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Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City: Raheem Sterling’s early goal gives City 18th win in a row

Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City: Raheem Sterling’s early goal gives City 18th win in a row
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Raheem Sterling scores the opener for Manchester City at Arsenal
Raheem Sterling scored his ninth Premier League goal of the season

Manchester City extended their winning run to 18 games as they continued their impressive march towards the Premier League title with victory at Arsenal.

The visitors have not dropped a point since 15 December and looked confident right from the outset, taking the lead with just two minutes on the clock as Raheem Sterling somehow managed to outjump Rob Holding to head in Riyad Mahrez’s cross.

City had four shots to Arsenal’s none in the opening quarter of an hour and it looked like the Gunners were in danger of being on the end of a heavy defeat as Pep Guardiola’s side poured forward at every opportunity.

To Arsenal’s credit they weathered that early storm and grew into the game as Kieran Tierney tested Ederson with a strong effort from distance, while there were glimpses of a threat on the break through the pace of Bukayo Saka.

City failed to kick on after the break although still looked the most likely to add to their lead as Kevin de Bruyne – making his first start in over a month – lifted an effort just wide while Ilkay Gundogan saw a shot saved by Bernd Leno before Joao Cancelo clipped a lovely strike inches past the post late on.

In the end, a second goal was not needed as City took the three points that means they remain 10 points clear at the top of the table with 13 games remaining.

Arsenal, meanwhile, are 10th and six points off the top six.

Impressive City keep run going

Manchester City players celebrate their win
Manchester City are unbeaten in their past 25 games across all competitions (W22 D3)

City have been back to their free-scoring best this season and had bagged 18 goals in their six previous Premier League games going into this fixture.

It looked like another high-scoring game was on the cards when they took a very early lead through Sterling, with Guardiola and his former assistant coach Mikel Arteta having barely finished exchanging pleasantries on the touchline when the ball was bring picked out of the Arsenal net.

But the additional goals failed to materialise as City were uncharacteristically not at their best in the final third, with Gabriel Jesus launching well over late on after a quick counter, while Gundogan and De Bruyne could arguably have done better with their opportunities.

While it was a narrow win in the end it was one that never really looked in doubt, with Ederson making just the one save all game.

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This was City’s 23rd clean sheet of the season, more than any other team in the top five European leagues or top four divisions in England, while they have not been behind in any of their past 17 Premier League games.

The victory also equalled a club record 11 successive away wins in all competitions. Impressive statistics for City, worrying ones for any side hoping to somehow deny them a third league title in four seasons.

Saka shines as Arsenal recover from worrying start

Bernardo Silva of Manchester City gets past Bukayo Saka of Arsenal on Sunday
Bukayo Saka (right) lined up on the left ahead of Kieran Tierney for Arsenal

Arsenal had gone into this game having lost their past seven league games versus City, so a victory against Guardiola’s in-form side always looked a tall order.

Their dreadful start when they were completely overpowered by their opponents suggested this was not just going to be another defeat, but also a hefty one.


While Ederson was never really troubled in the City goal, Arsenal had their moments with Saka once again particularly lively.

The 19-year-old’s pace on the counter meant City could never truly relax and perhaps accounted for why the visitors failed to go on and win by a bigger margin.

Saka was lining up on the left, despite having got more goals and assists on the right this season, so could arguably have provided even more of a threat if he’d started this game in that position.

Regardless, while Arteta will be unhappy that his side did not threaten Ederson’s goal more he can be happy that they did not at least crumble after their poor start.

Sterling scores on the road again – the stats

  • Arsenal have now lost each of their past eight league games against Manchester City – their joint-longest run of consecutive league defeats against an opponent, along with an eight-game run versus Leeds United between 1973 and 1976.
  • Arsenal have lost their past four Premier League games against Manchester City without scoring a goal. This is the first time in their history they have failed to score in four consecutive home league games against an opponent.
  • Manchester City are unbeaten in their past 25 games across all competitions (W22 D3) – their second-longest run without defeat under Guardiola, after a 28-game spell between April and December 2017.
  • This was Manchester City’s 15th clean sheet in the Premier League this season – the most by a team after 25 games of a top-flight campaign since 2008-09, when both Manchester United (19) and Chelsea (15) had as many.
  • Since the start of last season, no player has scored more away goals than Sterling in the Premier League (20). Indeed, Sterling’s total is twice as many as Manchester City’s second-highest away scorer in this period (Gabriel Jesus, 10).
  • Manchester City’s Sterling is the third player to score in three consecutive away games against Arsenal in the Premier League, after Nicolas Anelka (four games ending in May 2009) and Ian Harte (three games ending in May 2003).
  • Manchester City’s opener after 75 seconds was the first time they’ve scored in the opening two minutes of a Premier League game since December 2019, which was also away at Arsenal (Kevin de Bruyne after 89 seconds).

