of tactics as well team player follow the instruction and implement it exactly Arteta wants thats why they improved after every game.

Arsenal improvement it's really commendable no doubt, let's be sincere with ourselves, they've not really gotten to the level we expect, we all want a club that can rival Manchester City toe to toe which Arsenal is looking like a club with that potentially but my problem with the Arsenal team is that, they've refused to extend this sort of prowess outside the premier League, take the champions League for instance, Arsenal are always struggle for a point when it comes to UCL as winning matches looks very difficult for them. Unlike Manchester City that dominates not only the premier League but even the champions League and other competitions, Manchester city spread their tentacles with a lot of possession in almost every competition they are involved it, this is what I want to see Arsenal do with this squad Mikel Arteta have and not been narrow-minded on only the premier League.

Despite having 10 players Arsenal done amazing stuff in second half and hold the Manchester City which was doing their best for having equalizer and then winner, but Arsenal defense were well alert which give them good support for having this one important point which is surely also good for the physiological advantage because now in coming games their players will be played with better confidence and also able to do much better performance for having their best and full chance of title race in this season.

In last few games we are having some troubling time for the Citizens as they are facing injuries and things are not going as they needed, but they are managing good, but Arsenal is also having good depth and their performance is also improved which are giving their players good confidence and their best chance for keeping themselves into better spot.

[Frankolala]

We could say it's football, but I really felt bad at Trossard's second yellow, followed by a red card. That is not a type of match to be giving uncertain yellow cards. This was just a good win for Arsenal but it's unfortunate it didn't happen.

What causes Trossard’ red card in the match was lack of discipline, he already knows the rules, and he knows that he is already having a yellow card, he should be cautious and shouldn’t even try crazy things. I don’t know the reason why people keep on saying that the red card wasn’t deserved. At least next time any player with a yellow card won’t try something like that, why did he play the ball even after the whistle has been blown already? Arsenal were just unlucky in the match, even with the red card, they will have been able to maintain the win. Manchester City equalized during the extra time given, which some Arsenal fans still complained that the 8 minutes was too much.

If you talk about indiscipline, what will you say about Haaland's behaviour throughout the match. That guy is a pure bully and he kept oppressing his opponents. He will purposely run into person and ref will not caution him;
He also used some foul words and nothing happening;
He stoned the ball on someone and all was still fine.
There are some kind of nonsense discipline that doesn't apply in big matches.

it's ridiculous to even call the behavior of Trossard’s an indisciplined act when there are far more than that act that has happened on the pitch that didn't attract a card. What's even the big deal about what he did when the first half has almost come to an end and the referee already knows he has a yellow card? A simple caution would have sorted the issue out without giving a card that spoilt the game from that point upwards.

Don't sound bias because Trossad attitude deserves a red card for using his elbow to hit and push down someone who was backing him even when he wasn't with the ball. Arsenal have already macked Rodri out of the game and they continued with their rough game which led to Trossad red cars and you should also not forget that City was playing at home.

Haaland didn't do any rough that deserved a red card because he was not in the game as he was macked down. Actually, the red card spoilt the game because it was no longer interested and the match was one side, but do you also know that injuring Rodri also spoilt the match for City. They are two big clubs and currently I will say that they are rivals in which both of them will look for any means necessary to win the other.

[Pandorak]

I am starting to wonder if West Ham United regrets replacing David Moyes now after West Ham United disastrous start in this new season. Under the management of David Moyes, I think West Ham United are still capable of gaining points surprisingly sometimes when they play against big football clubs, but ever since Julen Lopetegui took over as the manager of the club, the team are looking more disorganized in both offense and defense. I guess Julen Lopetegui will have a lot of work to do in order to fix the mess before West Ham United sinks into the relegation zone.

4 points from 5 matches played, this is a bad record for a team like West Ham United. I think there is something wrong with Julen Lopetegui's strategy which makes the Hammers squad cannot perform optimally. Apart from that, the factor of bad luck might be a determining factor, at the start they had to meet Aston Villa, Manchester City & Chelsea which destroyed them. As for the relegation zone, i'm not sure they will get there, as bad as West Ham United are, they can't possibly go to that shitty zone.

