Manchester City vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after goalless draw
Man City 0-0 Arsenal: Neither side could break the deadlock in a good result for Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal showed their title credentials by holding reigning champions Manchester City to a 0-0 draw at the Etihad Stadium, allowing Liverpool to take top spot on a pivotal day in the Premier League’s three-way title race.
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, in the hunt for their first league title in 20 years, are second in the table on 65 points with nine games remaining, while City are third with 64. Liverpool claimed the lead with their 2-1 comeback victory over Brighton & Hove Albion earlier on Sunday.
City dominated possession, coming at Arsenal in waves. But the visitors frustrated Pep Guardiola’s men – including league-leading scorer Erling Haaland – with a textbook defensive display to extend their unbeaten league run to nine games.
Gabriel Jesus had Arsenal’s best chances, firing two shots just wide in the first half and then narrowly failing to meet an inviting cross from Bukayo Saka. City’s best opportunity was Kevin De Bruyne’s early corner kick that glanced off the shoulder of Nathan Ake but fell to keeper David Raya
Relive all the action from Manchester City vs Arsenal below:
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
33 mins: Still no real chances for either side, though City briefly looked a little unsettled after their substitution. Arsenal are certainly having more of the ball now.
Jesus has another shooting opportunity but there are too many bodies in the box. It bounces to Havertz but he was offside.
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
29 mins: Interesting to note that Guardiola didn’t bring on John Stones for Nathan Ake. Perhaps he’s not as well as we thought.
The game has become a little hectic in the last couple of minutes since the change.
White combines with Saka before cutting it back to Odegaard. The captain slips it through to White, who crosses to Kiwior.
The left-back squares it for Jesus and the Brazilian manages to get a shot away, but he drags it wide.
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
27 mins: Gabriel fouls De Bruyne on halfway and then less than a minute later, Kiwior body checks Silva. The home crowd are incensed, but no booking for either.
Arsenal clear easily from the free-kick.
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
25 mins: Just as I type that, Odegaard carries Arsenal out of their half. The captain slips it to Jesus who plays it on for the on-running Havertz, but it just overruns a little. Ortega is down after Havertz followed through on the challenge.
Meanwhile, Ake was struggling with some sort of injury for a couple of minutes and has been replaced by Rico Lewis. It looks like Akanji has moved to centre-back, with the Englishman slotting into right-back.
24 mins: It’s De Bruyne’s turn to find Akanji down the right but his cross is intercepted by Kiwior. His clearance goes straight back to a City player.
Arsenal struggling to get out of their half at the moment.
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
22 mins: Saliba is forced into clearing long and City have it once more. Most of the possession has been quite static so far, with the home side just probing as they patiently look for gaps.
Silva slips in De Bruyne on the overlap but his cross is cleared.
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
21 mins: Raya plays it long to Saka but it goes straight out. Arteta can’t be happy with this at this point, and he’s having strong words with Jesus.
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
20 mins: Akanji loses out to Jesus and he’s forced to clear, but once again Arsenal can’t make anything of it as Gvardiol comes back to intercept well.
Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal
18 mins: Seems myself and the line-up graphics were wrong about Gvardiol, as he’s playing left-back! He pops up again on the left, but his cross is tame and it’s cleared.
Arsenal are content to sit back at the moment, and neither side has fashioned a clear-cut chance.
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