Match Details.
Arsenal become just the second side to score five goals against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City after Leicester in 2020.
Mikel Arteta is now unbeaten in five games against Manchester City (W2 D3); the joint-longest run by a manager against Pep Guardiola, after Thomas Tuchel (2016-2021) and Jürgen Klopp (2021-2022).
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Highlights.
MOTM: Kai Havertz.
Since the start of 2022-23, this is just the second time that Arsenal have faced a Premier League opponent starting the day in the top four without Bukayo Saka (the other was a 1-0 home win versus Man City in October 2023).
Youngest players to score against a Pep Guardiola team in all competitions (in his top-flight career):
- 17y 289d – Jude Bellingham
- 17y 318d – Ethan Nwaneri
- 18y 60d – Niklas Süle
- 18y 63d – Kylian Mbappé
- 18y 129d – Myles Lewis-Skelly
Manchester City conceded three goals in the opening three minutes of play in the Premier League this season; the joint-most in the division, along with Ipswich and Wolves.
Myles Lewis-Skelly (18y 129d) is the youngest player to score in the Premier League against the reigning champions since Wayne Rooney for Everton against Arsenal in March 2003 (17y 150d).
Ethan Nwaneri’s goal ended a passing sequence of 36 uninterrupted passes in a move that lasted one minute & 54 seconds and involved every Arsenal outfield player. It was the longest passing move leading to a Premier League goal since September 2023.
In the form of Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly, this was the first time that two players aged 18 or younger had scored for the same team in a Premier League game since Everton v Fulham in April 2007 (James Vaughan & Victor Anichebe).
Only two players under the age of 18 have scored more than two goals for sides from Europe’s top 5 leagues this season:
- Lamine Yamal (10)
- Ethan Nwaneri (7)
And Nwaneri has played only 689 minutes, compared to Yamal’s 2324.
Martin Ødegaard is yet to lose a Premier League game this season and is now unbeaten in his last 22 league appearances for Arsenal. The Gunners have won just one of the last four without him (D1 L2).
Manchester City have conceded 4+ goals in a game for the fourth time this season, which is now the most in a single campaign in Pep Guardiola’s managerial career.
Martin Ødegaard has now scored the same amount of Premier League goals for Arsenal as Mesut Özil (33).
Manchester City have now conceded 16 goals in the first half of Premier League matches this season.