[Cryptoprincess101]

The referee spoiled the game of Manchester City against Arsenal, the match was going normally until the referee gave Trossard a red card, A Red card is the one thing that spoils football because if a team gets a red card that team will not be able to perform well again because they are missing one person and the opponents will use the missing person position to attack in the game, one thing I understand about Manchester city and arsenal match is that Manchester City uses home advantage to do what they like and also mockery arsenal even after the match end. Arsenal comes to the field with full confidence that they are going to play very well and make sure they win the game but the red card ruins everything.

For all I know, red card is one of the factors that affect the outcome of a match but that not withstanding, the red card that the referee gave to Trossard never really affected the game so badly because Arsenal maintained the lead till injury time so if the red card affected Arsenal so much they would have even conceded more goals just that it made Arsenal defend more than attack. It is not true that Manchester City uses home advantage on Arsenal because if you check most of their meetings for about 4 to 5 seasons now you will know that Manchester City often win Arsenal both home and away but it's only few matches that Arsenal managed to get points from Manchester City. Sure Arsenal played Manchester City with so much confidence and I still stand to say that the red card didn't totally spoil Arsenal's game since they didn't lost the game at last

[ndutndut]

Manchester City is over hype team because if they are not over hype why did they find it difficult even when Arsenal was playing against them with 10 players on the field, This is the first match of the season and they will play the second match in arsenal field which will be very difficult for Manchester City to win the match because Arsenal are very angry with what Manchester City did at Ethihad and they will revenge in the second leg of the match.

From your tone you sounds like an emotional arsenal fan which could be understandable that club  fan ought to support his club at every position. But on neutral discuss arsenal isn't an average team that a one man down in the squad would lead to them being humbled so easily by City. Arsenal has one of the strongest defense in the EPL  this season, they have shown that form in all their games. If you had watched that match you could recall how Manchester City celebrated happily when the final whistle of the game  was blown, it entails that they recognized that they played with a very strong opposition. However, the controversies that ensued in that first match between Manchester City : Arsenal  can't be used to ascertain how the result of second leg at the emirate stadium will be.

It is understandable that Arsenal fans are very emotional about the result of this match, and the disappointment is very memorable if you think back to it, even though the match was only seconds away from Arsenal's victory but Man City's attack could not be stopped which ended in an equalizer.

If you look at this match neutrally, Ruben Diaz should have received a red card in the 70th minute, where Ruben Diaz had previously received his first yellow card, after fouling Haverts when Arsenal were on the counter-attack. But the referee pretended not to care, only giving a foul without a second yellow card.

But overall this match was very tight, and it must be admitted that Arsenal's defense was also very solid, this was seen at the end of the match even though the draw was very satisfying for Man City. Man City survived the defeat thanks to a goal in the last seconds by John Stones, and Arsenal also played amazingly, with 10 players able to hold Man City to a draw.

[MainIbem]

Arsenal improvement it's really commendable no doubt, let's be sincere with ourselves, they've not really gotten to the level we expect, we all want a club that can rival Manchester City toe to toe which Arsenal is looking like a club with that potentially but my problem with the Arsenal team is that, they've refused to extend this sort of prowess outside the premier League, take the champions League for instance, Arsenal are always struggle for a point when it comes to UCL as winning matches looks very difficult for them. Unlike Manchester City that dominates not only the premier League but even the champions League and other competitions, Manchester city spread their tentacles with a lot of possession in almost every competition they are involved it, this is what I want to see Arsenal do with this squad Mikel Arteta have and not been narrow-minded on only the premier League.

Despite having 10 players Arsenal done amazing stuff in second half and hold the Manchester City which was doing their best for having equalizer and then winner, but Arsenal defense were well alert which give them good support for having this one important point which is surely also good for the physiological advantage because now in coming games their players will be played with better confidence and also able to do much better performance for having their best and full chance of title race in this season.

In last few games we are having some troubling time for the Citizens as they are facing injuries and things are not going as they needed, but they are managing good, but Arsenal is also having good depth and their performance is also improved which are giving their players good confidence and their best chance for keeping themselves into better spot.

