Manchester City 5-0 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2021

Result

Manchester City 5-0 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Manchester City 5-0 Arsenal: match report

Manchester City won against Arsenal 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 August 2021. It was 3-0 at half-time.

İlkay Gündoğan opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester City's goals came from İlkay Gündoğan (7'), Ferran Torres (12'), Gabriel Jesus (43'), Rodri (53') and Ferran Torres (84'). Arsenal did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 9th on 3 points from 2 and Arsenal 19th on 0 points from 2. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Arsenal 5th with 69.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ferran Torres of Manchester City (8.9), ahead of Riyad Mahrez (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · İlkay GündoğanManchester City · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Ferran TorresManchester City · 2-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Cédric SoaresArsenal
  • 28'Yellow card · Sead KolasinacArsenal
  • 35'Red card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 43'Goal · Gabriel JesusManchester City · 3-0
  • 53'Goal · RodriManchester City · 4-0
  • 67'Yellow card · RodriManchester City
  • 84'Goal · Ferran TorresManchester City · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 9, draws 1, Arsenal 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Gabriel Jesus, Ferran Torres, Jack Grealish

Arsenal line-up (5-4-1)

Bernd Leno, Cédric Soares, Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Sead Kolasinac, Kieran Tierney, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Granit Xhaka, Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang