Arsenal takes sweet revenge over Haaland, Disassembly City

London-Arsenal secured their biggest victory over Manchester City at 22 years Sunday after beating Pep Guardiolas pages 5-1 at Emirates Stadium.

Martin Ødegaard opened the scoring in the second minute after Manual Akanji were caught in possession before Erling Haaland Equalized 10 minutes after the break with a ruted header. Gunners’ answer, however, was emphatically. Just 105 seconds later, the home ground was back in front of as Thomas Partey‘s deflected strike flew by Stefan Ortega.

From there, City was unable to cope as Arsenal cut them openly repeatedly. Teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly scored his first senior career goal with a fine right-foot strike of 62 minutes before Kai Havertz Added a fourth in 76 minutes. Replace Ethan Nwaneri Completed the route in stopping time with a fine curling finish outside the box.

Gunners closed the gap on the Premier League leaders Liverpool for six points, while City stays in fourth place, the level of points with Newcastle United immediately below them. – James Olley

Arsenal gets revenge over Haaland, town

It only took two minutes to what extent Arsenal was motivated by Haaland’s previous behavior to reach the forefront. When Emirates Stadium broke out after Odegard’s early opening, Gabriel Magalhães was caught on the camera and shouted in Haaland’s face as he ran off to celebrate.

The footing was not difficult to predict. Haaland’s “Stay Humble” Comment to Mikel Arteta At the end of September’s inverted fixture has hung in Gunners’ collective memory with Haaland throwing the ball at Gabriel’s Head after John Stones’97. minute equalization that day.

Gabriel’s answer at the time was to clearly warn the city that “we are waiting for them on our land” and so proved it. It appeared at one point that Haaland would define this game like his 55th minute header Drew City Level and scored his 250. Senior Club goals in the process-a faster rate than Lionel Messi (327), Kylian Mbappé (332), Harry Kane (430) and Cristiano Ronaldo (451)-But after Partey’s strike, Lewis-Skelly had the last laughter and responded to his excellent 62-minute effort by using Haaland’s meditating party.

Haaland was seen in September and asked Lewis-Skelly: “Who F — Are You?” He knows now. – Olley

By undone by expensive mistakes

Guardiola has enough on her record and tries to rebuild City’s season without players making individual mistakes and costing goals. Akanji was to blame for Arsenal’s first when he was robbed of Leandro Trossard.

It happened almost again midway through the first half when Ortega mistakenly assessed a care to midfield and Mateo Kovacic were caught on the ball past Declan Rice. City escaped with it only because of a terrible effort from Havertz, which he somehow managed to pull widely off the position.

The error leading to Arsenal’s second goal will disappoint the Guardiola most. The city had worked so hard to stay in the game and equalize through Haaland but it all was undone only two minutes later when Phil footLoose passport was picked out of Partey, which found the net via a deflection from Stones’ back.

It was another individual error that allowed Chelsea to take an early lead at Etihad Stadium last week. On that occasion, City had enough to beat back. However, Arsenal is far more ruthless and made visitors pay to give them two goals. – Rob Dawson

Arsenal asks Title Questions to Liverpool

Sunday’s game was the last chance that Arsenal had to exert pressure on Liverpool before the leaders play their long -awaited games in their hand.

Gunners desperately needed to cut the gap to six points to look up the heat at Liverpool in front of their Merseyside Derby in Everton, a match that takes a new dimension after manager David Moyes’ return to the club. The last ever Goodison Park Derby would always be an emotional affair, but Everton now seems to be a tougher suggestion under Moyes and won their last three games against Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City.

Consequently, victory for Arsenal was of the utmost importance of raising the effort, and then to respond to City’s equalization seemed emphatically – against a team they have so often become over -class in recent years – as a significant step. It is only their third win from 12 games against teams in the top half, a record they had to improve and need to continue to do so to rule in Arne Slot’s side. They have now won consecutive home matches against City for the first time since 2009. – Olley

The astonishing failure of de bruyne

Kevin de Bruyne Has played a more reduced role this season, but it was still a surprise to see him named on the bench by the Emirates. Guardiola has been eager to insist that he should control the Belgian international minutes after the 33-year-old missed a significant part of the campaign with an injury.

He played for 80 minutes against Club Brugge in the midweek, but couldn’t he have done the same against Arsenal four days later? After all, City now has a free week to prepare for their FA Cup ties at Leyton Orient on Saturday.

De Bruyne is still one of Guardiola’s best players. He is definitely his best passersby. He also brings a tranquility to the city that has missed this season. Rodri is out and the defensive axis of stone and Rúben Dias Has only been available to start a Premier League game this season.

When De Bruyne came to Arsenal in the 72nd minute, the scoring was already 3-1 and the game had gone. Only he wants to know exactly how fit he is, but it seemed like a weird choice to leave him on the sidelines for such a big game. – Dawson

Where does Marmoush fit in city attacks?

January at 60 million pound January signature from Eintracht Frankfurt was light on the left wing on his debut against Chelsea. Moved towards Arsenal, Egypt was International Ineffective.

His best game in Germany came in a central role, but with Haaland guaranteed to start at Center-Forward every week, it seems to Omar Marmoush‘s best chance of regular playing time in City will come out wide. Guardiola was asked about his new striker at his Prematch news conference on Friday, and he suggested that the 25-year-old be a club that signed rather than one he had specifically requested. Whether that is the case, it will be up to him to find a position for Marmoush, where he can show the talent that saw him scoring 15 goals in 17 Bundesliga games this season before his move to Etihad.

There must also be a period of adaptation for Marmoush. He was used to being the most important man in Frankfurt, but that won’t be the case in City. Haaland is their primary goal scorer – which he again showed on the Emirates – and Marmoush will have to find a way to complement Norway International. – Dawson