2′ Assist Gabriel Fernando de Jesus
K. De Bruyne
Goal
2′ Goal Kevin De Bruyne
1′ Manchester City get the first half underway.
The players are emerging from the tunnel and kick off is just seconds away!
For a long time, this was a tricky game for Man City, but in recent years they’ve enjoyed the fixture much more. Manchester City have won their last two Premier League away games against Arsenal – more than they had in their previous 32 top-flight visits to Highbury/Emirates Stadium.
Manchester City make four changes, on the other hand. Pep Guardiola shuffles his defence after some recent vulnerability with John Stones and Angelino being replaced by Mendy and Otamendi. Meanwhile, in midfield, Gundogan comes in to solidify the team while Phil Foden also earns a rare league start.
Arsenal make two changes to the side that defeated West Ham in their last Premier League outing: Kieran Tierney drops out after sustaining a shoulder injury while Xhaka makes way for Guendouzi in midfield.
SUBS: Riyad Mahrez, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Angelino, Bernardo Silva, Claudio Bravo, Eric Garcia, Joao Cancelo.
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Fernandinho, Nicolas Otamendi, Benjamin Mendy; Ilkay Gundogan, Rodrigo, Phil Foden; Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling.
SUBS: Bukayo Saka, Reiss Nelson, Emile Smith Rowe, Alexandre Lacazette, David Luiz, Emiliano Martínez, Joe Willock.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Calum Chambers, Sead Kolasinac; Matteo Guendouzi, Lucas Torreira; Nicolas Pepe, Mesut Ozil, Gabriel Martinelli; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Manchester City, meanwhile, come into this clash after a startling defeat at home to Manchester United – a result that saw them plummet 17 points behind Liverpool in first position. No result other than a win today will do to begin to exert any sort of pressure on their title rivals.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of this Premier League fixture between Arsenal and Manchester City. The hosts enter this one fresh from a resilient victory over West Ham, where they came from behind to record their first win in seven league matches. Nevertheless, Arsenal still find themselves ninth in the table and will be desperate to follow up their performance on Monday with three points to begin a surge up the standings.
Gabriel Jesus
Assist