Manchester City have ensured themselves to get 3 points in their 31st week with a fairly striking score despite some surprises especially when Palace managed to get a quick goal in the first 3 minutes but indeed Manchester City are too good to face Palace in this match which makes them not feel the hassles despite the pressure which is quite surprising in the first 10 minutes of the first half.
For other matches, Arsenal in this match still have a chance for 3 points as well, especially by looking at the conditions of Brighton, which at the moment they do not seem like a troublesome club unlike what they did in previous seasons, making the chance for Arsenal is still quite large but on the other hand Arsenal must still be wary of De Zerbi's boys this time because it could be troublesome for them if they underestimate this match even though they are definitely favorites to win.
Brighton may not be the favorite in today's match, but still the Gunners must not be careless and think that Brighton does not have the strength to score goals or dominate the match. It is precisely at times like this that Arsenal often slip up, last season Arsenal also lost points due to playing against an unexpected team which caused Man City to emerge as trophy winners. Well, in my opinion, nothing is easy to predict, Arsenal may be aiming for points but Arteta also needs his squad to protect themselves because next week they need players who are on fire. For me looking at the situation that requires Arsenal to rotate players, it is very likely that Arsenal will have to be careful against Brighton.
Remember, Bayern Munich is impatient and wants to end the competition immediately, because in the Bundesliga they have nothing left to fight for. Arteta needs to save energy to fight Bayern Munich. Based on today Line Up, Arsenal is still with the same squad formation by backing up Martinelli, Trossard and Tomiyasu.
In the end everything is the same as I said where for this season Brighton is just an ordinary club and it is difficult to reduce the strength of Arsenal who are in a positive trend for now which makes the situation in terms of attacks and opportunities they have it becomes the answer that Brighton this season lost their momentum as one of the clubs said to be a dark horse.
Although indeed in terms of midfield battles especially for the second half it seemed like Brighton tried something more where they wanted to control possession as a strength but in the end it was not enough to make Brighton come out with points because the 3 goals Arsenal had previously scored were difficult for them to reply.
For the Champions League quarter-finals, it could be troublesome especially since we know that Tuchel will definitely try to continue to qualify considering the Bundesliga trophy that they have always guarded in the last decade will now be released so I think it could be a complicated thing because surely Bayern also wants to get a positive result in this competition but with Arsenal now it looks like it will be even more interesting.