Manchester City 3-1 Arsenal: 3 Reasons why the Gunners lost at the Etihad

#1 Arsenal’s attack has a bad day at the office

Lacazette was lacklustre throughout

Gooners got their wish on Sunday as Emery fielded Arsenal’s deadly duo of Aubameyang and Lacazette. However, the Arsenal faithful’s joy was limited to the selection only as the pair turned in abject performances.

Though the Frenchman hustled and tried to make things happen, nothing came off for him.

As for the Gabonese, he was anonymous for the entirety of the game. While Aubameyang has popped up with 15 league goals so far, his complete lack of contribution to the Gunners’ attacking play might just be causing a furrowed brow or two.

Moreover, Emery’s selection of Iwobi and Kolasinac didn’t pay off as both were guilty of passing up good opportunities. To compound matters, the aforementioned players also contrived to impact Arsenal in a negative way defensively.

The most worrying aspect though was that the Gunners’ only substantial threat arrived from set-pieces.

In totality, they mustered four shots at Ederson’s goal of which only a couple were on target.

Though losing to City isn’t the biggest crime in the world, the worrying pattern of the Gunners failing to fire on away trips could yet come back to haunt them.

And with another toothless attacking display, surely such performances can no longer qualify to be an anomaly.