LONDON: Clinical Manchester City knocked Arsenal off their Premier League perch as second-half goals by Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland earned the champions a 3-1 victory in a crunch top-of-the-table clash at The Emirates Stadium on Wednesday (Feb 15). Arsenal had come from a goal down and looked capable
LONDON: Clinical Manchester City knocked Arsenal off their Premier League perch as second-half goals by Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland earned the champions a 3-1 victory in a crunch top-of-the-table clash at The Emirates Stadium on Wednesday .
But they struggled to maintain the intensity after the break and hardly helped themselves with a succession of errors. Arsenal's first home defeat of the season felt like a pivotal moment in the title race, although with a game in hand they are still very much in contention. "They were better than us in the first half but we stepped forward in the second and were still in it and in the end the quality of the players made the difference," he said.
Nathan Ake hooked the ball off the line but referee Anthony Taylor pointed to the spot for Ederson's foul and Saka coolly tucked his penalty past the Brazilian.
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