City beat Arsenal's press to create another three-on-three going forward, before De Bruyne feeds Sterling on the edge of the area, where he fires a shot across goal that trickles a few yards wide.
89'
Saka takes on Walker and engineers enough space to swing a cross towards the back post, but it's a little too high and evades everyone.
85'
O. Zinchenko enters the game and replaces B. Mendy.
Mendy is replaced at left-back by Zinchenko.
83'
Mendy bursts down the left flank before squaring a neat pass into Sterling, but Guendouzi shows plenty of determination to track back and rob the attacker of the ball just as he was about to shoot.
81'
J. Willock enters the game and replaces L. Torreira.
Torreira is replaced by Willock as Arsenal continue to look for any consolation.
80'
Saka energetically presses Mahrez all the way back into his own corner, but he eventually fouls the City attacker and the away side win a free-kick in their own half.
76'
Sterling finds a pocket of space behind Arsenal's midfield, which he scurries into before having a shot blocked from 25 yards.
75'
Aubameyang races onto a deft throughball from Guendouzi and takes an early shot from the edge of the area that drifts a couple of yards wide of the far post.
74'
This second half has been a somewhat lacklustre affair. City have taken few risks with their lead, while Arsenal have looked petrified of committing too many players forward in case of further City counter-attacks.
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72'
S. Papastathopoulos gets yellow.
Sokratis is booked for a foul on Jesus as City looked to engineer another chance.
70'
R. Mahrez enters the game and replaces İ. Gündoğan.
Gundogan is replaced by Mahrez in a move that will most likely see De Bruyne drop back into a deeper position in midfield.
68'
De Bruyne hammers in an unorthodox corner towards the near post and it almost catches Arsenal out, before Sokratis slices a clearance behind for another corner that comes to nothing.
66'
Guendouzi hits a speculative clipped pass through to Aubameyang that City just about manage to shepherd away from harm. It's looking increasingly like the hosts are running out of ideas right now.
62'
B. Mendy gets yellow.
Mendy is the latest player in the book after cynically tugging at Pepe's shirt after the attacker shimmied past him.
61'
İ. Gündoğan gets yellow.
Gundogan is booked for a cynical trip on Torreira that prevented a counter-attack.
59'
E. Smith Rowe enters the game and replaces M. Özil.
Ozil is replaced by Smith Rowe as Arsenal continue to search for a spark to get back into this game.
56'
Bernardo Silva enters the game and replaces P. Foden.
Foden is replaced by Bernardo Silva after an efficient display in midfield.
54'
City break again, as De Bruyne races menacingly from the halfway line towards the edge of the Arsenal box, but this time Chambers bravely blocks his effort at goal.
52'
De Bruyne latches onto a Walker throughball down the channel, before switching it to Sterling who plays in Jesus at an angle, where the striker curls an effort high and wide. For a moment there, it looked as though Arsenal were going to be undone by another counter-attack.
50'
Ozil receives a pass from Maitland-Niles before holding off Rodrigo and setting up Torreira for a shot but his effort glides comfortably over from 25 yards.
47'
Martinelli's loose pass almost allows De Bruyne to kickstart another counter-attack but Torreira recovers to fend off the danger and win a free-kick.
46'
Arsenal get the second period underway.
45' +3
HALF TIME: Arsenal 0-3 Manchester City
45'
Three minutes of stoppage time are added.
44'
City win a corner, but the delivery sails over all the attackers and the away side rebuild with possession in their own half.
42'
Brilliant save from Leno! City almost get a fourth as De Bruyne hammers another wicked effort from distance that looks as though it's arrowing towards the top right corner, before Leno acrobatically leaps to tip it onto the post!
40'
K. De Bruyne has scored a goal for Manchester City! Assist by P. Foden.
B. Saka enters the game and replaces S. Kolašinac.
WHAT A STRIKE FROM DE BRUYNE! 3-0 CITY! Arsenal are temporarily reduced to 10 men while they prepare to substitute Kolasinac and City take full advantage! Foden gracefully drove through the heart of the Arsenal midfield, before slipping a pass through to De Bruyne, who elected to shoot against a backtracking Arsenal defence and his low effort from 25 yards swerves viciously into the bottom corner beyond Leno!
Foden played a significant role in that goal, by aggressively attacking a hesitant Arsenal defence before playing a cute pass to De Bruyne who once again took full advantage of the space he was offered!
Kolasinac is promptly replaced by Saka after the goal.
35'
Rodri gets yellow.
Kolasinac jinks past one challenge on the left flank before racing past Rodrigo who cynically trips the marauding full-back, earning himself a yellow card.
33'
This has been a different kind of Manchester City performance compared to what we usually witness. They've been happy to sit back and press a little less, presumably in order to invite Arsenal into their half, before capitalising on the open spaces to counter-attack into.
