A heavily-deflected Gabriel Martinelli goal four minutes from time gave Arsenal their first Premier League win over Man City since January 2015
Arteta has got the better of his former boss for the first time in his managerial career defeats for the first time since December 2018 when they lost to Crystal Palace and Leicester City either side of miserable Christmas. They recorded only four shots against
In the 68th minute Guardiola took off Rico Lewis, Mateo Kovacic and Julian Alvarez, replacing them with John Stones, Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku. It didn’t seem to tip the balance of play, tilting towards Arsenal in the second half, back in City’s favour. Remember this was the same stage on which Silva played a blinder from left-back, dealing consummately with Bukayo Saka for an hour back in Febraury before Guardiola moved him into a more familiar attacking role.Guardiola had described Silva as “an adaptive player” who can play “in many, many positions” before the match and it was hard to tell if there was a glint in his eye or if it was merely the reflection of the camera lights.
Is there a more organised footballer than Declan Rice? Unwavering positional discipline, arranging his team-mates like chess pieces when Arsenal defend, a castle in front of Arsenal’s defence. Oh, and he popped up with a crucial header off the line in only the fifth minute in a contribution that will undoubtedly have altered the course of the game.
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