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Commentary
A delightful save prevented DOYLE from scoring a good goal.
ÓSKARSSON fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
The Manchester City 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Arsenal's BALOGUN.
12¹A shot from NMECHA was nodded off the line by HOLDING.
14¹A corner fell to XHAKA who headed an effort wide.
21¹NMECHA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
25¹BALOGUN booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
33¹A good effort from GREENWOOD scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
34¹A cross from XHAKA left SMITH ROWE in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
39¹A shot from GREENWOOD held little difficulty for the Manchester City 'keeper.
44¹A penalty box meleé resulted in NMECHA driving a low shot over.
A weak strike from ÓSKARSSON bounced agonisingly wide.
The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from NMECHA.
MARQUINHOS worked the ball to MAITLAND-NILES, BALOGUN controlled his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
16²GOAL!! A terrible backpass by LASCELLES enabled SMITH ROWE to nip in and crack the ball past the Manchester City 'keeper. (1-0 Arsenal)
20²HOLDING headed wide.
21²SMITH ROWE ran onto a delightful ball from XHAKA but fired his effort wide of the goal.
22²A useful ball from TRUSTY on the right found MAITLAND-NILES who mishit his effort just beyond the far post.
24²The Arsenal 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from NMECHA.
28²NMECHA's shot beat BUTLAND but rebounded off the Arsenal crossbar.
29²MEUNIER chipped the ball to LASCELLES who fired it over the bar.
31²MAITLAND-NILES waltzed away from AURIER and poked a poor shot wide.
34²AKINFEEV saved a glorious shot from SMITH ROWE.
38²A accurate pass fell to SMITH ROWE and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
41²A free-kick from MAITLAND-NILES raced inches wide.
44²A header by NMECHA at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.

 
Arsenal
 
League position: 13
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: OWLLWXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Jack BUTLAND1Igor AKINFEEV(c)
Takehiro TOMIYASU2Niklas SÜLE
NUNO Albertino TAVARES3Pervis ESTUPIÑAN
(c)Granit XHAKA4Yangel HERRERA
Rob HOLDING5Jamaal LASCELLES
Auston TRUSTY6Serge AURIER
Mason GREENWOOD7Thomas MEUNIER
Emile SMITH ROWE8Lukas NMECHA
(p)Folarin BALOGUN9Orri ÓSKARSSON(p)
(f)Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES10Tommy DOYLE(f)
MARQUINHOS11GABRIEL Fernando JESUS
Manager
Charlie PATINO  12  SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin
Karl HEIN  13  Thomas STRAKOSHA
Reuell WALTERS  14  Ryan FRASER
Tyreece JOHN-JULES  15  CARLOS Roberto FORBS
Lino SOUSA  16  DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza
 
Manchester City
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: XLWLLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Arsenal 1 Manchester City 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 38,377, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Graham Laws 7½)

Smith Rowe 16²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
  
66
614
53
58
103
1511
45
46%54%
Man of the match: Pervis Estupiñan