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#MCIARS – 83' The referee’s call of no red card was checked and confirmed by VAR – with the action from Gabriel deemed not to be excessively aggressive or violent.



POTY is Bruno. Second place should be O'Reilly. It would be a travesty if Rice won it. He's once again showed absolutely nothing when the lights were brightest.


Never mind the symbolics. Arsenal lit a fire at their training ground as a motivational image. But it was Manchester City who brought the fire to the game. City dared more and deservedly won. Better principles - more attacking. Better team - more leaders. Better manager - more adventurous and experienced. And so it’s advantage a fired-up City in the title race. Pep Guardiola and his big-game hunters can smell wounded foe, can sense victory will be theirs. City have big players relishing the pressure in the biggest game of the season. Bernardo Silva outstanding, small of frame but huge of heart. He’ll be hugely missed as ball-winning player, creative player, team player and role model. Rodri commanding. Haaland pouncing when opportunity knocked. Cherki dribbling and dazzling. O’Reilly so young but so mature in his positioning and decision-making. Guehi a top defender and leader, such a massively influential signing in January. Arsenal? Second again? They need more than fire now. They need City to slip up. Guardiola’s side do still have to go Everton and Bournemouth but they have the belief and the momentum. They know the way to the finishing line, it's a muscle memory. Arsenal tried hard. They were gritty, good pressing first half, some promising counters but they dropped off, invited City on and Pep’s men need no second invitation. Arsenal invested heavily this season, and will doubtless do so again this summer, as the years of hurt lengthens since the Invincibles. Arteta needs more flair as much as fire. He also needs a re-think on his approach. His subs will come under scrutiny. Arteta inexplicably kept the fading Odegaard on. Odegaard embodies Arsenal’s nice, neat football but doesn’t hurt elite opponents enough. Arteta could have moved Eze central not taken him off. Arsenal will argue fine lines, Havertz had a huge chance at the death, but were fortunate that Gabriel was not sent off for pushing his forehead into Haaland’s. If/when the fire is fully extinguished, the Arsenal inquest will be long and painful. It sounds like it's already begun amongst their fans, their fire snuffed out by City. #MCIARS





🚨🚨 | 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Arsenal are showing strong INTEREST in Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga. The london club are preparing offers in the region of €55–60M for the midfielder this summer. [@caughtoffside]






Arsenal fans must have been buzzing they weren't playing today so it didn't clash with this

@rpwbrowne don't think they really have, though. Their wage bill is still only the fourth or fifth highest, in fairness.

"Arsenal fans are the worst fanbase in the world." It's fair to say Paddy Pimblett does not want Arsenal to win the league.


🚨 Arsenal maintain full trust in Mikel Arteta, despite recent poor results. ✅🔐 [@FabrizioRomano]





