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Manchester City advance to the League Cup semi-finals after Arsenal were humiliated at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
ARSENAL – MANCHESTER CITY 1-4:
Arsenal had a chance for a long-awaited break from a miserable Premier League season as Manchester City faced the league cup on Tuesday night.
However, Mikel Arteta’s men continued on the same track as earlier this season, when Pep Guardiola’s team got too strong and advanced to the semi-finals 4-1 at the Emirates.
Gabriel Jesus, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Aymeric Laporte scored the visitors’ goals, while Alexandre Lacazette put the sole of Arsenal.
Gigatabbe
Mahrez’s 2-1 came on a free kick after a terrible play by Icelandic goalkeeper Runar Alex Runarsson, who had a chance between the posts in the league cup deal. The Icelander was standing in the goalkeeper’s corner and tried to hold the shot, but it slipped through his fingers.
– What a nightmare for Alex Runarsson. I’m sorry for him. She covered her face with her hands, but came back down too soon. He just needed to keep them there, former Premier League goalkeeper Rob Green commented on the BBC.
Morten Langli, who commented on the Viasat 4 match, is concerned about Arsenal.
– It’s an Arsenal in deep, deep cherry color. The City passes over them and now they have scored four. This season has unfolded in a way that no one could have imagined. Those in the back are miserable, those in front toothless, Langli said during the match.
The London team’s imprecise passing game in the first half was also something the commentator noted.
– If we had been working on analysis now, it could have presented an Arsenal misadjustment package, just over the line, 10-12 meters from a teammate. It’s almost shocking to see at this level, Langli said.
Counterattacked after the start of the nightmare
After two minutes of play, the guests took the lead after Oleksandr Zinchenko stepped down to the dead line and put the ball into Gabriel Jesus, who headed 0-1.
Arsenal fought for a long time to create something and the imprecise passing game often caused the attacker to stop long before it became almost dangerous.
However, after just over half an hour, on their first chance of the match, the home side should triumph when Gabriel Martinelli turned to the left and hit Alexandre Lacazette, who headed in the tie.
Just before the break, Gabriel Jesus had a good chance to give City the lead again, but Icelandic Runar Alex Runarsson kept up a brilliant save reaction as the Brazilian managed the pass alone.
City and Brentford to the semifinals
Runarsson was not so lucky, when early in the second half he tried to stop a free kick by Riyad Mahrez. The Icelander was correctly standing in the goalkeeper’s corner, but when he tried to catch the ball, it slipped through his fingers and into the net.
After just under half an hour of play, it was probably Phil Foden’s turn to score an offside. The midfielders were played by Fernandinho, and when the assistant referee lowered the flag, he was able to score 1-3 over Runarsson very well.
The 1-4 came after a short corner, which ended with Foden hitting the ball on the head of Laporte, who headed in the last goal of the game.
Early Tuesday, the Brentford championship team won 1-0 against Newcastle and, like Manchester City, are set for the semi-finals. The other two quarter-finals between Stoke-Tottenham and Everton-Manchester United will be played on Christmas Eve.
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