Mikel Arteta takes an inventory of the contract stage in Aubameyang, while Pep Guardiola is inspired by Arsenal, off the field.
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From Arsenal, Arteta revealed that discussions about a new contract were underway with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The 31-year-old star striker has less than a year left on his current contract and underlined his importance to Arsenal by scoring two goals in a 2-0 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.
“I don’t know, setting a date now is very difficult,” Arteta said when asked when she would like things to finish. “I like the way conversations are conducted, I like what I hear. I’m sure for either party, the faster we can do it, the better for everyone. I am convinced that it will make your stay bigger.
Arteta added this detail about Aubameyang’s off-field life at Arsenal: “He’s happy. I think he likes his football. He’s in the country and his circle of relatives is fine. I think he can feel, and we told him, how much we love him, how much we appreciate him. I think the connection you have with the enthusiasts is unique. I think that’s the best position for him. Everything I have about him and the people around him is the same thing. I have no argument for saying anything different.”
Aubameyang has been named Arsenal captain since Arteta’s arrival and knows how the Gabonese striker is going with his long-term plans.
Downloading Aubameyang this summer would require 25 guaranteed goals in line with his team’s season forward and would be a crisis for Arsenal and Arteta. Aubameyang knows this too, and that’s why those negotiations will fail, even if they’re going in the right direction.
Turning to Arsenal news, Pep Guardiola criticized the Gunners off-field.
Guardiola praised the way the Arteta team played in the 2-0 win over his Man City team on Saturday, but when it comes to off-field activities, Guardiola is not at all happy.
“Opponents deserve my respect and credit, and Arsenal, has it … I have all the respect for what Arsenal is on the court, not much off the court, but a lot on the court. So I congratulate you and wish you good luck against Chelsea in the final,” Guardiola said.
Guardiola’s enigmatic commentary would refer to two things: 1) how they brought Arteta, who was Guardiola’s assistant at Man City, to his new technician. 2) that it was one of many clubs that asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) to reduce a two-year UEFA BAN in Man City for alleged fair-play monetary violations.
Following the cancellation of the Man City ban through CAS last week, Guardiola has been on its way to war over this factor and it is transparent that he and Man City will not accept some of the positions taken through other clubs in connection with their imaginable ban on European actions. .
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It will be bittersweet after the mess of the Reversal of the Man City Champions League at the hands of Lyon, however Kevin De Bruyne is the Premier League player of the year.
De Bruyne’s record 20 assists season has joined his thirteen goals of making City a Premier League finalist. He is one of two players (Mohamed Salah) in the league with double-digit goals and assists at PL.
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There is no doubt that De Bruyne had the most productive season in the league, however, some arguments were made in favour of Liverpool players after the Reds won the title, and Jordan Henderson won the Football Writers Association award after being Liverpool’s captain one season in his career. .
Ironically, Liverpool has asked for the award to be taken in the last two seasons when Man City won PL, with Mohamed Salah winning in 2017-18 and Virgil van Dijk claiming the award last season.
De Bruyne beat Danny Ings (Southampton), Nick Pope (Burnley), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) and Liverpool shot Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane.
If you need beef with the price, have beef with almost all vote-based prizes. If you think the prize deserves to be passed on to a member of the champions, Leroy Sane and De Bruyne deserve to get the last two retroactively. And if you think someone has had a better season than De Bruyne, defend your case without the word “courage” or “leadership.”
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Man City – Champions League disappointment: Kevin De Bruyne has expressed the collective spirit of Manchester City enthusiasts around the world after his team’s last quarter-final failure at UCL, this time in front of Lyon on Saturday.
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It is the third year in a row that the Man City is stars in the quarter-finals with Pep Guardiola (they were eliminated in the 16th circular in their first season in command), which is too familiar a story for De Bruyne.Array
“Different year. The same. The first part wasn’t smart enough. Slowly. It’s a shame for us to go out like this. The thin margins made all the difference. We have to learn. That’s not smart enough. #MCFC UCL pic.twitter.com/Pqf786cCHa
– Joe Prince-Wright (@JPW_NBCSports) August 15, 2020
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Full quote after Man City – Elimination of the Champions League, from The Guardian:
“Different year, the same. The first part wasn’t smart enough, I think we know. Slowly. But in the part of the moment we played very well, we came back 1-1 and had some chances. And then 2-1 and 3-1 finish the game, and it’s a shame for us to go out like this.
“I haven’t noticed [the Laporte-Dembele entanglement], but whatever they decide, they decide. I’m not going to blame for that, we’ve done better.
