Erling Haaland bullied Rob Holding and Martin Odegaard was well and truly put in his place by Kevin De Bruyne. willfordy25 on the chasm between Man City and Arsenal.
Date published: Wednesday 26th April 2023 9:54 -The chasm between Manchester City and Arsenal was extraordinary. Erling Haaland bullied Rob Holding and Martin Odegaard was well and truly put in his place by Kevin De Bruyne.
Arsenal fans will question whether William Saliba would have done more than Rob Holding against Haaland, and he probably would have done, but the Arsenal defender couldn’t have been any tighter. In fact if Haaland had gone down he may have got a free-kick. Instead he took the sort of delicate touch his wiring and machinery shouldn’t allow, before laying the ball off for Kevin De Bruyne.
There was a moment late in the first half, where Holding was running back towards the corner flag and could have passed the ball back to Aaron Ramsdale, but instead kicked it out for a throw-in with Haaland galumphing along behind him. Holding smiled as he turned to see Haaland staring right through him. It was a spine-shivering display of dominance from a world class striker against a mediocre Premier League centre-back. A complete mismatch.
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