Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2022
Result
Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2022, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City: match report
Arsenal lost to Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 January 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Arsenal's goal came from Bukayo Saka (31'). Manchester City scored through Riyad Mahrez (57', penalty) and Rodri (90+3').
Discipline: Arsenal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 35 points from 19 and Manchester City 1st on 50 points from 20. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 69 points, and Manchester City 1st with 93.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bernardo Silva of Manchester City (7.5), ahead of Rodri (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 9 for Manchester City.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Bukayo Saka
- 55'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 57'Penalty goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 57'Yellow card · Gabriel Magalhães
- 59'Second yellow · Gabriel Magalhães
- 63'Yellow card · Bukayo Saka
- 68'Yellow card · Rob Holding
- 90+3'Goal · Rodri
- 90+4'Yellow card · Rodri
- 90+5'Yellow card · Bernardo Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Oleksandr Zinchenko
- Manuel Akanji
- David Raya
- Ferran Torres
- Kalvin Phillips
- Josko Gvardiol
- Declan Rice
- Tommy Doyle
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Alexandre Lacazette
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ederson, João Cancelo, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Aké, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus