City v Arsenal pre-match thread

[Ric]

Going to be extremely difficult this one, with the injuries and suspensions. Not confident, but at least we got a win and clean sheet under our belts tonight.

Bravo
Zabaleta
Stones
Otamendi
Kolarov
Fernando
Toure
Silva
De Bruyne
Sterling
Iheanacho

 

[domalino]

If we're going to stay in the title race we need to win this, hull and liverpool, to go into 2017 on 42 points, in second place, and maximum 7 points behind.

It is an absolutely titanic task, but it starts with a win tonight and has to carry on vs. Arsenal.

 

[typicalcity...]

We played better without Gundogan in the team start of the season so I'm not TOO worried but...

No Fernandinho, Aguero for this one so will be incredibly difficult but I think 1-1.

Sanchez to score first and de bruyne to equalise late on.

 

[Andy Morrisons jock strap]

Everton were superb in the second half on Tuesday and did not let Arsenal settle into any rythem and hustled and niggled them all night with an intensity that was great to watch. Sometimes you have to sacrifice what comes natural to you and grind one out because at this moment in time an open game will see us get destroyed

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

A little more relaxed about this now that we got 3 points and they lost vs Everton tbh.

A win is excellent, a loss not as bad as it could have been had they beaten Everton.

That being said, I'd gladly take a draw right now and fight another day, you never know Chelsea may drop points.

 

[MarsLlama]

They chucked away a 1-0 lead against Everton, and a lead they were lucky to have in the first place. Their defence without Mustafi isn't all that, even if it is miles better than ours.

 

[Mr HJ]

Going to be extremely difficult this one, with the injuries and suspensions. Not confident, but at least we got a win and clean sheet under our belts tonight.

Bravo
Zabaleta
Stones
Otamendi
Kolarov
Fernando
Toure
Silva
De Bruyne
Sterling
Iheanacho

I think Nolito should play somewhere in the line up and honestly given the pace of Walcott, Sanchez and the movement of Ozil I would rather have the pace of Clichy than the Serbian hard man. Otherwise about right Ric.

 

[Mancityus]

If we're going to stay in the title race we need to win this, hull and liverpool, to go into 2017 on 42 points, in second place, and maximum 7 points behind.

It is an absolutely titanic task, but it starts with a win tonight and has to carry on vs. Arsenal.

Agree critical 9 points - but believe we can do it.

 

[super_city_si]

No dinho is a huge loss for this game. I can't see us getting anything out of this one.

 

[manygoose]

for me:

bravo
zaba
stones
otamendi
kolarov
sterling
de bruyne
silva
yaya
sane
nolito

thought nolito was good up top tonight, worked well with everyone else.
not sure who plays DM in that XI but i guess yaya does sort of. Definitely wouldn't play fernando as he's shit, and maybe abit steep of a task for garcia. no navas no worries