Coach Arsene Wenger surprisingly used a 4-3-3 formation for this match instead of 3-4-3. In fact, when entering the match, Coquelin was pulled down to play as a third center-back. Meanwhile, Man City's attack has the appearance of Sterling, Aguero and Sane.
In the first 15 minutes of the match, Man City dominated the ball control but Arsenal were ready to have quality counter-attacks. The "Gunners" have had 3 shots in this time.
However, the home team opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Petr Cech saved De Bruyne's first shot. After that, the Belgian midfielder had a combination with Fernandinho, Sane... before having a dangerous shot that just became a goal.
Taking the lead, Man City played even brighter. consecutive dangerous moves were created by blue- shirt strikers. If they had known how to take advantage, they would have soon raised the score to 2-0.
Man City's most regrettable situation came in the 38th minute. Walker's cross created conditions for Aguero to run in and finish but Cech was able to neutralize. For Arsenal, in the first half, they launched 4 finishing moves but only 1 time the ball went to the right address.
When the second half passed about 5 minutes, the joy returned to the home team's fans. Man City was awarded a penalty after Monreal fouled Sterling in the away penalty area. On the 11 m mark, Aguero completed the mission.
Forwards Gabriel Jesus and Lacazette were brought onto the pitch by the two head coaches to refresh their attack. They have all responded to the trust of the teachers.
Lacazette reduced the score to 1-2 in the 66th minute for Arsenal even though his team did not play very well. The striker had a diagonally shot after Aaron Ramsey's assist.
About 8 minutes later, Jesus made the score 3-1. This was a controversial goal as it seemed that David Silva was offside before passing the ball to the Brazilian striker.
Arsenal tried to attack but they almost had no more sharp shots in the last 15 minutes of the match. Not only that, they also received 3 yellow cards.
Winning 3-1, Man City continues to top the Premier League rankings with 31 points. Arsenal have dropped to 6th place with 19 points, equal to Liverpool and Burnley.
