MAN CITY GUN DOWN GUNNERS !!!!!
MAGICAL SIXER FROM CITY !!!
The score line read 6-3 and Man city beat Arsenal to close down gap on top of table !!!
Later Wins from Chelsea and Liverpool (and City as Well) made the title race more interesting with 2-3points separating the top 4 teams going in to Christmas with games coming thick and fast!!!
City had took the lead in a pulsating contest just 14-minutes in and it
was little surprise to see Sergio Aguero volleying home. Theo Walcott
restored parity on the half-hour but it was not long before Alvaro
Negredo put City back ahead.
The Rampant city as they are at least in their home were the same in this match too !!!
Fernandinho extended their lead on 50-minutes before Walcott curled
home a wonderful second - but City were not to be denied. David Silva
side-footed home from close-range to add the fourth before Fernandinho
added his second.
Mertesacker headed home a consolation for the visitors deep into
injury time but there was still time for a sixth as James Milner was
tripped in the box by Wojciech Szczesny to allow Yaya Toure to slide
home a penalty to cap a remarkable win.
The win now takes City to within three points of Arsenal, who have
certainly had a week to forget with two losses and a draw in the last
six days. City had started brightly but it Jack Wilshere who wasted a
great chance to put Arsenal ahead after 11-minutes when he flashed his
shot wide.
Soon City were back on top and the opener came on 14-minutes with the
ubiquitous Aguero volleying home. The chance came as Martin Demichelis
flicked on Silva's corner and Aguero lost Laurent Koscielny before
hammering the ball into the top corner from the corner of the six-yard
box.
Toure then flashed a volley over the top of Szczesny's goal as City
looked to double their lead - but somewhat against the run of play it
was Arsenal who leveled.
Great work from Aaron Ramsey dispossessed Toure, he played in Mesut
Ozil down the left, and his pull-back found Walcott - whose first time
effort found the bottom corner with the help of a slight deflection off
Martin Demichelis.
Despite Arsenal's goal, City were straight back on the front foot and
Negredo again came close as he latched onto a Silva through ball but he
could only curl it wide of the post.
But the Spaniard soon found his scoring touch as City went back into the lead just five-minutes before the break.
A lovely ball from Toure with the outside of his right-foot was took
down impeccably by Pablo Zabaleta and he rolled the ball into the path
of Negredo - who slid it home from four yards.
In the aftermath of City's goal further bad news for Arsenal came as
Laurent Koscielny was stretched off as he looked to have damaged his
knee.
Demichelis then headed over as City went looking for a third, but as
they pressed early in the second-half they suffered their own injury
blow as Aguero looked to have hurt his calf and limped off down the
tunnel.
But just as Aguero was disappearing out of sight, City indeed added a third.
Fernandinho latched onto a misplaced pass which Mathieu Flamini could
not collected and he drove to the edge of the box before curling the
ball home.
Despite conceding the third Arsenal were quickly looking to try and
respond, and Olivier Giroud was guilty of a hat-trick of misses in
little over five-minutes.
But just after the hour and Wenger got the response he was looking for
as Walcott scored again. Ramsey teed up and he curled home a wonderful
effort into the top corner.
But yet more slack defending from Arsenal saw City restore their lead
just moments after the away side had got themselves back into the game.
Substitute Jesus Navas fired a cross into the six-yard box where Silva
had got ahead of Mertesacker and he clinically side-footed home from
close-range.
Fernandinho added his second with just minutes left as he clipped the
ball over Szczesny - but there was still time for two more goals.
Mertesacker headed home a third, before Toure converted a penalty to make it six after Milner was brought down by Szczesny.
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