SEE FULL TABLE.....We are in a battle for top four – Wenger speaks after Manchester City draw

hehehe....is this true ? Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger, has admitted that they face a fight to finish in the Premier League top four this season, after their 2-2 draw with Manchester City on Sunday.
City took the lead through Leroy Sane, before Theo Walcott equalized for the Gunners. Sergio Aguero restored the visitors’ lead before the break, but Shkodran Mustafi rescued a point for Wenger’s men.

Wenger admits that his team were caught by surprise at the beginning of the game.

Standings

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Chelsea	29	22	3	4	60	23	37	69
2	Tottenham	29	18	8	3	57	21	36	62
3	Liverpool	30	17	8	5	64	37	27	59
4	Man. City	29	17	7	5	56	32	24	58
5	Man United	28	14	11	3	42	23	19	53
6	Arsenal	28	15	6	7	58	36	22	51
7	Everton	30	14	8	8	52	33	19	50
8	West Brom	30	12	8	10	39	38	1	44
9	Stoke City	30	9	9	12	33	44	-11	36
10	Southampton	28	9	7	12	33	36	-3	34
11	Bournemouth	30	9	7	14	42	54	-12	34
12	Watford	29	9	7	13	34	48	-14	34
13	Leicester City	29	9	6	14	35	47	-12	33
14	West Ham	30	9	6	15	41	54	-13	33
15	Burnley FC	30	9	5	16	31	44	-13	32
16	Crystal Palace	29	9	4	16	38	47	-9	31
17	Swansea City	30	8	4	18	36	63	-27	28
18	Hull City	30	7	6	17	28	59	-31	27
19	Middlesbrough	29	4	11	14	20	33	-13	23
20	Sunderland	29	5	5	19	24	51	-27	20

He said: “We were nervous and surprised by their start. I feared that we could start with the handbrake on because of the pressure we are under.
“We were not completely at our best because of the pressure but we showed mental strength and did not lie down.
“You could see that the players were down after it went to 2-1 but they gave everything to come back. The draw is the least we needed today. Psychologically it was important not to lose.

“Mathematically a draw is not the best solution for both teams but it is a point which will help us.
“We are in a tough battle for the top four.”
The result means Arsenal sit sixth, seven points behind Pep Guardiola’s men in fourth.

It was an enthralling match at the Emirates stadium on Sunday as Arsenal through goals from Theo Walcott and Mustafi pulled off a draw with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to give their top four ambitions this season more credibility.
City started the match with Yaya Toure on the bench while Arsenal opted to go with a pacy front three of Alexis Sanchez, Danny Welbeck and Theo Walcott but it was not too long before chaos occurred in the home team's defense.

Man City were given the perfect start five minutes into a game that had speed and verve written all over it it as Kevin De Bruyne, returning a Mustafi header with a first-time pass, sent Sane tunming into the space where the Mustafi should have been. Sane then skillfully rounded goalkeeper David Ospina and slotted the ball in from a tight angle.

Arsene Wenger looked scared on the touchline and was hoping his defenders willl remain alert but within two minutes, De Bruyne weighted a 20-yard effort against the post and the goalkeeper quickly saved David Silva's follow-up effort .

Arsenal were being bombarded left and right in the first 15minutes and had to change their strategy, come on, they had too. German international, Mesut Ozil had his close-range shot saved by Man City goalkeeper Willy Caballero, and Alexis Sanchez, attacking through the left and center  curled another effort narrowly off target on the half-hour.
Few minutes before the end of the first half, Walcott reacted quickest to a header in the Man City the defense and got the better of Gael Clichy , oh the hustle was real! Walcott forced in an equaliser- and the referee permitted it despite calls from Guardiola's men for a possible infringement or offside.

Arsenal 1-1 Man City

Man city refused to give up. De Bruyne hit the upright post again, and Silva smartly passed to Aguero to finish superbly from the right of the penalty area.

Half time Arsenal 1-2 Man city

The second half started and Yaya Toure was introduced for Raheem Sterling .

City became lackadaisical and 8 minutes after half-time  conceded another goal, as German international, Mustafi beat Nicolas Otamendi to an Ozil corner and headed into the net.

Man City's intensity turned up different pitches and plateaus, but Arsenal goalkeeper, Ospina, was a very busy man making saves from Fernandinho and Aguero.

Alas,  11 minutes from full-time, Ozil missed a sitter after  Otamendi messed up an attempted backpass. Silva and substitute Alex Iwobi tried their best but Arsene Wenger under immense pressure from his club's fans and Pep Guardiola's hoping to convince the Citizens that he's the man to lead the club into a glorious future, lived to fight another day.

Full time - Arsenal 2-2 Man city

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