MCI
ARSKO
Yellow CardMCI - Rodrigo14'
GoalMCI - Raheem Sterling23'
HT
- Yellow CardMCI - João Cancelo63'
Substitution
10 - Sergio Agüero
8 - Ilkay Gündogan65'- Yellow CardMCI - Rúben Dias68'
- Substitution12 - Willian9 - Alexandre Lacazette69'
- Substitution19 - Nicolas Pépé30 - Eddie NketiahSubstitution34 - Granit Xhaka18 - Thomas Partey83'
- Yellow CardMCI - Nathan Aké84'
- Substitution47 - Phil Foden25 - Fernandinho89'
- Yellow CardARS - Thomas Partey94'
FT
Manchester City
Game Stats
Arsenal
58%
Possession
42%
13
Shots
11
5
Shots (On goal)
3
6
Corners
6
3
Saves
4
15
Fouls
10
Lineups
31
Ederson
26
Riyad Mahrez
2
Kyle Walker
6
Nathan Aké
47
Phil Foden
27
João Cancelo
3
Rúben Dias
16
Rodrigo
20
Bernardo Silva
10
Sergio Agüero
7
Raheem Sterling
4-4-2
1
Bernd Leno
2
Héctor Bellerín
23
David Luiz
16
Rob Holding
3
Kieran Tierney
8
Dani Ceballos
34
Granit Xhaka
7
Bukayo Saka
14
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
19
Nicolas Pépé
12
Willian
4-4-2
Team Stats
Manchester City
| Goalkeepers | G | GC | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Forwards | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 65' | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Midfielders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 89' | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Defenders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Substitutes | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65'(Sergio Agüero) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89'(Phil Foden) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Arsenal
| Goalkeepers | G | GC | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Forwards | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 83' | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 69' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 83' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Defenders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Substitutes | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69'(Willian) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 83'(Nicolas Pépé) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83'(Granit Xhaka) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Team Ranks
Manchester City
Game Stats
Arsenal
58%
Possession
42%
13
Shots
11
5
Shots (On goal)
3
6
Corners
6
3
Saves
4
15
Fouls
10
Game Stream
- 90'+5'Man City turn their attentions to Porto in the Champions League before visiting West Ham next week. Guardiola's men will be climbing the table in no time. Arsenal's Europa League campaign gets underway with a trip to Vienna. They can still dream of success this season too. That's all for now. Goodbye!
- 90'+5'Man City's win sees them rise to a more familiar 10th in the Premier League. They still have a game in hand on most of the teams above them, mind. Arsenal stay fifth. They'll be disappointed to have lost this game but they kept City working for the entire 90 minutes, which is something.
- 90'+4'Well, this game won't live long in the memory. Man City see off a hard-working Arsenal side thanks to Sterling's first-half strike. City managed to hold Arsenal at arm's length for almost the whole game with the visitors only occasionally threatening to cause the hosts problems.
- 90'+4'FULL-TIME: MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 ARSENAL
- 90'+4'Partey is booked for that foul on Mahrez. It was a fairly innocuous foul but in a semi-dangerous position.
- 90'+3'City get a timely free-kick as Partey holds back the darting Mahrez. Understandably City are in no rush to take it.
- 90'+2'Arsenal go hunting for an equaliser and Silva gives away a foul on Gabriel in midfield. Partye's eventual free-kick is poor despite Arsenal sending almost everyone forward.
- 90'There'll be four minutes added onto the end of this game. Most of those have come from Pepe's injury at the start of the half.
- 89'City have decided to shut this game down, if it even needed it. Foden trots off to be replaced by Fernandinho.
- 86'City almost get a chance to seal the game. Sterling sits Bellerin down and jinks inside on his right foot. He passes back looking for Foden but Partey is there to block. Not a bad way for Arsenal's new signing to introduce himself.
- 84'Ake is booked for time-wasting over a throw-in. City look frustrated more than frightened of Arsenal at the moment. The visitors are like an annoying fly they just want to swat away.
- 83'The game's over for Xhaka too. Partey comes on to makes his debut for the Gunners.
- 83'Arsenal make an attacking change. Nketiah is on for Pepe.
- 82'Pepe's the one to take the set-piece this time. The Frenchman curls his effort wide of the left-hand post. Arsenal have had a few chances like that in this game but the quality has been lacking.
