Guardiola: I dream of scoring 3 goals against West Ham in the first 10 minutes
Sudan Events – Agencies
The Spanish Pep Guardiola, the coach of the English Manchester City, spoke about the decisive confrontation that brings his team together against West Ham in the framework of the matches of the last 38 round of the league competitions. “I sent a message to the Manchester City players saying: If you think Everton will do something against Arsenal, forget it. We would like to lead 3-0 in the first 10 minutes against West Ham, but that will not happen. I have a feeling that it will be like the Aston Villa match in 2022 through a historic remontada in the competition with Liverpool at the time.” Guardiola said.
Manchester City remains to meet West Ham United, while Arsenal will host its counterpart Everton at the Emirates Stadium in the final round of the competition, after achieving victory last Sunday over Manchester United 1-0, which put it at the top of the Premier League. The league regulations stipulate that if the two teams are equal in the number of points, they must resort first to use goal difference, and in the event of a tie, go to the number of goals scored by each team, and the third criterion is direct confrontations.
In the event of an equal goal difference, the second rule will be used, which is the one with the highest number of goals, as Manchester City currently has the largest number with 93 goals, but conceded 33 goals, while Arsenal scored 89 goals and conceded 28 goals before the final round in the league.
According to this rule, Arsenal is superior to Manchester City in goal difference, and the Gunners have +61 goals compared to +60 goals for City. Also, in the event of a tie, one turns to the third rule, which is direct confrontations, in which Arsenal excels by achieving a win in London 1-0 and a draw with no goals in Manchester.