Arsenal has proved that they're one of the few teams if not the only team in the EPL that could cause a big threat to Manchester City, not every EPL team can play Manchester City with 10 men and draw the match, infact they almost won the game if not that they were one man down, talking about confidence level, Arteta has built the confidence of his players to the point that they're capable of facing any team in the EPL without any fear, take for instance, Calafiori's confidence on that volley that lead to a goal and Gabriel's confidence with the header goal, he even attempted it twice. Rodri's injury could cause lots of trouble for City and with the way he limped out of the peace, we could be talking about a long-term injury, as for Arsenal, I think they'll be very okay without Trossard since they still got Martinelli to play in that position, even without Odegard they'll still in their best form so I don't think they'll have any issues playing without Trossard. For two seasons now, Arsenal has been runner-ups in the league I believe they'll still try to beat Manchester City to the league this season therefore they need to maintain a good spot in the table for that to be possible.

[hahay]

I am starting to wonder if West Ham United regrets replacing David Moyes now after West Ham United disastrous start in this new season. Under the management of David Moyes, I think West Ham United are still capable of gaining points surprisingly sometimes when they play against big football clubs, but ever since Julen Lopetegui took over as the manager of the club, the team are looking more disorganized in both offense and defense. I guess Julen Lopetegui will have a lot of work to do in order to fix the mess before West Ham United sinks into the relegation zone.

4 points from 5 matches played, this is a bad record for a team like West Ham United. I think there is something wrong with Julen Lopetegui's strategy which makes the Hammers squad cannot perform optimally. Apart from that, the factor of bad luck might be a determining factor, at the start they had to meet Aston Villa, Manchester City & Chelsea which destroyed them. As for the relegation zone, i'm not sure they will get there, as bad as West Ham United are, they can't possibly go to that shitty zone.

In fact, Julen Lopetegui has great experience in his coaching career, because Julen Lopetegui also had the chance to be the manager of a big team like Real Madrid in the past. But even so, it is very unfortunate that Julen Lopetegui does not have many trophies even though he had been the manager of Real Madrid in the past. Thus, I think Julen Lopetegui only has experience but not about achievements, so it may be natural that Julen Lopetegui is not able to quickly make West Ham perform better than when West Ham was still with Moyes.

Because indeed, West Ham at the beginning of this season had poor results and West Ham also did not have strong performance like in previous seasons. With poor results like this, is it possible that West Ham will plan to fire Julen Lopetegui in the near future? because after all, West Ham has had disappointing results so far and of course it is difficult to recover if West Ham still maintains Julen Lopetegui this season.

[bitgolden]

Seems like Rodri is out for the entire season, so he is not coming back anytime soon .While he is one of the most important pieces of the team, they have to react somehow and figure out a way to replace him, otherwise they are going to have a very bad season. Sure he is a great player and it will be hard to replace him, but they have to and they need to figure out a way, this is Manchester City we are talking about, they have deep squad and they should be finding someone at the bench that could fill that spot.

I believe that this could hurt their chances a lot, both in EPL and also at UCL as well, they may not do that well, last season when KDB was out, they had so much trouble, only after he returned they became better, I think this could be very tough for them. I believe that they are going to have some issues but they should not be worried about what they are missing now, they need to focus on what they need to do now that the issue is there.

[Pokapoka124]

Manchester City is over hype team because if they are not over hype why did they find it difficult even when Arsenal was playing against them with 10 players on the field, This is the first match of the season and they will play the second match in arsenal field which will be very difficult for Manchester City to win the match because Arsenal are very angry with what Manchester City did at Ethihad and they will revenge in the second leg of the match.

From your tone you sounds like an emotional arsenal fan which could be understandable that club  fan ought to support his club at every position. But on neutral discuss arsenal isn't an average team that a one man down in the squad would lead to them being humbled so easily by City. Arsenal has one of the strongest defense in the EPL  this season, they have shown that form in all their games. If you had watched that match you could recall how Manchester City celebrated happily when the final whistle of the game  was blown, it entails that they recognized that they played with a very strong opposition. However, the controversies that ensued in that first match between Manchester City : Arsenal  can't be used to ascertain how the result of second leg at the emirate stadium will be.

I can’t be sure if he’s an Arsenal fan or not because fans of other teams in the EPL are tired of Manchester City winning the league every season. Manchester City had the home advantage and a complete squad for the entirety of the match, why is Arsenal getting attacked for drawing the game. I’m impressed with how Arsenal fought so hard and even though they did not win, they deserve to be proud for their performance. Liverpool fans will be happy with the results, they are one step closer to Manchester City on the league table.

