Arsenal vs Manchester City: Kevin De Bruyne's brace sinks embattled Gunners

Premier League champions Manchester City put up an impressive performance on Sunday evening at Emirates Stadium in London by defeating hosts Arsenal 3-0. match was pretty much decided by two goals City scored in opening 20 minutes of game. City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne produced a masterclass display to inflict more misery on Arsenal. defeat meant that Arsenal have w lost ir last six home games across competitions. Keep reading as we discuss match highlights and player ratings.

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Premier League: Arsenal vs Manchester City

Arsenal had an excellent catch first up after youngster Gabriel Martinelli showed great resilience to evade City defenders and fire a shot at Ederson. home team, however, found mselves trailing soon after when Kevin De Bruyne fired home a thunderous strike after a neat cut-back from Gabriel Jesus. Manchester City doubled ir lead in 15th minute when De Bruyne picked out Raheem Sterling with an inch-perfect pass and latter slipped ball into  empty net. second goal meant Pep Guardiola's side were controlling pace of game with ease against  hapless Gunners. De Bruyne put game to bed before half-time whistle after his low shot from 25 yards out swung past Bernd Le into bottom corner. second half saw Manchester City take a cautious approach as y were seemingly content with just kcking ball around and starve Gunners off possession. game ended with scoreline reading 3-0 in favour of Manchester City.

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Premier League standings

Manchester City have come within four points of second-placed Leicester City but still trail Liverpool by 14 points. As for Arsenal, ir hopes of finishing in top four are quickly diminishing after y produced ar laboured performance at home. y sit on  9th spot with just 22 points, seven points off fourth-placed Chelsea. Premier League champions next face Oxford City in a Carabao Cup quarter-final match on Wednesday night (Thursday night IST), while Arsenal will be travelling to Goodison Park next week to face Everton in Premier League.

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Arsenal vs Manchester City player ratings

Arsenal

Bernd Le (GK) - 6/10

Ainsley Maitland-Niles - 6/10

Calum Chambers - 5/10

Sokratis Pasasthopoulos - 5/10

Sead Kolasinac - 5.5/10

Matteo Guendouzi - 6/10

Lucas Torreira - 6.5/10

Nicolas Pepe - 6/10

Mesut Ozil - 6/10

Gabriel Martinelli - 6/10

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 6/10

Substitutes: Bukayo Saka - 6/10, Emile Smith-Rowe - 6/10, Joseph Willock - NA

Manchester City

Ederson Moraes (GK) - 8/10

Benjamin Mendy - 7/10

Fernandinho - 7.5/10

Nicolas Otamendi - 7/10

Kyle Walker - 7.5/10

Phil Foden - 8/10

Rodri - 7/10

Illkay Gundogan - 7.5/10

Raheem Sterling - 8/10

Gabriel Jesus - 7.5/10

Kevin De Bruyne - 9.5/10

Substitutes: Bernardo Silva - 6.5/10, Riyad Mahrez - 6/10, Oleksandr Zinchenko - NA

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