‘HOW DO YOU DEFEND AGAINST THAT?!’ 😱 Reaction to Erling Haaland’s 4 goals vs. Wolves | ESPN FC
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- ESPN FC’s Sebastian Salazar, Ale Moreno, Kasey Keller and Steve Nicol react to Erling Haaland scoring four goals in Manchester City’s 5-1 win over Wolves. They also examine the remaining Premier League schedules for City and Arsenal and debate which club is more likely to slip.
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On the header his hips were above the defenders head... 😂
😂😂😂
HAALAND TOOK THE GOLDEN BOOT ISSUE PERSONALLY
Who needs to play and full season!
Some said Haaland is a League 2 player. Not a City fan but their team is at another level.
He league 2 player and ghosts big games I don’t know why you think scoring 2 penalties against wolves is big deal
City has 2 big game players debrunye and rodri haaland is Andy Carrol playing with elite players
His header and shot were both better than all strikwrs in the EPL. @@user-gf3bp8bp8i
@@user-gf3bp8bp8i Haaland ghosting big games is not entirely on Haaland, the blame of Haaland not scoring in big games partly also lie with Pep Guardiola who try to control the game against big teams by having lots of possesion and not using his physicality and strength which he showed while playing for Dortmund and Salzburg. Pep also does not give too much freedom to his players like Ancelotti do.
Still Haaland is going to win his Second Consecutive Golden boot in Premier league pretty good for league 2 level player isn't it?
@@user-gf3bp8bp8icome from real id bot
Haaland is definitely winning the topscorer again
When up against likes of Real and Inter, MISSING he is and v Arsenal even
@@DuderinoDeuxCry more when you know all those teams rely on low block parking to make it impossible and still end up double man marking him 😂😂😂
@@sauravpanwar9455 completely overrated.
@@DuderinoDeux Tell those team to play football like BIG clubs and not just park double or triple decker bus in their penalty box like prime Burnley.
@@DuderinoDeux real madrid one if not the biggest club, parking the bus and has 2-3 defenders on haaland and only play for counter. weak, but they won on pen. anyway the best team went out there.
Sterling was unbelievable for us for a couple of seasons and if he was a confident finisher he’d have a TON more
Raheem sterling truly went god mode under Guardiola for 1-2 seasons.
And then back to…..being sterling
That what happened moving from Man City to Chelsea
But sterling numbers were no where near his number, also very soon you will again find yourself crying about haaland
He literally had the 4th most assist in the Man City squad last season
At 22 Messi had 92 goals and 46 assists in 200 games while Haaland had 187 goals and 44 assists in 236 games
Ronaldo: Minutes per goal or assist at 21 was
156.
Messi: Minutes per goal or assist at 21 was 103
Haaland: Minutes per goal or assist at 21 was 78
Haaland has the best minutes per goal ratio of any player to compete in the champions league scoring on an average of every 64 minutes, fastest player to 10,20 and 30
Champion league goals most of these broken before joining city, Quickest and youngest player to reach 50 goals in Bundesliga history, broke the epl top
scoring record for 1 season in his first season
Do you remember the good old days where they had Sterling and Mahrez running all the way to the goal line and putting in a cross that nobody
got to? You remember how Phil had to stop
playing on the wing where he performed the best and become a make shift false 9 who struggles to
finish consistently?
The team isn’t playing to his strengths, 68%
of his runs aren't used by Man
City team-mates,
This guy can reach any level
dont ever compare Haaland to Messi again. its still early days for that. You can use Suarez, Benzima and Lawanolski as comparisons
@@bottomeyeview2767 Benz, Suarez etc are way too good with the ball at their feet and in link up play for Haaland to be compared to them as well
@@sebsmithhklie Just giving him a more realistic comparison, you right he must compare to his peers, even Mbappe out of his league
@@bottomeyeview2767 Yeah I don't really know who we could compare him too lol.. He's a goal getter like none other but not much else
trying to correct how a team that is about to win their 4th league tittle in a row play is crazy.
I just made the same comment...also on for a double double
The league was overtaken by oil money and now it's lame. Why keep watching a league where the team that has made the league a 1 horse race each year gets busted on over 100 counts of misconduct and completely gets away with it?