[Marykeller]

Manchester City is over hype team because if they are not over hype why did they find it difficult even when Arsenal was playing against them with 10 players on the field, This is the first match of the season and they will play the second match in arsenal field which will be very difficult for Manchester City to win the match because Arsenal are very angry with what Manchester City did at Ethihad and they will revenge in the second leg of the match.

I get the point that you want to make but you can't address Manchester City as a hype team, knowing fully well how their performance has been in years since the arrival of Pep Guardiola as the coach of Manchester City.

Manchester City's draw match with Arsenal happened because Arsenal was just like the wounded lion who wanted a fighting victory after being denied victory for the past two seasons. She would do everything within her might to make sure she wouldn't lose to the same lion, even if it meant her fighting with a lost eye. That was what Arsenal did, not minding they were playing against Manchester City with 10 men. The idea is to make sure they win against Manchester City with whatever is in their power. Although it ended sideways than what they anticipated for "a draw". In the second leg, it's another opportunity for Arsenal to prove their might once again, to come out strong or weak as a team.

[rahmad2nd]

Arsenal has proved that they're one of the few teams if not the only team in the EPL that could cause a big threat to Manchester City, not every EPL team can play Manchester City with 10 men and draw the match, infact they almost won the game if not that they were one man down, talking about confidence level, Arteta has built the confidence of his players to the point that they're capable of facing any team in the EPL without any fear, take for instance, Calafiori's confidence on that volley that lead to a goal and Gabriel's confidence with the header goal, he even attempted it twice. Rodri's injury could cause lots of trouble for City and with the way he limped out of the peace, we could be talking about a long-term injury, as for Arsenal, I think they'll be very okay without Trossard since they still got Martinelli to play in that position, even without Odegard they'll still in their best form so I don't think they'll have any issues playing without Trossard. For two seasons now, Arsenal has been runner-ups in the league I believe they'll still try to beat Manchester City to the league this season therefore they need to maintain a good spot in the table for that to be possible.

Personally I am not too impressed with Arsenal's game, maybe because some of their mainstay players are injured and also the newcomers still can't play. Even though Arsenal was able to turn the situation around, City still played much better. I know, I am too pushy to see Arsenal play impressively, even though their opponent is Manchester City, a team that can be said to be the most competitive in the Premier League. Even so, at least Arsenal did not lose points, even almost got full points at the Etihad Stadium. Unfortunately, in the last seconds John Stones ruined our joy as supporters. For some points, I don't agree with you. Because Odegard is an important player in the Arsenal camp, he often plays the attack and is also the team captain. Torrsard's absence is also quite important, because Martinelli's performance is sometimes unstable, his only advantage is that he is a hard-working player. Honestly, I really watched Arsenal players without injuries, without red card suspensions throughout this season. In the City camp, it seems that Rodi and De Bruyne need quite a long time to recover from injury. even though Pep has other players, the absence of these two players has quite an impact, especially in crucial matches.

[Jaycoinz]

I am starting to wonder if West Ham United regrets replacing David Moyes now after West Ham United disastrous start in this new season. Under the management of David Moyes, I think West Ham United are still capable of gaining points surprisingly sometimes when they play against big football clubs, but ever since Julen Lopetegui took over as the manager of the club, the team are looking more disorganized in both offense and defense. I guess Julen Lopetegui will have a lot of work to do in order to fix the mess before West Ham United sinks into the relegation zone.

4 points from 5 matches played, this is a bad record for a team like West Ham United. I think there is something wrong with Julen Lopetegui's strategy which makes the Hammers squad cannot perform optimally. Apart from that, the factor of bad luck might be a determining factor, at the start they had to meet Aston Villa, Manchester City & Chelsea which destroyed them. As for the relegation zone, i'm not sure they will get there, as bad as West Ham United are, they can't possibly go to that shitty zone.

Well it's not still late to change their pattern and strategy because we all know what west ham is capable of and seeing them perform so poorly is just bad and moreover I have been a fan of playing west ham in my games especially when it comes to goal scoring but so far they have been really disappointing and if they keep this form up they might end up joining the fight for the dead halve of the table.

