2024-03-31 16:21:00
Arafa Al-Daba wrote Sunday, March 31, 2024 06:21 PM
The first half of the match has ended Manchester City vs Arsenal A goalless draw in the match currently being held between them at Al-Ittihad Stadium, at the top of the 30th round of the English Premier League competition for the current season 2023-2024.
The events of the first half happened quickly, and Pep Guardiola, the coach of Manchester City, was shocked in the first 5 minutes after Nathan Ake was injured, so he left the field and made an emergency substitution with Luis Rico entering in his place.
Manchester City lineup against Arsenal
Goalkeeper: Ortega.
Defense line: Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Diaz, Yoshko Gvardiol.
Midfield: Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Kovacic.
Attacking line: Phil Foden, Erling Haaland.
Arsenal formation
Goalkeeper: David Raya.
Defensive line: Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Jacob Kuyor.
Midfield: Declan Rice, Jorginho, Martin Odegaard.
Attacking line: Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus.
English league standings
Arsenal enters tonight’s match in second place in the Premier League standings with 64 points, behind temporary leaders Liverpool with 67 points, while Manchester City is in third place with 63 points.
This is the third night’s confrontation between the two teams in various competitions during the current season, starting with the Charity Shield match last August, which Arsenal won 4-1 on penalties after the two teams tied 1-1 in regular time.
The second confrontation this season in the Premier League took place last October, and ended with Arsenal winning with a clean goal, in the eighth round of the competition.
During the recent international break, Manchester City suffered from a large number of its players suffering various injuries, such as Kyle Walker and John Stones with the England national team, whose absence from the match was officially confirmed according to what Pep Guardiola said during the press conference for the match, in addition to Swiss defender Manuel. Akanji, who was checked on by the club, returned to training with Belgian star Kevin De Bruyne and Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson, after recovering from injury.
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