- 81'Aubamayang goes searching for a shooting opportunity when he's rudely brushed over by Walker. The free-kick will be a few yards in front of the D.
- 79'Both Man City and Arsenal have had just one shot on target each in this second half. It's safe to say this hasn't been a classic.
- 77'David Luiz almost scores a calamitous own goal! Cancelo beats Tierney twice in succession to flash the ball across the face of Arsenal's goal. Arsenal's centre-back sticks out a foot and it's inches from creeping in at the far post. Mahrez fires high and wide from distance from the corner.
- 76'City take the corner short to Cancelo and he crosses in. Arsenal head it out for a throw on the opposite side.
- 75'Bellerin sticks close to Sterling and prevents the England forward from making a cross. Gundogan heads over to take City's corner.
- 73'Arsenal are still in this game, of course, but they're creating nothing of note. Gabriel pings a pass wide towards Aubamayang who can't keep it in play.
- 71'City are unhappy as Gabriel shoves Silva out of his way in the penalty box while chasing a free ball. The referee pays the incident no mind.
- 69'Arsenal decide to go for an orthodox striker. Lacazette replaces Willian up front.
- 69'David Luiz steps forward and takes one of his dipping knuckleball free-kicks. This one is straight down the middle and floats just over the crossbar. Ederson probably had it covered.
- 68'Dias receives a yellow card for that challenge on Saka. Willian and David Luiz are candidates to take the free-kick.
- 68'Rodri gives Arsenal a free-kick and Arsenal take it quickly. Saka races forward through midfield and is brought down by Dias as he reaches the penalty area.
- 67'Arsenal put together some nice interplay on the edge of City's box that almost presents Pepe with a shooting chance. In the end it's a touch too close to Ederson.
- 65'Aguero playfully claps to the absent Etihad Stadium crowd while jogging off. Gundogan replaces him. Silva will take Aguero's place up front.
- 64'Arsenal frustratingly take the free-kick short but still get a corner out of it. Not very much happens there either. City will make a substitution.
- 63'Cancelo is booked for pushing Tierney over near the halfway line. It's an easy decision for the referee.
- 61'Mahrez has his hands all over Gabriel near Arsenal's corner flag and the free-kick rightly goes against him. Arsenal have the chance to get upfield.
- 59'Tierney clips the heels of Mahrez and hands Man City a free-kick. City take the opportunity to keep possession, as they are wont to do.
- 57'Aubamayang spots Pepe on the run and plays the ball forward for him to run onto. Dias comes across to shepherd it out of play. The Portuguese centre-back hasn't looked out of place in a City shirt since arriving from Benfica.
- 55'Aguero muscles Gabriel off the ball and finds Mahrez wide right. Mahrez does his best Arjen Robben impression again by cutting inside to shoot with his left foot, this time inspiring a routine stop from Leno.
- 53'Arsenal are enjoying some time on the ball now. Tierney powers forward from left-back and Cancelo catches the Scot in the face accidentally. It's not a foul.
- 51'City head the corner out and Tierney lets fly with a looping shot from distance that lands on the roof of the net. Ederson wasn't going to be caught out by it anyway.
- 50'Tierney is in just the right position to block Cancelo's pass out wide to Mahrez. Arsenal counter and Dias punts out for a corner.
- 49'Pepe hobbles off the pitch temporarily but comes back on soon enough. Meanwhile, Willian fouls Cancelo near the halfway line.
- 45'+1'Aubameyang has been notably quiet so far because Arsenal have seen so little of the ball. Aubamayang scored both goals in Arsenal’s win over City in the FA Cup semi-final last season, but he's now played more Premier League minutes without scoring against City than he has any other opponent - almost 500 minutes. Can Arteta find a way of getting his main man into the game?
- 47'Arsenal get a shot on target straight away as Aubamayang flings in a cross from wide left and Pepe rises high to head straight at Ederson. Pepe's left on the turf in the aftermath and looks to require some treatment.
- 45'+1'It's so far, so good for Man City who were largely comfortable in the first half. City grabbed the lead through an opportunistic Sterling strike and haven't looked like relinqushing it since. Arsenal have had their moments but haven't done enough to be a sustained threat to City so far.
- 46'The second half gets going. No changes at half-time.
