2023-10-08 05:00:00
Islam Masoud wrote Sunday, October 8, 2023 08:00 AM
Facing a team Arsenal Its counterpart, Manchester City, at the Emirates Stadium at 6:30 pm today, Sunday, as part of the eighth round of the English Premier League competition for the current season 2023-2024.
Arsenal, the owner of the stadium in today’s match, played 7 matches in the English Premier League this season, achieving 5 victories and a draw in two matches, and scored 17 points. While Manchester City, the title holder of the last edition of the English Premier League, played 7 matches, achieving 6 victories and one loss.
Arsenal, which has professional Egyptian star Mohamed Elneny among its ranks, is looking forward to taking advantage of the ground staff and the crowd in order to achieve victory over City for the second match in a row and advance to the top of the English Premier League table, following defeating them on penalties and winning the Charity Shield Cup on August 10 last.
Arsenal defeated Bournemouth 4-0 in the seventh round of the English Premier League competition for the current season 2023-2024.
Arsenal’s mission to achieve three points will not be easy in today’s match, especially since Manchester City is striving to achieve victory over the Gunners at its home stadium and in front of its fans to avoid a second successive defeat once morest them following losing the Charity Shield.
Manchester City, led by its veteran coach Pep Guardiola, is looking forward to getting three points to reconcile its fans following the recent loss to Wolverhampton, 2-1.
There are doubts regarding the participation of Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka once morest Manchester City, following he left injured from Lens’ last match in the Champions League.
For his part, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta commented on the confrontation with Manchester City, saying, “The match will certainly not be decisive or pivotal in the league title race. We must be at our best.”
Meanwhile, Guardiola, the Citizens’ coach, said that facing Arsenal will be one of the most difficult challenges this season, stressing that the confrontation is relatively early in the season and will not be decisive in terms of the title race.
The Arsenal vs. Manchester City match, at the top of the eighth round of the English Premier League competition, will be broadcast on beIN Sports HD 1.
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