How Arteta Stopped Man City's Record-Breaking Run.

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[@jaypainter4922]

Babe, Wake up, JLA just uploaded a 16 minute analysis of the City game

[@mbizzle.]

Arsenal*😂

[@worldsbest91]

I have decided that this joke is officially getting old

[@ZyroPapuchon18]

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[@stuartclarkson48]

Ødegaard is my favourite player in this Arsenal team cause he represents the foggin estandards guys

[@yungslack7311]

Modegard

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[@teodortg1268]

When the analysis video is more entertaining than the actual game

[@oussemamenthole2586]

That's when u know your ball knowledge is mediocre

[@MikeJustin]

@@oussemamenthole2586ok there’s just no way u watched that game in full and would describe it as entertaining

[@asyc89]

It shows that you didn't know what you were watching when the game was on.

[@Travgokiid]

@@asyc89it shows arsenal have to park the bus against city. To have a chance of getting any points. Contrast to Liverpool, who can create multiple chances against them. As a arsenal fan, I don’t really care, at least we got the point, but for a neutral, not a fun game to watch

[@dandasolo]

​@oussemamenthole2586 Or it just means we like our football games to have lots of goals, chances and drama? Excuse us for not being so gigabrain as you, oh great one, who cooms over passing triangles and pressing triggers.

[@BilalKhan-pd5xb]

Odegaard being the focal point and being the MVP in the match, with his offensive and creative chances and the physical aspect, cleverness to fouling rodri but helping him get up and avoiding yellow and being everywhere in the pitch, if you want to press, Odegaard is there, if you want to stop rico lewis, he is there, if there is silva to be tackled, he is there. thoroughly enjoyed the tactical showdown between the two sides and it would have been unfair to both of them to conceed, man city did showcase some relentless pressure, ruben dias being at left wing and crossing, wth is that? amazing.

[@Qbz175]

His final pass was a bit off

[@ACE360x]

​@Qbz175 he both lacked the polish he normally has whilst being unreal In terms of influence. He threw his arms up multiple times as the front line didn't immediately get his pressing instructions

[@migi6556]

@@Qbz175 Lost his balance when striking it twice tbf

[@IthielHeberRodriguez]

I thought he had an off game actually

[@Tom-qb1rj]

Almost fell asleep reading this like I almost fell asleep watching the game

[@kd5973]

Mostly impressed that you were able to pay attention to the game the entire time and have impressive insight and didn’t fall asleep

[@James-st9uu]

Chelsea fan spotted

[@AdamOBrien29]

Cocaine is one helluva drug

[@aystefan]

@@James-st9uunon Arsenal/city fan*

[@paulcasey4282]

It was a fantastic match and a tactical masterclass. If you fell asleep that says more about yourself and your tik tok attention span

[@astrothelad]

salty salty. sorry your team is irrelevant

[@rossohara801]

The knowledge and analysis on display here is frightening. Most insightful creator in the space right now

[@lfcyeezus]

So many props to be given to James. And not to take away from that, but this should be the norm imo. How sky doesn't have someone doing this in depth analysis on the big games is baffling to me

[@henrydodson655]

@@lfcyeezussky went the other way into banter and clips The different knock is good too

[@lfcyeezus]

@@henrydodson655 yeah, I can't say that I hate it, CBS does it really well. But I think it should be fun and games for 10-15 minutes for the casual fan, and then more professional for 30 min. I understand why but that's what I would do. Idk I'm not paid the big bucks 🤷

[@lukemyszka9292]

Ooooo james does good football analysis well done Frightening? Grow up

[@henrydodson655]

@@lfcyeezus what’s popular is like a pendulum - the bants is all well and good, and works on CBS, but still sometimes can feel forced. Sky always feels forced. The pendulum is swinging back to people wanting analysis now. “Why are these ex pros not giving us actual analysis” is something I hear a lot - I’m sure it’s a nice little side benefit if the average football fan understands less about the game too - helps justify the price slightly. Lots of people say “I’m paying £__ a month to see Keane and Neville bicker. Is what it is.

