ARSENAL CRUSH MAN CITY TO STAY FIRMLY IN TITLE HUNT- Arsenal delivered a 5-1 hammering of champions Manchester City
Arsenal delivered a statement of intent in the Premier League title race with a 5-1 hammering of champions Manchester City to close the gap at the top to six points.
Captain Martin Odegaard fired Arsenal into a second-minute lead and City were finished off ruthlessly after the break with teenagers Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, both on target for the rampant Gunners.
Erling Haaland’s 55th-minute equaliser, his 250th senior career goal, had briefly raised City’s hopes, but they could have no complaints as any lingering chance of winning a fifth successive title surely disappeared into the north London night.
Arsenal are now 14 games unbeaten in the league and have 50 points from 24 games with leaders Liverpool on 56 from 23. Manchester City are a distant fourth with 41.
