PL: Arsenal v Manchester City | December 15, 16:30 GMT | Sky Sports

[Malky]

This won't be pretty, I'm fearing the worst.

 

[HollandGooner]

0-3 to City Arteta with a tactical masterclass and announced as Arsenal Manager after the game.

 

[Mitch]

Marintelli hattrick. Clean sheet too if none of Luiz, Bellerin and Mustafi start.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

You guys acting like this game at etihad i know we are in bad form but so are man city. Hopefully Freddie won't have ideas just play the team that played at Westham we were solid and dangerous offensively when needed

Did you see our first 60 minutes? They were absolute dog ****! If we play like that for 60 minutes against Man City we will be absolutely slaughtered.

I know we had 10-15 minutes where the team all of a sudden played, but don't forget that we were 1-0 down and it could have been more against a better team.

The team from against West Ham needs Xhaka and Özil removed for us to have even the sliver of a chance to get a draw. We are no way near good enough to beat City, not if they show up and we play like we did against West Ham.

 

[Highbury_2006]

Did you see our first 60 minutes? They were absolute dog ****! If we play like that for 60 minutes against Man City we will be absolutely slaughtered.

I know we had 10-15 minutes where the team all of a sudden played, but don't forget that we were 1-0 down and it could have been more against a better team.

The team from against West Ham needs Xhaka and Özil removed for us to have even the sliver of a chance to get a draw. We are no way near good enough to beat City, not if they show up and we play like we did against West Ham.

We tried to control the ball against West Ham but thats not something we will do against City.

 

[zilfy]

I'm all for keeping positive but we have played abysmally for the vast majority of the last two games, despite the results. If we produce that level of mediocrity against Man City for even half an hour (let alone an hour) we will get obliterated. I hope something changes

 

[DanDare]

Think we'll perform about as well as Labour has in the election in this match.

A battering

 

[Sniper Mik]

Need to nab some of Pep's PEDS from their training ground and hook it to Leno.

 

[Make]

It's very important for us to get the 3 points and we can win more confident.

My start XI is
Leno
Bellerin (is he fit) Sokratis Chambers Kolasinac
Torreira - Guendouzi
PEPE - Özil - Martinelli
Aubameblood

 

[Riou]

...our first meeting at The Grove with City marked with a cracking goal by Fab, also what a tackle by Diaby for the first!

 

[Preacher]

Even Arteta with the first edition iPad would beat us comfortably.

 

[Moah]

I don't get people that say "our defense is not good enough", it's literally as bad as it could possibly get.

 

[Tourbillion]

Even Arteta with the first edition iPad would beat us comfortably.

Heard he's only bringing out a 2013 Galaxy Tab for this one.

 

[A_G]

Arsenal: Nicolas Pepe suffer from a sprained knee. Additional examinations to follow to know the seriousness.

 

[Riou]

Arsenal: Nicolas Pepe suffer from a sprained knee. Additional examinations to follow to know the seriousness.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Amazing pepe now 4 weeks out at least. We got our first win for a while and lost Tierney and Pepe. Football gods seriously hate us

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Hopefully it's fake news pepe looked good after these tackles. Even moved well after he gone out

 

[Trilly]

We are going to get absolutely ****ed.

Xhaka Torreira base required to try prevent the above.

We need to get at their soft defence with Pepe, Martinelli and Auba all running in behind, that's a dangerous counter attacking unit with the right distributor.

Do we play Özil and get him to sit a bit deeper and initiate attacks? Or do we just add extra legs in there in Willock/Douzi and rely on Xhaka and Luiz to be our quarter backs?

 

[Riou]

Even Arteta with the first edition iPad would beat us comfortably.

Also

 

[HBL]

What an absolute tw8t Cresswell is