[@kingkenzokwansa]

Some older football connoisseurs will recognise Trapattoni's 'Zona Mista' signature adaptation by Mikel in this game. Proactive defending and master-ing the dark arts! Interestingly Mikel mixes up some Rhinus and Cruijff's 'total football' traits with Pep's 'juego de posicion' in matches with higher ascendancy and the Italian style of 'zona mista' & 'catenaccio' by the likes of Trapattoni and Sacchi off the ball especially away from home against the top sides like Liverpool and City. Mikel Arteta is a generational manager!

[@YomsterFUT13]

love this comment btw (plus feels like i;ve got homework lol) been meaning to look up and delve into both Trapattoni and Sacchi's coaching careers and even their tactics. EVEN ... the whole catenaccio counter stuff in a weird sense due to a show i watched i've been obsessed with it. Like if you can elaborate what is ' Zona Mista'? Like those two seem like such interesting individuals just due to their status that I just want to know more lol.

[@Denlar96]

How people can have a go at Arsenal is mad. Straight after an international break, to then have to go away to arguably the best team on the planet and not only stop them scoring, but again limiting their chances to less than 1 expected goal, is not an easy thing to do at all. Just as they limited our attacks as well. People can talk about the recent top of the table clash and how Liverpool could have beaten man city, but that was at Anfield, not the Etihad. So its not really a fair comparison. Granted, City didnt have a fully fit Stones and no Walker. But Arsenal didnt have a fully fit Martinelli and Partey, who could have changed the dynamic of the game in terms of our attack. Overall, it was pretty much an even contest and it currently keeps us above man city.

[@elty1432]

You went into the game only trying to get a draw, and are now celebrating a “tactical masterclass” that secured dropping from 1st to 2nd in the league

[@joshtomkinson3212]

​@@elty1432 people criticised Arsenal under Wenger and even under Arteta for being naive and not being pragmatic enough. They finally show they can be pragmatic to go with the incredible attacking flair we saw before the break and suddenly they called cowards. Take your head out your ass and cut the crap biased banter and accept Arteta has Arsenal performing like potential title winners and are no longer the banter club you wished they were

[@MrMusic238]

@@elty1432they didn’t try to get a draw, they just weren’t very good in attack. They aimed to be more controlled to limit risk which worked perfectly but the individual displays from the front line weren’t good

[@aurataill]

still me mentioning partey lmfao, gooners are fully fkin shameless

[@ACE360x]

​@@aurataillno, we have just managed Injuries well without moaning. Kiwior is our 3rd choice LB and partey was 100% in artetas plans to be in the first XI this season and barely touched the pitch. We were poor in terms of being ruthless and clinical as usual but not losing to city or Liverpool is unarguably progress from this team.

[@oeckstei]

Years ago we would not have been as physical, or at least intelligent about being aggressive from a tactical POV. Ozil wouldn’t have done what odegaard had done today and that’s what we needed. Attacking wise one or two things to be desired.

[@mamatheregoesthatwoman]

Domination without penetration isn’t winning football.

[@gringosdarr]

Wish George Graham were still around he'd have loved this game

[@nnenne1]

He’s still alive, so, he is around. Only 79.

[@davidtuttle7556]

So would Mou. Fuck if Chelsea didnt play this way A LOT.

[@gringosdarr]

@@nnenne1 I know it was a joke

[@DenDave_]

Honestly you gotta applaud for Arteta putting aside his 'regular' Arsenal tactics to adopt a more pragmatic style that can stop City, but dear christ what a snoozefest of a game that was. City has been like that for a long time though. Pep has taken a bunch of fun exciting players and turned them into robots just playing a rondo, waiting for an opening.

[@97YNWA97]

Why should we applaud him for that as when Mourinho or Simeone does it they get criticised.. He should learn from Klopp who’s brave enough to attack and press City home or away.

