Home supporters would have been hoping for an opening half an hour similar to the one they enjoyed when City’s rivals, Manchester United, visited the Emirates earlier in the season. Delph was certainly very unimpressive in the first 45 minutes and rightfully taken out.
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Branislav Ivanovic , Pedro and Oscar scored the goals to lift them to 15th, albeit still only four points above the bottom three. Many Premier League observers will suggest that the Foxes will not be able to carry on this form for the rest of the season.
City, understandably, were at it from the start of the second half.
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Indeed, that winning mentality is part of the 44-year-old’s nature, and he is unlikely to let his standards slip over the next six months.
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 first shot they had was the first goal.
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Two of the most skilful players in the top flight went head to head and it ended up being a very one sided contest.
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The German midfielder forced Petr Cech to tip one low drive around the post and then dragged a better opportunity wide while Sergio Aguero awaited the cross. We have to accept that [having our character questioned is] part of it but we have to give our answer on the pitch week-in week-out and that [criticism] will slowly die. “We demonstrated character by continuing to try and score when we were losing 2-0”.
Nigerian youngsters, Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi, were benched for 90 minutes as Arsenal put up an efficient display to beat Manchester City 2-1 at the Emirates.
Manchester City’s late fightback – led by Toure – was too little too late against the Gunners and masked a poor performance that allowed Arsenal to dominate for long periods.
As a result, City – winless away from home in the league since September – were eased to 15/8 while Leicester, who host City on December 29, in to 10/1.
In defense, Aleksandr Kolorov comes in for Gael Clichy at left-back.
However, Arsene Wenger’s teams in the recent past have a history of capitulation in pressurised circumstances at a certain point of the season, and they were probably somewhat fortunate on Monday, as they handed Man City the initiative late on and sat back deep in their own half.
“I believe we have shown… spirit, organisation, brilliance and altogether they gave us the three points”, a beaming Wenger told Sky Sports.
“We have a bit more maturity in the side now, which you could see in the game when we were under pressure”.
Yaya Toure: Can either look like a world-beater or as if he doesn’t want to be playing, and showcased both sides of that tonight.
Reprising their tactics from January’s 2-0 breakthrough win at the Etihad Stadium, Arsenal sat back, and De Bruyne drew a save from Cech after cutting in from the right flank and letting fly with his left foot. Walcott initiated the attack.
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Hector Bellerin: Less effective than usual in the final third, but had a solid game and was never troubled and dealt with Raheem Sterling well in the second half.
