Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009
Result
Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal: match report
Manchester City defeated Arsenal 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Manchester City's goals came from an own goal by Almunia (20'), Craig Bellamy (75'), Emmanuel Adebayor (80') and Shaun Wright-Phillips (84'). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (62') and Tomáš Rosický (88').
Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 9 points from 3 and Arsenal 6th on 6 points from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 75.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-W and Arsenal's L-W-W.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Joleon Lescott
- 19'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
- 20'Own goal · Almunia
- 62'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 73'Yellow card · A. Song
- 75'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 80'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 81'Yellow card · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 84'Goal · Shaun Wright-Phillips
- 88'Goal · Tomáš Rosický
- 90'Yellow card · N. de Jong
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Micah Richards, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bellamy
Arsenal line-up (4-3-2-1)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Denílson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Nicklas Bendtner, Thomas Vermaelen