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00:03This game is the biggest game we think we've ever done on MVC Alan Shearer
00:09Theo Walcott alongside Tim Howard and the two Robbies Alan let me start with you Kai Havertz over Victor Jokeres
00:16good decision
00:16Yeah I understand that because Arsenal are going to have to hold that ball up and that's not one of
00:21Victor's strengths
00:22When the ball goes into Havertz he's going to have to hold it up and bring people into the game
00:26and I think that's one of the main reasons he's in there
00:28When you look at the rest of the team you've got Odegaard you've got Ezra do you get the sense
00:31that
00:32You're not going to go for it go for it go for it a little bit
00:34I hope so because that will be great for the neutral and great for all us watching here we want
00:39we want goals
00:41But I suspect Arsenal will try and sit tight and try and be patient and try and hit them on
00:45the break
00:45I don't see Arsenal changing that much
00:48I do agree however I feel like Arsenal need to be different today they can't be predictable
00:51I feel like that's how they're going to get the result
00:55Because the amount of pressure that Man City will have today they're going to have the ball
00:59You need to be able to actually be positive when you have it because they will just starve you of
01:04the ball
01:04They're that good at it however you know I agree with the guys and comms the fact that they're going
01:08to have to come at them
01:09It will open up but this is where we want to see that freedom element of the players that we
01:13missed recently
01:15We have weak sunshine in Manchester we have a full house of 54,000 people
01:20And it is Arsenal who get this potential title decider underway
01:27Both sides happily in their traditional colours
01:30Manchester City so strong at home one defeat in their last 21 in the Premier League here
01:36Arsenal unbeaten in eight away
01:38City very much looking forward to this ground or so
01:41Arsenal though have given off the impression that maybe they've been dreading it
01:51O'Reilly Haaland
01:52The block was by Gabriel
01:54Hits the inside of the post and bounces straight back
01:57Into a grateful goalkeeper's arms
02:01Well the VAR today is John Brooks and he's had a look at the potential handball by Gabriel and says
02:06no
02:06Yeah he just
02:07Just leans into it and his arms are by this side
02:10I think he's just about got away with that one
02:12It's the lean into it tries to put his chest on it does hit the top of his arm
02:16Off the inside the boat the post
02:18And Raya absolutely delighted with the bounce of that ball
02:25Rodri
02:30Cherki
02:32Dribbling through and scoring brilliantly and beautifully for Manchester City
02:48The little genius from France coming into his own
02:51At the business end of the league campaign
03:10He is capable of producing magic
03:19Yeah I mean the skill on the ball was brilliant enough but it was his positioning
03:23He just stood in some space
03:25If you're standing in space and you're a good player
03:27You don't have to move out of it
03:28Just wait for the ball to come to you
03:30That's the genius bit as well as the run
03:33Oh! Oh!
03:34Now at the other end
03:36John Aruba is caught out
03:37Havertz is there to profit
03:39And Arsenal in an instant are level
03:42One of the world's very best goalkeepers
03:51Left with egg on his face
04:01And Cherki's goal
04:02Brilliant though it was is immediately cancelled out
04:08Well I take back what I said about the goal for Manchester City settling them down
04:11Ha ha ha ha
04:14Enya was quite for sure
04:16An error of that magnitude
04:17Here is Haaland
04:19Too much on the pass for Semenya
04:26O'Reilly
04:29Doku
04:31Erling Haaland
04:35Mosquera's in a bit of trouble
04:38Haaland
04:44Kusanov
04:44And Gahy's header
04:47One centre-back to the other
04:49Decent ball
04:51Trying to whip the crowd up over there
04:54You'll see this corner
04:56Hanging
04:57And here's Kusanov
04:59And Haaland
05:02Arsenal just couldn't get it clear
05:04Looked like he struck the outside of the post there
05:06Haaland
05:08They were quick to react here from this vicious in-swinger
05:12He's really blocked in there isn't he Raya
05:14Kusanov first to it
05:16He's one block and then
05:17Outside of the post
05:20Shrew makes the first block here from the Kusanov shot
05:28Rodri
05:29Some pass
05:30Some take
05:31But then it runs away off his right boot
05:34Not as adhesive as he needed
05:36He wasn't really expecting this ball
05:39This is the Rodri one
05:42Inside the full-back
05:43See how wide he is
05:45Kaffee 8
05:46Too wide
05:47Just frees up that space
05:50Semenyo stays out of it
05:52Until the ball's hit
05:53And then runs into it
05:59As he gives it away
06:01Doku
06:03I have to say Havertz does brilliantly to control the ball
06:06He was under a huge amount of pressure
06:08But then
06:09For his team-mate to give it away
06:11In that situation
06:12It's another let-off for City
06:17Martinelli
06:21Kusanov
06:21Seeing off Havertz
06:23Who feels he should have got something
06:24That's good defending
06:27Only in the last few weeks
06:29Have we started to see the real Rodri again
06:33Rice does well to get rid to Ezek
06:37Here's Erdegaard through the middle
06:38And now it's Kai Havertz
06:41Still not away
06:43Donnarumma has earned his money in that moment
