Pep Guardiola's Manchester City were 5-0 victors of Mikel Arteta's Arsenal side in a crush Premier League tie today. However, the Manchester City boss was quick to defend Mikel Arteta despite Arsenal's poor run of form.
The Gunner's start to the Premier League
Arsenal has had their most terrible start to the Premier League in more than 66 years since the clubs founding. In the three opening Premier League games, the Mikel Arteta led side have lost them all.
Highlights from the Arsenal and Manchester City clash
Pep Guardiola's when were a class above the Gunners in almost every department today. Easily, the 5-0 scoreline could have been 7 or 8 had City taken their chances.
In the early exchanges, Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres had already put Manchester City 2 goals ahead. To make matters worst, Switzerland destroyer Granit Xhaka was sent off sometime in the first half.
With the sending off of Granit Xhaka, it became apparent that Arsenal would need something beyond the ordinary to come out victors in the clash.
After the exit of Granit Xhaka, Brazilian centre forward Gabriel Jesus made it 3 goals before the closure of the first half.
At the resumption of the second period, Man City went on the state their dominance by extending the scoreline with goals from Rodri and a second from Ferran Torres.
Pep defends Arteta amidst recent criticisms
With the poor run of form from Arsenal in the Premier League, the competence of Mikel Arteta has been called to question by many.
However, in his post-match press conference, Pep Guardiola was quick to support his ex-assistant manager insisting he was more than qualified for the Arsenal job.
Conclusion
Even though Pep Guardiola believes Mikel Arteta is more than competent for the Arsenal job, the fact that the Gunners have been below par both last this season and the early part of this season cannot be overemphasized.
Arteta has failed to hit the heights at Arsenal and it can only be a matter of time before there is a huge uproar from the fans.
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