Manchester City lost 1-0 to Arsenal and suffered three consecutive defeats in domestic competitions Pep Guardiola was alive + lost his eye

The eighth round of the Premier League welcomes the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Arsenal vs Manchester City, which is also a master-apprentice battle between Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola. Martinelli's shot deflected to score the winning goal, sending Manchester City to two consecutive league defeats for the first time in five years, and Arsenal beat Manchester City in the league for the first time in eight years, ending an embarrassing 12-game losing streak against Manchester City.

Why did Manchester City lose 1-0 to Arsenal and suffer three consecutive domestic defeats?

First: dual-core absence! This is the biggest reason on the surface, with two core players in Manchester City's midfield, Kevin De Bruyne, injured and Rodri suspended. De Bruyne is creativity, Rodri is Manchester City's entire offensive and defensive tandem, without De Bruyne and Rodri, Manchester City is the top to the second top of the Premier League, a whole notch down. Rodri was suspended for three games with a red card, and Manchester City suffered three consecutive domestic defeats.

Second: Majin only eats bread! Haaland has scored a lot of goals since joining Manchester City, but has not scored in the semi-finals and finals of all competitions, and is not capable of playing tough battles. Now with De Bruyne's serious injury, Haaland's shortcomings as just a pie-eating striker have been further exposed, and without De Bruyne, Haaland has gone from top striker to sub-top level.

Third: melon whole life! Manchester City vs Arsenal, Pep Guardiola once again played strangely, B played at the back, Alvarez played on the right wing, and Kovacic was reused. B seat is in the waist position, can hold the ball, offensive and defensive conversion has become very slow, and also lost B Fei's offensive tandem and breakthrough in the front court; Alvarez playing as a winger is self-defeating, his best position is the second forward, similar to the number nine and a half position, can pass and shoot, this game playing the right winger spider state is sleepwalking; Kovacic was a bit unable to play in the strong team, making many flying tackles in the first half, and the normal referee had already turned him red. One of Pep Guardiola's problems is that he likes to have strong conversations and live the whole time.

Fourth: apprentices strike later! Arsenal also have aces absent from this game, and that is Saka. But Arsenal's four back-up players in the second half combined to score the winning goal, Thomas's long pass, Tomiyasu Kenyang header crossing, Kai Havertz cannon, Martinelli calmly pushed, although it hit Ake's face and refracted into the net, a bit of luck, but Arsenal's goal was created by the combination of four back-up players this season. On the other hand, Guardiola's substitution did not play a good tactical role.

Fifth: away bugs! Is Manchester City's 1-0 defeat to Arsenal suffering three consecutive domestic defeats by chance? No, all three games Manchester City played away from home. Fans who like to watch Manchester City games will find that although Manchester City won the Champions League last season, they are all at home, and they are not playing well away. Although Pep Guardiola's Manchester City covered up the shortcomings of the away worm with strong strength, key games and personnel absent games were exposed, and the three consecutive away defeats in domestic competitions are a microcosm of the team's lack of good away games.

Winning the Premier League five times in six years, Manchester City's dominance in the Premier League has become more injured with De Bruyne's aging and the departure of Gundogan and Mahrez. Pep Guardiola needs to build a new squad, and Rodri is the eye of this Manchester City team, and the tactics are even above Kevin De Bruyne and far above Haaland. Pep Guardiola needs to build a qualified Rodri rotation player, and Alvarez is not suitable for playing on the wing, and his centering can make up for the lack of creativity caused by De Bruyne's absence. There is also Haaland, super strikers can't all rely on eating pie, and improving the creativity of scoring goals is a must for great strikers.