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Three things we learned from Arsenal’s win vs
Monday Night Football rarely disappoints and tonight was no exception, providing us with a thoroughly exciting Premier League title clash between Arsenal and Manchester City.
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Theo Walcott gave the Gunners the lead with a sumptuous strike from the edge of the area just after the half-hour mark, before Olivier Giroud added a second just before half-time.
Yaya Toure pulled a goal back for City with a superb left-footed shot eight minutes from the end, but City could not equalise.
And the Arsenal trio looked to be in good spirits in the dressing room after winning the final Premier League game before Christmas. The German World Cup victor assisted both of Arsenal’s goals this evening, completed 89% of his passes and generally made a mockery of Yaya Toure and Fernandinho in midfield. “That’s class from a class player”.
Wenger feels it took passion over panache for his side to secure a victory which leaves them second in the table behind leaders Leicester and four-points clear of third-placed City. So we won against them we know our quality so we can win the league.
Sanchez had been due to make his return against City after missing three games with a hamstring problem sustained in the 1-1 draw at Norwich City, but Wenger said he had suffered a “very slight” setback in training.
The goal the game needed arrived after 33 minutes, but only after City had wasted their only chance of the first half.
And things got even better for Wenger’s men on the stroke of half-time as Eliaquim Mangala gifted possession to the Gunners and Ozil again produced the assist, sliding in a pass for Giroud to finish between Hart’s legs. The goal was so unexpected that for the first time in the match Arsenal players were left scratching their heads; it was an fantastic effort by the Ivorian who was recently crowned African player of the year.
It was a huge opportunity and barely a minute later Arsenal were ahead.
Pellegrini sent on Raheem Sterling for Delph at the break, but despite an improvement in City’s play, Aguero sending a couple of tame efforts at Cech, they remained alarmingly porous at the back. They kept their shape, got two banks of four behind the ball for much of the second half and frustrated their guests.
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But despite frayed nerves among the home fans there was to be no equaliser, Bony seeing a shot deflected behind and Toure, suddenly energised, toeing the ball wide after a one-two with De Bruyne.