Minute 23. Every time Arsenal tries to take an offensive step, Manchester City find spaces to surprise the ‘Gunners’ defense.
Minute 22. Erling Erling Haaland falls in the defensive area! How Manchester City defends!
Minute 21. Granit Xhaka gets a free kick in favor of Arsenal due to a foul by Ilkay Gündogan. First approach of the ‘gunners’ to the rival area.
Minute 20. Premier League, live | MANCHESTER CITY 1 ???? 0 ARSENAL
Minute 19. Rob Holding foul on Kevin De Bruyne. The referee does not draw a card, but he does ask the Arsenal player to calm down.
Minute 18. Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, lives the game from the technical area with tense calm. He knows that his team cannot be trusted, despite Kevin De Bruyne’s goal advantage.
Minute 17. Arsenal, meanwhile, does not dare to leave the defensive area. Locked in his field, he tries to prevent Manchester City from increasing the lead on the scoreboard.
Minute 16. Manchester City is very comfortable with the ball and looks for the second goal before the break.
Minute 15. Premier League, live | MANCHESTER CITY 1 ???? 0 ARSENAL
Minute 14. The Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta, is nervous walking through the technical area. It has not been easy for the ‘gunners’ conceding Manchester City’s goal in the early stages of the match.
Minute 13. Bernardo Silva commits a foul on Granit Xhaka and returns possession to Arsenal.
Minute 12. Bernardo Silva’s hand!
11th minute. Magallhães tries a through ball with Jesus, but his Arsenal teammate was caught offside.
Minute 10. Premier League, live | MANCHESTER CITY 1 ???? 0 ARSENAL
Minute 9. How well Manchester City is playing! Just seven minutes from the start of the game, he has already imposed his talent by taking the lead in electronics.
Minute 8 – MANCHESTER CITY’S GOAL | Kevin De Bruyne receives a spectacular assist from Erling Haaland and shoots with his right leg from outside the area to add a great goal to the score at the Etihad Stadium (1-0).
Minute 6 – Arsenal lose the ball and Manchester City start a dangerous counterattack.
Minuto 5. Premier League | MANCHESTER CITY 0 ???? 0 ARSENAL
Minute 4. The expectation at the Etihad Stadium is total. There is not a single free seat in the stands!
Minute 3. Kevin De Bruyne commits a foul on Thomas Partey in the defensive zone. The referee considered that it was the Manchester City player who committed a foul on Partey, since the public attending the Etihad Stadium demanded a penalty in favor of the locals.
Minute 2. First approach of Manchester City, who stops Ramsdale without problems.
Minute 1. The game begins! Arsenal put the ball into play.
20:58 – The players jump onto the pitch of the Etihad Stadium! The anthems sound, the coaches shake hands and the referees distribute the fields. All prepared!
20:52 – âš½ Premier League, live | Manchester City – Arsenal: lineups
Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Akanji, Stones, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo, Grealish and Haaland
– Bench: Ortega Moreno, Phillips, Laporte, Alvarez, Gomez, Mahrez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis
â— Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Xhaka, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli, Jesus
– Banquillo: Turner, Tierney, Kiwior, Jorginho, Smith Rowe, Vieira, Trossard, Nelson, Nketiah
â— Referee: Michael Oliver
20:45 – Premier League | The duel Pep Guardiola ???? Mikel Arteta
Since Mikel Arteta left his job as assistant to Pep Guardiola at City in December 2019 to begin his career as head coach, the two have met nine times, with City winning eight and losing just one, in the semi-finals of the FA Cup 2020: 2-0 with a double by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
An FA Cup that Arsenal would end up lifting.
20:37 – ???? Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said that the clash against Manchester City will not decide the Premier League title, but added that he is aware that Pep Guardiola’s side have “as good a quality as the that there is in any part of the world”.
Arsenal have a five-point lead over the reigning champions, however Guardiola’s side have two games left on their schedule.
Three consecutive draws against Liverpool, West Ham United and Southampton have given City the advantage for the match against Arsenal, which they have not beaten since January 2015.
20:30 – ???? City are five points behind Arsenal before the big game on Wednesday, but it is also true that they have two games left.
Victory at the Etihad would close this gap to just two points. Pep Guardiola, coach of the ‘skyblues’, believes that this would tip the balance in his favor for the remaining seven games in the Premier League.
In a press conference prior to the game against Arsenal, Pep Guardiola said: “Now we know exactly what we are playing for.” “We have had many months to reach this final stretch of the season with opportunities,” he said. “Of course, they also have it in their hands, because if they win it depends on them. Then fate will be in their handsâ€, added the Catalan coach.
