Will Manchester City extend an already dominant era or can Arsenal’s upstarts stay clear of the field and complete what would be a remarkable triumph?
It looks a fairly simple equation. Talent + money=success. This machine should be unstoppable. What Pep Guardiola has brought is a vital quality of obsessive intellectual interest and of aesthetic beauty. His foibles and perfectionism give this thing a layer of fascination for the neutral.
And while it might be hard to be too blown away by the feat of improving a team by adding a supercharged 22-year-old goal-monster, for Guardiola this has still involved coaching on the hoof, altering the rhythms, and finding ways to bring more out of Erling Haaland while retaining his basic essence. Arsenal are also close to full strength. Takehiro Tomiyasu will miss the rest of the season, a blow but not the biggest blow. Gabriel Jesus hasn’t scored for anyone since 1 October last year. But Gabriel Martinelli has found a second bloom in the past few weeks, encouraged to attack more centrally by the use of Leandro Trossard as a mobile false 9.
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