Arsenal beat Manchester City 5-1 to trim the lead at the top to six points, with Myles Lewis-Skelly, 18, scoring his first senior goal for the Gunners
There were plainly scores to settle from the previous meeting, a desire for one-upmanship in an increasingly fractious rivalry and howWhen the precociously talented 18-year-old scored with a curling shot for 3-1 to crown a driving performance, he sank into a meditative yoga pose that had previously been the copyright of Erling Haaland.
Thomas Partey’s deflected shot put them back in front and after Lewis-Skelly’s tour de force, they threatened the rout. Kai Havertz scored for 4-1, the striker making amends for a glaring first-half miss and the picture-perfect afternoon was completed when Arsenal’s other teenage prodigy, Ethan Nwaneri, on as a substitute, drifted inside to bend home a wonderful shot.It was too easy for Arsenal and the latest occasion when it was hard to recognise City from previous seasons.
The centre-half accepted a pass from John Stones and he wanted too much time, which was never going to be there. When Akanji took a heavy touch, Leandro Trossard was quick to get a foot in, the ball breaking for Declan Rice, whose first-time pass found Havertz. He was onside, City’s defensive structure in tatters, Stones still deep. Havertz went square for Ødegaard and he had a simple finish.
The main takeaway from the first period was that City were playing with fire in their determination to build from the very back. Arsenal set the traps and it was remarkable to see Ortega fall into one on 26 minutes. Mateo Kovacic surely did not want the ball with Rice so close and he was duly dispossessed just outside his area. It was another dividend of the Arsenal hustle. The ball fell to Havertz and he had the time to pick his spot against Ortega and Stones, who was coveringa post.
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