welcome to ea sports live coverage of the barclays premier league
today it's manchester city against arsenal let's cross to the etihad now conditions are
absolutely perfect cloudless blue skies your commentary team is martin tyler and alan smith
welcome everybody i'm martin tyler and this is the etihad stadium
one thing that arsenal have found of course for many premier league season
it was arsenal manchester united and the rest of nowhere wasn't it
now of course there's much more rivalry at the top and manchester city's growth has made it
more competitive the league hasn't it just there's another kid on the block and it is so competitive
you've got to run your club and your team very efficiently indeed manchester city's lineup today
joe hart starts in goal vincent company starts with martin dimichelis as the centre-backs yaya
toure plays alongside fernandinho in the middle of the park sergio aguero is the sole striker
this is the arsenal lineup lauren koscielny starts with term otasaka as the centre-backs
mesa ozil plays with alexis sanchez on the flanks annie welbeck is the sole striker today
two really hit the heights haven't they manchester city have got to do better in europe i guess
yeah i think they have it takes time you look at manchester united and how long it took then but
uh they're heading in the right direction they made a better fist of it last season under
pellegrini no shame in going out to barcelona michael oliver is the man in charge of the match
and that's a real tussle for the ball there now company yaya turret there's no doubt yaya toure
is one of the best players in the world even if the world cup didn't quite show that in brazil
aguero
good position they've worked this attack very well
and the shot's off he's reached it and he's caught it with a save brilliant
now the cross from david silva
with arsenal alan how much did it mean to the club to win the fa cup in 2014
well it meant a great deal after the goal got to be i'll get the shot out it's still in play it's
a corner for arsenal here the save of top class quality really he's in the right place wasn't he
it is michael oliver who's the referee remember he's blown his whistle
martin d michaelis and quickly back to his feet
we were just talking about arsenal and that fa cup win against hull city in 2014 did seem to make
a big difference well i think the club needed it the dressing room needed it you think back to that
defeat to birmingham city in the carling cup final it took him a few years to recover from that so
i think confidence-wise it's just what they needed that has gone out of play
with the deflection aaron ramsey
now that's a throw
cliche they've got the ball back through a very good interception so arsenal are
coming out here in a pretty tough fixture but they'll still be fancying their chances
sergio aguero's world cup was a cameo of his season with manchester city the 2013-14 campaign
he played and he often looked less than fully fit
it's down to the referee to stop the play and he's done that the referees just dropped the
ball and they're going to give it back to the other team after that substitution santi cazola
aguero got the tackle in defender's done very well to clear that
turret nasri
and they score and they've opened the scoring here
fantastic goal this one and the keepers pulled up a really good
save but that's when he needs the help of his defenders and here's the goal again
well that's the first goal of the game it's one nil
and that's a difficult situation for the attacker because the defenders just dominated it frankly
that's a decent challenge by the opponent it's going to be three minutes added on
he's got that cleared the ball away and saved his side from a difficult situation
the referee is signaled for half time and it's one nil here
quite tense here reflected in the way the clown has reacted but
they have seen the scoring being opened it's really set up for the second half
so far so good for manchester city second half coming up
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danny welbeck
it's going to be his throw here arsenal giving away the free kick here he's shown the card
it's yellow to the arsenal man yeah and uh his own walls perfect he had a great view
well that's risky going in like that well he's dived in it's a reckless one
aguero pass back that's lovely keeping the ball moving that's important good challenge here cliche
tackle here
looking for aguero
it's an arsenal substitute who's getting ready here's flamini
from some company
terrific tackle
lifting quickly because that attack looks as though it was going to be quite threatening
so arsenal's still a goal down
the lead is still intact but only just the fans a mixture of nervousness and support well some
of the knife edge this i wouldn't like to call which way it's going to go good challenge here
dangerous moment
enough it's a fantastic strike i'll have another look at this goal
well that has made it 2-0
well i think we're going to see some some route 1 stuff here martin it's a quick break he's in here
here's the chance off the post
he's into the rescue
what to say that's the city get given the corner here
that's full time
into the bargain so they can move on with