What next?

Manchester City switch their attention to the Champions League as they face Borussia Monchengladbach in Budapest in the last 16 on Wednesday, 24 February (20:00 GMT), while Arsenal play Benfica in Athens in the second leg of their Europa League last-32 tie (17:55 GMT).

Player of the match

SterlingRaheem Sterling

with an average of 7.43

Arsenal

  1. Squad number3Player nameTierney
    Average rating

    5.81

  2. Squad number7Player nameSaka
    Average rating

    5.71

  3. Squad number1Player nameLeno
    Average rating

    5.12

  4. Squad number32Player nameSmith Rowe
    Average rating

    5.03

  5. Squad number34Player nameXhaka
    Average rating

    4.71

  6. Squad number25Player nameMohamed Elneny
    Average rating

    4.69

  7. Squad number16Player nameHolding
    Average rating

    4.68

  8. Squad number22Player nameMarí
    Average rating

    4.67

  9. Squad number11Player nameØdegaard
    Average rating

    4.62

  10. Squad number9Player nameLacazette
    Average rating

    4.55

  11. Squad number14Player nameAubameyang
    Average rating

    4.53

  12. Squad number8Player nameDani Ceballos
    Average rating

    4.43

  13. Squad number2Player nameBellerín
    Average rating

    4.40

  14. Squad number23Player nameDavid Luiz
    Average rating

    4.21

  15. Squad number19Player namePépé
    Average rating

    4.17

Manchester City

  1. Squad number7Player nameSterling
    Average rating

    7.43

  2. Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
    Average rating

    7.38

  3. Squad number5Player nameStones
    Average rating

    7.25

  4. Squad number26Player nameMahrez
    Average rating

    7.11

  5. Squad number25Player nameFernandinho
    Average rating

    7.07

  6. Squad number8Player nameGündogan
    Average rating

    7.03

  7. Squad number27Player nameJoão Cancelo
    Average rating

    6.95

  8. Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva
    Average rating

    6.92

  9. Squad number11Player nameZinchenko
    Average rating

    6.91

  10. Squad number31Player nameEderson
    Average rating

    6.87

  11. Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
    Average rating

    6.79

  12. Squad number9Player nameGabriel Jesus
    Average rating

    6.63

Line-ups

Arsenal

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Leno

2Bellerín16Holding22Marí3Tierney

25Elneny34Xhaka

19Pépé11Ødegaard7Saka

14Aubameyang

  • 1Leno
  • 2BellerínBooked at 87mins
  • 16HoldingSubstituted forDavid Luizat 82′minutes
  • 22Marí
  • 3Tierney
  • 25ElnenySubstituted forCeballosat 86′minutes
  • 34XhakaBooked at 53mins
  • 19PépéSubstituted forSmith Roweat 73′minutes
  • 11ØdegaardSubstituted forLacazetteat 73′minutes
  • 7Saka
  • 14Aubameyang

Substitutes

  • 6Gabriel
  • 8Ceballos
  • 9Lacazette
  • 12Willian
  • 17Cédric Soares
  • 23David Luiz
  • 32Smith Rowe
  • 33Ryan
  • 35Martinelli

Man City

Formation 4-3-3

31Ederson

27Cancelo5Stones3Rúben Dias11Zinchenko

17De Bruyne25Fernandinho8Gündogan

26Mahrez20Bernardo Silva7Sterling

  • 31Ederson
  • 27CanceloBooked at 64mins
  • 5Stones
  • 3Rúben Dias
  • 11Zinchenko
  • 17De BruyneSubstituted forGabriel Jesusat 63′minutes
  • 25Fernandinho
  • 8Gündogan
  • 26Mahrez
  • 20Bernardo SilvaBooked at 51mins
  • 7Sterling

Substitutes

  • 2Walker
  • 9Gabriel Jesus
  • 10Agüero
  • 13Steffen
  • 14Laporte
  • 16Rodri
  • 21Torres
  • 22Mendy
  • 47Foden

Referee:
Jonathan Moss

Match Stats

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