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Arsenal vs Manchester City: First thoughts The main takeaway, the positives, and the less good on the whistle. Plus all of the stats and graphics. 🎯 The main takeaway: Even with the transfer anxiety, this is still a damn good team I don’t think that you could have written this up better for Arsenal. A goal in the first minute, followed by strangling and controlled performance where you add on a second goal and then a third just after half time. This match should give Arsenal a ton of confidence coming into the season and it is a great reminder of just how good this team is, even if it isn’t perfect and that there aren’t still items on the squad building shopping list. During the transfer season, all of the players that Arsenal don’t have seem to grow in people’s estimation while the players that are in the squad are old news and not nearly as exciting. This is a glorified friendly and it is tough to read too much into it but I do think that Manchester City would have wanted to win this one. They came in with more to prove and Enzo Maresca will have wanted to make his first impression. Arsenal little bro’d them here from start to finish. Sometimes it is nice to be slapped in the face and reminded that there is a reason that Arsenal won the Premier League and made it to the Champions League final. That was probably not even Arsenal at their best last season as the had to often gut and grind matches out due to injuries. I am looking forward to Friday and start of the title defense. 📈 The positives: - A healthy Martin Ødegaard is still one of the best midfielders in the world. It was nice to be reminded about that.