Arsenal

The visitors secured a 3-1 victory in a close match, but there are huge questions at left back.

"It's exceptionally difficult to play at the level they require you to play to have a chance to win," said Arteta "I thought in many moments we did and we had them, but if you give three goals the way we did and don't put away the big chances that we had, the margin for error is almost zero. Keep that up and it will take a momentous effort from Arsenal to even keep pace, let alone pip them at the post. Arsenal had helped City find their groove, it was then only a matter of time before Haaland found goal number 26 in the Premier League this season. Neither was so easy that they should have been considered guaranteed goals, but he should have hit the target at least once, punishing City for their errors. Had Nketiah taken the other chances that came his way, this game might have pivoted. When their opponents have the ball, however, it is as if Guardiola has placed a giant neon sign on the left corner of his pitch, "ATTACK HERE". Bernardo certainly understood how to play when he was moved from the defense into his more natural right wing role. But it was not as if in possession he was freed to aid City's build up. Ultimately this game was turned when the head coach concluded that it was worth patching up the gaping hole that he had crafted in his side's defense. Selling Joao Cancelo certainly presented Guardiola with an intriguing conundrum, how to find a left back in a squad whose only option was Sergio Gomez, a youngster that looks like he will benefit from quite a lot of development. Oh and Manchester City had scored three goals as they eased past Arsenal 3-1 on their way to the top of the table. The action on the field had petered out to such an extent that the 60,000 in the stands were of far more interest than the 22 on the pitch.

Second-half goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland helped City to a 3-1 victory over its title-chasing rival at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, though ...

We gave it away in areas that are impossible [to give the ball away] against them if you don’t want your goal to be threatened.” “It’s a long road. [Manchester City](http://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/football/manchester-city-financial-breaches-premier-league-spt-intl/index.html) has supplanted [Arsenal](http://www.cnn.com/2023/02/12/football/arsenal-brentford-premier-league-var-spt-intl/index.html) at the top of the Premier League.

Manchester City moved ominously to the top of the Premier League on Wednesday and while Arsenal can snatch back top spot, for a few hours at least on ...

Manchester City leapfrogged a defeated Arsenal at the top of the Premier League title. But the Gunners are still very much in the title race.

The FA will launch an investigation after objects appeared to be thrown at Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne during their 3-1 Premier League win over ...

De Bruyne gave City the lead in the 24th minute of the match, capitalising on an error from Takehiro Tomiyasu to lob the ball over Aaron Ramsdale. Arsenal equalised shortly before half-time through a Bukayo Saka penalty, but City retook the lead in the 72nd minute thanks to Jack Grealish. De Bruyne, 31, was substituted off for Kalvin Phillips in the 88th minute and had to walk around the edge of the pitch to the dugouts.

Manchester City is back on top in the Premier League and is once again the team to catch in the race for the title.

Arsenal will lift the title for the first time since 2004 if it wins the rest of its remaining games. While Arteta was an assistant to Guardiola in title-winning campaigns for City, he has never been in this situation as a manager and the focus is on how he handles the pressure of holding off the challenge of his former mentor. 19, Mikel Arteta’s team knows just how quickly the picture can change. The preseason favorite and champion in four of the last five seasons, City has the pedigree and the knowhow, which is a major advantage over its rivals. In race that will be as much a test of nerve as much as quality, who will come out on top at the end of the season? [back on top in the Premier League](https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-arsenal-fc-manchester-city-europe-fd3f546b3c301d32592d69464357c66a) and is once again the team to catch in the race for the title.

Arsenal have no time to lick their wounds after losing top spot in the Premier League to Manchester City as the Gunners aim to snap a four-game winless ...

Arsenal were unlucky to meet Manchester City during poor run, not in October, and eight-point leads, once squandered, are seldom regained.