Manchester City were unable to move far from Manchester United, despite a draw with West Bromwich Albion, leaving the Citizen with 57 points in fourth place, seven points behind the Red Devils in fifth place. Pep Guardiola also dropped to third place for Liverpool, Two points from his counterpart. Arsenal also failed to take advantage of United's stumble, leaving sixth with 50 points.
Leroy Sani scored the first goal of the game early in the fifth minute of the meeting, taking advantage of a pass from the Belgian colleague Kevin de Bruigne to separate goalkeeper David Ospina inside the penalty area and spur to his right before putting the ball in the goal.
The Gunners took the lead five minutes from the end of the first half, following an attack that saw tremendous pressure from Arsenal on the penalty area goalkeeper Willie Caballero, before returning the ball out of the region where Shkodran Mustapha, which he headed into the region again, where Theo Walcott, Before making it into the net.
Arsenal's victory lasted only two minutes, as the guests regained their lead following a left-wing attack with a cross between Kevin de Bruene and Leroy Sani before crossing the ball to David Silva, who turned it from the edge of the penalty area to the right-hand side of the area. A strong floor crawls in the right corner of the corner of Ospina.
Arsenal refused to concede and scored the equalizer in the 53rd minute from a corner sent by Massoud Ozil to his fellow German Mustavi, which he put head to the left of Capayero, but that was not enough to win after Wilbeck and substitute Alex Ayubi missed several chances with the other alternative Olivier Jiro has to make a little addition.
While the participation of Yaya Toure instead of Rahim Stirling has had a great impact on the City attack, which has fallen back physically over time to satisfy the two teams as a result of not serving the interests of either