MANCHESTER. Manchester City demolishes Arsenal 5-0.

The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 11:30 am local time. The referee was Martin Atkinson. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.4 degrees Celsius or 70.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Manchester City started with a aggressive line-up. On the other side, Arsenal adopted for a 5-4-1 formation.

Manchester City – Formation

Josep Guardiola i Sala decided to play with the following team: Ederson, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Gabriel Jesus, Ferrán Torres and Jack Grealish.

The home team had on the bench: John Stones, Nathan Aké, Thomas Doyle, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Cole Palmer, Zack Steffen, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling.

Arsenal – Formation

On the other side, Mikel Guardiola i Sala played with: Bernd Leno, Cédric Soares, Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Sead Kolašinac, Kieran Tierney, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Granit Xhaka, Emile Smith Rowe and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

They had on the bench: Albert Sambi Lokonga, Alexandre Lacazette, Mohamed Elneny, Arthur Okonkwo, Gabriel Martinelli, Nuno Tavares, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Aaron Ramsdale and Pablo Marí.

Manchester City

5 - 0

Arsenal

  • ! 80 Ball Possession 20
Shots
  • 25 Total 1
  • 10 On Target 0
  • 15 Off Target 1
  • 8 Shots blocked 0
  • 135 Attack 50
  • 91 Dangerous attack 14
  • 94 Ball safe 64
  • 10 Free Kicks 6
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 14 Corners 0
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 6 Total 8
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 81% while Arsenal was struggling with a 19% ball possession.

Match Timeline

7'
12'
14'
24'
Cédric Soares- Yellow
28'
43'
Gabriel Jesus(goal)J. Grealish
35'
46'
Mohamed Elneny- sub ->B. Saka
Rodri(goal)F. Torres
53'
43'
Gabriel Jesus(goal)Jack Grealish
59'
46'
Mohamed Elneny- sub ->Bukayo Saka
46'
Oleksandr Zinchenko - sub ->Kyle Walker
Rodri(goal)Ferran Torres
53'
84'
58'
59'
61'
Rodri- Yellow
67'
71'
84'

After this match, Manchester City will have 6 points while Arsenal will stay with 0 points.

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester City will play away Leicester City on the 11th of September with a 10-4 head to head in favor of Manchester City (2 draw). Arsenal will host Norwich City on the 11th of September with a 6-1 head to head in favor of Arsenal (3 draw).