Topic: Community Shield - Arsenal vs Man City

[Titi Camara]

For anyone wanting to discuss the game

[tubby]

City playing with a back 4 is interesting.  No inverted fullback, no Stones in midfield.

[killer-heels]

City playing with a back 4 is interesting.  No inverted fullback, no Stones in midfield.

Think you mentioned they have been doing that for a while. They certainly did that against Arsenal when they won 4-1.

Think they dumped it after the Bayern away game.

[Father Ted]

Feels like last season only just ended and we’re back already.

[tubby]

Think you mentioned they have been doing that for a while. They certainly did that against Arsenal when they won 4-1.

Think they dumped it after the Bayern away game.

I've seen them defend with it but they're playing it in possession too today.  Maybe just a good option against how Arsenal set up.

[Nick110581]

City playing with a back 4 is interesting.  No inverted fullback, no Stones in midfield.

4-2-3-1 by looks of things

Their squad looks light but suppose Pep’s juice means they don’t get injured.

[oojason]

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2023 Community Shield : Cheats vs Arsenal : at Wembley - a 4pm kick off...





Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FA_Community_Shield : www.thefa.com/competitions/the-fa-community-shield : https://twitter.com/FA : https://twitter.com/itvfootball


Cheats XI: Ortega Moreno, Walker, Stones, Dias, Akanji, Rodrigo, Kovacic, Bernardo, Grealish, Alvarez, Haaland.
Subs: Ederson, Phillips, Laporte, De Bruyne, Gomez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis, McAtee.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli, Havertz.
Subs: Turner, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Holding, Tierney, Smith Rowe, Vieira, Trossard, Nketiah.


The match is live in the UK on... ITV1, STV, ITVX, STV Player - www.live-footballontv.com

The match live on TV around the world (+ great for IPTV etc) - www.livesoccertv.com/match/4690180/manchester-city-vs-arsenal

Streams: https://vipleague.im/fa-community-shield-2023-manchester-city-vs-arsenal-streaming-link-1 & https://1stream.soccer/soccer/arsenal-manchester-city-live-stream/1163454 & https://techclips.net/2023/s2 & https://elixx.xyz/evalencia.html & https://elixx.xyz/amilan.html & https://www.footybite.to/Manchester-City-VS-Arsenal/14097 & https://bosscast.net/ch_ks.php?161 & https://bosscast.net/ch_i.php?2 & https://bosscast.net/ch_i.php?4 & https://headlines.footybite.to/2-manchester-city-vs-arsenal

& https://reddit1.sportshub.stream/event/manchester_city_arsenal_145093778 & https://soccerstreamlinks.com/detail-match/11455106 (multiple links)








^ https://twitter.com/afcDW/status/1688203826296184832 - so much for the Cheats 'selling out' their allocation for this match...

(www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-community-shield-arsenal-27338275)

[Chakan]

Didn't know it was on, couldn't care less.

[cdav]

Looking forward to refs applying these new rules differently to us compared to every other team

[Zizou]

Isn't a shirt pull meant to be an automatic yellow?

[Zlen]

Partey gets yellow for touching Alvarez, Rodri fumbles Havertz and gets nothing. Instead Arteta gets a yellow for calling the ref out.

[JRed]

Looks like the refs have been told to allow Abu Dhabi to get away with  tactical fouls again.

[Clint Eastwood]

Arteta waving an imaginary card. Embarrassing from a manager

[ScouserAtHeart]

Their squad looks light but suppose Pep’s juice means they don’t get injured.

I think there's a good chance we can give them a damn good fight if we do a bit more business in the next 3 weeks. They look more vulnerable than they have for.a while, plus you have to look at their motivation levels as well. They've just won a treble. Will they still have the same hunger

[tubby]

Partey gets yellow for touching Alvarez, Rodri fumbles Havertz and gets nothing. Instead Arteta gets a yellow for calling the ref out.

Partey got a yellow for kicking the ball away.

[wampa1]

I predict City will ping it around, score from a cut back, ping it around some more, and then win.

[Fruity]

refs stamping out tactical fouls and cheating.

As long as it's not City.

[JRed]

Partey got a yellow for kicking the ball away.

He did. Apparently that’s worse than deliberately fouling the opposition.

[leinad]

Partey got a yellow for kicking the ball away.

The city player kicked the ball away after the foul as well, no card.

[cdav]

City are in full perputual foul and reset to avoid a counter attack mode, zero yellow cards so far

[MonsLibpool]

Haaland is great at scoring but quite average at every other thing. Looks clumsy at times.

[redgriffin73]

Are there any City fans in there, not heard them yet.

[JRed]

Is Deccers playing? Not seen him yet

[killer-heels]

Very one paced in attack, City. Important to note when they beat Arsenal they actually played on the counter attack. Arteta looks like he is turning the tables here.

[duvva 💅]

Are there any City fans in there, not heard them yet.

I’d like a view of the upper tiers, not sure we’re going to get one

[duvva 💅]

Is Deccers playing? Not seen him yet

He is

[Fruity]

Is Deccers playing? Not seen him yet

He is but not really done much. At that price it's hard to know how long he will curry favour with the fans

[A-Bomb]

City in far more control, yet to really threaten he goal - but feels like it’s only a matter of time.

[shank94]

Yellow card for kicking the ball away going to be thing, Szob needs to be careful lol

[sinnermichael]

Lee Dixon makes Martin Tyler sound like Peter Drury. Miserable fucker.

[tubby]

Will be very interesting to see if a ref sends someone off who is already on a yellow for kicking the ball away.

[Solomon Grundy]

Been a poor-quality game this so far. Zzzzzzzzz...

[Titi Camara]

I would literally prefer to boil my own head than watch this.....I'd even prefer to read the transfer thread!

[Fruity]

Kai havertz needs 50 chances a game

[Solomon Grundy]

Harvertz should have scored there. Way too casual.

[tubby]

Looks like Havertz brought his Chelsea shooting boots with him.

[Clint Eastwood]

Havertz just can't strike a ball properly.

[bird_lfc]

A generic boring question but is this still classed as an official game?

I know Nunez scored his first goal for us in this fixture but do they actually go down on the stats?

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Christ. What a shit game

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Havertz mustve been watching the Ryan Giggs/ Luke Shaw school of crossing after seeing him strike that ball