@@VikingBPthe premier league is the only league out of the top 5 leagues in world football that is competitive 😂
Just because your team hasn’t won, doesn’t mean the league is boring. Give city credit or blame your teams for failing 😂
I like how haaland keep proving doubters wrong
I don’t think he’s proving anyone wrong at the moment. In big games he’s a ghost and his hold up play is garbage
bro its been two games after a broken robot all season smh relax
Scoring against the mighty wolves proved everyone wrong...ghosts against the big teams.
lol I think his biggest detractors would literally say he’ll score four against wolves in a 5-1. I mean that is literally what he’s accused of is fake stats and ghosting big games. Maybe he will turn it around in the champions league this year though and get pep that treble 🫡
@imthecreatorofmyrealitymyf700
“In big games he’s a ghost.” You mean scoring against Arsenal, Liverpool, United, Chelsea, Newcastle, Tottenham, and Bayern in the last two seasons? Seriously, the number of people who keep saying he ghosts in big games is so lazy.
Imagine that.. they actually play to the Number 1 or Number 2 striker in the entire worlds strengths and he scores 4. They were doing that all last season and it won them the treble. Not sure why in parts of this season they just stopped. KDB being out for sure didn't help but we just saw Foden lift a ball over for a goal. It's not difficult.
Surely, if you watch city, you see that near enough every single team plays with two banks of five on the edge of their area.
How can you play a ball in behind a team sat on the edge of their area 😂
I really wouldnt mind a 9 like Haaland. When you use him well, he's infuriatingly good
I have just observed that teams play with more insensity and purpose when they face Arsenal.This was not the same wolves that faced arsenal.
@@khaoyanelson4849you know why?... They were playing the best team in world football when they played City and they were playing an average team having a great season when they played Arsenal.....😏
Against small teams that cannot defend he gets a lot of goals . Against big teams he offers nothing most time . He's far far far awG from being anything close to a complete striker
@@sokuralife he was top scorer in CL last season.... All those small teams!!.. You 🤡.
@@khaoyanelson4849 stop lying to yourself 😂
Teams play open against arsenal week in week out.
Teams sit on the edge of their area week in week out against city.
This includes Arsenal.
Grow up
I love the narrative that Spurs are going to cause City trouble, they couldnt beat an egg at the moment, Chelsea smashed them the other night...Chelsea!!!
That’s not how football works. For the past 5 seasons Spurs take point off city.
@@imthecreatorofmyrealitymyf700yeahhh but those were times against conte and morinho now this Ange dude with that high line they get smashed
@@brianmuchemi7111 doesn’t matter. Spurs take points off City already. Spurs will Let’s every team run through them but for City they play like prime Barca. If I was a Spurs fan I wouldn’t show up for that game
we all know how the prem is. Spurs could lose to Chelsea but then manage a win/draw against city. Its happened before
@@imthecreatorofmyrealitymyf700 we've beaten spurs already away in the fa cup,records are meant to be broken.
They need to play to Haalands strengths. Through ball and be more direct
Exactly, Sometimes his condition looks like that of Ibra in Barcalona
Very few teams will allow that space. The good news is that next season City will feed Halaand more .
He scored 50 last season and 36 so far this season. I think they play to his strengths.
It's hard to play to his strength when "Big" teams play like prime Stoke City and park their triple decker bus in their penalty box and that includes Madrid. My god I would be ashamed to support anti football club like Madrid myself just to win. Ancelotti cannot lace pep's boot.
Direct where lol. Most teams don't play that openly vs City
Mancity doesn't want to cede possession by lobbing the ball to Haaland. That's not the Pep style. It's not about Haaland. It's about winning
True
Raheem Sterling doesn’t get enough credit for how much he did at City.
Maybe ask Rudiger this question
Only today he got out of Rudier's pocket
@paulphoenix7377
Maybe ask Rudiger to stop grabbing hold of Haaland’s jersey every single time they play and literally tackle him to the ground? And better yet, ask Rudiger to tell his manager to actually play a match in open space instead of cowardly playing an extreme low block in Champions League knockout stages that Sean Dsyche would be proud of. Much easier to defend Haaland when your team only plays in your own penalty box and is afraid to actually push up the field and play a proper back and forth match.
@@Photosoflifeyou couldn’t have cried any more than that ridiculous message 😂 can’t even give Rüdiger credit but doesn’t matter they went through and not City lol
@@Photosoflifelike you forgetting defending is part of the game cry some more kid
@painalmighty1017
You might want to stop and consider if the person you are talking to literally has their own kids and grandkids before calling them a “kid.”
