Arsenal concern vs Man City raised by Charlie Nicholas about Aubameyang and Lacazette
Arsenal take on Manchester City today but Charlie Nicholas is worried about how Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette will perform on Sunday.
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Arsenal interim boss Freddie Ljungberg might see his side struggle to stop Manchester City scoring lots of goal on Sunday. This is the view for former arsenal player and now Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas.
He thinks there will be lots of goals at the Emirates on Sunday, but isn’t expecting Ljungberg to be able to turn around the club’s fortunes against City.
The majority or Arsenal goals in the Premier League this season have come from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The 30-year-old has 11 goals in 16 games, with Alexandre Lacazette the club’s second highest scorer on five goals.
However, Nicholas is concerned the two strikers don’t perform in the big games.
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As for City, they are now 17 points of league leaders Liverpool, after the Reds beat Watford 2-0 at Anfield.
Leicester drew 1-1 with Norwich City on Saturday and Pep Guardiola’s men now have a chance to close the gap on them if they can take all three points against Arsenal.
However, Nicholas is encouraged by what he is seeing from some of Arsenal’s young attackers this season.
“The Arsenal strikers looked as though they were more up for it and are scoring,” he said.
“Bukayo Saka played his part in the draw at Standard Liege, as did Gabriel Martinelli off the bench - we have some real promising youngsters.”
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But despite the slight positives Nicolas still can’t see Arsenal coming away with anything from the game because of their defensive problems.
“These are the games that they haven't got a result in and I am not expecting one here.
“I really have sympathy for Bernd Leno. He is a top-class goalkeeper but he will make mistakes as all goalkeepers do.
“He is playing behind a defence who do not protect him. There will be loads of goals in this.”