Manchester City returned to the apical of the Premier League for the archetypal clip since November arsenic they leapfrogged leaders Arsenal with a captious triumph astatine Emirates Stadium.
The reigning champions turned connected the powerfulness successful the 2nd fractional successful the biggest crippled of the home play arsenic Arsenal paid a dense terms for idiosyncratic errors.
Takehiro Tomiyasu's mediocre backpass allowed Kevin de Bruyne to loft a decorativeness implicit Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale aft 24 minutes but Arsenal deservedly drew level 3 minutes earlier half-time, Bukayo Saka scoring from the spot aft City goalkeeper Ederson fouled Eddie Nketiah.
City, lacking spark successful the opening phase, improved aft the interruption and had a punishment of their ain ruled retired for offside against Erling Haaland earlier they showed a ruthless streak to punish Arsenal.
Gabriel mislaid possession to let Bernardo Silva and Haaland to acceptable up Jack Grealish for a deflected decorativeness aft 72 minutes earlier they ended Arsenal's hopes with 10 minutes left.
Inevitably, Haaland was the scorer from De Bruyne's walk to enactment City apical connected extremity quality having played 1 crippled much than Arsenal.
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Arsenal
Squad number1Player nameRamsdale
Squad number18Player nameTomiyasu
Squad number12Player nameSaliba
Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
Squad number35Player nameZinchenko
Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
Squad number20Player nameJorginho
Squad number34Player nameXhaka
Squad number7Player nameSaka
Squad number14Player nameNketiah
Squad number11Player nameGabriel Martinelli
Squad number4Player nameWhite
Squad number19Player nameTrossard
Squad number21Player nameFábio Vieira
Manchester City
Squad number31Player nameEderson
Squad number2Player nameWalker
Squad number6Player nameAké
Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number8Player nameGündogan
Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva
Squad number9Player nameHaaland
Squad number26Player nameMahrez
Squad number10Player nameGrealish
Squad number4Player namePhillips
Squad number25Player nameAkanji
Squad number47Player nameFoden
Line-ups
Arsenal
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Ramsdale
- 18TomiyasuBooked astatine 48minsSubstituted forWhiteat 83'minutes
- 12Saliba
- 6Gabriel
- 35Zinchenko
- 8Ødegaard
- 20Jorginho
- 34XhakaSubstituted forFábio Vieiraat 83'minutes
- 7Saka
- 14NketiahBooked astatine 64mins
- 11MartinelliSubstituted forTrossardat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Tierney
- 4White
- 15Kiwior
- 16Holding
- 19Trossard
- 21Fábio Vieira
- 24Nelson
- 30Turner
- 85Cozier-Duberry
Man City
Formation 3-2-4-1
- 31EdersonBooked astatine 36mins
- 2WalkerBooked astatine 34mins
- 6Aké
- 3Rúben Dias
- 16Rodri
- 8Gündogan
- 17De BruyneSubstituted forPhillipsat 87'minutes
- 20Bernardo SilvaBooked astatine 45mins
- 9Haaland
- 26MahrezSubstituted forAkanjiat 61'minutes
- 10GrealishBooked astatine 62minsSubstituted forFodenat 77'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Phillips
- 14Laporte
- 18Ortega
- 19Álvarez
- 21Gómez
- 25Akanji
- 47Foden
- 80Palmer
- 82Lewis
Referee:Anthony Taylor
Attendance:60,276
Live Text
Match ends, Arsenal 1, Manchester City 3.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 1, Manchester City 3.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Bukayo Saka.
Foul by Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
Kyle Walker (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Hand shot by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
Ben White (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Phil Foden (Manchester City).
Attempt missed. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kalvin Phillips replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
Attempt blocked. Ben White (Arsenal) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
Attempt blocked. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
Substitution, Arsenal. Fábio Vieira replaces Granit Xhaka.
Substitution, Arsenal. Ben White replaces Takehiro Tomiyasu.
Goal! Arsenal 1, Manchester City 3. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
William Saliba (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Jack Grealish due to the fact that of an injury.
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