People want to find fault and criticise Erling. In Australia we call it the tall poppy syndrome. Personally I think he is the most dynamic striker I've ever seen which is high praise considering some of the prior greats of the game and how incredibly good they were. Will always be an Aguero fan, he was our best ever striker but Erling is superb, an amazing athlete.
Moreno comments “sterling got 91 goals” in surprise just shows how little this dude actually know. I can’t believe people listen to him when it comes to the Prem. He’s hopeless.
@addisongio
Sterling has 121 career EPL goals and is 20th all time in league history for goals. Pundits like Moreno mock him without realizing how good he actually was. Sterling is still only 29 and could still very well end up in the Top 10 all time EPL goal scorer list by the time his career is over.
Sterling had 2 great seasons which built up expectations setting him up as a disappointment for the rest of his career.
It depends on the opponent if they deep in the box they cant play like today
It is bit of underwhelming season for him and City in general due to mistakes made in last summer window, but this summer those mistakes will be amended, expect heavy investment in midfield, wings and fullback and team will be back to its best
Haaland is a ultimate goal scorer 💙💙
Does ale know sterling has been a starter for Liverpool and man city through his entire career, the centenarian in 2018 & the best player in the league in 2019
😡If you say Haaland only score in small team. Then it means all his team mate score in small club too?.. because he surely play in same game as them. If he don't score you say ghosted, if he score you say small team or tap in. Why don't you say the same when Fooden and Alvarez score on those club as well? Stop that rude, disrespectful and toxic to Haaland. He has done non harm or bad thing than only want to play for his club. To say much bad things to a young boy that did a good work and still develop is so cruel.
Oh oh! Someone is going mad😂😂😂
People are acting childish when commenting. They are soooo jealous just locking for something negative to spew out. If they cant find anything negative they cant sleep at night. Its so funny how the arguments are changing no matter what Haaland does. They will never be satisfied with him. Its laughable.
Nothing bad about them scoring against small teams but it just doesn't prove much if you can't do it in the big matches
They use Haaland in different ways that are pretty apparent. They either play him directly in space when it is advantageous to or they use him to draw defenders and create space for the wingers. He's there to help the team score goals, not to just score goals himself.
Ale’s comment on Man utd 😅was a good one!
"league 2" player is the topscorer 25 goals with also 12 weeks out this season. The critic he is getting is comedy and laughable tbh. best nr. 9 in football by a mile.
Exactly, the best goal merchant against small time teams 😂 none was denying that hence the ligue 2 player label 😂
@@OmegaFares if you brin a league 2 striker in premier league he is getting below 5 goals in his season. great logic
@@Twentytimes89 i said why people apply that term mostly like banter "hence the league 2 player label" not that he actually is like one. Maybe check your logic understanding capacity and reading comprehension skills.
@@OmegaFaresbest goal merchant against small teams?
Scored against every premier league team he has played against and every champions league team bar Madrid where he bullied them both legs last year and could have had a hattrick against them if it wasn’t for courtois making 3 or 4 world class saves.
Please feel free to grow up any time soon 👍🏽
How do you defend against Haaland? Rudiger: Hold my beer.
Wolves should have asked some tips from rüdiger😂
I'm fully confident non of this people have the capacity to be a football coach all what their good on criticizen coaches
Where are my Haaland haters who said he isnt the best striker in the world? Who else is scoring 4 goals this regularly 🤣? That header was ronaldo esque.
Haaland hater right here. He’s just proving us right. He stat pads against small teams like Wolves and ghosts in the big games against elite defenders.
Against mighty wolves ? That's exactly what proves every so called Haaland hater right 😂 ronaldoesque? 😂 c'mon dude you're a 🤡
@@OmegaFaresyup he would have jumped higher than him
@@BigBoss7777777 go get some life
@@OmegaFaresagainst every premier league teams and the fastest one to do so
If only Halaand could score like this in big games
How nice would it be for all Man United fans if our team can actually come and shut Ali up next week for that comment at the end😂😂
Big Les man what a great man.
