Premier League!! Manchester City to face Arsenal On Sunday!!!

Manchester City’s fragility and Arsenal’s
durability will be displayed at
the Etihad Stadium on Sunday as both
clubs are trying to close up gaps with Chelsea.
A first win over Arsenal for three years
would stabilise City’s title challenge after a
difficult period for Pep Guardiola’s side who
got back on track in midweek by defeating Watford 2 - 0.
Arsenal looked like Chelsea’s main rivals
until a midweek defeat at Everton ended an
unbeaten league run stretching back to the
opening day of the season.
Those results left Arsenal and City in third
and fourth place respectively after 16
games but by the time they kick off on
Sunday could find themselves nine and 10
points adrift of Chelsea who visit Crystal
Palace at lunch time on Saturday.
City’s triumph over Watford followed
defeats by Chelsea and champions Leicester
City that had manager Guardiola defending
himself against accusations his tactics were
confusing the players.
The Spaniard is unused to such attacks but
there was a sense he told his players to
stick to basics against Watford when he re-
shaped his defence, dropping John Stones.
A first home league win since Sept. 17 was
the perfect fillip before facing an Arsenal
side that, until Tuesday’s defeat, had been
scoring for fun.
While Guardiola has been under the
spotlight, Arsene Wenger has looked serene
with his Arsenal side showing no sign of
the kind of slumps that have undermined so
many title challenges since they were last
champions in 2004.
That was until defeat at Everton . A quick
riposte would allow that result to be filed
away as a ‘blip’ but a second consecutive
defeat on the road would rob them of all
momentum heading into the cluster of
Christmas fixtures.
Possible Lineups
Manchester City 4-2-3-1: Bravo; Zabaleta,
Otamendi, Stones, Kolarov; Toure,
Fernando; De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling; Nolito
Arsenal 4-2-3-1: Cech; Bellerin, Gabriel,
Koscielny, Monreal; Xhaka, Coquelin;
Walcott, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Sanchez