Bellerin will be targeted. Surprised he chose him for this game.
Pablo Mari is back. Good amount of rotation.
Man City arenāt fucking around though.
The Arsenal team terrifies me more
We need some midfielders in the summer. Xhaka/Elneny is just misery.
Releasing Mustafi and Ozil means we can finally afford his appearances clause.
The front 4 I wanted to see, but I think weāll have too much problems with getting the ball out of our defence, from the deep, with this back 4 along with this CM duo. Sady that will probably neutralise the quality we have up front.
Unlessā¦ Odegaard does a massive job, dropping deeper and gets the team going somehow.
The sad part is that Iām not even sure if a centre back duo of Holding and Mari is going to be that much worse. Obviously Gabriel is the one with potential for the future, but for right nowā¦
2 holding midfielders
Jesus. Look at dat City team. Elite ballers all over the pitch gek me
And 1 Holding defender
This is gonna be an ugly watch.
Customary 1-3 anybody
Quick forward line to counter and transit past or slower midfield and fullbacks.
Not sure about the 1 tbh
Who is the striker lol? Is Pep doing a nonsense? Can we capitalise?
Xhaka and elneny against that lotā¦ eurgh
Theyāve been striker-less (at least in the conventional sense) for a while now. Itās part of the reason why Gundogan has become such a huge goal scoring threat.
They have plenty of goalscorers in that team. Not having a number 9 atm doesnāt make me feel any better/safer at all.
On the contrary, so much technical ability and creativity in that team. Frightening.
I hope our attackers can relieve some pressure off of our defence by putting some pressure on their defence, not allowing their full backs attack us and join the attack constantly. If we canāt do that at least it will look very ugly.
We should use the pace of our team as much as we can. Thatās our hope.
Elneny masterclass incoming?