Goals
Manchester City: Erling Haaland (9’)
Arsenal: Riccardo Calafiori (22’), Gabriel Magalhães (45’+1’)
Competition: English Premier League
Kickoff: 15:30+UTC
Venue: Etihad Stadium - Manchester England
Head referee: Michael Oliver
Manchester City form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️✅️✅️➖️
Arsenal form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️➖️✅️➖️
Head to head [recent → old]: (MNC-ARS): 0-0, 0-1, 1-1, 4-1, 3-1
Lineups
Manchester City 4-2-3-1:
Ederson(31)🟨
- Manuel Akanji(25)
- Rúben Dias(3)🟨
- Josko Gvardiol(24)
- Kyle Walker(2)
- Bernardo Silva(20)
- Ilkay Gündogan(19)
- ⇆ Rodri(16)
Mateo Kovacic(8)
- Erling Haaland(9)⚽️
- Jérémy Doku(11)
- Savinho(26)
Bench: Matheus Nunes - Phil Foden - John Stones - Scott Carson - Rico Lewis - Jack Grealish - Stefan Ortega - James McAtee - Mateo Kovacic
Arsenal 4-4-2:
David Raya(22)
- Gabriel Magalhães(6)⚽️
- William Saliba(2)
- Riccardo Calafiori(33)⚽️
- Jurriën Timber(12)
- Declan Rice(41)
- Thomas Partey(5)🟨
- Gabriel Martinelli(11)
- ⇆ Bukayo Saka(7)
Ben White(4)
- Leandro Trossard(19)🟨🟥
- Kai Havertz(29)
Bench: Gabriel Jesus - Raheem Sterling - Maldini Kacurri - Neto - Ethan Nwaneri - Myles Lewis-Skelly - Jorginho - Jakub Kiwior - Ben White
Match Stats
Possession: 73%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴27%
Shots On Goal: 4 - 2
Shots Attempted: 11 - 4
Fouls: 4 - 10
Yellow Cards: 2 - 1
Red Cards: 0 - 1
Corners: 4 - 2
Saves: 0 - 3
Match Events
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
First Half begins.
1'
- Delay in match because of an injury Rodri (Manchester City).
2'
- Delay over. They are ready to continue.
4'
- Foul by Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
4'
- William Saliba (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7'
- Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
8'
- Foul by Declan Rice (Arsenal).
8'
- Rodri (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9'
- ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 1, Arsenal 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Savinho with a through ball.
12'
- Foul by Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
12'
- Thomas Partey (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14'
- Foul by Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal).
14'
- Savinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15'
- Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
15'
- Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Gabriel Martinelli.
16'
- Delay in match because of an injury Rodri (Manchester City).
20'
- Delay over. They are ready to continue.
21'
- Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City).
21'
- Thomas Partey (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21'
- 🔄 Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Rodri because of an injury.
22'
- ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 1, Arsenal 1. Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli.
23'
- 🟨 Ederson (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
23'
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
23'
- Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
28'
- Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
28'
- Rúben Dias (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
30'
- Attempt saved. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manuel Akanji.
34'
- Hand ball by Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City).
34'
- Foul by Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
34'
- Savinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34'
- 🟨 Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35'
- Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
35'
- Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Declan Rice.
37'
- Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
38'
- Attempt missed. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross following a corner.
42'
- Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli with a cross.
43'
- Offside, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard is caught offside.
45'
- Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
45'
- Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
45'+1'
- Goal! Manchester City 1, Arsenal 2. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross following a corner.
45'+1'
- 🟨 Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
45'+7'
- Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
45'+7'
- Savinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+7'
- 🟨 Thomas Partey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+8'
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+8'
- Foul by Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
45'+8'
- 🟥 Second yellow card to Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
45'+10'
- First Half ends, Manchester City 1, Arsenal 2.
45'
- Second Half begins Manchester City 1, Arsenal 2.
45'
- 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Ben White replaces Bukayo Saka.
47'
- Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
47'
- Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48'
- Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker with a cross.
49'
- Attempt missed. Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
49'
- Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
49'
- Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51'
- Foul by Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal).
51'
- Savinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
53'
- Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
55'
- Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
56'
- Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Kai Havertz.
57'
- Attempt blocked. Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic with a headed pass.
57'
- Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ben White.
57'
- Attempt saved. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
Generated by lemmy-match-thread-bot
This is such a risky strategy. Keeping everyone behind the ball means there is absolutely no room for error
We can do it.
We don’t need to do it this way. We could keep someone a little further forward to give us a break when we manage to clear.