Arsenal Maintain a title Hunt with 5-1 Hammer Manchester City | Football news
Arsenal retained his challenge for the premier league title with 5-1 Demolition Dislal Manchester City while problematic champions withstanding another humiliation in the poor season.
Arsenal Mikel Arteta did not have a margin because of a race error, after Liverpool leaders beat 2-0 in Bournemouth on Saturday to move nine points away from the weapon.
On Sunday, they climbed the occasion with a dazzling performance inspired by captain Martin Odegaard’s opener after 103 seconds at the Emirates Stadium.
Erling Haaland He pulled the city level shortly after halftime with his 25th goal in all competitions this season.
But the careless mistakes that disturbed the city during the awful campaign proved to be decisive when Thomas Portey used that at the poor passage of Phil Foden, to return the Arsenal leadership.
The first goal of Arsenal Myles Lewis-Skelly and the late strikes by Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri put a seal on a masterpiece as the artillery moved to six Liverpool points.
Liverpool’s game in his hand firmly controls them in the race with the title, but Arsenal’s vibrant performance extended their undefeated race to 14 games and emphasized their desire to push the red to the destination.
Arsenal has 50 points from 24 games with Liverpool leaders at 56 of 23. Manchester City is fourth with 41.
City has now failed to win none of his last four league meetings with Arsenal, as their undefeated running in the sixth game in a top flight came to a brutal region.
With a fifth consecutive title long deleted from city ambitions after their miserable season, the fourth side of manager Pep Guardiola focuses on the Champions League qualifiers.
But even that could be out of them – let alone cross Real Madrid this season reel – Unless Guardiola can repair holes in its defense and lack of energy in the middle of the terrain.
“He was a top game and a top performance,” Odegaard said. “With fans and atmosphere and such results, it can’t be better.
“It was the time I scored and it was good after we didn’t stop – we continued on. We got what we deserved. It was good.”
City defender John Stones complained about a bad performance and apologized to the fans who travel.
“As we played in the last 30 minutes, it was not acceptable. Personally and collectively, this is not us,” he said, at the same time, gave the loan to Arsenal.
“We all have to stick together, it’s a key point not to start pointing to our fingers.”
Guardiola decided to bring stones for the former defender of the lentils of Abdukodir Khusanov, who endured his debut with the error that was in stock against Chelsea Last weekend.
But Stones was involved in an unhappy defense donated by Arsenal leadership in the second minute. It was the Stones’ passage to the marked Manuel Akanji who put his fellow veterans in a difficult situation.
Akanji immediately robbed Leandro Trossard before Kai Havertz chose Odegaard, and captain Arsenal inserted home from 10 meters with a city defense in a mess.
The city controlled possession, but for a long time they were without teeth, which encouraged all the upset gestures from the outraged Guardiola.
Haaland angry Arsenal after saying Arteti to “stay humble” and threw the ball on the defender Gunners Gabriel Magalhaes during a storm draw 2-2 earlier this season.
So it is inevitable, Haaland grabbed the city equalist in the 55th minute.
Savinh’s perfectly weighted cross gave Haaland the opportunity to come in front of William Salib and bury his head of close range.
But it only took Arsenal for two minutes to wipe a smile from Haaland’s face.
Foden’s passage picked up Partyy, and midfielder Gana released a strong long -term drive that came in through a wicked deviation from the stones.
Arsenal fragrant blood and Lewis-Skelly went to the murder in the 62th minute.
By cutting inside the city area, the 18-year-old left back showed that he attracted his lack of experience while in the stabbed fine finish.
In a cheeky jerk in Haaland, Lewis-Skelly marked the goal sitting with his legs crossed to mimic a meditative celebration of the city star.
There were more misery for a city of shocked grenade while a lot of malignant Havertz got on the leaf in the 76th minute.
Gabriel Martinelli went through City’s leak defense and scored a hadtz for a 10 -meter clinical ending.
Deep at the time of stopping, the teenage striker Nwaneri inflicted the final blow, inserting a top end to a distant corner angle.
Arsenal fans ridiculed Guardiola with the singers “You will be released in the morning” and, not for the first time in the afternoon, City had no answer.