16 Conclusions:
1) There was a symbolic beauty in watching Kevin De Bruyne stroll along the touchline as Arsenal supporters launched empty bottles at him. The substitute smirked and winked as he dodged one and the rest landed aimlessly in the general area surrounding him, never close enough to make contact.. It wasn’t enough. The visitors sauntered through and took what they deem to be theirs by right of unerring brilliance.
Zinchenko’s clever flick played Leandro Trossard into the area in the 79th minute but the Belgian could only stumble towards and over Kyle Walker against the backdrop of quarter-hearted penalty appeals; Haaland scored three minutes later. This was not that. Arsenal did not lose because they don’t know how to manage a title race in the instinctive way Manchester City can. Arsenal lost because because of isolated individual errors which undermined a great team display. No Pep Guardiola side has ever had as little possession in a league game. No Pep Guardiola side has ever had as low an overall passing accuracy in a league game.
Arsenal were great first-half but since the break Gundogan and Rodri have stepped up. once Pep moved Bernardo onto the wing it was all one-way traffic until it was 1-3. different class.8) Saka had 46 touches in 90 minutes, split exactly evenly between the first and second halves. But the contrast before and after half-time could hardly have been more stark.
Those looked like obvious weak points for Arsenal to capitalise upon but Rodri ensured they could not get close enough and the introduction of Manuel Akanji for the dreadful Riyad Mahrez on the hour removed those factors from the equation regardless.
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