I'm impressed by HALAAND, he's a great player but today he played really good, that headed goal 👌 and that finesse shot🔥👏
I believe in the integrity of silva,ange and David moyes, all no nonsense managers and professionals, they won’t let their teams rollover for city, doesn’t mean city won’t win all 3 but there is bound to be at least 1 close game amongst the 3, we arsenal also have to beat united which is insanely tricky as well, not to mention Sean dyches Everton will definitely park the bus at the emirates, I know they are safe but I didn’t see any lack of desire from them against Luton during the week. Both city and arsenal are going to have some hairy moments let’s see who handles the pressure
The mighty Wolves!
That peice of info was shown on one of those pundit podcast , just after the game 91 premeire league goals ,
Wolves gave him too much space to run into
These guys will always find a way to criticize City, even if they win by 10 goals, but if Arsenal grinds out a win, they'll receive praise how great they are.
You deserve it because you are cheaters you are a stain in the premier leagues image you don't praise cheaters
How right can you be it's criminal they don't cross the ball more, the very least it creates more uncertaincy other than trying to walk the ball into the net.
In a way they are criticizing pep's coaching style 😂😂😂
Really impressed with the quality of this panel. Pep could learn a thing or two from these ham n' eggers.
Haaland is a great goal scorer but lets not get over the top..WHAT does Haaland do against Top Teams. NOTHING he goes missing..eg Liverpool: Arsenal: Madrid both games..missing..same as Foden missing
That coz the defenders are on him at all times, he is not good in skills or ball control, but he has good speed, but cant use it coz he plays in a possession based system and city dont play that way.
Also for your info, He has scored against all teams in the EPL, and against Bayern as well.
He would be a perfect fit for Real Madrid.
But i do agree with you on the fact that he aint at Messi or CR7 level.
Its such a low level analysis…manC as a team struggle against better teams..so Haaland will struggle too. He doesnt get supply. Further, theyre man marking him..citys midfielders thus get a greater chance to score. Theres a reason why hes playing all Big games. Who cares as long city win in the end?
You do realize he's scored against all teams he's played in the pl so wdym big games 😂😂
What a tool 🤦🏻♂️
Real Madrid actually showed the way to defend against this man city. Simple answer to the question.
Stevie is absolutely right. I have been screaming this at Guardiola the whole season if your opponent doesn't closes you down and parks the bus don't force passes into impossible spaces, just float the ball for Halaand then we will see whether no one will start coming at KDB😂😂😂
Only Cancelo and Kevin Debry crossed the ball. Since Cancelo left only Kevin does it sometimes
Too bad he didn’t play against
Real Madrid
What about big games??
Im as surprised as ally about the 91 goals scored by Raheem sterling.... 😅
Lol City didn't say ok we're playing to Haaland's strengths. It's how Wolves set up to press, the space was there.
Finally, these guys get it about Haaland. Took awhile, but you got there in the end.
And as Ale eluded to, the most dynamic, the most entertaining team in the history of mankind,
joking aside, Man Utd are highly motivated and still capable of making City drop points on a bad day.
Man United making City drop points? When? What PL are you watching?
Citi and Pundits = one family
As long as his defender is not called Rüdiger...
Very easy, we see it all the time that when he plays a good team and defender he cant bully he does nothing. city always destroy these sides at home 5 or 6 nothing.,
@dalymufc
You mean 6 goals and 5 assists against the Top 4 sides in the EPL last season? You mean scoring against Arsenal, Liverpool, United, Tottenham, Newcastle, and Bayern? You mean scoring against literally every single EPL team he has ever faced in less than two seasons? You mean scoring against United, Chelsea, and Liverpool this season? Give me a break. You’re using a ridiculously small sample size to claim that he ghosts. Such lazy analysis on your part. And if you actually watch how Madrid play against City, they are just as bad as a relegation team playing against City playing in the most extreme low block possible. They don’t even try to play City in an actual open field match because Haaland would destroy them in open space. Weak on your part.
Seeing as he's scored against every prem team I think man utd strikers need to take notes.
@@lanceyt4401 united are relegation fodder these days i dont care, doesnt change that haaland is flat trak bully and massive stat padder. good teams and defenders have figurwed him, give no space, rough him up and get tight AND he sucks.
@@dalymufc but yet he's still scored against many teams and remains top goal scorer.
@@dalymufclooking forward watching city destroy united in the fa cup final. Your fc is just a relic from the past.
