Jamie Hamilton
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On the pitch, yeah, I thought it was interesting.
Like I said, I thought Arsenal did a really strong defensive game.
And I think City deserved to win, ultimately, because of the way...
they handled that, right, and they had a bit more imagination in attack and it solved some of those problems that Arsenal were posing them.
Yeah, and there were little side plots going on.
I enjoyed Haaland against Gabriel, obviously enjoyed Cherokee's sort of moment of magic.
Yeah, so I think it was an enjoyable game and better than some of those previous encounters between those teams.
Okay, yeah, maybe it's just a terminology thing.
When I say a defensive performance, I'm referring to the pressing as well, right?
The defensive phase of the game, like when Arsenal didn't have the ball.
Yeah, and they were super aggressive.
And like you say, the man-to-man pressing was really good, really top level.
Like, Arsenal are under Arteta.
When they get that stuff going right, I don't think there's really a team in world football that is better than them.
in doing that and organising those pressing situations, although it was a mistake in the pressing, actually, from Martinelli that led to the decisive 2-1, which was going to really grind Arteta's gears, I'm sure.
But, yeah, so maybe it's a terminology thing.
They were super aggressive.
They were chasing City man-to-man.
They got the goal, obviously, forcing the mistake from Donnarumma.
But, yeah, when I'm, I guess, referring to the differences there in attack when they have the ball...