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After this weekend something is going on with the PL and their officials. As of five minutes ago they still haven’t posted who is going to be in charge tomorrow. I have search around to find the list, but it appears they have made changes. We now have Anthony Taylor and David Coote (VAR), what could go wrong? I can’t do predictions, but after the FA Cup game and the first half on Sunday I did think we can get all three points. As always though it’s no longer just about skills on the pitch and I am very concerned about this match is going to be refereed

COME ON CITY !!!

Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistants: Gary Beswick & Adam Nunn
Fourth Official: Darren England
VAR: David Coote
Assistant VAR: Marc Perry

Team Selection

Ramsdale
Tomi Saliba Gabriel Tierney
Partey Xhaka
Saka Zinchenko Trossard
Netikah

And the rest…

Time for a win. 2-1 to The Arsenal. All the goals in the first or last 20 minutes.

Pep has Arteta's number. Can't see anything other than a City win. Would love to be wrong though.

City will fit us better than Everton and Brentford. Our offensive players will have much more room. Just worried about our defense.

It's time to make a statement, everyone is now looking to this game waiting for us to collapse. We need to show what we're made of here and why we've got to this position.

Football Heritage will ultimately come out on top here.

No free hits when you won 16 from 21 you proven yourself you very good team just go and beat your direct rival it's at our stadium manutd beaten them and Sp**s we can do that too.

Zinchenko pisses me off. He needs to stop overcomplicating things. He’s been trying to thread a through ball through the legs of opponents multiple times i dont know what that guy thinks but he’s a midfielder that’s played at left back and he acts like he’s Zidane.

this is going to be a real test of character - the worrying thing is we've f*cked up the prelims.

If they beat Villa today (which they will do comfortably) the team will be deflated & doubt will have crept in. By this time next week we'll be in a top 4 race.

The pressure on us is massive and I worry that our young squad can’t handle the pressure.

Think this will be another game where refs screw us over and we drop points.

Yeah not optimistic for this game after City's result over Villa. If you're expecting boardroom matters to carry on to the pitch as so many here seem to be doing then you're gonna be left bitterly dissappointed. Guardiola is still one of the best managers in the world and he'll get that team working again.

Another school of thought is Pep might want to go all in for the CL so he can win one for them before it potentially goes tits up in the next couple of years.

We’re in our worst form of the season atm so this couldn’t have come at a more nervy time. Hopefully the players can use that as extra motivation and step up. Everton and Brentford set up to frustrate us, don’t think City will do that. So it’ll be more open IMO. I’d take a draw here.

If the refs screw us over in this game too it would make it clear that they want a Manchester title race.

Its going to be an excellent game, a true top of the table clash between top teams. Looking forward to it.

Arsenal probably have every reason to be concerned about the referee as well.

Let’s hope none of us get screwed over, unless it’s Arsenal.

london blue 2 wrote:Arsenal probably have every reason to be concerned about the referee as well.

Let’s hope none of us get screwed over, unless it’s Arsenal.

Fuck em the bunch of self-centred cunts. Hopefully, this is the start of us having that swagger back that has been missing for a while
Going down on the coach for this one 12noon start and looking forward to this one

Mmmmm interesting a lot of them seem quite pessimistic.
For me it all boils down to which city team turns up.

It shows how bent the league has become (eventually the PL are going to kill the goose that laid the golden egg - the corrupt fools).

The Arsenal fans are worried about VAR because they think the PL want a Manchester 'title race'.
City fans worry about VAR because we think the PL want to keep MU relevant and in a 'title race'.
Every fan knows that the only two teams who consistently get 'tight' (and 'very loose') calls are MU and Liv (and minimal cards as well).

It has got to the stage that football fans can no longer just look forward to a match (the PL agenda has to be factored in now - how sad is that).

A friend of mine is an Arsenal fan who knows his football.
He thinks City will win (the game and the PL) because of their experience.
He is happy with the progress Arsenal are making and would be delighted with top 4.

Therefore, if we show up like we did first half Vs. Villa, we should win (assuming VAR lets us).

Cheers CM.

Football Heritage will ultimately come out on top here.

Thought that sums things up after recent events, the elite still think they are the elite.

Ian Wrighty right right has been quiet recently. I wonder what his thoughts are for tomorrow ?

Cheers as usual CM

Remarkably pessimistic given they are top of the table and the home side.

Another tight game beckons. My big worry is they are due a win v us, the law of averages is way in our favour the last few years. And the second worry is which defence is gonna line up

Really would take any old win and even a draw wouldn’t be a bad result