{"id":197401,"date":"2026-03-23T03:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:38:35","slug":"oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final","title":{"rendered":"Oliseh Reacts to Arsenal&#8217;s Loss in Carabao Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, has claimed that Manchester City\u2019s 2-0 win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final was \u201ca big statement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nico O\u2019Reilly scored two headers in the second half as City won their first piece of silverware this season.<\/p>\n<p>Oliseh, writing on his verified X page, gave a tactical breakdown of how Pep Guardiola got one over Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Statement made by Manchester City to win the Carabao Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan. City\u2019s creative players and ball jugglers like Doku, Chekhi, Bernardo Silva made the difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsenal\u2019s system relies on positional discipline and high-intensity pressing. City countered in the second half with these high-frequency dribblers to create 1v1 isolations that broke Arsenal\u2019s low block.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTotal domination by Manchester City of the second half though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsenal can take solace in the near certainty that they should win the Premier league trophy. or won\u2019t they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, has claimed that Manchester City\u2019s 2-0 win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final was \u201ca big statement\u201d. Nico O\u2019Reilly scored two headers in the second half as City won their first piece of silverware this season. Oliseh, writing on his verified X page, gave a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oliseh Reacts to Arsenal&#039;s Loss in Carabao Cup Final - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, has claimed that Manchester City\u2019s 2-0 win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup f ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oliseh Reacts to Arsenal&#039;s Loss in Carabao Cup Final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, has claimed that Manchester City\u2019s 2-0 win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T02:21:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T03:38:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774237056.17167.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"626\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Oliseh Reacts to Arsenal&#8217;s Loss in Carabao Cup Final\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-23T02:21:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T03:38:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final\"},\"wordCount\":174,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774237056.17167.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/oliseh-reacts-to-arsenals-loss-in-carabao-cup-final\",\"name\":\"Oliseh Reacts to Arsenal's Loss in Carabao Cup Final - 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