English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 18, 2016
Arsenal LWWWL 1
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Manchester City WLDLW 2
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MNC022
Etihad Stadium · 54,409 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City fight back to see off Arsenal and go second

Pep Guardiola's side began tentatively at the Etihad Stadium and found themselves behind after only five minutes.

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Team Stats

0
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
0
0
Possession
0
0
SHOTS
0
0
ON GOAL
0
0.0
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Claudio BravoG
  2. 11Aleksandar KolarovCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 6FernandoDM
  5. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  6. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  7. 21David SilvaCM-L
  8. 42Yaya TouréCM-R
  9. 17Kevin De BruyneLM
  10. 19Leroy SanéRM
  11. 7Raheem SterlingF

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 29Granit XhakaLM
  8. 34Francis CoquelinRM
  9. 7Alexis SánchezF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 14Theo WalcottAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Manchester City 0, Arsenal 1. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  2. 38' David Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Bacary Sagna replaces Pablo Zabaleta.
  4. 47' Goal! Manchester City 1, Arsenal 1. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Silva with a through ball.
  5. 51' Yaya Touré (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 65' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Alex Iwobi.
  7. 71' Goal! Manchester City 2, Arsenal 1. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  8. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Francis Coquelin.
  9. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces Leroy Sané.
  10. 78' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  11. 80' Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 84' Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  13. 88' Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+4' Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+5' Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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