[Sport] Manchester City regain its balance at the expense of Arsenal

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Manchester City regain its balance at the expense of Arsenal

 

 

Manchester City regained its balance by defeating at home to Arsenal, in one of the two summits of the fifth stage of the Premier League, on Saturday.

 

Manchester City’s victory is thanks to its international striker Raheem Sterling, who scored the only goal in the 23rd minute.

 

Manchester City returned to victories, after a humiliating defeat at home to Leicester City 2-5 and a disappointing draw against Leeds United, who recently returned to the top flight, 1-1, and achieved their second victory after the first against Wolverhampton 3-1 in the second stage, knowing that he had a match. Postponed.

 

Manchester City took revenge for its loss against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final on July 18, and established the knot of the London team at the Emirates Stadium, where it did not succeed in winning it in Manchester during the reign of its Spanish coach Josep Guardiola, specifically since January 18, 2015 when he was coached by Chilean Manuel Pellegrini.

Manchester City played the match in the absence of Belgian international midfielder Kevin De Bruyne due to an injury, while he returned to his ranks after recovering from his historic Argentine international goal-scorer Sergio Agüero, following a knee surgery he underwent last June.

 

Manchester City imposed its preference from the start and most of the match and was able to end the first half with more than one goal, amid a retreat for the Arsenal players to defense and satisfied with counterattacks.

 

City was the first to threaten the goal with a powerful shot by the Algerian international, Riyad Mahrez, from outside the region, which passed by the right post of German goalkeeper Bernd Leno (1).

 

Mahrez passed a cross that Aguero followed with his head over the bar (7).

 

Sterling succeeded in translating the advantage of the Spanish coach, Josep Guardiola, when he took advantage of a rebound from goalkeeper Lino, following a powerful shot by Phil Foden after a pass on a golden plate to Aguero inside the area, so he followed it with his left inside the goal (23).

 

Saka almost did it with individual effort inside the area, ending it with a powerful shot that Ederson sent away to a corner (25).

 

Mahrez responded with an incursion into the region and a powerful shot that goalkeeper Lino sent before it prepared in front of the Algerian international, who shot it again and turned the German into a corner that did not bear fruit (28).

 

Foden missed a second chance for reinforcement when he received a ball on a golden platter from Agüero, and he played it recklessly, which was removed by goalkeeper Lino with his right foot before the defense dispersed it (34).

 

Ederson saved his goal from an investigative goal by addressing Saka alone inside the area, so the ball hit his body and turned into a corner (39), and another for Gabonese international Pierre Emeric Aubameyang from close range (40).

 

Brazilian defender Gabriel Magalhaes almost did it with a powerful shot from close range, which passed near the right post (45 + 1).

 

Arsenal pressed at the start of the second half and nearly equalized with a header kicked by Ivory Coast striker Nicolas Pepe after a cross pass by Aubameyang, which was blocked by Ederson (46).

 

Similar to the first half, Mahrez was the first to threaten Lino's goal with a powerful shot from outside the area in the hands of the German goalkeeper (55).

 

Brazilian David Luiz and Pepe both tried his luck with two direct free kicks over the goal (65 and 75, respectively).