Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2013
Result
Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2013, 12:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal: match report
Manchester City defeated Arsenal 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 December 2013. The half-time score was 2-1.
Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (14'), Álvaro Negredo (39'), Fernandinho (50'), David Silva (66'), Fernandinho (88') and Yaya Touré (90+6', penalty). Arsenal scored through T. Walcott (31'), T. Walcott (63') and Per Mertesacker (90+4').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 30 points from 15 and Arsenal 1st on 35 points from 15. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Arsenal's D-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 31'Goal · T. Walcott
- 39'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 49'Yellow card · David Silva
- 50'Goal · Fernandinho
- 63'Goal · T. Walcott
- 66'Goal · David Silva
- 80'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 88'Goal · Fernandinho
- 90+4'Goal · Per Mertesacker
- 90+5'Yellow card · Wojciech Szczesny
- 90+6'Penalty goal · Yaya Touré
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Costel Pantilimon, Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Martín Demichelis, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, David Silva, Sergio Agüero, Samir Nasri, Álvaro Negredo
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Aaron Ramsey, Mathieu Flamini, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, J. Wilshere, Olivier Giroud