Arsenal vs Manchester City Premier League Highlights: Haaland scored his 26th goal of the EPL season.Arsenal vs Manchester City Highlights Premier League: Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-1 to take all three points from their visit of the Emirates Stadium. The win marked City’s second against Arsenal in less than a month after they emerged victorious against the Gunners in their fourth round FA Cup match courtesy of a Nathan Ake goal.
Goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Bukayo Saka made it 1-1 at the Emirates in the first half of Arsenal’s home meeting against second placed Manchester City in the Premier League. While the Belgian gave the visitors lead following a fumble from Tomiyasu, Saka converted from the spot after Ederson fouled Nketiah inside the box.
Jack Grealish found the target in the second half to give City the lead again. Erling Haaland ended his four-match drought as he found the target later in the game to end all hopes for the hosts.
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Arsenal host Manchester City on Wednesday night (AP)
PEEP, PEEEEEP, PEEEEEEEEEEP!
That would've sounded sweet as a song to every Manchester City player, team staff, fan. It's been a toiling win but one that they made look easy towards the end. A De Bruyne goal gave them lead in the first half. Saka's equaliser nullified it, but two good second half finished from Jack Grealish, who scored his third Premier League goal for City across a season and a half, and Haaland, who scored his 26th of the season, were enough to seal the deal. The Premier League top spot goes to Manchester City, who are level with Gunners but lead on goal difference.
Five more minutes it is. Two goals to get a point seems like too big an ask, even for the league leaders.
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Eddie Nketiah has had more than one good chances to score (but he hasn't) tonight. On this occasion, Saka crosses in from the right to find his attacking partner, who is unmarked with all the time in the world. Could've even taken it on the chest but decides to head and it fizzles wide.
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A goal, an assist. Been a good day at the office for Kevin De Bruyne. Off he comes for Kalvin Phillips.
Odegaard probes down the right and cuts back to nobody in particular. Haaland tries to counter down the left but runs out of road. He won't settle for just one, you can always tell. Arsenal can't put the foot off the pedal till the ref calls it.
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Leandro Trossard and Kyle Walker run into each other, more on the latter as it is inside the City box. Anthony Taylor however, believes it ain't enough for a penalty. To be honest, none of the Arsenal players challenge that the way a top of the table team trailing in a potential title decider would.
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Just moments after scoring the go-ahead goal, Jack Grealish limps off the field and is replaced by Phil Foden. He won't see the game through but he may have seen the game through for City, geddit!?
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Jack Grealish scores from the left, a lovely first time low finish!
"If you come for the king, you better not miss," says Ally McCoist on the comms. And hasn't Grealish lived that via his finish. Never an easy finish, running from the left and taking it first time to beat the goalkeeper at far post. Mikel Arteta goes down on his feet as Arsenal go down on the second occasion tonight.
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Zinchenko loses his bearings and backheels it straight to De Bruyne. He squares it to De Bruyne, who then pulls it back to Haaland. He takes on the shot from a tight angle, but Ramsdale is right in front of him to smother it.
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Arsenal centimeters away from making it 2-1. Move develops in the midfield after Nketiah shields the ball well and lays it for Saka, who distributes it out wide to Martinelli, who lays it for Tomiyasu. Cross in from the right and Nketiah is a whisker away from tapping the ball in.
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Eddie Nketiah puts a high foot in to Ruben Dias, no contact with the ball. Out comes another yellow. It's only going to get fiestier with the two sets of players tiring and toiling out for a result.
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Manuel Akanji comes on for Riyad Mahrez. Meanwhile, Jack Grealish also earns a yellow for verbal altercation with the referee.
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Anthony Taylor points to the spot after Gabriel shoves Haaland down inside the Arsenal box. The VAR check however indicates the Norwegian menace was offside at the time of the final pass in the buildup. A long VAR check later, the Emirates cheers aloud as the call is overturned. A yellow card also struck off from the record. Gabriel may be the luckiest guy in London tonight.
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Arsenal press City on the right, deep inside their half. A quick throw in and a couple of Saka feints later, the ball lands towards Jorginho, who puts in a vicious looking ball inside the City box but Ederson collects it quickly.
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Mikel Arteta was once the apple of Manchester City's eyes during his time as Pep Guardiola's assistant. Even Kevin De Bruyne's. Tonight however, as the Arsenal manager tries to delay a throw in, the City captain takes little time to push him.
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Silva is cornered by Odegaard, but he somehow manages to dig out a cross to Haaland. His header goes behind him, and City can't get it back into the box.
Arsenal break away from the middle, ball spread through for Martinelli on the left, who feds in to Odegaard at the edge of the box but the latter is robbed off possession and the move dies.
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No changes from both sets of managers at the halftime. Grealish just sailing by Ramsdale as the latter jokes around with De Bruyne. You can expect these smiles to wither off once the referee blows his whistle. And off we go with the second half at the Emirates.
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Rodri finds himself in space to head the ball from inside the box and the ball ricochets off Ake's foot to clang onto the bar over Ramsdale. Jeez, that was as close as City so far this night. And it is almost the last piece of action on the night as the referee calls it for the first half.
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It looked inevitable. He had been itching to clatter into Saka on more than one occassions this evening and on this one, the referee shows a third yellow to a City player in the first half.
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The fourth official's board displays a, Qatar inspired, six minutes of added time.
A long buildup as the referee clears the arguing, unhappy City players from inside the box. Saka takes his time to collect the pre-kick breath and CONVERTS FROM THE SPOT!
Arsenal are right back into this one. City advantage nullified just on the brink of halftime.
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Ederson is deemed guilty of running into Nketiah inside the box and Anthony Taylor points to the spot. PENALTY. And it isn't Martin Odegaard but Bukayo Saka, who steps up to take it.
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No nonsense refereeing from Anthony Taylor, who takes another yellow out. This time for City goalkeeper, Ederson for yet another delayed goal kick. City have got to stop with the dark arts this soon in a tight contest.
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Kyle Walker is booked as the wing back returns back on field without the official's permission after going on the sidelines. That card may not bode well for him later in the evening.
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Ederson is taking a long time over every goal-kick awarded in City's favour, and the referee calls Gundogan over to give him a warning about the time-wasting.
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The hosts have been persistent looking for an opening and they find another one. This time following a lovely passing passage from the left to the middle and down to the right. Saka however, is unable to land a shot in time and takes too long before the chance fades away and City defenders surround him.
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City must be sweaty right now but it's still 0-0. How is it still 0-0?
Arsenal break through the left and an initial delivery in from Xhaka is blocked by Ake. He gets another chance to lob one in and this time Nketiah finds himself uncontested in the middle but his rising header goes wide of the goal. Oh dear, that should've been the opener!
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Arsenal number one Aaron Ramsdale goes down and it looks like a problem with his heel that he needs treatment on. Takes his boot off and the players have a short break to gather their heads and have drinks. Mikel Arteta has a word with the outfield players. Ramsdale's back on his feet quickly though, and will be able to carry on once he's got his gloves back on.
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It's Jorginho with a sloppy pass this time, and Rodri sets City on the counter. Mahrez fizzes a low ball to the far post for Haaland, who tries to fire it across goal, but he gets his angles wrong and it flashes wide.
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Xhaka curls in from the left. Ake ducks to bravely clear, and takes a kick upside the head from Nketiah for his trouble. A free kick, nothing more. That looked scary in real time and slow mo.
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Eddie Nketiah is released down the inward right channel this time and has the goal in his sight. He pulls the trigger but his right footed shot is blocked by a sliding tackle from Nathan Ake.
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Silva clipping Saka inside the Arsenal half, twice already this evening. That is the contest you've got to watch tonight. Two left footed attack minded players trying to nullify each other's impact and the Portuguese has got to be aware that the referee will now have the added attention on him.
