Gunners fire late to hold City
1 April 2014 5:17 AM IST
Manchester City could not exploit an earlier defeat by Premier League leaders Chelsea and had to be content with a point from a 1-1 draw at Arsenal on Saturday.
The visitors looked on course for the summit after taking an 18th-minute lead through David Silva, but Mathieu Flamini earned his side a share of the spoils early in the second half.
City would have moved ahead of Chelsea, who had surprisingly lost 1-0 at Crystal Palace, and Liverpool, who are at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, had they won, but Chelsea remain at the summit for now. Manuel Pellegini’s side stay in third place, but will have two games in hand over their rivals once the Liverpool game is concluded, so their title destiny remains in their own hands.
City opened the scoring through Silva, who started and finished the counter-attack himself. The Spain midfielder brought the ball forward before slipping Edin Dzeko in on the left. The striker’s low shot cannoned back off goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny’s near post to Silva, who got enough of a touch to divert it into the net. But Flamini put the ball in the City net in the second half with an effort that bounced over City goalkeeper Joe Hart, but the Frenchman was one of two offside attackers when the cross came in so it did not count.
The visitors looked on course for the summit after taking an 18th-minute lead through David Silva, but Mathieu Flamini earned his side a share of the spoils early in the second half.
City would have moved ahead of Chelsea, who had surprisingly lost 1-0 at Crystal Palace, and Liverpool, who are at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, had they won, but Chelsea remain at the summit for now. Manuel Pellegini’s side stay in third place, but will have two games in hand over their rivals once the Liverpool game is concluded, so their title destiny remains in their own hands.
City opened the scoring through Silva, who started and finished the counter-attack himself. The Spain midfielder brought the ball forward before slipping Edin Dzeko in on the left. The striker’s low shot cannoned back off goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny’s near post to Silva, who got enough of a touch to divert it into the net. But Flamini put the ball in the City net in the second half with an effort that bounced over City goalkeeper Joe Hart, but the Frenchman was one of two offside attackers when the cross came in so it did not count.
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