How will Arteta set Arsenal up for Man City showdown?

Müsabaka gündeminden önemli bir haber: How will Arteta set Arsenal up for Man City showdown? Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Mikel Arteta gave up his role as Pep Guardiola's assistant at Manchester City in 2019 to take charge of Arsenal By Umir Irfan Football tactics correspondent Published 6 minutes ago 1 Comments Mikel Arteta is chasing down his Premier League dream with his long-time mentor Pep Guardiola gradually gaining yards on him. The six-point lead Arsenal have at this stage is an impressive one, but with the momentum shifting in Manchester City 's favour, every decision will feel more important than the last for the Gunners boss.

Prior to the Champions League quarter-final tie against Sporting, "no fear, pure fire" was Arteta's rallying cry to the players and fans. And as the Spaniard calls for pure fire from those around the club, some may be hoping for the same in his tactical set-up in the final few weeks of the season. Novel solutions, on and off the pitch, no matter how small, might decide the title - so let us take a closer look at how Arsenal have played recently and what this means for the run-in.

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Manchester City v Arsenal Sunday, 19 April at 16:30 BST Listen on Sounds Listen to live commentary on Radio 5 Live and Sounds; follow live text commentary on the Sport app and website. Nobody says who called first, but Arteta and Guardiola speak again - Balague Published 1 day ago Hunger and desire the 'vitamin' for Arsenal fans' tension Published 23 hours ago In recent games, Arsenal have stumbled by their usual high standards with losses to Manchester City and Bournemouth in the Premier League and Championship club Southampton in the FA Cup. In the Carabao Cup final, Manchester City boss Guardiola appeared to nullify much of Arsenal 's build-up with ease.

City set up in a 4-2-4 block with Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki blocking the middle of the pitch, while Antoine Semenyo and Jeremy Doku pressed Arsenal 's centre-backs, angling their bodies in ways that blocked passes to the full-backs. Arsenal struggled for a few reasons. City's 4-2-4 allowed Arsenal 's central defenders to keep the ball, engaging less proactively compared with Bournemouth .

The key for City was to make it hard for Arsenal to access their midfield duo, while giving them reasons to doubt the pass into their full-backs, and ultimately enticing Arteta's team to play the ball long where City then had a back four and one or two midfielders back - ready to mop up loose passes. Image caption, City's 4-2-4 defensive shape is seen here against Arsenal. Haaland and Cherki were tasked with blocking passes into the midfielders whilst Doku and Semenyo had the job of pressing the central defenders and blocking the passing angle from Arsenal's centre-backs to their full-backs.

Bournemouth looked to apply pressure more aggressively.

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