Manchester City 3-1 Arsenal: 5 Talking Points

#2 Arsenal take advantage of City's drop in pace early in the second half, but cave in soon after

Manchester City v Arsenal - Premier League

City took their foot off the gas in the early stages of the second half, Raheem Sterling's dashing run which led to the penalty the only time they created a meaningful chance. Despite going 2-0 down, Arsenal didn't let their heads drop and duly took advantage of City just dropping down a gear or two.

The visitors were finding gaps in City's defence, getting wing-backs Bellerin and Kolasinac to press up the pitch and get involved. Substitute Alex Lacazette - whose omission from the starting line-up surprised many owing to his recently working partnership with Sanchez and Ozil upfront - looked sharp and made no mistake in sliding the ball through goalkeeper Ederson after being set up by Aaron Ramsey.

Arsenal's fruitful spell, however, was brought to an abrupt halt by substitute Gabriel Jesus, who made no mistake in tapping in from David Silva's low ball - although the Spaniard should have been flagged offside in the process.

City had raised their tempo once again and restored their two-goal advantage with the same ruthlessness as they had displayed during the first half.