2. Unlucky 13 for City
Manchester City might have been on a 12-game unbeaten run in the League, but their performances over the past few games have certainly tailed off. Letting lead slip at home to Burnley, almost doing the same against Sunderland and only managing a draw against Everton. While hindsight is a beautiful thing, it is fair to say that a defeat was certainly coming. Maybe not at home, maybe not to a side who had lost their last seven visits to Manchester, but it was certainly on the cards.
In the end, City paid the price for being overly-reliant on one player and not necessarily having a plan B. With Yaya Toure on international duty, David Silva was always going to be City’s creator-in-chief and stopping him play, although difficult, would have severely depleted their attacking prowess. Arsenal did exactly that and with Aguero still feeling his way back to fitness, City’s attack was toothless. For a side that has spent so much money in the past few seasons, the home side lacked imagination in attack, sloppy in defense and extremely lucky that the Gunners didn’t take