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SUNDAY SCHOOLED

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Vincent
Published date15 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
And one-by-one they crumbled. First Liverpool, then Arsenal lost their nerve, as Mikel Arteta could not take advantage of what could be a pivotal weekend in the title race

It was Gary Lineker who made the famous quote: "Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."

You can update that. "Twenty-two men chase a ball for nine months and at the end, Manchester City always win."

" Pep Guardiola's side applied the pressure by thrashing Luton on Saturday to go top of the table for thefirst time since November - and nei- ther of their rivals were able to respond.

In fact, they both fell apart. City have the know-how, experience and now suddenly look favourites to win a fourth title in a row.

By comparison, Arsenal looked tired, flat and short of ideas. Arsenal defenders Gabriel, William Saliba and Oleksandr Zinchenko were all poor but they were equally lacklustre up front.

Aston Villa thoroughly deserved to win as they were far superior in the second half and the victory, thanks to goals from Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins, also gives their top four ambitions a boost. Advantage Villa over Tottenham.

Villa were fantastic as Emiliano Martinez came back to haunt his old club, John McGinn ran midfield and Arsenal just had no response.

Leandro Trossard came as close to scoring as any Arsenal player but his point-blank effort was saved by Villa keeper Martinez's toe.

ARSENAL played well in the first half when Martin Odegaard was superb. But sixty seconds of play underlined how tight it was.

Gabriel's poor clearance hit Zinchenko, the ball fell to Watkins whose shot hit the inside of the post.

Arsenal raced up the other end, Gabriel Jesus's cross found Trossard who would have scored had...

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