Manchester City knocked Arsenal off its Premier League perch as second-half objectives by Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland earned the champions a 3-1 victory in a feisty top-of-the-table conflict at The Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
Arsenal had come from a objective down and seemed able to ending a 10-game dropping streak within the league towards City, nevertheless it finally got here up brief as its hopes of a primary league title since 2004 suffered an enormous setback.
City was gifted the lead within the twenty fourth minute when an under-hit again go by Takehiro Tomiyasu was ruthlessly punished by Kevin de Bruyne’s composed lobbed end.
Arsenal deservedly obtained again on stage phrases within the fortieth minute, although, when City keeper Ederson was punished for a coming along with Eddie Nketiah, and Bukayo Saka slotted residence the penalty.
City was significantly better after the break, and Grealish fired in his third league objective of the season within the 72nd minute earlier than Haaland, an harm doubt forward of the sport, netted his twenty sixth league objective of the marketing campaign to silence the house crowd.
Pep Guardiola’s City has 51 factors, the identical as Arsenal however with a far superior objective distinction, though Arsenal has performed one sport fewer.