- 45'+1'HALF-TIME: MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 ARSENAL
- 45'+1'Gabriel challenges for a header with Walker's high foot and gets a wild shot away that's nowhere near goal. Arsenal's Brazilian centre-back claims for a penalty but he isn't getting it.
- 45'Saka fires another decent cross into the City box and Dias pokes it out for an Arsenal corner. Arsenal are ending the half well. There'll be one added minute in this half.
- 44'Pepe takes on City's new boy Ake down the right flank. The Dutchman sticks out a leg to put a stop to the chance. Ake's not been hugely visible in this game but he's been effective when he's needed to be.
- 43'A throw-in goes against City and Aguero throws his arms around the assistant referee Sian Massey-Ellis in inappropriate if friendly protest. She stays unperturbed.
- 41'Arsenal's corner doesn't lead to very much but they're on the attack again shortly after. Pepe's touch sets Aubamayang through on goal and Arsenal's captain forces Leno to make a smart save. The offside flag goes up against Aubamayang though. It's a close call.
- 39'Chance for Arsenal! Tierney and Saka overload Walker and put City under pressure at the back. Saka plays a one-two with Aubamayang and aims for the top right corner only for Ederson to make a fantastic fingertip save!
- 37'Arsenal get their first attack in a while, winning a corner down their left. City only half-clear and Pepe somehow blocks his own teammate Saka's cross back in.
- 35'Gabriel's poor pass out puts Arsenal in trouble and City are on it like a shot. The ball finds itself with Foden who goes for goal quickly and Leno rushes out to block. Arsenal eventually manage to smuggle it away.
- 33'Mahrez has been City's brightest spark so far. The Algerian does his familiar trick of jinking inside before flashing a left-footed shot over the crossbar.
- 31'City are such a clinical team. They spend so long slowly anaesthetising opponents before they finally slip the needle in. What we're saying is not very much is happening.
- 29'City win a corner down their left through Foden. It's taken short and Walker tries to send the ball into the danger area from deep. It's too close to Leno though, who gobbles it right up.
- 27'City are starting to switch it on now. Mahrez dances inside onto his left foot and aims for the near bottom corner, forcing a save from Leno. Mahrez tries again and the result is the same. It ends in a City corner that Leno claims comfortably.
- 25'Arsenal look to get back into the game quickly as Saka stings the palms of Ederson with a high shot from a tight angle. Arsenal have a corner from the right. William swings it in and Tierney's shot is blocked by Foden. Willian has another try and Pepe heads wide.
- 24'Sterling has been involved in six goals in his last five Premier League games against Arsenal - four goals and two assist. He just loves playing against the Gunners.
- 23'GOAL! MAN CITY 1-0 ARSENAL! Just when we were going to say this game is nothing to write home about, City take the lead! Aguero runs through the middle and slides in Foden who cuts inside past Bellerin and shoots. Leno spills it and Sterling is there to slot home!
- 21'Now it's Arsenal's turn to attack. Saka sends a high cross towards the far post and Bellerin concedes a free-kick by clambering all over Foden.
- 19'City venture forward in what's been a sluggish start to the game. Mahrez pops the ball inside to Cancelo but Tierney's there to get in the way.
- 17'City are playing a strange 3-1-4-2 formation with Cancelo in central midfield and Sterling and Aguero flanked by Foden and Mahrez. It's a typical Guardiola headscratcher.
- 15'It's been quite cagey so far as both sides are trying to figure each other out. Ceballas gallops forward and sets Aubamayang free down the left. Arsenal's captain can't quite find the right pass.
- 14'Rodri is booked for putting a stop to Saka down Arsenal's left flank. He'll have to be careful now.
- 13'Arsenal are awarded a free-kick as Mahrez holds the arm of Pepe as the Frenchman tries to counter. The visitors have looked assured in defence so far.
- 12'Arsenal deal with the corner well enough. It lands to Foden who clatters a shot against Pepe. City will get another corner.
- 10'Arsenal waste possession by punting the ball straight through to Ederson in the City goal. Silva slips a pass through to Aguero. Gabriel comes across to block the cross. City get the first corner of the game.
- 8'Arsenal are pressing City very high up in the pitch, making it difficult for the hosts to work their way forward. Saka nearly latches onto a throughball but slips at the vital moment, allowing Dias to recover.
- 7'Man City beat Arsenal's press and go on the attack. Mahrez hangs a short cross up for Aguero - who's boasting platinum blonde hair these days - who can only nod over.
