An inside source in Manchester City’s camp has revealed the tactical changes the former midfielder made that led to the Premier League champions’ second goal on Sunday
\nWhen Bernardo Silva scored for Manchester City against Arsenal on Sunday, Pep Guardiola turned to Mikel Arteta and threw his arms around his second-in-command.<\/p>\n
Rodolfo Borrell, another coach given greater responsibility this season, joined in the celebrations, putting his arm around Arteta and slapping him on the back.<\/p>\n
The images suggested Arteta had played a significant role in City\u2019s second goal, one which put the game out of Arsenal\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n
And it has now emerged that Arteta was indeed instrumental in the Premier League champions kicking off their title defence with a victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you remember from Sunday\u2019s game, after the second goal, Pep\u2019s hug with Mikel?\u201d Marti Perarnau, who wrote two books on Guardiola\u2019s three-year spell in charge at Bayern Munich, said on the 93:20 Podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was because Mikel said to Mendy, \u2018Don\u2019t make a high cross when you get to the end line, make a cut-back along the floor,\u2019 and after that Bernardo scored the goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe [also] talked with Mendy and Sterling to try to make a double pass before the last cut-back.\u201d
\nAnd that was exactly how the goal played out. Mendy carried the ball forward from inside his own half, played a one-two with Sterling on the left wing, got to the byline and cut the ball back for Bernardo Silva, who fired the ball into the net.<\/p>\n
It proved to be the latest example of Arteta\u2019s growing influence at City. The former Barcelona, Everton and Arsenal midfielder joined Guardiola\u2019s staff in 2016 and immediately impressed the Catalan with his vast knowledge of English football and its quirks.<\/p>\n
An inside source in Manchester City’s camp has revealed the tactical changes the former midfielder made that led to the Premier League champions’ second goal on Sunday When Bernardo Silva…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":49368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1528,13244,10653,841],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Arteta-1.png?fit=611%2C351&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129940,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/mikel-arteta-has-to-make-a-quick-decision-on-arsenal-pep-guardiola\/","url_meta":{"origin":57422,"position":0},"title":"Mikel Arteta Has To Make A Quick Decision On Arsenal – Pep Guardiola","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"December 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Pep Guardiola expects a quick decision on whether Mikel Arteta will become Arsenal's new manager and says he cannot make an argument for the former Gunner not taking the job. 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