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#champions glory prize essay contest#after finishing the first round of the champions league in midweek, the two premier league giants manchester city and arsenal returned to the league for the fifth round. the blue moon army, who had maintained a perfect record in the first four games, will host the visiting arsenal at the etihad stadium. the gunners have lost to manchester city in the championship battle for two consecutive seasons. if they want to pull them down from the premier league throne, they must achieve good results in direct dialogue, but it is not easy to achieve this goal. manchester city has achieved an impressive record of 7 wins and 2 draws in the last 9 games between manchester city and arsenal at home in the premier league. now they meet again, whether they can continue their strong performance has become the biggest highlight of the game! in this game, the two teams attacked each other in the first half. after haaland scored the first goal for manchester city, calafiori and gabriel scored two goals in a row to help arsenal overtake the score. in the second half, the gunners, who were one man down, could not withstand manchester city's bombardment, allowing stones to score the equalizer in the 98th minute. in the end, the two teams shook hands and made peace with a 2-2 draw. arsenal still failed to conquer the nightmare land, and manchester city also extended its unbeaten home record to 48 games!

in this focus battle, both teams did not hold back at all. guardiola set up a 4-2-3-1 formation at home. ederson started as the goalkeeper, gvardiol, akanji, dias and walker were in defense, gundogan and rodri were the double defensive midfielders, doku, bernardo silva and savinho were lined up in the midfield, and haaland was still the lone striker.

arsenal, who came to the nightmare land, continued to use the 4-3-3 system. raya started for the gunners to guard the goal. new signing calafiori and gabriel, saliba and timber formed a four-back defensive system. saka, thomas, rice and martinelli sat in the midfield. the double strikers were havertz and trossard.

after the game officially started, the two sides began a fierce offensive battle. in the 9th minute, manchester city took the lead at home. savinho made a straight pass and haaland got a single opportunity. facing raya, he shot low and scored. the norwegian magic scored his 100th goal after joining manchester city and helped the blue moon army to take a 1-0 lead. however, the home fans were not happy for too long. in the 22nd minute, calafiori, who started for the first time, blasted a world wave at the front of the penalty area, piercing ederson's fingers and tying the score to 1.

arsenal, with morale boosted, took advantage of a corner kick opportunity before the end of the first half, with gabriel scoring with a header, reversing the score to 2-1. however, in the last minute of injury time in the first half, trossard kicked the ball away after the referee blew the whistle, and was sent off with the second yellow card of the game, putting the gunners in an unfavorable situation of playing with one less player away from home.

after the game resumed, arteta made a substitution, replacing saka with ben white and changing the formation to five defenders in an attempt to increase the strength of the defense. however, manchester city, with the numerical advantage, directly launched an attack on arsenal, shooting 10 times in 20 minutes, making the visiting team nervous in front of the goal. however, raya's outstanding performance made manchester city return empty-handed time and time again.

in the 69th minute, guardiola replaced doku with foden, who had better shooting skills, giving the team an extra stable finishing point on the offensive end. it was not until the 98th minute that manchester city took advantage of a tactical corner kick opportunity to tear open arsenal's iron defense. stones' equalizing goal allowed manchester city to avoid their first defeat of the season and tied arsenal 2-2.

after a tough home draw with arsenal, manchester city surpassed liverpool and regained the top spot in the standings. this season, the blue moon army will face unprecedented challenges if they want to defend their title. if they want to achieve their goals, they must be prepared for difficulties and perform better!