The PL champs have lost for the second time this season as they fall at the Emirates. An uninspired performance and a truly bad referee act did City in. From missed chances, lack of focus and more the result was not in Man City favor.

The two teams understood each other very well and had almost equal strength, so it was not easy to find a goal.

After more than 80 minutes of struggle without being able to break the rival’s net, it seemed like Arsenal would have to accept a goalless draw when the surprise came.

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In the 86th minute, 4 Arsenal substitutes scored the only goal of this match. Thomas Partey flicked a long ball up, Tomiyasu released it back to Havertz. The German player stopped the ball with his chest before passing it to Martinelli to finish. The ball hit Ake’s face and changed direction, causing goalkeeper Ederson to give up.

Arsenal ended their losing streak against Man City in the Premier League since 2015. The last time they were able to defeat Man City was in December 2015. It was a 2-1 victory at Emirates Stadium in round 17 of the 2015/16 Premier League.

In the period since then, Arsenal has lost 12 consecutive matches when facing Man City in England’s No. 1 tournament. And it wasn’t until the last match that they ended this disappointing losing streak.

With coach Mikel Arteta, he also defeated his former teacher Pep Guardiola for the first time in the Premier League.

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Let’s talk the rotation as City did start the regulars and were not crisp enough in midfield to take advantage. It didn’t help then that they missed the few chances they did have,

A match that saw only Julian Alvarez play well and maybe Kyle Walker.

One where City was in control with possession and chances created. They played a really subpar match and this time fell on the day.

City had so many players who played just ok and this seems to be a needed loss as this could shake up the cobwebs and really fire up the team as we enter even more matches.

Two others of note who did play okay and were at least lively were Jeremy Doku and Phil Foden who showed up well in their minutes.

The story of the night is that City are finally put to loss in two successive times in the PL.

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