- 5'Arsenal are seeing a lot of the ball early on, albeit mostly in their own half. Tierney sees space ahead of him down the left and bombs into it but Walker soon shuts him down.
- 3'It looks like Willian is leading the line for Arsenal here, playing in a false nine position to give Aubamayang and Pepe room to burst down the flanks. Let's see how that works out for the visitors.
- 2'Man City race straight out of the traps to get a shot on goal. Mahrez flashes a shot wide from outside the box after latching onto Sterling's pass.
- 1'The two teams take the knee and Arsenal get things underway! The visitors are wearing their dark navy third kit.
- -The two sides take to the Etihad Stadium pitch. It'll be interesting to see when Partey can get onto the pitch today. The Ghana screener arrives with much pedigree from Atletico Madrid and is expected to add some much-needed bite to Arsenal's midfield.
- -Man City will view this as a game they should win. City have beaten Arsenal in all of their last six Premier League meetings and are unbeaten against the Gunners in their last nine, scoring at least twice in each of those games. Arsenal have gotten better in the big games under Arteta though. Can the visitors prolong City's sluggish start?
- -Guardiola makes four changes to the City side that drew 1-1 with Leeds a fortnight ago. Kevin De Bruyne is out after getting injured on international duty with Belgium but Aguero is back. There are three changes to the Arsenal side that beat Sheffield United last time out. Their new signing Thomas starts on the bench.
- -SUBS: Thomas Partey, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Alexandre Lacazette, Runar Alex Runarsson, Mohamed Elneny, David Luiz, Eddie Nketiah.
- -ARSENAL (4-3-3): Bernd Leno; Hector Bellerin, David Luiz, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney; Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka; Nicolas Pepe, Willian, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (c).
- -SUBS: Zack Steffen, Fernandinho, Ferran Torres, Liam Delap, Eric García, John Stones, Ilkay Gundogan.
- -MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Joao Cancelo; Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Phil Foden; Riyad Mahrez, Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling (c).
- -Arsenal head to Manchester sitting in fifth in the early Premier League table. Mikel Arteta's team have made a strong start to their campaign and can be hopeful of staying in a similar position over the coming months. Maybe they can dream of more if they can get wins from games like this.
- -Man City start this game in the unfamiliar territory of the bottom half of the Premier League table after a slow start to their season. Pep Guardiola's men have a game in hand though, and they'll want to start rocketing up the table given champions Liverpool's less than perfect start.
- -Hello! Welcome to our live text commentary of this Premier League match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.
- 90'+4'
Yellow Card18 - Thomas ParteyFULL-TIME: MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 ARSENAL - 89'Substitution - In25 - FernandinhoSubstitution - Out47 - Phil FodenCity have decided to shut this game down, if it even needed it. Foden trots off to be replaced by Fernandinho.
- 84'Yellow Card6 - Nathan AkéAke is booked for time-wasting over a throw-in. City look frustrated more than frightened of Arsenal at the moment. The visitors are like an annoying fly they just want to swat away.
- 83'Substitution - In18 - Thomas ParteySubstitution - Out34 - Granit XhakaThe game's over for Xhaka too. Partey comes on to makes his debut for the Gunners.
- 83'Substitution - In30 - Eddie NketiahSubstitution - Out19 - Nicolas PépéArsenal make an attacking change. Nketiah is on for Pepe.
- 69'Substitution - In9 - Alexandre LacazetteSubstitution - Out12 - WillianArsenal decide to go for an orthodox striker. Lacazette replaces Willian up front.
- 68'Yellow Card3 - Rúben DiasDias receives a yellow card for that challenge on Saka. Willian and David Luiz are candidates to take the free-kick.
- 65'Substitution - In8 - Ilkay GündoganSubstitution - Out10 - Sergio AgüeroAguero playfully claps to the absent Etihad Stadium crowd while jogging off. Gundogan replaces him. Silva will take Aguero's place up front.
- 63'Yellow Card27 - João CanceloCancelo is booked for pushing Tierney over near the halfway line. It's an easy decision for the referee.
- 23'Goal7 - Raheem SterlingGoal! Manchester City 1, Arsenal 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 14'Yellow Card16 - RodrigoRodri is booked for putting a stop to Saka down Arsenal's left flank. He'll have to be careful now.
Match Info
Etihad Stadium
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