He Manchester City I believed that the first half before the Arsenal It was a possibility to reverse the adverse result, but when the game time came only to hear goal after goal they received in humiliation 5 to 1 on Sunday.
Another embarrassing presentation of the team led by Pep Guardiola remains for the story, after receiving a hand of the Gunners.
The Citizens showed their defensive fragility again. A horror every time they had to get the ball from behind. Akanki took less than 2 minutes to suffer the first error and allow the arsenal to open the score.
From there, a Arsenal pressing overwhelmed al City As for the game, although the truth is that he could not increase his advantage in the first half. The Norwegian star marked the 1-1 head in 55 ‘, after a great pass from the former Girona Savinho.
The City believed that with the goal of the tie it could revive, but it was not so, just a minute after parity on the scoreboard, the Arsenal was responsible for hitting his rival at pleasure.
Thomas Party (Of spectacular shot in the 56 ‘after another failure of the’ Citizens’, the ball bounced in John Stones) and Myles Lewis-Skelly (62 ‘, taking advantage of a pass from Declan Rice) achieved the second and third for the Arsenal. There was the sinking of City.
In a perfect backlash, Gabriel MartinellI attended Havertz, who achieved 4-1 this dream afternoon of the Arsenal Before the team that snatched him the last two Premier Leagues. Ethan Nwaneri (17 years) sealed the historical 5-1 of Arteta Before your friend Guardiola.
A wintering winter that evidenced again the City hole in Defense, with 35 goals embedded in 24 days and already away from any option to fight for the league title. On the horizon, meanwhile, a Real Madrid appears that still without being well, will be planted in the Etihad as a great favorite of the tie.
