Arsenal had one of the historic victories against Man City to continue to raise the hope of competing for the Premier League championship despite being very fragile. Here are the highlights after the humiliation of the London Gunners’ defending.
Haaland overcame Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe
Haaland overcame Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe
Striker Erling Haaland was the one who scored the honorary goal for Man City in a humiliating defeat against Arsenal . With this goal, Haaland overcame players like Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe to become the fastest player to reach 250 goals in a professional competition career.
The incredible scoring rate of Haaland brought Mr. Dat to that number after only 313 appearances. The legend of Messi needs 327 matches to reach a 250 -goal milestone, while the current superstar of Real Madrid, Mbappe takes 332 matches. Cristiano Ronaldo needs 451 matches, the same match with Polish superstar, Robert Lewandowski.
The game is overwhelming
Mikel Arteta is a student of Pep Guardiola. And believe it? What Arteta used to destroy the teacher in the focal match of the 24 Premier League is the weapon of Pep: high intensity pressing, continuous passing ball, “underground”, fierce siege. It is this play that makes Man City suffer one of the most heavy failures under the tide of the Spanish strategist.
And yet, with the victory last night, Arteta currently has an unbeaten record in 5 matches with Man City (won 2, draw 3). This is the longest series of unbeaten matches of a coach against Pep Guardiola, after Thomas Tuchel (2016-2021) and Jurgen Klopp (2021-2022)-who also have a achievement of 5 matches.
Guardiola received a bad record
With 5 goals to receive in this match, Man City conceded 4 or more goals in a fourth match this season. According to statistics, this is the largest number of goals in a season in Pep Guardiola’s training career. A very unusual number at all.
Another statistic is also alarming for Man City and Guardiola. The opening goal of Martin Odegaard in the second minute was the third time they let the opponent conceded in the first three minutes in the Premier League this season. This is the largest number of the tournament, equal to Ipswich and Wolves – the teams are in the bottom group.