[@keeranjani]

@@97YNWA97 They also get called tactical geniuses - even if they are criticised by some. Arteta deserves to be given his flowers

[@DenDave_]

@@97YNWA97 Mourinho and Simeone defined their playstyle by being safe and secure at the back first, no matter who the opponent is. They dont give a toss about having the ball or playing football the way its intended. Arteta does, but he also acknowledges that when facing City he'll likely get pumped, so he changes to a system that will yield the best possible result againt a behemoth of an opponent. Klopp sticking to his playstyle is also commendable, but it leaves Liverpool vulnerable to quick counter attacking teams, as we've seen numerous times against the likes of Brighton, Leeds and such.

[@97YNWA97]

@@keeranjani yeah but Mourinho and Simeone are far more efficient with it vs big teams as they have a deadly counter attack. If Arteta was really going for that game plan then why would he put Havertz up top and Jesus on the wing? Surely Martinelli on the left and Trossard or Jesus up top would’ve given them a threat on the counter.

[@EmmanuelJonjo-pl3wr]

@@97YNWA97 Coz his team doesn't play like that every week. In fact for most weeks they play on the edge football. So, to be pragmatic against the best team in the world right now does not make you a park the bus merchant

[@obayrockstar]

this match really reminds me of the arsenal-porto match in champions league recently, arteta mid-low block really frustate city just as much as porto frustate us, to break down this defence you really need to be perfect (e.g. odegaard pass to trossard in porto match) and fortunately it didnt happen to city in this game

[@maxderdax6117]

The kovacic move is genius and genuinely surprising

[@shaungranger2166]

Kovacic almost cost them twice in this game with huge errors, he did the same at the Emirates 😅

[@worldsbest91]

As an Arsenal fan, Kovacic looks like the one impostor in that team. I'll always be happy when he's starting against us 😆

[@BukayoDSaka]

Crazy how people are insulting arsenal for "parking the bus" , its not like we do this every game. The Etihad is a solid stadium too where we have a poor record so a draw is a decent result.

[@GlennHodl]

I think the opposite to be honest, everyone glazing Arteta for parking the bus is mad to me. Good point away at City, don’t get me wrong. But if any other manager in the league does this it’s “anti-football”.

[@BukayoDSaka]

@@GlennHodl you’re against the best team on the planet do people really expect arsenal to be open just because it’s nicer to watch, its literally one game. Honestly i expect city to do more because theyre the home team, we limited them

[@MikeBird95]

@@BukayoDSaka exactly. If we went there and were more open and conceded a goal or two and lost, everyone would be saying Arsenal lack maturity and experience. The double standards are crazy.

[@GlennHodl]

@@MikeBird95 I literally stated it's a good point for you, great result. Neither team showed ambition, it was a boring watch considering the quality both teams have at their disposal and reeked of neither team wanting to lose as opposed to either team wanting to win. It can be a terrible watch and a good result, they aren't mutually exclusive. My point was I am not getting the genius label getting thrown around to Arteta's set up today (i think he's a great manger btw). Many managers have made a career off these tactics but are branded as "anti football" if we're talking double standards.

[@MikeBird95]

@@GlennHodl I understand your point but I think people are forgetting the big picture. Arsenal have earned a win at home and a draw away against both City and Liverpool. That is an excellent return against your two title challengers. And yet, so many people seem to be criticizing Arteta about HOW he’s done it instead of focusing on the actual results. If Klopp or Pep had managed those same results, people would be calling it genius management. I just don’t really understand it.

[@MikkaNWin]

Hey James, I love your videos. What software do you use to draw on the videos? I'm getting into video analysis and love your setup

[@MikeBird95]

City and Liverpool only managed to get 1 point each from Arsenal this season. Say what you want about park the bus, anti football etc but at the end of the day its about results. Arsenal won both home games against their title challengers and got a point in both away games against their title challengers. The improvement is very impressive.

[@thetraveldrunk]

Yet you’re still second. And you got a point at Anfield because the VARsenal had no problem with you playing basketball in the penalty box,, not because of some arteta masterclass.