[Leviathan.007]

The EPL has always been a very competitive competition and everyone has acknowledged that. However, regarding the competition at the beginning of this season, it has actually happened a long time ago and teams like Arsenal and other popular teams have actually always had extraordinary performances but since Man City had Haaland and Guardiola, everything has changed and Man City has always succeeded in leading the EPL at the end of the season. So no matter how strong the competition in the EPL is as long as Man City still has Guardiola and some of its mainstay players, the EPL title will still be dominated by Man City at the end of the season.

It is undeniable that Haaland's ability as a goal scorer can help Manchester City reach the top of the standings and also Guardiola's ingenuity in managing the team can keep Man City stable but that factor is not enough to guarantee Manchester City remain the best because there are other factors that help them, for example the luck factor. Maybe you still remember 2 seasons ago when Arsenal had the chance to take over the top of the standings but Arsenal missed that opportunity with two consecutive defeats at the end of the season.

Last season 2022/2023 Manchester City also had problems when Kevin De Bruyne was injured and at this moment Haaland is really unreliable so Manchester City have to miss out on more points but once again Manchester City were lucky because Arsenal could not take advantage of that opportunity so from here we can understand that Manchester City cannot only rely on their abilities. The question is, is luck still on Manchester City's side this season? of course we can't answer that except waiting until the season ends.

For Manchester City it was more than a bad day against Arsenal because they lost two points in this match however it was not something big for Guardiola and his players but still other than this, their effective player, Rodri got injured during this match.
Rodri couldn't continue the game and he left the field in the first half also it seems he lost the whole season because of an ACL injury.
 

[jostorres]

Regardless of Man City situation with Rodri missing due to injury at least Pep Guardiola still has options to play. Indeed, it will not be able to completely patch Rodri role but at least Pep can always get out of situations like this. We've seen Man City go without de Bruyne so there will always be a worthy replacement. Man City young players are no less great, let's just see Man City balance will still be well maintained.
Gundogan also still provides useful help, he is a fighter and has fought with Man City for quite a long time. The reason why Pep Guardiola called him back is undoubtedly because Gundogan still has reliable qualities as a leader in midfield.

There is no doubt we are having suitable replacement for the Rodri in Manchester City but still sometime one main stream player is having his own level and his absence can hurt the team badly as we have in past for the Manchester City but as they have done job against Arsenal this was impressive and performance like this surely can keep things good for them in title race.

Rodri is one of the important players like Haaland and De Bruyne with filling his position is surely not easy but still things are manageable for the Pep Guardiola. Gündoğan is also good as he is veteran but can do good in important matches because they need to be stayed at the better level for having good results now we are having the good number of games which need all main stream players to be ready, and Manchester City is surely going to miss Rodri and his services with things can give them some problems as well.

[$anounimus$]

For Manchester City it was more than a bad day against Arsenal because they lost two points in this match however it was not something big for Guardiola and his players but still other than this, their effective player, Rodri got injured during this match.
Rodri couldn't continue the game and he left the field in the first half also it seems he lost the whole season because of an ACL injury.
 

Rodri's injury will certainly make the team's balance a little shaky, he is truly a player who has a unique character at Manchester City. Manchester City has a lot of players with high creativity so it is not so difficult for Guardiola to rotate. However, for this season Guardiola must realize that the threat from Arsenal is increasingly real, Arteta's troops are starting to show a high class of play so that they can make it difficult for Manchester City.

[Leviathan.007]

City keeps passing all game long but they barely get any decent chances, in the end they just shoot shots that doesn't even look good because they fail to find good chances when other team just defends properly. I guess we can say that other teams finally figured out the boring method City plays and we may see Pep change some things.

City needs a break to make Premier League table interesting especially Haaland although he scored yesterday too LOL

Guardiola is the same coach who was working in Barcelona and when he was working there he made Barcelona hold the ball for a long time and keep passion much more than the other team. Now even Manchester City didn't change Guadiolan he uses the same strategy in Manchester City, since he started working at Manchester City he made this team hold the ball for a longer time and this is maybe one reason for Manchester City to have more goal opportunities in games.

[Adams0001]

City keeps passing all game long but they barely get any decent chances, in the end they just shoot shots that doesn't even look good because they fail to find good chances when other team just defends properly. I guess we can say that other teams finally figured out the boring method City plays and we may see Pep change some things.

