City regains the Premier League throne with a painful defeat for Arsenal
Goals: Arsenal-Manchester City-Played on 02/15/2023
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Manchester City rose to the top of the English Premier League table, after defeating its host Arsenal, 3-1, this evening, Wednesday, in the match that was held at the Emirates Stadium in the postponed match of round No. 12.
The city hat-trick was scored by Kevin De Bruyne (24), Jack Grealish (72), and Erling Haaland (82), while Arsenal’s only goal was scored by Bukayo Saka (42).
With that result, Manchester City rose to the top of the standings table, after raising its score to 51 points, while Arsenal froze at the same points balance, to drop to second place on goal difference.
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Arsenal posed the first danger in the match in the second minute, with a shot from Xhaka from inside the area that went wide of the goal.
Arsenal missed a real opportunity to open the scoring in the 22nd minute, after Zinchenko sent a cross towards Nketiah, who was free of control inside the area, to hit a header that passed just past the post.
Manchester City opened the scoring in the 24th minute after Tomiasso committed a fat al mistake by returning the ball backward, so De Bruyne killed it and hit a falling ball from the edge of the area that hit the net.