Only a few would have predicted that Manchester City would play the role of the title interface, but that’s the state of the game when they go to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday to stand against Arsenal.
The multi -year masters hardly have a chance to claim a fifth title in a row after a hideous end of 2024. Pep Guardiola’s team has rediscovered their grooves in the new year, but the same weaknesses that they undoubtedly endure a remarkably miserable run of shape have undoubtedly endured a remarkably miserable run from shape.
Arsenal is still on hunting, but her title hopes are further bent if Liverpool in Bournemouth and City should score a big dot here.
It is another big weekend in the title race and Guardiola’s team has a big role to play. This is how City could align arsenal in North -London.
GK: Ederson – Stefan Ortega enjoyed a run as the number one in the city, but Everson recalled the starting support and should be between the sticks on Sunday.
RB: Matheus Nunes – Nunes has a certain value in possession, and Guardiola seems to believe that his work with the ball spends all defensive defects – which are blatantly.
CB: John Stones – Stones’ return is a big thrust for the city, which is probably equipped this weekend without Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake. The Englishman has also enforced 90 minutes a week.
CB: Manuel Akanji – A lot was chopped and changed in the city’s backline, but Akanji was almost constant.
LB: Josko Gvardiol – After an indifferent start to the season, Gvardiol has recently been awarded and has once again proven to be a key attack.
DM: Mateo Kovacic – The experienced Croatian midfielder began with Rodri Out in this game last season and had incredibly happy not to send fate. He will hope not to get into a sticky situation this time.
RM: Bernardo Silva – The city’s pensioner has rarely been offered a break in the past few weeks. With Rodri Out, Bernardo plays a bigger role as a leader and we supported him last week after a miserable early mistake, the 20-year-old debutante Abdukodir Khusanov.
Cm: Kevin de Bruyne – By carefully managing de Bruynes minutes, the Belgian avoided the treatment table, and that could be a great message for City, as he likes to play it in the emirates.
Cm: Phil Foden – It was a surprise that Foden acted as a touchline wing player a week a week, since his latest success improved in central areas as soon as the English superstar drifted the infield and operated between the lines.
LM: Omar Marmoush – Savinho was brilliant by the bank against Club Brugge, but Guardiola can succumb to the brilliant new toy syndrome and select Marmoush after the bright debut of the Egyptian against Chelsea.
ST: Erling Haaland – Haaland scored in the back, but this is a soil in which the relentless city has not yet had much success. William Saliba and Gabriel have proven to be too impressive as a partnership.