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Jakarta –
Manchester City can finally keep a clean sheet in the Premier League. Admonished against Arsenal, The Citizens manager Pep Guardiola was satisfied.
City beat Arsenal 1-0 in a match at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday (10/17/2020). Raheem Sterling’s goal in the 23rd minute determined the victory of the Manchester Blue team, the highlights of the match can be seen here via this link.
For City, this is the first time they have achieved a clean record of conceding. Previously, they always went in against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City and Leeds United.
City won 3-1 over Wolves, then was defeated 2-5 by Leicester City. After that, City held 1-1 against Leeds.
Against Arsenal, Guardiola dropped Nathan Ake, Ruben Dias and Kyle Walker to become a backline trio. All three successfully fulfilled their duties with one sip, Arsenal’s front line could only be isolated by recording only 3 shots on target.
For the performance of the City defense, Guardiola did not hesitate to praise him.
“Nathan Ake is extraordinary, Ruben Dias is the same. The way Arsenal attack, we need the speed of Kyle Walker to keep Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang out,” Guardiola said. BBC.
“Nathan knows his job very well, he doesn’t do anything wrong and this happens because he’s a good person. Good people always play well, that’s my theory,” he said again.
The clean sheet record is a nice bonus for City to watch the Champions League game in the middle of next week. City host FC Porto at the Etihad Stadium on October 22.
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