straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said he asked his Manchester City players to be more aggressive at half time of the defeat to Arsenal after being disappointed with their performance in the first 45 minutes.
City started on the front foot, but were soon pegged back by Arsenal, who went close through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette before the Aubameyang converted a Nicolas Pepe cross at the far post on 18 minutes.From that point, City had plenty of the ball, but couldn't convert that possession into meaningful chances, and Arsenal looked comfortable taking their lead into the half time break.After half time, City's performance was much improved and they went close through Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez, but a second.
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