Manchester City-Arsenal
Sun 18th Dec 16:00 Etihad Stadium
Premier League
Another time where we really need to move on. Today’s defeat can happen once in while and maybe it can be a good kick in the nuts after such a long unbeaten run. I’d use this line-up:
I know much has been made about Pep’s stubbornness with his philosophy and how City are likely to leave a lot of room in behind, especially at the Etihad, but I actually suspect this will be a tight, attritional affair. They’ll of course aim to dominate posession, and I think we won’t be able to hit them on the break as effectively as we would like (with fatigue maybe playing some part in that). Difficult to call but I think draw is the most likely outcome, though it depends on City’s midweek result. I’m really hoping they get a result against Watford because otherwise they will really be under the kosh to give it to us.
This is a must win but I think we’ll put in another very cowardly performance (like we did at Old Trafford) and hand it to City even if they aren’t in great form.