Manchester city has built a defensive line that has the combination of speed and power, which is the greatest need of physical football, born against the dominance that Guardiola has created in the recent past, by constantly spending the biggest budget on the defense zone since the day he came, and finally getting the consistency he wanted. And with the departure of quarterback Cancello in January, this profile got even sharper: an army of elephants with the physique of the defender + the energy of the fullback at the same time. In short, the city has turned into a stronger poison that also kills the current antidote, the system is now working almost perfectly. I don't think it can be even compared to Arsenal in some aspects, or any other team in that matter.
arsenal is still away from man city, even though at the start of the 22/23 season they looked really great but at the end of the season they turned into a weak team and that is really worrying. while man city they continue to show their best quality and guardiola managed to build a great team on all fronts (midfield, front and back). I am pessimistic that Man City can maintain the brand's good performance in the future because the competition in the EPL is very tight.
If I should say the least, I would say that Arsenal was a big disappointment to themselves and their fans in this season premier league tournament, their story perfectly describes what "from grace to grass" truly mean, I personally can not understand what really went wrong with them, being the best and all of a sudden, just like a switch was turned off, they lost traction and began losing matches, and only managed to draw a few, should I say that their falling out was due to them being overwhelmed by their winnings and how the world was cheering for them at that moment which maybe got into their heads which caused them to all of a sudden, loose their charm...
Anyways, they have another opportunity to prove themselves in the champions league next season, let's hope they get themselves together before the season begin.