Manchester City 1-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2008
Result
Manchester City 1-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2008, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Manchester City 1-3 Arsenal: match report
Manchester City lost to Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 February 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.
Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Gelson Fernandes (28'). Arsenal scored through Emmanuel Adebayor (9'), Eduardo da Silva (26') and Emmanuel Adebayor (88').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 6th on 41 points from 24 and Arsenal 1st on 59 points from 24. Manchester City went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 85.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 8 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-D-L-W-D and Arsenal's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 26'Goal · Eduardo da Silva
- 28'Goal · Gelson Fernandes
- 62'Yellow card · Martin Petrov
- 88'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 90'Yellow card · Elano
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Michael Ball, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Dietmar Hamann, Gelson Fernandes, Elano, Daniel Sturridge
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Jens Lehmann, Bacary Sagna, Philippe Senderos, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Eduardo da Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor