Round 26 of the English Premier League continues to witness an attractive two-horse race between Man City and Arsenal for the championship race. Playing at Etihad’s home ground, Man City beat Newcastle 2-0 thanks to goals from Phil Foden (15 minutes) and Bernardo Silva (67 minutes).
Man City fans accuse the referee of aiding Arsenal, Pep defends Haaland – 1 Erling Haaland is defended by teacher Pep Guardiola
Man City’s main striker, Erling Haaland, despite contributing an assist for Bernardo Silva to score, the Norwegian striker was unable to score in this match. Notably, in the 35th minute, Haaland had a good chance to score but he headed the ball wide after Kevin De Bruyne’s good cross from the left.
Talking about Haaland’s “nothing”, coach Pep Guardiola (Man City) shared after the game: “Erling had an excellent assist and played his best in this match.
He’s still a good guy in the dressing room. Even though Erling didn’t score, we still won and he was happy. Look how he celebrates Bernardo Silva’s goal, look. When that happens, with body language revealing things like this, you realize how relevant this guy is to our goals.
Of course Erling wants to score and he will score more goals. But what he wants more than anything is to win. We won the game and we are still in the championship race.”
After Man City beat Newcastle United 2-0, the top team Arsenal seemed to be narrowing the gap by coach Pep Guardiola’s army by 5 points when Bournemouth took a 2-0 lead at the Emirates Stadium.
However, the bravery of a “big man” helped them overcome difficulties. Thomas Partey, Ben White and young talent Reiss Nelson scored to bring home a 3-2 victory.
Man City fans accused the referee of aiding Arsenal, Pep defended Haaland – 2
Reiss Nelson’s decisive shot brought Arsenal an unbelievable comeback victory over Bournemouth at the end of the game
Notably, Nelson’s decisive goal was scored at 90+7 minutes, exceeding the second half’s stoppage time announced by the fourth referee (6 minutes). The fact that the referee Chris Kavanagh hesitated to blow the final whistle helped Arsenal have more chances to score, making many Man City fans very angry.
On social networks, the City Chief account sarcastically: “6 minutes of extra time. Arsenal scored in the 7th minute of stoppage time. Right below, a Man City fan with the nickname Moritsu reminded the home team to make their own efforts to chase Arsenal instead of expecting the “Gunners” to stumble in front of inferior opponents: “Somehow, we have to do it ourselves. that’s all.”
Another fan of the “blue half of Manchester” named Tim Martineau said that the home team was treated more unfairly by the referees than Arsenal: “When the extra time of our match has just ended, the match will immediately start. stop”.
Man City fan nicknamed KP is a Healer tweeted: “Man City will still win the English Premier League . Arsenal’s matches against Liverpool and Man City will be decisive.”