[@MikeBird95]

@@thetraveldrunk yes we're still second, that's got nothing to do with my point about the improvement in mentality and coping with pressure of big games. Yes we got lucky with VAR in that particular game but lets not pretend that LiVARpool have gotten some very lucky decisions this season too.

[@jordandavis3867]

​​​@@thetraveldrunk You had a chance to get revenge for your so called robbery and got your arse handed to you at the Emirates so to go on about the reverse fixture is embarassing....and yes we are second but all it takes is one draw or loss from you for us to overtake you so I don't know why you're bragging about that. If you were 5 points clear fair play but you're not. You literally have no cushion.

[@michaelo9426]

@@thetraveldrunkLast season we went 2nil up at Anfield.Its not a coincidence.Had it been this team last year Liverpool wouldn’t have even won that game

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

It's about results if you win the league. If you don't win the league it's an absolute failure. We'll see how it is on match day 38 before saying it's all about results while making no attempt at winning games

[@TSBrutal]

Whats crazy is even with City's injuries they still had a more expensive team than Arsenal and thats not even including the bench which was also a more expensive bench than Arsenal's

[@todorivanov6746]

what you fail to mention is that this is not on transfer fees and wages spent, but on transfermarkt value ...

[@TSBrutal]

@@todorivanov6746 well I was just going off transfer fees tbf

[@hakeemahmed2874]

Those in the bench have reasons why they are in the bench

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

Arsenal the big financial underdogs, you've paid through your teeth for that team.

[@findingaether]

​@todorivanov6746 man City spend on average 2x the wage budget compared to Arsenal. Last season it was 200m more.. . And with 115 reasons to win they only managed 2 shots on target in 180mins.😂😂

[@enchantededition6879]

Good video . I think Saliba plays on the right, Gabriel on the left I thought.

[@fnunes15]

Very nice video. First time seeing this channel. What is your view for long term strategic approach and tactics in high level football? A lot of fans seem concerned that positional play will lead to all top games looking like this. A lot of tactical back and forth, and very little room for moments of brilliance. Today, it felt like the match was set to be a 0-0 all the way unless someone made a mistake. However, with this much quality on the pitch, you’d expect some more brilliance from De Bruyne, Odegard, Saka, Grealish, Silva, etc. - unfortunately it feels like they are stuck ‘making the right play’ and it is a never ending chess match. What do you think?

[@thubelihlekupa3339]

nice break down James, if I may - what app do you use for your analysis , illustration?

[@smurfxvi]

What did you use to analyze the match like this What program?

[@aaa6072]

Needed to see this. Not every match needs to be a goal fest in order to be entertaining. Great defensive display, let down by the lack of energy and x factor upfront

[@salamabdul5739]

Arteta dropped a defensive master class in this game.

[@HM-mw7cg]

Kdb marked himself out of the game. Shocked Guardiola didn’t have a word to get him on the ball more. He literally stood behind one or two Arsenal players at all times so his teammates could never find him. Should have done way more to get free

[@palmtree5145]

Why is Rodri not on the completed passes list when he had 110/120 passes? Also you open with analysis of how Arsenal wanted to stop the ball into Rodri but he had by far the most touches and passes of any player on the pitch today?! Very confusing analysis

[@shaungranger2166]

But it did not result in any because he was surrounded, he had limited space to impact the game as usual

[@alphagaming6712]

The passes were just left to right while arsenal were mostly in their box. Those weren't progressive passes.

[@palmtree5145]

@@alphagaming6712 Rodri vs Arsenal ◉ Most touches (144) ◉ Most passes completed (108/118) ◉ Most final third passes (43) ◉ Most duels won (15) ◉ Most take-ons completed (7) ◎ 4x possession won ◎ 3 chances created

[@mi318s]

There are many phases in Arsenal defensive system (I dont know how many, I'm not that smart). So let me call it first phase where City try to build from the back and Arsenal will go high line to push City make mistakes. This is where Arsenal doesn't want Rodri to have the ball. Arsenal will let anyone (and fortunately Stones is unavailable also) to have the ball but Rodri, because he's capable in finding those excellent vertical passes and make City go on break. And then there is low block phase, where City do build up slowly and pin Arsenal in their own half. In this phase, Arsenal will let Rodri to have the ball but they will suffocate middle area so in the end Rodri can only ping to wider area, where the danger not really high in Arsenal point of view.