31'
Arsenal win another free-kick in a useful area, but Torreira's delivery is headed firmly clear by Otamendi.
27'
Martinelli dribbles his way towards the byline before cutting back a cross that falls for Guendouzi on the edge of the area. The midfielder initially has a dangerous shot blocked, before gathering the rebound and tumbling under a little pressure inside the box. However, the referee waves play on and VAR isn't consulted.
25'
Arsenal are trying to cope with the shock of going two goals down by controlling the game with possession amongst their back four. For the moment, it looks as though City are content to allow these patterns of play.
23'
Rodrigo confidently cracks off a shot from distance, but it sails well over the bar.
21'
Despite Arsenal's disorganisation out of possession, they've been unfortunate to find themselves on the receiving end of an early masterclass from De Bruyne. City are deploying him in a slightly more advanced position today and it's worked perfectly, with De Bruyne capitalising on plenty of space on the break.
19'
This has been a desperately disappointing start for Arsenal. Despite largely controlling possession, they've been sliced open by Manchester City on the counter-attack and it's resulted in two simple goals inside the opening 20 minutes.
17'
Fernandinho gets yellow.
Fernandinho is booked for a trip on Pepe as Arsenal look to find a way back into this one.
15'
R. Sterling has scored a goal for Manchester City!
CITY GET A SECOND! 2-0! Manchester City initiate another quick counter-attack as Foden threads a pass through to De Bruyne. The Belgian proceeds to drive at the Arsenal backline, drawing in a couple of defenders, before cleverly sliding a pass from the left across goal towards Sterling, who nips past his marker to tap into an empty net!
De Bruyne dribbled menacingly into the Arsenal box and - at the moment where it looked like he was about to shoot - he assuredly squared a selfless pass across goal to capitalise on some smart movement from Sterling!
12'
Ozil slaloms through the centre of the pitch before being tripped by Rodrigo - earning Arsenal a free-kick. It's a promising opportunity to put a delivery into the box, but Otamendi does well to rise highest and clear for the away side.
8'
Martinelli's looked electric so far and this time he scurries past Walker on the outside before hammering in a low cross that Ederson pushes clear, before Maitland-Niles' follow-up is blocked.
6'
Chambers surrenders possession in a perilous area, allowing Foden to whip in an early cross, but Leno does well to spot the danger and punch clear.
4'
Well, Arsenal's early promise in this game dissipated incredibly quickly! It's key now that they don't let this affect their fragile confidence - it might be worth adopting a cautious approach for the next 10 minutes to avoid going further behind.
2'
K. De Bruyne has scored a goal for Manchester City! Assist by Gabriel Jesus.
CITY STRIKE EARLY! 1-0! The away side spring forward quickly after an Arsenal corner and conduct a fluent, sweeping move that culminates with Jesus drilling a low cross towards the back post, where De Bruyne is on hand to lash a powerful effort into the roof of the net!
Initially, it looked as though Jesus' cross was misplaced after it evaded the runners at the near post; however, it was actually perfectly measured for the onrushing De Bruyne to smash in a superb strike!
1'
Manchester City get the first half underway.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of this Premier League fixture between Arsenal and Manchester City. The hosts enter this one fresh from a resilient victory over West Ham, where they came from behind to record their first win in seven league matches. Nevertheless, Arsenal still find themselves ninth in the table and will be desperate to follow up their performance on Monday with three points to begin a surge up the standings.
Manchester City, meanwhile, come into this clash after a startling defeat at home to Manchester United – a result that saw them plummet 17 points behind Liverpool in first position. No result other than a win today will do to begin to exert any sort of pressure on their title rivals.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Calum Chambers, Sead Kolasinac; Matteo Guendouzi, Lucas Torreira; Nicolas Pepe, Mesut Ozil, Gabriel Martinelli; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
SUBS: Bukayo Saka, Reiss Nelson, Emile Smith Rowe, Alexandre Lacazette, David Luiz, Emiliano Martínez, Joe Willock.
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Fernandinho, Nicolas Otamendi, Benjamin Mendy; Ilkay Gundogan, Rodrigo, Phil Foden; Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling.
The players are emerging from the tunnel and kick off is just seconds away!
Arsenal will still harbour slim hopes of a stunning comeback today, but it might be wise to focus on avoiding a heavy, confidence-sapping defeat in the second period.
That's all for now though, goodbye!
The result means that Arsenal remain in a troubling ninth spot in the league - a position that could in fact become worse if Crystal Palace secure just a point tomorrow. City, meanwhile, cut Liverpool's lead at the top to 14 points but it'll take plenty more performances like this to have any hope of reeling them in.
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