Manchester City-Arsenal

Great way to start Sunday morning was to watch the match between number 2 and number 1 in the Premier League: Manchester City versus Arsenal. At least my cat Whisky seemed excited...

Arsenal have been looking again to take the title after their last one in 2004, but many people are justifiably nervous that it could still slip, and today would be a test against their biggest threat to the title. 

Manchester City also had something to show, hoping to take the title that also eluded them last season. 

The Manchester side also started putting a high pressure on the Londoners, and it was the Frenchman Rayan Cherki who scored an extraordinary goal, almost like a Playstation player, getting in between many defenders in the area. City were still celebrating when Arsenal equalised, and perhaps Gianluigi Donnarumma was as well: in an easy ball, he fumbled in front of an aggressive Kai Havertz, who managed to put a foot to block the goalkeeper's kick, and the ball went into goal.

An undeserved but lucky equaliser, with Donnarumma showing the poor player skills that was apparently the reason he had to leave PSG...

Arsenal held well, and had some chances, but the rest of an intense match it was Manchester City mainly seeking the victory, which came of way of a typical Erling Haaland goal, striking a ball that came towards him by way of coincidences. 

2-1 was all in all well-deserved, and it looks to be a dramatic end to the Premier League: Arsenal remains 3 points ahead of Manchester City on top with 33 matches, but Manchester City has one match less, and goal difference could be what puts the title in either side, but also there the difference is minimal...

My cat is a Gunner

My cat Whisky has been known to enjoy a football match here and then, but yesterday he came out of the cat-closet to show me that he is a Gunner.

I sat down to watch Leeds versus Arsenal and Whisky was soon comfortably seated in front of the TV, something he has done before:

But it did not take long before the fat and lazy bastard became clearly upset at an initial (but eventually feeble) Leeds pressure:

But the Arsenal started to move forward, and Whisky moved forward to support his team:

I had never seen him this committed as I asked him to move aside so that I could watch the match. But as the stubborn cat that he is, he refused to move away as Leeds got a corner kick and Whisky was meowing for the Arsenal defense to stand strong.

Arsenal was soon able to put more pressure on Leeds, and it was the Spaniard Martin Zubimendi, who following a corner kick, brought Arsenal ahead, and Whisky just looked at me with his "I-told-you-so" arrogant cat-look:

Of course, like any fan, he wanted to look at the replay again and again:

The little Gunner-cat was so happy he really wanted to rub in "we are winning, we are winning".

As the reality of Arsenal's dominance became clear, Whisky became satisfied, and he cuddled with me on the couch as Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyokeres and in the end Gabriel Jesus with a splendid strike, gave Arsenal a 0-4 victory that have put the Gunners 6-point clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League, and possibly their first Premier League title since 2004.

But just as Whisky, Arsenal must learn not to become too arrogant. With 14 matches left Arsenal must keep their heads cold to take the title.

If they manage to take the title, Whisky will surely be celebrating, while I will be trying to make him shut up.