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

​@@shaungranger2166 Now please apply that logic to arteta at arsenal.

[@ordro107]

No mention of Thomas Partey? I was wondering how his performance was stat wise KDB outplayed Partey once and he had a few mistakes, but wondering how he measured in stats to Jorginho.

[@Axion15X]

Honest question, does Haaland make city more one dimensional? He is obviously a world class player but in games where he can't bully centre backs, it seems to require some special from foden, de bryune or rodri to unlock defense. When in the past you had mahrez or sterling or gundogan, now its all about finding Haaland in the box.

[@oussemamenthole2586]

I feel like Haaland feels less dangerous compared to last year is because of his success last year. He lost his first season surprise element, every team is now on to him defensively and he can't manage to play around it cause he lacks the ball skills. Don't get me wrong he is outstanding in the box but outside of it he lacks the control, passing, trickery which make him very predictable he relies a bit too much on brut force but when 3 defenders are on to u u can't brut force out of that. I think pep needs to find a new way to utilize Haaland specially in big games. I'd play alverez as striker or foden as false 9 in big games and switch to Haaland in last minutes of the match, that way defenders would be a bit exhausted to deal with Haaland. I think utilizing him this way would be more effective.

[@elidir]

Man City in 2021/22 scored 99 with no goals from a recognised striker. Following season, Haaland scores 36, Man City score 94. This season, Haaland has 18 goals, Man City on track for 80-90 goals (lowest since 2017). Not a definite answer, but scoring less goals while being more dependent on fewer players isn't better, let's just say that.

[@arvin9425]

​@@oussemamenthole2586i think ppl are critisiing haaland on the wrong things. He wasnt bought to be a sliky player, he was bought to be a clincial box presence. The issue is his finishing. Hes underperfoming majorly this season and its that simple.

[@GlennHodl]

Simple answer, yes.

[@ztsyib4126]

We had this convo last year when city lost to utd, then city went on to win the treble

[@threecastlesandagriffin]

this guy has the best football knowledge on KZbin

[@nyu5926]

great analysis

[@abongile464]

I kept hearing "Deal with the injuries"? Do you mean Ake? Really Ake injured changes the game? Bro with or without injuries, that match sucked

[@stefanoraffo5096]

He meant John stones

[@chr1staki]

@@stefanoraffo5096and Kyle Walker. Arsenal without Timber (all season) and Martinelli only fit enough for the bench

[@VRed224]

Great analysis

[@taylordowning3278]

What did u use for this video

[@bornfacemwaura]

Best analysis, if at all you ever want a City criticiser (in a positive way) link up with me. I love City by this match was one of the matches where City did just waste their time a chances to make chances. Big up

[@jack28aug]

by stinking the gaff out came with the puncture repair kit. it was 5% away from them all lying down across the pitch like an actual wall.

[@kenbunkelvin8665]

4-2-5 pegged Arsenal back. Ortega forming a back four with kova, dias and akanji. Ake inverting to form a two with rodri. Arsenal had to drop deep as they could not press high enough

[@noelmcgovern8995]

James lawrence allcott content ... Inject it.. ❤️

[@lorcanc1779]

The only thing i noticed this game was how big and annoying the adervtising boards were

[@normalAlyankovich]

It was Bobby Charlton vs Franz Beckenbauer X11

[@worldsbest91]

I do think arsenal realised the ref would let a lot of tackles go before showing a yellow and we fully capitalised on that.

[@MrDonovan124]

Good point for the Gunners; think they could've been braver in possession on the half turn especially when City looked stumped; felt their was a cheeky winner for them if they committed. Like you said City are slightly stale right now. looking at the fixtures it's Liverpool's to lose - mental as I think they're clearly the 3rd best side

[@musondamusonda1205]

I thought Rodri was miles clear, didn't see those miles today, more like bare inches, thats being generous .

