Manchester City 0 Arsenal 2: What the papers say Manuel Pellegrini’s team tend to spiral into this kind of carelessness only when they hear the Champions League anthem and they had better snap out of it quickly bearing in mind their next league game is at Chelsea. There was a dishevelled look about the beaten side, out-run and out-thought by a team that took the lead through Cazorla’s 24th-minute penalty, doubled it with Olivier Giroud’s header midway through the second half and defended throughout with the nerve and conviction that has been so conspicuously absent when Wenger’s teams have capitulated in other high-level assignments over the last few years. Daniel Taylor, The Guardian This was also a significant result for Chelsea, who emerge from weekend five points clear of City, with the pair meeting next in the Premier League at the Bridge. City were disappointing, partly because Arsenal were so good at squeezing the space around Sergio Aguero and David Silva but also because Aguero and Vincent Kompany looked slightly off the pace returning from injury. City were missing the drive from central midfield of Yaya Toure, who tweeted his support from the Africa Cup of Nations. The subtlety of the injured Samir Nasri was also missed. City lacked [...] manchesterinnews/manchester-city-0-arsenal-2-what-the-papers-say/
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:15:45 +0000
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