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• Manchester City held off the challenge of Arsenal at the Emirates to go within two points of leaders Liverpool 
• City made a blistering start, hitting the back of the net inside one minute of the match through Sergio Aguero 
• Laurent Koscielny pulled Arsenal back level 10 minutes later with a well-worked header from a corner 
• Aguero popped up at the back post to strike again on the cusp of half-time to put champions City back in front
• The Argentina ace completed a controversial hat-trick after sliding in on the goal-line and handling the ball 

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The striker watched on as the ball flicked off his elbow and made its way into the bottom corner for his and City's third goal

Arsenal players immediately protested for handball as Aguero raced away in celebration and the Etihad began to cheer

The Gunners surrounding referee Martin Atkinson - but their protests for handball were ignored by the referee

Unai Emery remained animated on the touchline and continually attempted to conduct his men into action at the Etihad

The Brazilian flung his arms up in vain, but the ball had already rocketed past him and bulged in the back of the netting

The Gunners skipper wheeled away with arms outstretched after cancelling out City's early goal and pulling his side level

Defender Aymeric Laporte thought he had made it 2-0 to City early on, but his headed goal was ruled offside from a free-kick

PLAYER RATINGS :-

MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson 7, Walker 7, Otamendi 7, Laporte 7.5, Fernandinho 8, Gundogan 7, Bernardo Silva 7, De Bruyne 8 (Mahrez 88'), Silva 7, Sterling 8.5, Aguero 9 (Gabriel Jesus 81')

SUBS UNUSED: Danilo, Stones, Delph, Sane, Muric

BOOKED: Gundogan

GOALS: Aguero 1, 43, 60

MANAGER: Pep Guardiola 7

ARSENAL (4-4-2): Leno 7, Mustafi 6, Koscielny 6, Monreal 6, Lichtsteiner 5.5, Torreira 7, Guendouzi 6, Kolasinac 5 (Denis Suarez 66' 5), Iwobi 5 (Ramsey 66' 6), Aubameyang 5.5, Lacazette 6.5

SUBS UNUSED: Cech, Elneny, Ozil, Mavropanos, Nketiah

BOOKED: Torreira

GOAL: Koscielny 10

MANAGER: Unai Emery 6.5

REFEREE: Martin Atkinson 5

ATT: 54,483

MOTM: Aguero

Denis Suarez came on for his debut but could do nothing to prevent us from slipping to defeat against Manchester City on Sunday.

 

The game could hardly have got off to a worse start as the hosts scored after 46 seconds, Sergio Aguero heading in from close range after we gave the ball away on the edge of the area.

Arsenal slip to sixth place, a point behind Manchester United, and three behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

UNAI EMERY:

"They showed their superiority today. Two different times in the first half we struggled but together, defensively, being strong in some moments and keeping the result like we can have an option.

“All the small details we need to work well and not concede [weren’t there]. The first half we can be with some optimism to do something different in the second half.

“It was different. We opened the match more than the first half. They showed today with the possession against us, getting our defence position very deep, they can win like in the first half. The result is the difference between us.”