[@Alex-wh3zw]

City have so much quality on the bench, injuries don't really affect them much. These kind of injuries would break any team but they have Grealish and Doku on the bench. These guys would be starting in almost any team in the world.

[@zainarif1654]

Did James talk about how poor Saka was? Idk if I missed it but that was a big part of Arsenal being a step below in terms of attacking prowess. Still think Arsenal need a top RW to push Saka more in these big games where gets “locked up” that’s just not good enough for an elite winger.

[@TheTororist]

he was working his socks off defensively. both wingers were

[@godmadesnakes]

Its good team work

[@MaxDangVu]

I was critical of Arsenal being "naive" last season, so it's only fair that they get their flowers for their conservative game plan. Going to your title rivals and getting a point is always a good sign. I also did not expect Arteta to be so willing to change things up this early in his coaching career.

[@chr1staki]

We’ve done it before for periods in games, just not from the start

[@United_Wings]

Nice

[@mashi_rsa]

parking the bus explained elegantly lol

[@MrHastygamer]

I was so disappointed with this match I knew both could cancel each other out but I was still looking forward to it.

[@busaritaye2488]

Arsenal and Liverpool doing a tag team on Man City this season.

[@vishavbansal685]

The reaction Man City team when Martinelli introduce All the playes seems worrid Do u notice that

[@nisargtiger3926]

Julian Alvarez was needed instead of Grealish today. Doku at LW would've been better and both Gabriel and Saliba were so heavy on Haland Alvarez could've played off Haland better at CF or on the right.

[@martypatrick1547]

But control would be lost

[@andrewyeong7469]

Saliba & Gabriel, didn't know they swapped roles, you have them put in the wrong place/position in your graphic. Saliba is 99% of the time, the right centre back and Gabriel plays on the left side.

[@makalamabotja4773]

Just a random question as a South African.... Why are you using the super sport feed?

[@deploy_leroy]

Probably the only stream where he could take screenshots.

[@southnewton1]

Comments are embarrassing here today.

[@aurataill]

trash match gonna get comments about how it was trash + a bunch of delusional gooners. it's no surprise tbh

[@ZainAli-cm4su]

8 centrebacks killed the game imo. The winger is looking for an overlap or a spare man, who do they see? Akanji or gvardiol or kiwior. Tbf white has been great attacking wise and you can’t knock him. But the rest of them? give me a fkn break. Incredibly dull.

[@jm4446]

16min video could’ve been a 3 second short. “They parked the bus”

[@loshotrosha]

Bring em on into semi for UCL

[@bobbynadeem7670]

Arteta has the philosophy of cruyff, tactics of pep, class of wenger, league tactics of jose and a bit of cuntness from fergie we are in good hands lads.... Super Mik Arteta indeed.👍💪☝️

[@JJJJJ269]

And 0 league or CL trophies 😂

[@bobbynadeem7670]

The trophies are coming.... Matter of time.... You jog on mate... To your shit manager and shit team lol

[@Rhys640]

​@@JJJJJ269 Enjoy klopp next season 👋

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

And the trophies of Sean Dyche

[@jojolouis]

My worry as an Arsenal fan is Odegaard being injured😱

[@bartallen7023]

Let me answer it in short - By parking the bus!

[@davejones1857]

Did they win at home n not score ?

[@alexcoyg3281]

You could see in De Bruyne's face, that Red was all over City that day

[@TK-tl6ci]

People are so delusional saying arsenal parked the bus. You don’t press opponents center halfs and goal keepers parking the bus

[@petetrc9671]

Great analysis. Tired of salty rival fans crying over Arsenal not getting battered 😂 I watched the game and enjoyed it for the tactical masterclass on display.

[@africancoast]

JLA is unreal but defo has an anti-City bias. Draws vs both Liverpool and Arsenal but his narrative is always geared towards praising the opponent. Fair enough ig, we all have our favourites

[@ed2968]

You think a draw against a title rival at home, given they lost away, is a good result? Not sure how it’s bias to frame it as he did…

[@smoothfoot8946]

could have just said "parked the bus"

[@biolf1]

I I liked the way we played. They had alot of the ball but never really threatened.

