Arsenal et Manchester City font durer le suspense

Arsenal and Manchester City keep the suspense going

Premier League

,With these two respective away victories, from Manchester City who crushed Fulham at Craven Cottage with a clear score (0-4), and Arsenal who returned with such a precious victory at Old Trafford by beating the Red Devils by ( 0-1), the standoff continues. In this match where Gunners fans were firmly awaiting a misstep from the Citizens to eliminate their immediate rival, but Pep Guardiola’s men had another ambition by treading on the Cottagers’ pitch , who immediately imposed a very physical rhythm on the Citizens from the first minutes by missing several opportunities to score, and it is Manchester City who takes the bull by the horns and invades the opposing defense with a high pressure which materializes by Gvardiol’s opening score on an assist from strategist Kevin De Bruyne (0-1 -13th).
The Mancunian domination continued until the whistle of the first period with this Skyblues advantage.
The quality of the Manchester players was palpable on the pitch with this control and possession of the ball, but without being effective in the final gesture, and this clumsiness almost cost De Bruyne’s teammates dearly on this action by Muniz (57th), the alert is sounded and Phil Foden, with his right foot, scores the second goal and gives his team the advantage (0-2 – 59th).
Wanting to win the game with a large score, given the goal advantage which is in favor of the Gunners in the event of a tie on points, Gvardiol scored a double (0-3 – 72nd), before the Argentinian international from the penalty spot closes the festival (0-4 – 90+7).
This great victory for the Citizens increases the adrenaline on Mikel Arteta’s men who are more than ever obliged to win the two remaining matches to maintain their hope of winning the Premier League. On a perilous trip to Old Trafford, in a crucial match for both teams, one has dreamed of the title for 20 years, the other of a European place.
The Gunners took time to enter the game and let the Red Devils take the initiative and control the match, but the inefficiency and imprecision of the attackers allowed Arsenal to play the game and sow doubt. the Mancunniene rearguard and on an alignment blunder, Kai Havertz sneaks onto the right flank, admirably serves Trossard who, with his flat foot at the near post beats the Onana goalkeeper (0-1 – 20th).
With this galvanizing goal, the situation becomes more complicated for the men of Ten Hag who come up against a well-organized and reassuring defense throughout this first period which displays this Gunners advantage on the board.
In the second act, MU repeated the same scenario by having this blatant lack of efficiency in front of the goals through Garnacho who stumbled on a Saliba of the best days and left no chance for the attackers to come back to the score.
With this rise to the slot of the capes of Ten Hag in the last half hour to level the score, Arsenal understood that it was not necessary to endure the match not to concede a goal as a farewell to the title, by regaining control and maintain the pressure and kill the match with a second goal through Martinelli and Declan Rice (79th – 83rd) who were saved by Onana. At the final whistle, Arsenal have accomplished their mission and are back in the saddle by temporarily regaining the throne, ahead of Manchester City by one point. While waiting for its late match of the 34th day against Tottenham this Tuesday, and despite their historic rivalry between Spurs and Gunners, the latter will be the first supporters of Tottenham to bring down Manchester City, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, such is the message from the Gunners.
From our correspondent in France Redouane Bouhara