Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City: Pellegrini Looking Ahead

Sam Allardyce takes his struggling Black Cats side to the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day, with City looking to get their title ambitions back on track.

The assist king Mesut Ozil yet again was the orchestrator for Giroud’s decisive second goal, and Wenger revealed that the the German’s performance was even more remarkable as he had been sick most of the week leading up to the game.

The poor defending for the goals conceded and chances missed outweighed Toure’s individual brilliance for the goal, leaving the general consensus that City could have very little to complain about from the loss. “When you look at this and the guys that see, make you win and he is that”, Wenger said.

Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City’s title hopes are still alive despite seeing them slip to a fifth league defeat of the season at Arsenal.

He, and indeed Arsenal, are receiving plenty of help from the Premier League’s current creator supreme Ozil, who had a hand in both goals and received a standing ovation when he was replaced late on.

In what’s being looked upon by many as the most open Premier League season to date, Leicester have defied the odds to lead the English top flight at Christmas, having lost just one game so far in the campaign.

And Wenger felt that his side showed their mettle to hold on to the victory on what turned out to be a tough evening, saying: “It was a very intense game going from one side to the other at a very high pace where both teams gave everything. Now we have to keep our heads up because they are creating a gap”.

“He’s great manager, he’s a very thoughtful man, he’s a deeply intellectual man, I’ve huge time and huge respect for Arsene Wenger”, said Corbyn, who is MP for Islington North, where the Emirates is located.

He added: “Sanchez will be back for around the 10th January”. We beat the big teams and know we can win the league.

“I think in the last games we made a lot of collective mistakes”. We played better than Arsenal but the first shot they had was the first goal.

Toure reduced the arrears eight minutes from time with a goal of breathtaking nonchalance, ambling onto Bacary Sagna’s pass and placing a left-foot shot into the left-hand corner as easily as if he was picking up a pen.

“I understand that we must improve, especially in the games we are playing away, but we continue to be involved in all the competitions”.