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Gutsindwa kwa Arsenal ibitego 2-1 mu mukino bahuyemo na Manchester City ndetse n’imikino ya nyuma itagenze neza, byatumye batakaza icyizere ku mwanya mwiza bari bafite ku mwanya wa mbere.
Mu mukino wari utegerejwe cyane muri Premier League, gutsindwa kwa Arsenal ku Cyumweru bishobora kuzababera igihombo gikomeye mu rugendo rwo gushaka igikombe bari bamaze imyaka 22 bategereje.
Mu mezi ashize, Arsenal yari imeze nk’ifite igikombe mu ntoki, ariko ubu Manchester City isigaye inyuma ho amanota atatu gusa, kandi ifite umukino itarakina. Niramuka itsinze Burnley ku wa Gatatu, izahita ifata umwanya wa mbere.
Mu gice cya mbere cy’umukino wabereye kuri Etihad Stadium, Rayan Cherki yafunguye amazamu ku ruhande rwa City, mbere y’uko ikosa rya Gianluigi Donnarumma rituma Kai Havertz yishyura igitego cya Arsenal.
Iki gitego cyahaye icyizere abafana ba Arsenal, ariko mu gice cya kabiri, Erling Haaland yaje gutsinda igitego cy’intsinzi. Ku rundi ruhande, Havertz yaje guhusha amahirwe ya nyuma yari gutuma banganya.
Nyuma y’umukino, abasesenguzi benshi bemeranyije ko Manchester City ifite amahirwe menshi yo kwegukana igikombe. Micah Richards na Gary Neville bavuze ko uwatsinze uwo mukino ari we ushobora kwegukana shampiyona.
Nubwo bimeze gutyo, umutoza wa Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, yavuze ko igikombe kigihari kandi ko kiri mu biganza byabo, nubwo bakeneye ko City itakaza amanota.
Arsenal yatangiye shampiyona neza cyane, itsindwa imikino mike cyane. Abafana bari batangiye no kurota kwegukana ibikombe bine. Ariko gutsindwa na City ku mukino wa Carabao Cup, ndetse no gusezererwa mu FA Cup na Southampton, byatumye ibintu bihinduka.
Mu kwezi gushize, imibare ya Opta yagaragazaga ko Arsenal ifite amahirwe arenga 97% yo kwegukana igikombe, ariko ubu ibintu byahindutse cyane.
Hasigaye imikino mike, kandi Manchester City ifite ubunararibonye bwinshi kuko imaze gutwara Premier League inshuro esheshatu mu myaka icumi iyobowe na Pep Guardiola.
Arteta, wabaye umwungirije wa Guardiola mbere yo kujya gutoza Arsenal, ari guhangana n’umwigisha we mu rugamba rukomeye.
Mu mikino isigaye, Arsenal izahura n’amakipe nka Newcastle, Fulham, Burnley, West Ham na Crystal Palace. Nubwo ayo makipe ari mu gice cyo hasi ku rutonde, biracyashoboka ko habaho impinduka.
Arsenal iracyafite amahirwe yo kwegukana igikombe, ariko igomba kwisubiraho no kwitwara neza mu mikino isigaye. Nibinanirana, ishobora kongera gushinjwa “kubura igikombe mu minota ya nyuma”.
Nubwo hari kunengwa uburyo ikina, Arsenal ifite ubwirinzi bukomeye kandi itsinda ibitego byinshi mu mipira y’imiterekano.
Mu mateka yayo, Arsenal yigeze kwegukana igikombe idatsinzwe mu 2004, izwi nka “The Invincibles”. Ariko uyu mwaka, uwo mwuka w’intsinzi watangiye kugabanuka.
Mu byumweru biri imbere, Arsenal iracyafite amahirwe yo kwitwara neza no kugera ku ntego yayo, harimo no mu mikino ya UEFA Champions League izahuramo na Atletico Madrid.
Ariko nirangira nta gikombe itwaye, bizasiga Arteta afite FA Cup imwe n’andi marushanwa mato, mu gihe abafana bari biteze byinshi.
