Yeah, that's bad news for Arsenal by playing away. Getting a draw against City at Etihad Stadium will be a lucky break for Arsenal, which is ideal given that the club must perform away but this is only helping liverpool to lead the game again. Many people predict Arsenal will lose this game, but I have a different opinion about this as arsenal has been developing a lot since last season. Arsenal is far stronger than Chelsea now, Arteta must use the right strategy against City at Etihad Stadium, which will be one of the biggest tests before Arsenal can win the trophy this season. If Arsenal fails to draw or win, the club's chances of winning the EPL trophy decrease significantly considering the fact that if liverpool is gonna take that position and lead the competition with good gap toward arsenal an city.
Manchester City will easily lead the competition as long as it can be arsenal soon. Manchester City must avoid draws, especially if they are playing at home. The club must collect three points from Arsenal which is a mandatory for the club to win EPL this season.
This is also to ensure that Arsenal does not compete in the top three for EPL trophies. I'm sure Liverpool will win another game, but the match between City and Arsenal will be very important this season as this match helped us to know which team that will be winning the competitions.
City has adequate resources to ensure that the club can batter Arsenal in the coming games. The draw only benefited Liverpool, which will be avoided by Manchester City in the game against arsenal and winning is a must.
A draw is not the result that Arsenal wants because they need to find 3 points in order to maintain their position at the top of the standings. It is true that beating Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium is quite difficult, but Arsenal has a strong enough squad this season so they have to try to do it. Many people might have doubts about Arsenal in the next match, especially because they are visiting Etihad, so they think that it will be difficult for Arsenal to get points. However, I see that Arsenal is more confident about winning the title, so the challenge in the match against Manchester City is of course that they have to be ready to compete with their best strength.
But of course Manchester City is the favorite so there is a strong assumption that the match will end in a draw. So, for me, I want to see the winner in this match, be it Manchester City or Arsenal, they have to come out as winners. There is no more interesting competition than the match between these two teams because if one of them loses it will make it difficult for them to compete for the title