Manchester City Visited Emirates Stadium for the most long-awaited match by Matchday 24 at 2024-25 Premier League spice Arsenal. In a shocking turn of events, Pep GuardiolaPage Led a degrading 5-1 defeat, Marking a new one low in the Spanish coach’s famous career.
Arsenal wasted some time to claim their dominance, with Martin Odegaard Points the opener inside Two minutes. City managed to pull the level during the second half, thanks to Erling Haaland’s headline in the 55th minuteBut their hopes were short -lived.
Just a minute later, Thomas Party Restored Arsenal’s leadership and things were quickly discovered for Guardiola’s men. Myles Lewis Skeelley (62 ‘)The Kai haveertz (76 ‘)and Ethan Nwaneri (90+3 ‘) Everyone found the back of the net, sealed the emphatic 5-1 results line and adds a historical defeat on Guardiola.
5-1 loss to Arsenal has highlighted the heaviest defeat of Guardiola’s leadership career. It is also only the second time he admitted five goals in a match like Manchester City Manager, the first one was against Leicester City September 27, 2020.
When he reflected on the disappointing result, Guardiola did not obscure his team’s flaws, especially at the last moment of the match. “We give away too many things, we are aware that this cannot happen. You can’t finish what we played. The team must be stable“Pronounced the Spanish coach.
With the city set to meet the third division page Leyton Orient in the FA Cup, the match gives a chance to regain speed before the critical Champions League -kockout round against Real Madrid. Arsenal’s dominant show, however, has exposed the city’s weaknesses and caused concern about their ability to bounce back.
Arteta extends undefeated driving towards Guardiola
After working as Guardiola’s assistant in Manchester City from 2016 to 2019Mikel Arteta left to take responsibility at Arsenal and set up several meetings between the mentor and his former protégé.
Initially, Guardiola dominated their meetingswon 9 of their first 10 meetings all over Premier LeagueThe Fa Cupand Karabak cupWith Arteta that secured only one victory. However, the tide has turned. With the latest victory, Arteta is now unbeaten in five matches in a row against Guardiola (W2 D3), which corresponds to any manager of any manager against the Spanish, along with Thomas Tuchel (2016-2021) and Jurgen Klopp (2021-2022).
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