“If we win, fate will be in our hands. Then we still have seven games left,” Guardiola concluded.
20:22 – The keys | Manchester City – Arsenal
â— The ‘skyblues’ have just scored three points after beating Leicester 3-1 at home.
â— For their part, the ‘Gunners’ have drawn three times in a row after the 3-3 win against Bournemouth at the Emirates.
20:15 – â“ Where to watch the match between City and Arsenal?
The Manchester City – Arsenal match, matchday 33 of the Premier League, takes place on Wednesday, April 26 from 9:00 p.m. and can be followed on television through DAZN in Spain.
The clash will take place at the Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
20:07 – Premier League | Other parties
City’s city rival, Manchester United -they will face each other in the FA Cup final- will have another very important game in this week-to-week Premier League match. The ‘red devils’, fourth, visit Tottenham, their immediate rival although the ‘Spurs’ also have two more games than Old Trafford.
Meanwhile, Newcastle, third in the table tied with United, will play at the home of an Everton that is playing for salvation, since right now it is the first team in the relegation zone. Just above, neck-deep in water, are Leicester City and Leeds, who will meet at Ellan Road. There will also be tension between Southampton, bottom but 4 points from salvation, and Bournemouth, who could escape from the lower zone if they win.
20:04 – âš ï¸ Last minute | Arsenal lineup
20:02 – âš ï¸ Last minute | Man City line-up
20:00 – Mahrez leads Manchester City to FA Cup final
Appropriating the scoring talent of Erling Haaland, without a goal on this occasion, the Algerian Riyad Mahrez accelerated Manchester City to return him to an FA Cup final that he will play on June 3 against the winner of the other duel at Wembley , the one that Manchester United and Brighton will play this Sunday (5:30 p.m.).
He carried out, with authority and solvency and without excessive spending, his fifth semifinal in a row for City to return to the last game for the title four seasons later. He last played for Pep Guardiola’s team in 2019, when he won his sixth trophy after beating Watford.
19:52 – The Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, will face his second manager, a Mikel Arteta who is making his Arsenal dream. But the ‘Gunners’ have chained three consecutive draws, in a few games with plenty of victories for City, who are coming back and know that they have the power to catapult themselves to first place with a few games to go.
19:45 – ⚡ High tension in the Premier League
It is true that Manchester City have two fewer games, with those 6 virtual points that they can use. Thus, if the ‘sky blues’ win, they would have the leadership in their hands. On the other hand, if it’s the ‘gunners’ (Arsenal) who win, they would defend themselves with those 8-point margin of two possible ‘citizen’ victories.
19:37 – Without a doubt, the match between Manchester City and Arsenal this Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. captures all the spotlights of the European Premier League.
They face second against first, teacher against student, with two even styles and with only 5 points -misleading- in between.
19:30 – City ???? Arsenal, direct duel for the leadership of the Premier at the Etihad
Matchday 33 of the Premier League is overshadowed in the previous one by the direct duel for the lead between Manchester City and Arsenal, this Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium, since the main candidate to win the title will emerge from this clash, with other duels Direct also by European zone and relegation.
19:26 – ???? ???? Schedule and where to see Manchester City – Arsenal
The match of the thirty-third day of the Premier League between Manchester City and Arsenal, played at the Etihad Stadium, will take place today at 9:00 p.m. and can be seen live on DAZN; In addition, you can follow the minute by minute on the La Vanguardia website.
19:22 – ????Premier League | Manchester City – Arsenal: probable alignments
â— Manchester City: Ederson; Akanji, Ruben Days, Report; Stones, Rodri; Mahrez, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Grealish; and Haaland.
â— Arsenal: Ramsdale; White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; y Gabriel Jesus.
Arsenal is still first with 75 points and City is second with 70, but with two fewer games. With eight games to go for the ‘Skyblues’ and six for the ‘Gunners’, this duel seems decisive.
19:15 – Manchester City – Arsenal | Schedule, lineups and where to watch the Premier League match, live. Good afternoon and welcome to La Vanguardia!
The Premier League continues its course and this Wednesday, April 26, Manchester City and Arsenal will measure their forces at the Etihad Stadium, in a decisive match corresponding to Matchday 33 of the championship.
So far, in the Premier League, Manchester City has a record of 78 goals for and 28 goals against, which has meant 22 games won, 4 tied and 4 lost. Arsenal, meanwhile, comes into the match after having scored 77 goals and conceded 34, which have resulted in 23 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses.
â° The clash will start at 9:00 p.m. (DAZN).