The Emirates Stadium hosted the English clash between Arsenal and Manchester City in the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League.
In this match, Manchester City achieved a valuable victory with a score of 1-0. The star of Manchester City, Raheem Sterling, scored the winning goal early in the second minute of the match, assisted by Algerian star Riyad Mahrez. According to the statistics network "Opta," Sterling became the third player to score in three consecutive away matches against Arsenal in the Premier League, following Nicolas Anelka (four matches ending in May 2009) and Ian Harte (three matches ending in May 2003). He is the first player to score home and away against Arsenal in the same season, bringing his tally to 8 goals against the Gunners, making them the second team to concede the most goals from him in the Premier League after Bournemouth, which has 9 goals.
Manchester City's lineup against Arsenal was as follows: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Stones, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, De Bruyne, Sterling. Meanwhile, Arsenal's lineup against Manchester City included: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Mari, Tierney, Mohamed Elneny, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Nicolas Pépé, Aubameyang.
It is worth mentioning that with this result, Manchester City strengthened its lead in the Premier League table, increasing its points to 59 from 25 matches played so far, having won 18 matches, drawn 5, and lost only 2. City now leads by 10 points over second-placed Leicester City and 13 points above third-placed Manchester United. Meanwhile, Arsenal's points remained at 34 following this loss, positioning them tenth in the Premier League standings, having won 10 matches, drawn 10, and lost 5 so far.
