Why Man City 'leg-beaters' can make difference against Arsenal - Pulis

Müsabaka gündeminden önemli bir haber: Why Man City 'leg-beaters' can make difference against Arsenal - Pulis Published 3 hours ago 64 Comments Like everyone else, I cannot wait for Sunday's massive game between Manchester City and Arsenal . From a manager's perspective, both teams have many strengths and very few weaknesses. The same applies to the two men who are in charge of them.

Mikel Arteta might not have the same experience or trophy record as Pep Guardiola but then very few managers do. He must remind his Arsenal team that they are where they are because, up until now, they have been the best team in the Premier League this season. He's been extremely positive when he's spoken to the media recently, despite Arsenal 's poor form.

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I'd imagine he will have been the same on the training pitch and in the dressing room this week - being very pro-active, giving many of his individual players positive vibes and also with the team, reminding them of the above. At City, Pep appears to have been revitalised, without a doubt. At the end of last season there were times he seemed tired, and even early on this season he did not look or sound his usual self.

This happens to all us managers - and some more than others! Pep almost looked human, or as human as a worried manager could look, yet since his signings in the January transfer window, when Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi arrived from Bournemouth and Crystal Palace , his team have regained that 'X-factor' which City had developed over their years of achievement. He will need no help getting his players up for this game, either.

City had been written off by all the experts in the media and I am sure they would, collectively, love to throw that back at them. In football, the crown sometimes lies heavy on the team who carries it. At the moment, that seems to be the case with the Gunners, but make no mistake City would be desperately up for taking over their hold on the title.

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Given their recent success, they would be very comfortable as front-runners. Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Mikel Arteta has won only one major trophy since taking charge of Arsenal in December 2019, the 2020 FA Cup. Since his arrival at City in the summer of 2016, Guardiola has won six Premier League titles, one Champions League, two FA Cups and five Carabao Cups 'City are frightening teams again' Pep won't ever change his way of playing possession football, but what has come back in vogue at City in recent weeks is their players in wide positions, what I always called 'leg-beaters'.

By that, I mean the kind of fast and skilful players who continuously work the opposition defenders for 90 minutes by running at them, or past them. They give you the quality you need to take people out of the game and break the opposition down. In the past, Riyad Mahrez was always such a great outlet to provide that for Pep's City teams but now they have two fantastic players in those positions, which I believe has changed their fortunes.

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