Arsenal 1-0 Man City: Player ratings as late Martinelli goal earns famous win for Gunners
A late Gabriel Martinelli goal earned Mikel Arteta his first-ever Premier League win over Manchester City as Arsenal manager on Sunday. The victory sees Arsenal move level on points with north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur atop of the Premier League table and condemns Man City to their first set of back-to-back top-flight defeats since 2018. How the Game unfolded Manchester City hit the ground running at the Emirates Stadium, coming within a whisker of opening the scoring inside the opening five minutes. The first chance would fall to Josko Gvardiol, who was able to jostle free of the clutches of Martin Odegaard at a corner kick to volley the ball over the top of David Raya - however, Declan Rice was on hand on the line to clear the ball before it nestled in the back of the net. Seconds later the ball was floated into the path of another City defender, Nathan Ake, inside the box. After controlling well, Ake subsequently rifled an effort over the crossbar when he, in truth, really ...