Arsenal exacted their revenge on Manchester City with a mightily impressive 5-1 win at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. The Gunners were left incensed after being denied a late victory in the reverse fixture, but came up with one hell of a performance to make up for such a grievance this time around.
Martin Odegaard put Mikel Arteta’s men ahead early on after taking advantage of some sloppy passing from the City defence as Arsenal went into the break a goal up. However, they were pegged back by a nonchalant Erling Haaland, whose header stunned the home crowd into short-lived silence.
Alas, City were only on level terms for under two minutes, as Thomas Partey’s deflected effort saw the hosts move back in front. Shortly after, Myles Lewis-Skelly steered home Arsenal’s third of the day to give them some breathing space, but they weren’t done there.
Kai Havertz, who drew the ire of home fans for a terrible miss in the first half, all but ensured the three points with a nice finish for four, while Ethan Nwaneri put the cherry on the cake with a similar strike in added time.
GOAL breaks down the winners & losers from the Emirates Stadium…