Arsenal's attack isn't quite as sharp as City's - Pep's years of tactical genius show. Arteta's getting there, but he's not at Guardiola's level yet. You're spot on about Nketiah and Vieira - they're not stepping up when it matters. Arsenal's solid at the back and in midfield, but they're missing that killer instinct up front. We need those clinical finishers who can change the game in a heartbeat
But listen, a 20-goal striker isn't the only solution. Saka's our top scorer, but look how many of those goals are penalties. Arsenal has a problem creating chances from open play. We need to tell Edu and Arteta to build a system that consistently produces goal scorers, not just buy one off the shelf
As for City, losing Alvarez is a blow, but Guardiola's a master adapter. He'll find a way to make it work. This season is going to be a tactical battle between the managers
Arsenal's attack at the end of the season, in my opinion, looked even more confident than City's, but the main thing is not episodic bursts of good play, but stability, this is what the result depends on, and it seems to me that it is very difficult to compete with City in this regard. City planned to get Rodrigo from Real to replace Alvarez, but I think that Alvarez's absence is not critical, he was not a key player in Guardiola's team, and by the way, this was one of the main reasons for his departure. Yes, he is an important substitute player, but City has someone to play in attack without him. Rodrigo, by the way, doesn't want to leave Real, so this won't happen.
Currently both teams deserve to be favorites as challengers for the title next season, even though Arsenal performance has improved drastically in the last few years, we have to admit that Manchester City is still much better and more complex in every line compared to the squad that Arsenal have today, Arsenal last season could be said to be a team that had very high goal productivity but we cannot deny that they are still below Manchester City and we can see that Manchester City has 5 more goals than Arsenal, apart from that the main factor that makes Manchester City attack What's better is the presence of Haalaand in their squad who can continue to be a mainstay in the front line, in contrast to Arsenal who don't have a center striker they can rely on all this time, so to be able to compete with Manchester City, Arsenal should now be able to recruit a center striker who can Become a competitor for Haalaand next season.