Preview: Liverpool welcome Manchester City in high-stakes clash
Goals, goals and some more goals are a guarantee when Manchester City travel to Anfield in the English Premier League!
Arsenal’s inability to build on a good start was evident for the umpteenth time as they allowed Manchester City to overturn an early deficit and beat them 2-1 on Sunday night at the Etihad Stadium.
For the second successive game in a row, The Gunners threw away an early lead to finish the game tamely, while Manchester City continued their resurgence to climb to second place in the league table.
After a midweek loss to Everton, Arsenal were in desperate need of a win and when Theo Walcott put the visitors ahead in the fifth minute itself, the groans around the Etihad were evident.
Alexis Sanchez was given time to pick out a pass after Hector Bellerin’s superb run had found him near the penalty box and his reverse ball found Walcott who took two touches before finishing cooly past Claudio Bravo.
The City defence was all at sea and manager Pep Guardiola had his head in his hands.
Just minutes later, Raheem Sterling missed a open-net header from a superb Kevin De Bruyne cross, squandering the opportunity to equalise. City fans must have been wishing for the services of the suspended Sergio Aguero, who would have put that one way without any fuss.
They needn’t have worried, however, as the excellent Leroy Sane latched on to David Silva’s through ball to equalise with just two minutes of the second half played. The speedy German was marginally offside as replays confirmed but the goal stood and Arsenal were rocking.
Sterling then made amends for his first-half horror miss, cutting in from the right and finishing well with his weaker foot, beating Petr Cech at the near post in the 71st minute. While Nacho Monreal did afford him time and space, the credit must be given to De Bruyne’s glorious 50-yard cross field ball to
After two consecutive defeats, Arsenal’s ‘mentality’ is rightly being questioned as they find themselves nine points adrift of leaders Chelsea.
For City, there were loads of positives, not least their first win in recent years in a game that they have been trailing at half-time.
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