City needs a break to make Premier League table interesting especially Haaland although he scored yesterday too LOL

Guardiola is the same coach who was working in Barcelona and when he was working there he made Barcelona hold the ball for a long time and keep passion much more than the other team. Now even Manchester City didn't change Guadiolan he uses the same strategy in Manchester City, since he started working at Manchester City he made this team hold the ball for a longer time and this is maybe one reason for Manchester City to have more goal opportunities in games.

Every coach has a pattern of coaching players, and Guardiola used the methods to win games and trophies back to back, and he has the quality players that can do what they said in the game, so I don't see anything wrong with Guadiola's pattern of playing, and I really appreciate him because if he said he wanted to play attacking games like Real Madrid and Manchester United, I don't think he can succeed because he doesn't have the strikers that have the strikers that have speed that can maintain that place, Haaland is not a player that strongly they just a key player that can score only he don't stress is self to marke they will just drop him the ball and score that is all, he doesn't get speed like other club are doing, so Guadiola used the possession method to be winning games and he is favour him he can't change is pattern.

Rodri's injury will weaken Manchester City's performance since I haven't seen anyone like him at the club. Gundogan will play well, but he can't do what Rodri can. They have a challenging game against Newcastle, who have been doing well since the beginning of the season and are playing at home. Guadiola will not put too much pressure on the important players to play in today's game because Manchester City's performance is quite low. Manchester City will win Watford without a doubt. The club lacks important players and cannot compete with Manchester City.

[karabiber]

I watched the highlight over and over again. And I saw how Arsenal went from a counterattack to defensive play immediately after they lost the ball. At the end of the game. Manchester City players and fans were complaining about how Arsenal played them. But did they forget they claimed to be the best team in the world and yet they expect other teams to play the way they will be comfortable with? I know they weren't expecting what happened at Etihad, but now they should be ready for what's going to happen at the Emirate.

Once again Arsenal using their dirty strategy to win the match, however Manchester City is great team and always trying to destroy Arsenal's defense, I'm really happy Manchester City not lose in their home.

Don't really expect too much when they meet at Emirates Stadium in the next year, Manchester City will destroy Arsenal.

Anyway nice to see Savinho is getting developed in Manchester City.

This match was a loss of prestige for Arsenal. Arsenal did everything they had to do, especially in the last twenty minutes of the match. Maybe they had to because they were down to 10 men, but Arsenal should not be the team to do that. My sympathy for them decreased with this match. Some people say that Arsenal defended very well, but for me Arsenal seemed to have built their game plan on not playing. They thought that this way they would be victorious.

The M.City goal, which came unexpectedly when the game was about to end, turned all their plans upside down. Instead of shooting at the opponent, M.City tried to pass through the crowded defense and they did it with the game on the line. I think M.City should have taken more shots in this game and maybe they could have equalized earlier. I think M.City will show no mercy to Arsenal in the rematch.

[Uruhara]

Manchester City is over hype team because if they are not over hype why did they find it difficult even when Arsenal was playing against them with 10 players on the field, This is the first match of the season and they will play the second match in arsenal field which will be very difficult for Manchester City to win the match because Arsenal are very angry with what Manchester City did at Ethihad and they will revenge in the second leg of the match.

From your tone you sounds like an emotional arsenal fan which could be understandable that club  fan ought to support his club at every position. But on neutral discuss arsenal isn't an average team that a one man down in the squad would lead to them being humbled so easily by City. Arsenal has one of the strongest defense in the EPL  this season, they have shown that form in all their games. If you had watched that match you could recall how Manchester City celebrated happily when the final whistle of the game  was blown, it entails that they recognized that they played with a very strong opposition. However, the controversies that ensued in that first match between Manchester City : Arsenal  can't be used to ascertain how the result of second leg at the emirate stadium will be.

In fact, seeing Arsenal able to hold Man City to a draw in this match by only relying on 10 players in the second half was truly extraordinary and Arsenal deserves appreciation. Meanwhile, Man City must be a little embarrassed by this result. because they couldn't beat a team that only played with 10 players in the second half. And yes, it seems like Man City is well aware that Arsenal is a strong enemy. It could even be that Arsenal is currently stronger than Man City. We'll see that in the first half Arsenal was able to score 2 goals. Which made Arsenal ahead at the end of the first half.

Arsenal has the best defensive level since last season. If we look at last season's standings statistics, we will see that Arsenal conceded the fewest goals throughout last season. And I think this season will be the same.