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If you were taken aback by that last question, hang on to that feeling because I’m coming back to it. Forgetting what it means for keeping any hopes of being champions alive, they cannot allow this recent slide in performances to continue into May.When you dream, how do you experience the dream world? Are you yourself? Do you see things from your own eyes or from the outside? What kinds of dreams stick with you after you wake up?ĭo you jump out of your head and into someone else’s, mid-dream? Arsenal’s next game, at home to Chelsea on Tuesday, is now massive. With everything, they deserved to win the game because they were better.”Ĭity do remain two points behind but their two games in hand mean they are now in clear control of this title race, and can go top by beating out-of-form Fulham away on Sunday. We conceded on a set play, we conceded on a throw-in against us too easily. We had them in the corners and then, after two passes, they were in front of our goal. They were more aggressive, they kept the ball better, they won every single duel. “They (City) were better in every department. We got punished and we could have been punished even more,” Arteta admitted. “In the first 30 minutes, in the basics you have to do against an exceptional team in terms of competing, in terms of winning duels, in terms of understanding what the game required, we didn’t do it. That pattern was clear within the first five minutes as Arsenal were forced to go long twice - actions which killed any momentum they had, instead handing it to the home side.Īrsenal did manage a passing move through the centre of the pitch just before De Bruyne’s opener, but once they reached the final third their forwards were too spread out to be a real threat. When Arsenal had possession, they were trying not to get caught. When City had possession, they enjoyed the ball. The Etihad crowd breaking out the Poznan celebration at three goals up was indicative of the comfort Pep Guardiola’s side had throughout. The second half, in particular, was the reverse of matches they were dominating earlier in the campaign.

It contrasts sharply with the composure that gave them such a solid foundation for this season.

When they got on the ball, they were either second-guessing or rushing passes, as Odegaard did for De Bruyne’s second goal, to make it 3-0.

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The main reason Arsenal were lucky to reach half-time just 2-0 down was that Kevin De Bruyne had been given a free run at their penalty area at least three times in those opening 45 minutes.Īrsenal did not know how to press Manchester City's 4-2-4 It’s time to look in the mirror (at) what we could have done better or differently.”Īlthough the limitations of Rob Holding in place of the injured William Saliba at centre-back were on display, past mistakes bleeding into this loss did not help. We’ve done it in the past in different ways and that doesn’t guarantee you anything. “You have to be loyal to what has brought us all this way. “When they ( Manchester City) are able to execute and score an early goal, you have to understand where we’re coming from,” Arteta said. Thomas Partey’s complacency gifted West Ham a route back to draw that match at the London Stadium, and the nerves from east London transferred across town to the Emirates with lapses by Aaron Ramsdale, Martin Odegaard and Partey again for Southampton’s three goals in Friday’s draw. Perfection would be the goal in every game, but it being an absolute necessity at the Etihad was the cost of Arsenal’s recent performances.įrom the 20 minute-mark onwards in their draw at West Ham United 11 days ago, they have been sleepwalking.