Manchester City without Kelvin De Bruyne and Rodri is an overhyped team. The absence of both players have had a negative impact on the team’s performance in the last three games including defeat to Arsenal this weekend which is the most recent lose they have conceded. Gabriel Martinelli’s goal was enough to give Arsenal a win. Arsenal will treasure this win, the team have worked hard to come this far, good work to Mikel Arteta, trusting the process is finally paying off.
Kelvin De Bruyne and Rodri have affected the performance of Manchester City the club has lost balance since their absence and even Haaland is currently not enjoying his play because of the absence of De Bruyne who has always been a in very good position to score or assist Haaland. arsenal was actually lucky to have scored because Manchester City wanted was for the game to end draw and did not work the way they wanted. because even Arsenal did not expect to win but eventually they won and the strategy of Manchester City did not work this time around they had no choice but to embrace their loss. what happened last season will still happen this season because Arsenal will not win it's clear.
Arteta is showing better management at Arsenal than last year. Manchester City could not achieve last year's dominance this year. From what I have observed, with the departure of İlkay Gündoğan, they are not as effective in the midfield as before, and when Kevin De Bruyne gets injured, the dynamics of the team are disrupted. They had problems in the last two matches. Arsenal are in a better situation now and they got a morale boost with the win over City.
I still think last year's management is better and I don't like Arteta's strategy this time around he uses the same player too much especially saka he needs to start making plans on how to use the boy, and even the way Tottenham is coming up is scary they ain't playing this season and arsenal need to buckle up, if not it will be difficult for them to even make second place this time around. manchester city will still dominate. and for sure De Bruyne will come back before the season ends and other clubs are not showing seriousness so manchester city will still win.