06:48And Arsenal players hold their heads
06:52And they're right back
06:54Semenyo
07:03Harland
07:04Bernardo Silva
07:10It's a goal kick
07:12It does feel like the season's on a knife edge
07:14It just feels like it's going to go one way or the other
07:19Absolutely right
07:20Both teams are giving everything
07:23Arsenal in terms of defensively
07:25They're working so hard
07:27They're right on the edge
07:28And they still had enough in them to
07:29Threat a couple of chances
07:31This being
07:32A standout one there
07:34Brilliant movement
07:35And as you say Lee
07:36Hardly any back lift at all
07:40Doku
07:45O'Reilly
07:47Haaland
07:57How significant a moment is that
08:00In the title chase
08:15Arsenal for Lawn
08:17Manchester City
08:18Exuberant
08:26And they needed one chance
08:28One chance to fall to their
08:29Talismanic striker
08:31And he's put them ahead
08:33And their talismanic striker is at it again
08:36Wrestling with Gabriel
08:39His shirt hanging loose now
08:41As a result of that tussle
08:44One shirt tore
08:45The other one didn't
08:56So Erling Haaland
08:58Has made the critical breakthrough
09:01And therein lies
09:02Another difference between these teams
09:04Because Haaland on his own
09:06Has scored half as many Premier League goals
09:08Again
09:09As Jokeres
09:10Havertz
09:11And Jesus combined
09:12Diving the way to Bernardo Silva
09:14Here's Rodri
09:16And that's deflected en route
09:17For a corner
09:18They've decided that
09:19Taking someone's shirt off the back
09:21Is okay
09:27Gabrielle Martinelli
09:29Goes to involvement
09:30For Ben White
09:42Bernardo Silva is
09:43The last man back
09:44Was that a hand
09:46There it was
09:50And Bernardo Silva is engulfed by team mates
09:52There's Graeme's man of the match
09:54Just running 50 yards with it
09:57A player who's quicker than him
09:59And still gets to the ball
10:00There's a little arm from
10:02Havertz just there
10:03Just to try and get it away from the
10:05The brilliant Bernardo Silva
10:08It really is
10:09Since he's been at Manchester City
10:11Going in a long line of
10:12Flair players here
10:13Beloved by the supporters
10:16The Fanfest happening in Tampa
10:18It's a Tampa resident
10:19Is one of
10:19That number down the years
10:21Rodney Marsh
10:22Back in the 70s here
10:24A great favourite
10:25Now it's kicking on
10:32The first flashpoint
10:37It's staked so high
10:40It's in the here and now
10:49The two central combatants today
10:52Gabrielle and Haaland
11:04Yeah he's a bit
11:05A bit lucky there
11:06Just separation
11:08A little bit of separation there
11:09From Haaland
11:10And that would be deemed as a head
11:11But
11:12It's a pushing
11:13But I tell you
11:14He's very lucky
11:15To get away with that
11:18It's right on the edge
11:21Tony Taylor has booked
11:23Pep Guardiola
11:24For his petulant response
11:29Verdegaard
11:34O'Reilly wanting it to run
11:36He's been exceptional
11:37Hasn't he O'Reilly
11:38He really has
11:45Great physicality about him
11:47He's a big lad isn't he
11:47But he's agile and mobile
11:49Quick
11:50Great in both boxes
11:52Excellent 1v1
11:53Defending there
11:54Again using his strength
11:55I hope he hasn't booked
11:56His summer holidays yet
11:59I know where he's going
12:01Absolutely
12:12Martinelli
12:14Odegaard
12:16And there was Granado Silva
12:18Again
12:18Left back this time
12:21Odegaard
12:23Gabriel was lurking
12:24It's a corner
12:25That's a massively important challenge
12:27By Nunes there
12:30Guardiola frantically beckoning
12:31Down below us at the moment
12:33Standing well outside his technical area
12:35Trossard
12:37Good chance
12:39Havertz
12:40Couldn't direct the header
12:43You get a chance
12:45The championship is kind of on the line
12:48Just there
12:49Got to score
12:50Have to score
12:52It's absolutely on a plate for him
12:54He gets up well
12:55Just underneath it a little bit
12:58It's the chance of the game
13:06Such angst
13:09Such tension
13:11Such disappointment
13:12For Arteta
13:13When he turned away
13:14And saw only the top
13:15Of the net grazed
13:17Rather than the main part
13:18Of it bulging
13:28It's far from over
13:29But the title race tilts
13:32In Manchester City's favour
13:35A huge win
13:39And if you look at the top of the table now
13:42The gap that a week ago
13:44Could have been 12 points
13:45Is now just three
13:48And if Manchester City
13:50Win at relegation bound Burnley
13:52On Wednesday
13:53They will be top of the table
13:58Havertz aghast
13:59Not just at the defeat
14:01But at his failure
14:02To rescue the Gunners
14:03In the final minute
14:05Of stoppage time
14:07But Manchester City
14:09Have stepped forward
14:10Donnarumma
14:11The most relieved man
14:12Amongst their ranks
14:13And Manchester City
14:16Are closing in
14:18On Arsenal
14:19The momentum with them
14:20The force with them
14:21One defeat in 20
14:22In the Premier League
14:24Unbeaten in 10
14:25Arsenal have now lost
14:27Four of their last six games
14:29Having only lost two
14:31Of their previous 46
14:36So a day
14:37Rebecca
14:38Of grinding tension
14:40In England's
14:41North West
14:42Arsenal came here
14:44As leaders
14:44They depart as leaders
14:46But the question is
14:48For how much longer
14:50City can go top
14:51On Wednesday
14:52Today
14:53They've won the summit meeting
14:54City 2
14:55Arsenal 1
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