The Gunners played a 4-3-3 with Raya in goal, Saliba and Gabriel at center back, Kiwior at left back, and Ben White at right back; Rice, Jorginho, and Ødegaard in midfield; and Gabriel Jesus at left back in front of Martinelli off the bench, Kai Havertz at center back, and Saka at right back. Havertz at center and Saka at right winger.
City, with Ederson, Walker and Stones injured, played a 4-1-4-1 (variant 4-2-3-1) with Ortega in goal, Ruben Dias and Aké in the center backs, Gvardiol on the left and Akanji on the right. Silva, Kovacic, Kevin De Bruyne, Foden, and Haaland up front.
Starting lineup (thus click)
The first half started with the Gunners, with Havertz and Ødegaard pressing high up the pitch, even Rice tried to get on the ball, and at 1:30 Foden found a chance to put the ball straight to Haaland, who was unfortunately offside, otherwise it would have been a good chance.
After a minute, at the 2:30 mark, Kiwior made a mistake when he was unsteady on Bernardo Silva's single defense, and then the retreating Jesus realized something was wrong and directly pulled his old teammate Silva out of the way, and in fact, Jesus was supposed to get a card here (from the point of view of a Jesus Jr. fan, and the soccer critic Mr. Ming also said that he had dodged a bullet). If Bernardo Silva passes and then the front is completely empty, he will get a good chance, Jesus this action I think is necessary, escaping a card is actually very lucky (but Anthony Taylor is not too brave to give a card this time).
City were then awarded a free kick after a foul by Jesus. The ball was taken by Kevin De Bruyne at the far post and was headed away by Ben White for a corner. Kevin De Bruyne also took the corner, but it was not well taken by Jesus, Gvardiol got the ball on the spot and crossed the ball to BenWhite.
Near the 7 minute mark, Rice found a chance to give a straight line to BenWhite, BenWhite kicked the ball to the far side, Akanji, who was the right back, made a mistake in judging the point of landing and missed a man, Jesus reacted quickly after the ball landed on the ground and shot directly at the goal, which was slightly deflected away from the goalposts and out of bounds. This was one of the most important chances of the match for the Gunners. It was very difficult to judge the spot of the ball and take a shot at it instantly, but Jesus still managed to finish it off with a threatening shot.
In the 12th minute Rice laid the ball off to Kiwior, Kiwior failed to stop the ball well and was robbed by Rodri, Rodri gave a quick pass forward to Bernardo Silva who passed to Kevin De Bruyne in the center of the pitch, the latter played a straight ball to Haaland who unfortunately didn't realize it and was cleared by Gabriel.
On 14 minutes Gvardiol's attempted lob was blocked by Saka for a corner. Kevin De Bruyne again took the shot, which was beautifully taken, and Aké's header at the spot of the drop was blocked by Raya before he caught it. It was City's most threatening chance of the game.
In the 24th minute Rodri was suddenly cut down by Rice, creating a direct counter-attack. odegaard got the ball and went forward to Havertz on the left, who then gave it to the inserted Jesus, who made a classy little pass, and Havertz's run created a good one-two chance, but unfortunately the ball was a bit too fast for Ortega caught it. It was also a threatening attacking move. Aké went off due to discomfort and was replaced by Rico Lewis, with Akanji moving back to center back.
The Gunners had a counter-attack in the 30th minute, BenWhite dribbled to Kiwior, who passed directly to Jesus in the center of the field, who took a long time to adjust and then took a shot that went wide. Actually, I don't share the same opinion as the anchor?
The anchor is saying that a direct kick would be better. But my point is as follows: If you look closely, you will see that the angle of the shot is blocked. But after adjusting, Jesus chose the best position to take the shot, but unfortunately it went wide?
The angle of the shot is actually blocked at the moment of stopping the ball
After adjusting, he almost scored in the dead center of the room.
In the 33rd minute Kovacic made a mistake and passed a ball with little or no force. An awkward stop allowed Ødegaard to take the ball and the Gunners had another chance to counterattack, Ødegaard gave it to Rice, who passed it directly to Jesus on the far left, who ran straight to the center but adjusted several times before taking his shot, which finally bounced off the wall. I think it's a good idea to go straight to the center of the field rather than keep shaking people, but the chances of it going in are pretty low, after all, the other team had a line of men in front of the goal.
35 mins Rice had a nice inverted triangle with Jesus, Rice fumbled the ball Saka got it ready to kick but it was blocked by Ødegaard????
Two minutes later City were on the attack, Gvardiol played a nice cross but Haaland missed it. (There's something wrong with his body position alone.) Later on, Raya's ball was sent directly to the opponent's feet, causing Rice to almost get a yellow card. (This was also a penalty.)