Love how pep just casually dropped a change of formation and style of play with #2 no.10's with 3 games to go. This is how City will play next season. City have been average (As to their standards) this season and will still win the league. RIP everyone next season. 5-peat loading...
I'm genuinely nervous West ham and Tottenham are desperate it's going to be a scrappy last 3 games
You need to call upon Antonio Rudiger. He'll have Haaland in his pocket.
Takes away from these pundits who say Haaland is not as good, and then when he does do well, "Oh, he's good." F off.
Pundits are just entertainers..weeks back they were talking trash about haaland..
Its not his fault if Real Madrid,Liverpool spend billions and start playing like Burnley with 9 man in box. It needs courage to play like a BIG club and be a BIG club.
What now you think you a bigger club than Liverpool and Real Madrid?
Ask Rudiger.......
This is why I said Gabriel Jesus for all his skill on the deck is no competition for Haaland who has mastery on the floor and in the air. It was a no brainer, Gabriel was just too small...!
Thought of ManU might cause any trouble for Arsenal is nuts!
Did haaland score this season against arsenal? Jus asking 🤷♀️
Nah he shrunk for those games so Gabriel and Saliba took turns in pocketing him.
@addisongio
By pocketing do you mean constantly grabbing his jersey and tackling him to the ground? That kind of pocketing?
Have Arsenal won anything this season?
A FAT nooo..same as Liverpool a FAT Zero he went missing
@jamescbwilliams1445
Haaland scored against Liverpool this season. Check yourself before spouting nonsense.
Re "Jules' Spurs being shambolic": from the way the mgr was talking, Spurs' season is probably over and he's looking to the next season already? He said he wanna ship out some players so those players who know who they are will tend to go on a holiday mood than fighting hard for the team. Spurs 20-80 MC in White Hart Lane
After arsenal game fans in crowd were staying going to city game being a weird one as want to win but also want to lose - or cheer or Man U and hope they get result v arsenal before hand
Different teams defend City/Haaland differently. If certain passes aren’t there because he is being double or triple teamed, then you don’t force it. I kind of think Pep knows what he is doing.
No he doesn't, pep needs to learn how to play direct more often to utilize Haaland to his full potential instead useless back and side passes. People complain about Haaland ghosting when he's only getting like 3 touches a game.
@delhen21 Pep playing more direct means less possession for City, that's how he attacks and defends. City doesn't really have best players in the world its the way they play that makes them the best in the world, City being more direct will make them to become like the rest of the teams
@@polymath_sa9745 That isn't a bad thing if it leads to more chances and sometimes it's better to play more direct against some teams. Just look at the Arsenal game this season for example city had 70% possession yet could only manage 1 shot on target, possession doesn't mean anything if ur not doing anything with it but look at the same fixture last season when city beat arsenal 4-1 city actually had less possession than arsenal because Pep was playing more direct and as a result it lead to better counter attacking options and Haaland ended up with two assists and a goal that match.
Finally Stevie!! Put the ball in box. City needs to put the ball in the box more. Haaland will hit the target 9 out of 10 times
The Tapaaland's finally a tapaaland 😆
Header?
'Must win' creates its own special pressure, and none of the teams City or Arsenal face are carrying the same burden - I'd say there's room for a draw on either side of the equation.
If KDB was on his game, Haaland would've had a double hat-trick! But keep telling us how he's a "League 2 Striker"...🙄👌 C'mon CITY!!!🙌💙
What’s with the rock music?
Yeah. Pretty annoying
United wants Arsenal to win, and Tottenham wants City to win.
Don't say united say some of them not all cause no 1 cares about arsenal winning anything cause we city will win the league
Kasey Keller needs to STOP INTERRUPTING PEOPLE
So they know more than Pep er no!
Raheem Sterling.......91 goals?!?!?!?! After Brexit, the pound sterling dropped off hard!
The repeated non ense of Man City not playing to Haaland's strengths doesn't make any sense since Haaland broke all records playing in Pep's system.
The difference between last season and this season is pretty obvious. He just hasnt been very clinical.
So many goals that he missed this season he was finishing last season.
It wasn't uncommon for Haaland to have only three shorts in the whole game and two of them ending up in goals.
Agree 100%. 88 goals for City in 90 odd games.
