– This was the first time Arsenal conceded three goals in the first half of a home Premier League game and the first time they’d done so in a home league game since March 1989 against Nottingham Forest.
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Arsenal’s most senior defender Laurent Koscielny – having seen his four teammates beaten all ends up – chose to back off, allowing Sane to waltz towards the edge of the box and pick out Bernardo Silva for the opening goal.
Guardiola marked his 100th game in charge of the club at the Emirates and the records continued to tumble for the Catalan, whose side are on track to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
– Manchester City have now scored more Premier League goals this season (82) than they scored in the entirety of last season (80).
Tottenham also painted their pitch’s markings blue at Wembley before their FA Cup fifth round replay against Rochdale, however, the lines had to be repainted a lighter shade to accommodate VAR, which, invariably, was a shambles.
“But we can not deny that today was a tough game after beating Arsenal four days ago to come back here in front of their fans, they have pride”.
Sane then deserved netted a goal five minutes later as City put three past a sorry Wenger side for the second time in four days.
The hosts had their moments after the interval, but looked bereft of confidence in the attacking third as they struggled to rise above the sombre mood in what seemed like a half-full Emirates Stadium. “What we have to do is stay together and focus and work even harder to get the confidence back”.
Guardiola insisted in his pre-match press conference that the English top-flight is still the “most important title” this season, but with clashes against Chelsea and Manchester United still to come he insisted the title race is still “not done”.
“Do you want the fans to be happy when you’re 3-0 down?”
He told Sky Sports: “We never discuss (the Treble), but what I do know from my team is that there’s the desire to not just win games but dominate them; create chances, score goals. We have a lot of tough games still to play and have to remain focused”.
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“These are the next two guys on the block, they really are, it’s high praise and I think maybe De Bruyne has got a little bit more than those two as well”. Now it’s just two competitions, and you fight for one of them for 10 months.