“Even at 2-1 if [Sterling] scores the pass, it’s 2-2 and the game is happening. But it’s football, the big margins that make a difference. We gotta learn, man. He’s not smart enough, and that’s it. It’s time to move from home, it’s been a long season. I still have to move from home because my wife is waiting for a while, so I have something to do personally … but yes, it’s hard. “
The city has no one to blame this time. Programming was from the beginning; They fought to create goals chances in the first hour of the game; allowed their concentration to slide several times, especially after returning to the term point in 1-1; and they seemed mentally defeated, at the time Lyon came forward 2-1.
And yet Raheem Sterling had one of the opportunities he had noticed in his career, and put it above the bar from six yards with an empty net in front of him. “It’s just not City’s year” temporarily becomes “just not City’s competition.”
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Man City – Lyon Rounddown: Manchester City’s dream of winning the UEFA Champions League came early on Saturday when Pep Guardiola fell 3–1 to Lyon in the quarter-final match between the two teams.
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Lyon has a semi-final meeting with Bayern Munich, who destroyed and shamed Barcelona to the singing of 8-2 on Friday.
The Ligue 1 team took the lead temporarily in the 24th minute when Maxwel Cornet finished a devastating counterattack.
Cornet does the first after a defensive reject. Surprise in Lisbon! ? – ManCityES 0-1 – OL – UCL #ManchesterCity #Lyon
? Live ? TUDN to unimas? Saguelo here ? https://t.co/V6HDhFLeFm pic.twitter.com/29gY6H0Rnj
– TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) August 15, 2020
The City drew in the 69th minute, thanks to its star men Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne (more facts about them in a moment).
– Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) August 15, 2020
However, the score did not last long, as Lyon defended themselves 10 minutes after the fall. Moussa Dembele took the winner and a winning insurance goal.
Moussa Dembélé from the bank Lyon at the helm! pic.twitter.com/Swz1Pfm6Ag
– Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) August 15, 2020
Here’s a look at what we’ve learned from Man City: Lyon, a surprise in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Why are you doing this? Why do you do that? When Pep Guardiola plays for not losing, instead of playing his overall game and dominating, in the final rounds of the Champions League, his team sometimes struggles and sometimes loses. Not only do they have a tendency to try too hard when they don’t have the ball, but, more importantly, they lack any creative or mind appearance of 80% of their deyet players. Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling are brilliant world-class players, no doubt, but they can’t even create enough opportunities to win the Champions League without the help of their teammates. An example: only De Bruyne digs sterling in the first part of the year …
– Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) August 15, 2020
In the first forty-five minutes of the game, City made only five shots and hit a key pass. Come back and see how you have played in your consecutive Premier League winning seasons. It’s nothing like the midfielder Fernandinho-Rodrigo-Gundogan we saw on Saturday. Riyad Mahrez replaced Fernandinho in the 56th minute, and the City was immediately much more dangerous.
– Joe Prince-Wright (@JPW_NBCSports) August 15, 2020
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With Saturday’s result, City failed to triumph in the Champions League semi-finals in Guardiola’s four seasons ahead. They have only controlled the fourth position once, in 2015-16, the season before Guardiola’s arrival, since emerging as the most sensitive in Europe. Three consecutive seasons, they’ve been in the quarter-finals, and once in the 16-year-round circular. Perhaps his Champions League mistakes have been further summed up with Sterling’s failure in the 86th minute.
What Sterling just ate has no number. “You can’t voyeur! ? – ManCityES 1-2 – OL – UCL #ManchesterCity #Lyon
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– TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) August 15, 2020
While the midfield setup is obviously a challenge for City in those Champions League final round games, the centre forward is also still a challenge. At this point, it doesn’t matter if Sergio Aguero is healthy and playing (he wasn’t on Saturday). Aguero is slightly at its most productive point at the age of 32; in truth, he did not seem to have compatibility and have 100 percent compatibility for at least a few years, and Gabriel Jesus is a fantastic talent, he doesn’t seem to be the best. attacking type leading the line of a Champions League winning team, which is precisely what the City wants.
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From Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool claiming their first Premier League title, to the resurrection of Manchester United and returning to the UEFA Champions League, to Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal who are falling apart from Mauricio Pochettino and Unai Emery and hiring Jose Mourinho and Mikel Arteta, for the suspension of the entire operation for 3 months, the 2019-20 Premier League season Unforgettable.
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NBC Sports’ video production team has combined the previous video review of the 2019-2020 Premier League season, so some popcorn saves 39 minutes of their day and relives the historic and unprecedented 2019-2020 Premier League season before it all starts again. . in less than a month.
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The most productive component of the end of a season is that the next one is just around the corner. The 2020-21 Premier League season begins on Saturday, September 21.
Will Liverpool repeat? Will Man City rule again? Will Man United take the title? Can one of London’s clubs catch up with them? Only time will tell.
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