Man City 4-1 Arsenal: Player ratings as De Bruyne inspires thumping City win
Manchester City took a huge step towards a third consecutive Premier League with a 4-1 win over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night. The Gunners still lead the table, but the gap is now just two points and City will surge ahead if they win their two games in hand. Two excellent goals from Kevin De Bruyne either side of a John Stones header in first half stoppage-time made it comfortable for City in their 12th straight league win over Arsenal. Rob Holding did score a thumping consolation but it mattered little, as Erling Haaland made it four in stoppage time. It was a slightly nervous start from Arsenal, not helped when a poor Aaron Ramsdale parry into the danger area saw Thomas Partey tangle legs with De Bruyne – to the relief of those in red, referee Michael Oliver adjudged De Bruyne to have kicked the Arsenal man and not the other way around. But City showed just how clinical they can be not long afterwards when a long pass from back to front beat the Arsenal press. Haa...