Manchester City showed champions stuff to brush aside Arsenal 4-1 at the Etihad on Wednesday night, Sportivationng.com reports.
The visitors’ title challenge has been stuttering in recent weeks after failing to win their last three matches before the trip to the defending champions.
Arsenal started well but Kevin De Bruyne quickly put Man City into the lead in the sixth minute after a good work from Erling Haaland to rattle the visitors.
Kevin De Bruyne at his best ????
Brilliant link up play with Haaland to put City ahead!
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Ramsdale was in an inspired form as he denied Erling Haaland four times in the first half.
Stones added the second goal with a well-placed header just before the break to set Man City on course for a deserved win.
VAR has the last say????
Man City double their lead through John Stones!
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Haaland and De Bruyne combined to devastating effect all game, as the Norwegian forward set up the Belgian for the third goal in the 54th minute.
De Bruyne ???? Haaland
The duo are looking unstoppable tonight! City go 3-0 up before 60 minutes.
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De Bruyne produced a sensational finish with a low drive in between the legs of Rob Holding to beat Aaron Ramsdale.
Rob Holding pulled one back for Arsenal with four minutes left.
Rob Holding pulls one back!????
Are we in for late drama? Arsenal trail 3-1 in the 87th minute..
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Haaland finally got on the scoresheet with a late goal assisted by substitute Phil Foden to complete a stunning performance with two assists and one goal.
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Erling Haaland and his free-flowing hair wrap up a massive 4-1 win for Man City ????♂️ pic.twitter.com/IWSRZBvHtE
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Manchester City will overtake Arsenal with a win at Fulham on Sunday, Guardiola’s men are two points behind the Gunners with two games at hand.
De Bruyne hailed his teammates for an impressive performance in the game.
“I think it’s a big game. It’s always important to win this game. A lot of people will say about the title but in our mind we had to perform well and we did. We still have seven games to play so there’s a lot going on.
“We are in the end part of the season so we know every game is must win. If we lost today it would be very hard. We played really well.”
On the crowd: “The last years have been changing a lot. The atmosphere is unbelievable. People always say about our crowd but they help to push us forward. If you see 50,000 people jumping with their back to the field it will do something to the opposition.
“I don’t think the teams went over the limit. Sometimes it will be fiery but there was a lot at stake.
The Gunners have now gone four Premier League games without a win at the business end of the season.
Up next for Arsenal is a home clash against struggling Chelsea next Tuesday.