[@theohowe3106]

The real winners ended up being Liverpool

[@alexvasquezvasquez3113]

I have never seen a team playing park the bus get praised so much it's actually insane, when Brentford beat city last year twice no one made a big deal about it.

[@AAron-jt1ci]

your bias is coming out against arsenal

[@alexvasquezvasquez3113]

@@AAron-jt1ci am I wrong tho, arteta played a deep block Mourinho park the bus setup

[@AAron-jt1ci]

@@alexvasquezvasquez3113 So why dont all the other teams not conceed when they play low blocks at city.

[@FidelHitokiri]

Maybe its getting more credit due to this being a title run-in clash?

[@ya_Boi_BK]

​@@alexvasquezvasquez3113bcs this was in a title race where the stakes are high and everyone expected arsenal to crumble like the bottle jobs they are associated with

[@liltone9614]

As a Liverpool fan I have thank Arsenal and city

[@mickbanner]

Theres a lot of praise for Arsenal but in reality pulled a Sean Dyche. They set the bar low and got their draw

[@44benon]

Yeah, they were pragmatic and were only the first team to stop city from scoring at Etihad since 2021. The real praise should be for Liverpool who actually held city to draw both home and away. The true reality is that they truly did set the bar low when compared to Liverpool.

[@Rusty_119]

How? By parking the bus

[@beadle111gaming]

Love the depth of analysis, but i thought the ref had a shocking game and had he given some blatant yellow cards early on when he should, it changes the way Arsenal press and engage and changes the game. Arsenal had a good run of it with the ref today

[@minnumseerrund]

well, Kovachic should have been send off within the first 20 minutes at the Emirates so guess that's cancelled out then

[@beadle111gaming]

@@minnumseerrund yeah because that’s how it works 😂

[@minnumseerrund]

@@beadle111gaming eh, life isnt fair. But really, City cant complain too much about refs this season

[@travoxworld9839]

It's not an achievement to stop city the best thing to do for a great coach is win games and trophy otherwise arsenal is just like any other team in the league if they will not win the league

[@nigl2807]

Read somewhere possession was 70/30 City's way...apparently Arsenal didnt really go for it...

[@mpeirwemark4998]

Arsenal should have won it, though with a low position to the ball. Nice chess game

[@mase747]

I think Arsenal just handed Liverpool the title.

[@jordie_jb3025]

I’ve never seen someone gaslight a draw like this before! 😂

[@stevetrevor7004]

8 CBS ,2 DMs 2 false 9s started the game.....

[@Nathan-zd8ew]

Arsenal fans. They aren't used to winning like we are, so park the bus in a draw is something they're proud of 😂😂

[@timothyinduli968]

​@Nathan-zd8ew well you should have won, as you used to. What stopped you. As for "low block", we ALSO deal with it weekly n still find ways to surmount.

[@user-bo9nj7kk4u]

What is everybodies problem with Arsenals performance against the treble winning Man City with probably the best Manager of this generation if not all time (debateable)...at a ground nobody has kept a clean sheet in over 2years...and nobody has won at in ages...yet you criticise us for executing a gameplan and not getting beat....this coming from the same fools that wudv said we bottled it if we went all out and conceded 4 and lost 4-3 everybody wudve called us bottle jobs anyway at this point i urge all those concerned with Arsenal to soak in the hate coz we have come a long way from being a laughing stock to people nitpicking little things to criticize our performances anyone with any kind of tactical sense knows wat we did at the Etihad COYG!!!

[@Manchesterresident69]

How many buses were parked by the Cockneys today the answer is all of them

[@dislecsyk991]

Honestly, my first thought here is how on earth have you managed to find 17 minutes worth of things to say about that crap.

[@mamatheregoesthatwoman]

Partey would’ve been a better option for the attack.

