Pep Guardiola has jumped to the defence of Mikel Arteta following Manchester City's 5-0 thrashing of Arsenal.

But not all Gunners supporters are happy with the Spaniard.

Arsenal went into the game at the Etihad Stadium on the back of a 6-0 win against West Brom in the Carabao Cup three days earlier, but were looking for their first points and goals of the new Premier League season.

Despite a relatively decent start to the game on Saturday afternoon, they found themselves 2-0 down after 12 minutes, reduced to 10-men in the 35th minute, conceded another goal before half-time before going on to suffer a heavy defeat.

"Of course I have [sympathy]," the Spaniard told reporters after the game. "The back-five today who played, okay they are good players, but they are not the players they need with Tierney, Ben White and Gabriel and many, many players that he has.

"Thomas Partey is not there.

"In football, people want result, result, result. Sometimes, you have the squad – look at us, except for Phil and Kevin, all the other people are ready.

"It is easy for me. The players make our job good. The moment he has the full squad, everything is going well.

"I know him perfectly and know the quality he has as a person and as a manager."

Arsenal fans react on Twitter...
@hillarydehilmac said: "Pep defending Arteta and his team is so ridiculous, he says that Arsenal was pressing and making it hard for City to win! Really ?? Guy wants to always score 5 whenever he meets us."

@highburyballboy said: "If he thinks Arteta is so good, he should take him back at City."

@lovecuttingz said: "You dont have friends in a competition, Pep very smart . Arteta falling is just 6 points to city.

Source; https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/guardiola-arsenal-man-city-arteta-21429874.amp

Baddest

. Imagine this clowns blaming Pep for their troubles

a manager would always talk good about another struggling coach or wont say anything about him if they aint good friends
they expected pep to call arterta a rookie or wat??

What else do you want Pep to do. After thrashing someone 5-0, do you still expect him to criticize or condemn Arteta

Let all try to have human feelings.

The way pep uses his hands and legs to analytically display when passing information to another deadly player he's about to bring in especially when he is already wining by 5 goal margin will make the opposition coach rush him with blow on the sideline one day.

This one na transferred aggression.
Arsenal should leave Pep out of their wahala.

See as some fans want to leave when the match is still on .....

Arsenal have lost the fighting spirit!

[img]https://c./dZZ17iGv7lgAAAAd/mourinho-wenger.gif[/img]

Damnnn niggar
Isoright

Ok

Wahala be like Bicycle

There's the video I watched where arsenal fans were chanting to Man city fans singing: We lose every week so you're nothing special.

Chai, that's team loyalty and fun at the same time even in hard times.
See why I support clubs and our ladies will never get it.

Can't help but feel the pains the fans are passing thru,e no easy...

My Senior man always; Failure has no friends.
The Gunners should go and find their bullets.

The thing pain them

lol,

If no be see finish
"I know him perfectly and know the quality he has as a person and as a manager."

Why? after 5-0

Arsenal my club for life.

If it easy let man city, Chelsea, man u and Liverpool win EPL with unbeaten record.

If you no get strong heart, leave Arsenal

nawa.. e don dey pepper them

Dont mind the clown, he knows the joker is still learning and encouraged him to pick up Arsenal job.

Fahdiga:
. Imagine this clowns blaming Pep for their troubles

even me i cant understand. these are d kind of things that shock buhari

You don already beat 5-0 and you are saying the made it difficult for your team to win

Comrade, are you saying if them allow you, you go beat arsenal 16-0, ahhhh baami where is the espirit de Corp

Well, without the red card they wouldn't have lost by that margin and they might have scored too

If he knows he has a better team, he should come and take over arsenal while arteta take over man city...

See him gorimapa head

Whatever Pep says is irrelevant to what is happening at Arsenal. The board has a decision to make or the team will find themselves fighting relegation at the end of the season

To say arsenal have spent more than man UTD, Chelsea, Liverpool and even man city and they are still like this is shocking...that club need to be revamped...how the mighty are falling....

I don't know what's giving this arsenal fans mind ooo