3 days, 2 games, 6 points! Manchester City shows terrible stability Arsenal laugh at the North London derby or in vain

Snow Wolf Kanball

2024-04-29 09:29Posted in Guangdong Sports Creators

In the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, the 35th round of the Premier League staged a key battle. Defending champions Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 away to make it five wins in a row in the Premier League. With six points in two games in three days, Manchester City's performance also made Arsenal, the Gunners who had just won the north London derby, instantly unhappy.

In the 29th round of the Premier League, Manchester City won 4-0 away against Brighton. Before they could celebrate, they boarded the bus to the East Midlands and challenged Nottingham Forest at the City Stadium. In this game, Manchester City's prince Foden was not included in the squad for personal reasons, and Norwegian center forward Haaland returned from injury to be on standby.

After the opening, Nottingham Forest, who were playing at home, did not play conservatively and put a lot of pressure on the Manchester City backline. Williams and Wood both had decent scoring opportunities. However, it was Manchester City who opened the scoring first, and in the 32nd minute, De Bruyne headed in a corner from the left and Gvardiol opened the scoring with a header, the Croatian defender's third goal in all competitions this season. In the ensuing moments, Forest went on a heavy attack, Wood missed an empty goal and Murillo fired over the crossbar from close range to give City a 1-0 lead at half-time.

In the second half, Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson could not hold on and was replaced by Ortega. Forest continued to waste chances, while City brought on centre-forward Erling Haaland. In the 71st minute, Kevin De Bruyne provided an assist, and Haaland broke away from the defense to push the goal, and Manchester City extended their lead to 2-0. With Callum Hudson-Odoi's curling shot deflected away by Ortega, City went on to win a somewhat hard-fought 2-0 victory.

In this game, Manchester City had 67% possession and scored two goals with five shots on target from 11 attempts, while Nottingham Forest, who were playing at home, had 14 shots on goal, but only had two shots on target and one hit the woodwork, and striker Chris Wood missed two great scoring opportunities. City's three points were somewhat lucky, but the winners were never blameless.

After this campaign, Manchester City has won five consecutive Premier League games, and continues to chase Arsenal by one point with one game less. With just one win in the final four games, Pep Guardiola's side will take home the title and make it an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title.

Looking at the four opponents, the strongest is naturally Tottenham Hotspur, who have just lost the north London derby, and have also been causing problems for Manchester City in recent seasons. However, Arsenal also have to face Manchester United on the road. Although the Red Devils have a mediocre record this season, they have pulled Liverpool down before, and no one knows when they will be able to break out. In terms of probability, Manchester City are even more likely to win Tottenham than the Gunners beat Manchester United away. Their near-terrible stability has once again been given a chance to be shown.

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