He isn't a big game player that's a fact
@rmuilenburgmuilenburg2751
That’s complete nonsense. Haaland had 6 goals and 5 assists against the Top 4 sides last season and has scored against Arsenal, Liverpool, United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Newcastle, and Bayern. All in less than two seasons. People like you seriously need perspective and need to stop spouting nonsense about Haaland that isn’t true.
@@Photosoflife he just scores 4 today and was it 4 against Luton? But did you see him this year against Arsenal, Liverpool, Madrid? Exactly....no
@@rmuilenburgmuilenburg2751the only big game in this list is Madrid.
@@nhlanhlamahlangu2895 you aren't calling 115cheating FC a big team, right? They don't have any history. Everything they got with cheating
@@rmuilenburgmuilenburg2751 He scored against Liverpool this year. And he’s literally scored against every single EPL team he has ever played against. Including Arsenal, Liverpool, United, Chelsea, Newcastle, and Tottenham.
I’m sorry but Harland is coming across as someone who can only do his things against the smaller teams. Not seeing him do this against the other top opposition unless anyone has an example I’ve missed.
Only Van dik and Rudiger can keep haaland quiet
By not giving him space
And having a defender that can actually defend
Every team he plays against doesn’t give him space and he’s still scored 25 goals in 28 games.
@@sidbob1215 did you not watch him against wolves?
@@Dean-vn8tn that’s 1 game dean. You can’t just use this one game to create a narrative 😂
@@sidbob1215 it's not 1 game the same against luton
Wolves have always been a torn in the flesh for City so is normal they get that win today
Ask Rudiger 😂
The man who is immune from free kicks and bookings?
He pretty much plays rugby, grabbing people game in game out and gets away with it because he plays for the scum.
How do you defend against that? Just ask Real madrid, arsenal and aston villa😂😂
Highly unlikely but Man United would love to decide the title by beating Arsenal. Again unlikely but they do have their moments
When Rudiger finally took him out of his pockets
Wasn’t in his pocket. He was certainly getting away with bear hugging haaland for 2 legs though.
The only defender in the world that gets away with playing rugby in a football match.
Overrated donkey.
Ask, Rudiger m, saliba and Martinez
Arsenal ain’t winning at theatre of dreams which they hardly do.
Home team so poor it would be no surprise
He only does this when he plays against smaller teams. Against Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Aston Villa etc he goes missing
You don’t watch football
@@konthe678 I stand by my assertion.
@@osakweogscored against every single premier league team he’s players against you silly boy.
Why do you think you know better than pep? 😂😂😂
Where was this against Real Madrid
How do you defend? Like Rudiger. That’s the only way. Of course, you need someone of the level of Rudiger. Short of that, it’s goodbye.
The fact of the matter ,is that it is in City' s hands,so enough said.
He ghosts against top teams 😂😂😂
Top teams? Like who?
Arsenal is now thinking of that drab draw they conjured at City, the only way you can win the league in any season, is by beating City, when you get the chance. Not to play for a draw.
We took enough points off them home and away. Its the other teams that roll over for City
@lewisclarke5240 Welcome to our World! Some teams actually rests their star players when they play City, but when they play us ( Liverpool) , they play like demons!
@@mosestsarai8565that's new, why would teams rest their players against such a strong City team??
@mosestsarai8565 swear, and they for some reason defend like champions that's why I hate most of these mid table teams
@@lewisclarke5240Lewis please grow up.
Why is it when city beat teams they have rolled over, but when it’s your stinking, dirty, lucky arsenal team, that’s not the case?
Again, please, for the love of god, grow tf up.
ASK Saliba and Gabriel they bullied him
Yaya Toure scored more goals than I thought...
Its not easy for Erling when they play against teams that parked the bus
are we talking for the same guy that s never touch the ball against real in 2 games ?
Tottenham would be stupid to let go of 3 points in man city game. They are themselves chasing a top 4 ucl place. And they have 1 extra game than aston even though they are 7 points behind letting go of ucl spot for spoiling arsenal's party is stupid. They will lose more from 5th place finish than a pl title will gain arsenal
They won’t do anything of the sort.
This narrative is just embarrassing, scared, bitter Arsenal fans trying to get the excuses in just incase.
You don’t see City fans saying United are going to throw the game against Arsenal because they don’t want city to win the league.
This just sums up the embarrassing nature of the arsenal fan.