Embarrassing Arsenal tactics show what they really think of Man City as fans mock Blues
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City fell to defeat against Arsenal at the Emirates to end their unbeaten start to 2025 in the Premier League. From the second minute, City were masters of their own downfall as Manu Akanji gave the ball away for Arsenal to score through Martin Odegaard.
Erling Haaland planted a header home from a lovely Savinho cross to level in the second half, but Arsenal hit back immediately through Thomas Partey's deflected effort and scored a third from Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri then piled on further misery for a well beaten City. These are the moments you might have missed from City's trip to North London: Dark arts watch 'Dark arts' was the buzzword after the reverse fixture in September which saw Arsenal employ every trick in the book to preserve their lead with ten men.
John Stones coined the nickname, Bernardo Silva rubbed salt into the wound by suggesting Arsenal aren't interested in playing football, and Pep Guardiola did everything to distance himself from agreeing.
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