Perhaps Manchester City fans were quite disappointed with the home team's performance at the Etihad Stadium last night, because Pep Guardiola's army failed to score a goal at home for the first time in 58 matches. This is a rather strange result, but what happened in the end?
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The 0-0 draw reflected the true situation of the match as the defending champions almost had the initiative, but they could not reach the away team's goal easily. Striker Erling Haaland played like an invisible man and never once posed a threat to goalkeeper David Raya.

On the Arsenal side, the most notable situations probably belong to Mikel Arteta's assistant Nicolas Jover. This expert in fixed situations constantly rushes to the touchline to direct the players on the field every time the away team has to concede or receive a corner kick.

Before the match, everyone talked a lot about the fact that the Gunners have a trio of midfielders, Jorginho, Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice, who are strong enough to compete fairly with the home side's super midfielders. But in the end, for some reason, they couldn't help Arsenal balance the midfield.

Right from the first minutes, Arsenal was suffocated. The home players pressed very hard, they killed the midfield and did not give the opponent a chance to touch the ball. But that's all Manchester City can do. During the first half, the home team controlled the ball 75% of the time but only one shot hit the target.

An hour passed, Pep Guardiola tried to change his opponent's approach to goal by sending Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish onto the field to replace Phil Foden and Mateo Kovacic. He hopes that the duo's dribbling ability will help unlock Arsenal's defense.

However, the person who needs to change is Erling Haaland, but Pep did not mention it. The Norwegian striker was lost in attack, closely followed by Arsenal's central defender duo, Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba. The lowest score of the match from major newspapers for him is proof of a disappointing match.

As for Arsenal, Declan Rice had a solid performance to help shield his teammates below. Odegaard also plays well with the ability to hold the ball, tackle and commit tactical fouls to help the Gunners relieve pressure in some specific situations.

The recent encounter was truly a physical and mental torture when players from both teams made 56 tackles and 28 clearances. These statistics show the tension and cautious playing style from both sides, because neither of them wants to lose.

In the end, perhaps Arsenal was the side that got the desired result. Arteta knows that it is very difficult to win against Man City at Etihad Stadium, where his team has always lost before. Therefore, the 42-year-old strategist most likely actively thought about a goalless draw, and then his students did it.

(Reader: Thinh Nguyen)

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