Arsenal v Manchester City (Match Preview & Team Predictions) by Gunner Baines Goonertalk http://goo.gl/CMcm3 比赛时间：台北时间，明天凌晨3:45开打。 Arsenal face another stern test in their Premier League title quest as they take on fellow title contenders Manchester City tomorrow night at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal 将面临严峻的英超夺冠考验，明晚将於主场 Emirates 球场迎接同样要来竞争冠 军的 Man City。 Roberto Mancini’s side, who currently sit in second place, two points ahead of the Gunners, but a win for Arsenal tomorrow would see them go into second ahead of the Citizens with a game in hand. Roberto Mancini 的球队，目前第二名并领先 枪手 两分，但若 Arsenal 赢了明晚的比 赛，就能超越 Man City 并握有少赛一场的优势。 It is undoubtedly a huge game and looking at the current table it has become equally important as the game against Chelsea last week. After putting a good string of results together over the Christmas period, with huge wins against Chelsea and at Birmingham, Arsenal can now look to push on in the New Year with a succession of games against bottom half sides after tomorrow. Doing the double over City would show huge progress from last season as well as instilling further belief in the side that they are able to win the title. 无疑这是一场非常重要的比赛，而且就目前的积分来看，这场比赛几乎和上周对抗 Chelsea 一样重要。在圣诞节赛程里表现不错(2胜1平)，漂亮地击败 Chelsea 和 Birmingham，Arsenal 现在应在新年之际，持续地在连续赛程？连续击败 City 以展现 自上季以来的明显进步，也能鼓舞 枪手们 更相信自己可以夺冠。 The corresponding fixture last season was arguably one of the worst seen at the Emirates, ending in a goalless draw. I would expect Mancini to line up a typically Italian style for a similar result this time around. City have little to offer in terms of creativity in midfield, with an abundance of strong holding players that will set up to form a stubborn defence aiming to catch Arsenal on the break. Earlier this season Arsenal pulled of a 3-0 victory at Eastlands but notably this was after City had been reduced to 10 men and they will provide much tougher to break down tomorrow. 在上个赛季同样的对战，可以说是在主场最糟的表现，以零和结束了比赛。我猜想 Mancini 会排出典型的义式风格阵容来力保平局。City 就中场的创造性而言表现相当普 通，但有着一批强力的後腰球员足以建立起最坚硬的防御，并抓住 Arsenal 的空档反击 。在半赛程之前 Arsenal 在 Eastlands 球场拿下 3-0 的胜利，但那次是因为 City 被 迫以十人应战 ( Boyata 铲了 Chamakh 而红牌出局) ，明天他们会以更坚强的防御来拦 阻一切的进攻。 It will be interesting to see how Wenger approaches the game with this being our 4th game in 9 days. After the performances of what now appears our first XI against both Chelsea and Birmingham most would like to see the same line-up in such a big game. However, Wenger has used both Djourou and Van Persie with caution after their long injury lay-offs and with both having played twice within a week already, they could be benched. Djourou in particular has been fantastic so far this season and I would personally like to see him play in what will be another physical game, especially after he excelled against Chelsea’s Didier Drogba. 另一个值得注意的是，教授 会怎样安排这九天里第四场赛事的阵容。在 Chelsea 和 Birmingham 取得漂亮佳绩的先发十一人，很有可能明天会原封不动地继续先发。然而， 教授 冒险地使用过去长期因伤缺阵的 Djourou 和 Van Persie，且他们也在一周内踢了 两场比赛，故可能会被安排为替补球员。但是 Djourou 在本赛季以来有着突出的表现， 所以我期待能看到他继续胜任亟需力量的比赛，特别是看过他压住 Chelsea 前锋 Didier Drogba 的表现。 Injuries:(伤兵球员) There are no fresh injuries from the weekend with Manuel Almunia (Ankle), Thomas Vermaelen (Achilles) and Emmanuel Frimpong (cruciate knee ligament) all being long-term absentees. 自上周後依然没什麽令人期待的复出消息，Manuel Almunia (脚踝)、Thomas Vermaelen (阿基里斯腱)、以及 Emmanuel Frimpong(十字韧带) 都还是长期养伤的阶段。 Abou Diaby suffered a calf injury in last week’s fixture away at Wigan and faces a 3 week lay-off. Kieran Gibbs (Ankle) returned to full training today and should be available for the weekend but the game against City comes too early. Abou Diaby 在上周比赛对 Wigan 时弄伤小腿，将面临 3周缺阵。Kieran Gibbs (脚踝) 於今天回到正式训练里，周末有机会上场，但别指望明天对 City 就看到他上场。 Predicted Starting XI(预测先发十一人) Fabianski Sagna – Djourou – Koscielny – Clichy Fabregas – Song – Wilshere Walcott – van Persie – Nasri For Man City, summer signings Mario Balotelli and David Silva have suffered knee injuries in the last week, ruling them out of tomorrow’s game. Silva particularly will be a huge miss for City after becoming their main playmaker in recent games. 至於 Man City，自去年夏季引进了 Mario Balotelli 和 David Silva 都在上周弄伤了 膝盖，使得他们会缺席明天的比赛。尤其是 Silva 的缺席会对 City 是一大损失，因为 他在最近比赛里都是主要的组织球员。 In terms of any impact on City this will probably make little difference, as Tevez would have started as the lone striker regardless of Balotelli’s fitness. 他们双双缺席对 City 的影响也许损失不会太多，因为还有 Tevez 可以担任单箭头前锋 ，而不必担心 Balotelli 的状态如何。 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will also be hoping that Emmanuel Adebayor’s bust-up with Kolo Toure goes someway to effecting City’s match preparation. Arsenal 主教练 教授 也许会希望 Emmanuel Adebayor 和 Kolo Toure 的争吵影响了 City 的赛前预备。 ※两位都是前任(-08赛季之前)枪手球员，而且最近他们都很少在先发之列，多少心里 会有点不服气吧。 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 说真的，我挺担心对方的铁桶阵，加上又有 Tevez 威胁极高的前锋。 Silva 的缺席还真的给我松了一口气， 之前他和 Tevez 的配合频送威胁，而且还是在十人应战的劣势之下。 期待枪手把握每一次的射门机会， 拿下主场胜利以飨宴枪迷们吧！ Goal! Goal! Arsenal! We r the Champions ! --

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