Defending English Premier League champions Manchester City are off to a great start in defending their title.
Pep Guardiola’s team won seven of their first ten EPL games. They have added twenty-three points in these ten games and are in second place in the table. City lost their first game of the season against rivals Liverpool at Anfield. Now they faced Arsenal de Arteta.
Under Mikel Arteta, Arsenal have had their best start in the English Premier League. The Gunners won nine of their first ten games. He has added twenty-seven points and is at the top of the table with a four-point lead over Manchester City and Tottenham.
In the midst of this, we were bound to see the top of the English Premier League square off in a mid-week mother-and-done clash. Interestingly though, the match has been postponed.
The reason for the postponement of Manchester City vs Arsenal
After a great weekend, the English Premier League entered the eleventh day of this season. Nine Premier League matches will take place as scheduled. However, the match between Arsenal and Manchester City has been postponed.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, football matches in England were postponed as a tribute to the queen. Although most of the matches were from the domestic leagues, Arsenal saw its UEFA Europa League match against PSV postponed.
So, after a meeting with the Premier League and the teams, UEFA decided to reschedule the match between Arsenal and PSV for October 20, just one day after the match between Arsenal and Manchester City.
So the Premier League had to postpone the match between Manchester City and Arsenal. However, a new date for the accessory has not yet been released.
With the Qatar World Cup 2022 in November and December, this is a unique season. The matches are already crowded and it will be a very hard job to find a suitable date for the match.
But it can be said that the match will not take place in 2022. Now, after the postponement, Manchester City will have a much-needed break.
With a defeat against Liverpool, their title aspirations have been slightly dented. But now they have time to reset. Manchester City will face Brighton in their next match.
Meanwhile, a victory in this Europa League match against PSV will give Arsenal the next stage of the tournament. Arteta’s team hope to maintain their good form against the Dutch giants.
