The work rate, the clinical finishes we've seen from Aubameyang, everything. Then, in the 24th minute, Pablo Mari pulled up with a hamstring injury and was replaced by David Luiz before things started to go downhill for the Gunners.Leno had to be at his very best to keep the hosts at bay towards the end of the first half. vs Manchester City. The incident led to the defender receiving lengthy treatment before leaving the field.Guardiola's side then made it 3-0 as Foden finished from close range after Sergio Aguero's effort came back off the post.
"When Manchester City come up against pace, I've seen Jamie Vardy at Leicester do it, they seem to really struggle with the space they leave. Possession was being dominated by City but they did little with it and the best chance of the early stages fell to Arsenal when Aubameyang was played onside as he collected Luiz's delivery but shot straight at Ederson.Usually City don't allow you miss such chances but Aubameyang made amends moments later when steering the ball home from a tight angle following a brilliant cross from Nicolas Pepe that caught out Kyle Walker.Kevin De Bruyne summed up City's sloppiness when playing a rare loose ball straight to Alexandre Lacazette but Aubameyang couldn't find a way around Ederson.Guardiola sent his players out early for the second half and they upped the intensity but could not find the finish as Sterling squandered a glorious chance from 12 yards after some brilliant play from De Bruyne.Sterling then managed to miss from point-blank range when the ball bounced off the England forward following a De Bruyne corner. Back to front, they set their stall out and it worked a treat.
7:45pm, Saturday 18th July 2020. However, buoyed by a win over the champions on Wednesday, confidence was high.Shkodran Mustafi put his team in trouble when losing out to Raheem Sterling inside his own box but City couldn't take advantage.
But my opinion has changed from the moment I joined the team and it won't change because of a difficult performance tonight. "I had Manchester City down to do the treble, I had a feeling they would. All four games are live on Do not miss your chance to land the £250,000 for a sixth time this season on Saturday. Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal: Hosts punish David Luiz errors to seal comfortable win "They thoroughly deserved it and I'm pleased for Mikel Arteta, because he's had two games in the space of a week where they've showed they can compete. If they can add to that squad and play like they did, I'm talking about Luiz, Tierney, Mustafi at the back, if they can perform like that week-in, week-out, Arsenal have got a chance. Wembley Stadium. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s double sent Arsenal to the FA Cup final after they showed the perfect mix of grit and guile to beat Manchester City 2-0.Fresh from beating Liverpool in the Premier League, Mikel Arteta's side had to defend for large parts of this semi-final but thwarted City and struck twice on the counter-attack through Aubameyang.The Gunners took the lead (19) when the striker finished a 18-pass move with a beautifully controlled finish at the back post before doubling the advantage (71) when breaking a lopsided City offside trap and nutmegging Ederson.City could have no complaints with the result as they rarely tested Emiliano Martínez, who was protected by an outstanding defensive performance led by David Luiz and Kieran Tierney.Arsenal will play the winners of Sunday's second semi-final between Manchester United and Chelsea in the final - set to be played on Saturday August 1.Arsenal's last victory in this fixture was the FA Cup semi-final meeting in 2017, in between suffering seven straight defeats against Pep Guardiola's side. Play for free, entries by 3pm. The Belgian maestro was now pulling the strings and David Silva was the next man to waste a fine chance, side-footing another De Bruyne cross wide from six yards.Arsenal were hanging on but they carried a huge threat on the break and sensationally doubled their lead with 20 minutes remaining.Aubameyang, played onside by Benjamin Mendy, raced onto Tierney's superb ball over the top and sent Arsenal to their 21st FA Cup final.He's taken his fair share of criticism so it's only right to highlight and bang the drum on this immense individual showing from the Brazilian.Not only did he win 100 per cent of his aerial duels, he made 11 clearances as City peppered his box but were met by a colossus performance.His influence was infectious with Tierney alongside him stepping up to match his defensive brilliance and even the inconsistent Mustafi stepped up. ""He has spoken in the dressing room," Arteta said on Luiz's performance. Manchester City Sterling cut in from the left and forced a fine stop from the Arsenal goalkeeper, before the German produced an even better stop to thwart David Silva low down to his left.Mahrez was also denied by leno, before Sterling, who was picked out by De Bruyne, lifted the ball over the goalkeeper and the crossbar.But just as the Leno thought he'd got his side into the break level, Sterling capitalised on Luiz's attempts to cut out De Bruyne's cross and fired home home from a tight angle to send City into the break with the advantage.Things went from bad to worse for Arsenal and Luiz minutes into the second half.Mahrez used his pace to get in behind Luiz and the defender's reckless attempt to get back on level terms with the forward left referee Anthony Taylor with no choice but to point to the spot.The red card quickly followed before the video assistant referee cleared the decision, and De Bruyne made no mistake from the spot.The game was then plain sailing for Manchester City until Eric Garcia suffered a serious injury in the final 10 minutes after a nasty collision with goalkeeper Ederson. Play for free, entries by 12:30pm. Arsenal 2-0 Man City: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang double sends Gunners to FA Cup final