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Haaland nods it down and then easily brushes aside three Arsenal defenders as he surges down the right. Nah, he's all in for the big contest, no fitness concerns at all. Almost takes aside his many markers with nonchalant ease. Arsenal have started out this first half on the offensive but the big threat to them inside their own half has rung the bell early.
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Arsenal free kick in the inward right channel and it is the left foot of Martin Odegaard that takes it. Ruben Dias with the header away and it falls back for the Arsenal number eight. Nothing comes off his long cross towards the left this time as it goes out for a throw in.
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Martinelli gains possession of the ball inside the City half and penetrates into the final third, lays the ball off for Nketiah, who sees his cross in from the left blocked. Early signs of the hosts suggesting, 'Have the ball, City. Have all of it'.
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Erling Haaland and Manchester City get us underway. City kicking the ball from right to left in their blue and white stripes. Arsenal also in their primary colors of red and white.
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The trivialities are done with. The buildup, the interviews, the warm up. Time for the main course. Arsenal vs Manchester City. The most anticipated game in the English Premier League this season is here as the two sets of players take their place in the tunnel at the Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta. Pep Guardiola. Number one. Number two. Arsenal's conquest to become champions goes through the defending champions. Sit back and enjoy if you are a neutral. If not, we suggest a constant check of the blood pressure and long breaths over the course of little over the next ninety minutes. We'll take you through this.
In what has been a remarkable season for the Gunners so far, they lead defending champions Manchester City by 10 points. A lead that has given former Arsenal player turned football pundit Ian Wright plenty of confidence to suggest, "A draw won't be bad for them tonight."
The former England international goes on to add that while giving away all three points to Manchester City would be a bad hiccup to have on course for the title, Wright believes salvaging a point won't be a setback tonight at the Emirates.
Like two lane-violating cars on highway, immersed in their own worlds, Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta crashed into each other, when belting out instructions to their men during an uneasily cagey FA Cup encounter.
For a fleeting moment, they let themselves forget the brooding intensity of the game between the league champions and their prospective usurpers. Arteta waved an apology, breaking the characteristic sombreness into a warm smile; Guardiola graciously acknowledged the apology and flicked a thumb’s up. [A good to read Sandip G's weekly football column on the two managers tonight.]
-Arsenal go with Jorginho to fill up injured Thomas Partey's space. Takehiro Tomiyasu preferred to Ben White.
-Manchester City have Erling Haaland fit and raring to go for the big one. Nathan Ake starts ahead of Aymeric Laporte.
Arsenal: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Nketiah.
Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, Grealish, Haaland.
"Since, I've been in England, yeah!"
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola isn't in two minds on this being his toughest visit to the Etihad Stadium since being incharge of City back in 2016.
League leaders Arsenal have a mountain to climb on Wednesday night when title rivals Manchester City pay a visit to the Emirates for their first Premier League encounter of the season. Both sides met last month in an FA Cup tie with City edging out the Gunners 1-0 with a Nathan Ake goal. But this is the big one when it comes to both teams’ Premier League title aspirations. [Read]
Well, well, well!
It's taken some time for these two to meet in the Premier League this season but here we are. Arsenal host Manchester City. Number one against number two this season. Pep Guardiola, the manager who broke the Premier League, against the best Arsenal team he has ever played against.
The Gunners have won 16 off their 21 matches this season so far, losing twice and sharing points on three occasions. Their recent meetings however, haven’t gone up to plan however. Since losing to City in the FA Cup last month, Everton beat Arsenal 1-0 at the Goodison Park whereas Brentford were also able to secure a 1-1 draw in the Gunners’ last meeting in the Premier League.
Manchester City on the other hand, are surrounded by a whirlpool of allegations of financial breaches by the very league they play in and stand second in the league table, 10 points behind the table toppers. A potential title decider with all that spice? SHOULD BE FUN!