Posted on
September 21, 2012 by
Bob
Manchester City are preparing for their biggest test of the season in the league so far against Arsenal on Sunday. I wouldn’t say that they are running scared but they are showing signs of concern about Arsenal’s excellent form compared to their average start to the season.
England midfielder Gareth Barry has just returned to the City line up following injury and admits that the City defense needs to improve drastically after failing to keep a clean sheet since pre-season. Their opponents, excepting Real Madrid, have not been contenders but have all managed to broach City’s back line.
“It has not been a great start to the season. .......Read the full article here
Tags: BarryGarciaLescottMan CityNastasicToureZabaleta
Category
Arsenal, Arsenal News, Arsenal opinion, Arsenal previews
Posted on
September 19, 2012 by
Bob
The opening day of this season’s champion’s league group stages was good for Arsenal in a number of ways. The obvious ones are that we took all three points away from home, we didn’t pick up any injuries, we showed that we can win when not playing our best and we got a warning about being complacent without actually getting punished.
The bonuses came from the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City. Manchester City have a massive job on their hands picking themselves up after a terrible night in Europe and getting ready to face the Gunners on Sunday. City have not had a great start to the season and Roberto Mancini has a handful of problems to deal with. .......Read the full article here
Tags: AgueroBarryCoquelinKoscielnyMaiconManciniNasrioxRamseyWalcott
Category
Arsenal News, Arsenal opinion, Arsenal previews, Champions League News, Premier league news