Quote from: skarais on October 12, 2023, 02:01:59 PM

Quote from: Huppercase on October 12, 2023, 12:03:11 PM

Quote from: Strongkored on October 12, 2023, 02:19:41 AM

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We can't rule out Rodri effect from Arsenal and Manchester City, but he is still suffering from the red card he had in their round 6 match they played with Nottingham Forest and sadly, he will not be available in their next match in the round 9 against Brighton, but maybe Manchester will be able to turn around things and still maintain their normal winning streak. If Rodri were to be around, Martineli will not get that assistance from Havertz because he will be there.

De Bruyne absence can't be rule out as well, if the guy was available, Manchester City will not go home without a goal, Arsenal will concede in any form. Haaland was on the match but I didn't see him, he couldn't just process chances despite Alvarez and Foden efforts in that match.

Manchester City's squad was indeed incomplete when they lost to Arsenal, but should that be the main reason why Manchester City lost and failed to score? I don't agree if the absence of Rodri and De Bruyne is the only cause of Manchester City's defeat, in fact they still have many other quality players such as Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Mateo Kovačić, and many others in the main line-up.

Manchester City's main problem in that match was that they failed to create many chances compared to Arsenal. The match statistics are almost the same, but Arsenal has more chances to score than Manchester City.

They would be an unprofessional club if they think after losing against Arsenal that they were missing key players and that their team was incomplete because they lost against Arsenal. Basically they didn't do well against Arsenal and they missed chances which is why they lost this match.

De Bruyne, Rodri have been sidelined for a long time due to injuries and without them, Manchester City have won the rest of the matches and they have done very well in the Champions League as well.

Instead of making excuses as to why they lost against Arsenal, they should focus on the upcoming matches so that they don't have any regrets about the upcoming matches.
Manchester City are a professional team so we can expect them to bounce back well.