[@popsiclemonster858]

I don't understand all this Arsenal praise from everyone. They essentially played with 4 CBs and 2 CDMs and sat in a low block throughout the match. Not really difficult to stop teams from scoring against you when you do that. And they had just 2 shots on target. They clearly weren't playing to win. So boring. Pep and Arteta are literally killing football.

[@pgikiru]

You moan as if arsenal and city play against each other every game. Next time they play against each other, go do something else.

[@pgikiru]

Plus arsenal have played with the same players in many if not most of the games this year where they've scored the most goals and conceded the fewest goals....

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

​@@pgikiruso what happened this game? Why didn't they score?

[@chinasaugojieke8613]

For once listen to what he said city prepared way to stop arsenal press which was kovacic city literally stop arsenal from getting the ball to jorghino ​@@IVIRnathanreilly

[@travoxworld9839]

Nkt How do you all praise a team for a draw..A team that is eager to win the epl defending and trying to waste time for a draw

[@ultimateblaze23]

its nothing new for Arteta they won the Fa cup with a parked bus set up

[@EmmanuelJonjo-pl3wr]

The amount of people angry at Arsenal for not going gungho and play naive is really fun to watch. We stopped city twice this season with two shots on target the entire season. But they are mad we did that. But I'm smiling from ear to ear coz not many teams have won at the Etihad...

[@beefwittedgenius8275]

You haven't won at the Etihad

[@EmmanuelJonjo-pl3wr]

@@beefwittedgenius8275 Exactly but I didn't lose either. Our job is not to entertain anybody. You want entertainment, watch your own team. They're suppose to entertain you. We came to the Etihad to either win or not lose. And we achieved that.

[@cadizking8161]

these clowns want to see Arsenal lose, that's why.

[@SirMonkeySuit]

It's not about going "gung-ho", it's your lack of desire to attack City at all when they had an extremely weakened back line. Arsenal had no press outside your own half.

[@EmmanuelJonjo-pl3wr]

@@SirMonkeySuit And we got a point. Funny how the lot of you suddenly think city is Burnley that Arsenal can just go there and play what ever they like. This is such a disingenuous argument. There are many ways to get a result in football. Arsenal over the years have gone toe to toe with city and got battered every time. If they have found a way to get a result, get over it. It's not every day that Arsenal play like this. They batter most teams . They are allowed the occasional pragmatism.

[@mitchellwilliams2060]

16 min video to say he drove the bus to the edge of the box, parked it and threw away the keys. Interesting

[@jabz7703]

Lmao some of these comments.

[@stevetrevor7004]

8 cbs in that game

[@aurataill]

your point at 14:00 minutes really only occurred because of the abysmal officiating though. 20+ fouls or something no cards, constantly tactical fouling. they wouldn't have been able to do that if there was an actual ref because they would have been getting cards, at least at times.

[@suhaasbhat8736]

How? Low block. Not a masterpiece. Many have done it.

[@fbi578]

City have scored at home in the past 57 games at home against mostly low blocks. What isn't impressive about this performance?

[@suhaasbhat8736]

@@fbi578 We've also lost to Brentford twice last season. Does that mean Brentford are at Arsenal's levels or you at theirs? Flukes happen. Plus Arsenal had a chance to make a point and move on top of the table but they played for a draw. Mentality!

[@devinsimpson5980]

TLDR Arsenal parked the bus for 90min like a low table team to avoid getting ran through.

[@maxderdax6117]

Feels like both managers got it spot on largely so 0-0 makes sense I guess

[@brodaciousmax8025]

International break didn't help

[@S0L12D3]

Neither team won anything today. Liverpool were today’s winners. In terms of where we stand against city, nothing has changed…

[@romcomnpizza]

Record breaking run? Man city has been drawing everybody..

[@todorivanov6746]

Park the bus and hope for the best. Great tactics by Arteta yet again. And if it was not for the money spent and the ref favors, would have been fighting for 6th with Manure... pathetic

[@OnePunchKiller]

Crystal palace also Stopped it 😂

[@Baal.1974]

Liverpool are the real winners

[@dexio8601]

Now favorites to win the league for the first time!