Defeating Man City, Arsenal Still Fails To Deploy Tottenham Hotspur

Arsenal striker Gabriel Martinelli celebrated the goal he scored against Manchester City in the English Premier League match. (Twitter @Arsenal)

JAKARTA - Arsenal and Manchester City have thwarted Tottenham Hotspur from the throne of the English Premier League standings. In the big match at the Emirate Stadium, Sunday, October 8 evening WIB, Arsenal narrowly won 1-0 over Man City through Gabriel Martinelli's goal. This is the first time in eight years from their meeting, Arsenal beat their rivals.

Arsenal's impressive record when they beat Man City. Coach Mikel Arteta successfully led the Gunners to erase the record of not winning for eight years. They also stopped a record 12 direct defeats to the Cityzens.

The victory in that match also made Arsenal successful in maintaining an unbeaten record. Together with Tottenham, the duo of the North London club have never lost in this season's Premier League competition.

On the other hand, Man City was forced to extend their record of losing twice in a row. Previously, Man City had to give up with a score of 2-1 when they visited Wolverhampton Wanderers headquarters.

The results of the match at the Emirates made both Arsenal and Man City fail to overthrow Tottenham. The victory over Man City made the Gunners match Tottenham's points, namely 20.

However, Arsenal still lost the goal difference so Tottenham still held at the top of the standings. That position was won by The Lilywhites who won 1-0 over Luton Town, last Saturday.

Meanwhile, Man City dropped to third with 18 points. They are only one point adrift of Liverpool who are in fourth position.

Man City showed a decline, resulting in two defeats in domestic competitions. Not only that, Erling Haaland's goal engine seemed to be stuck and no longer broke into the opponent's goal.

In that match, Haaland again became a mainstay on the front lines. However, by occupying the position as a center forward, he did move to face Arsenal's strong defense.

Man City itself could actually lose midfielder Marco Kovacic who committed a tough foul by picking up Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard in the 29th minute.

Even though it has been reviewed via VAR, referee Michael Oliver still thinks Kovacic's tackles are harmless and only gives yellow cards.

Ironically, not long after, the Croatian midfielder again committed a foul on Declan Rice. Once again, the referee passed the former Chelsea player from a red card.

In that match no goals were created until the end of the first half. Arsenal's goal only arrived when Gabriel Martinelli broke into the opponent's goal in the 86th minute.

The goal started with Kai Havertz's action against the defenders of Man City. He calmly gave the ball to Martinelli who immediately fired hard to beat goalkeeper Ederson.

Score 1-0 for Arsenal. And, no more goals were created until the final whistle sounded. Arsenal beat Man City.