Man City Humiliate Arsenal 3-0
Manchester City got back on track as the Premier League champions swept to a 3-0 win against woeful Arsenal.
The victory sees City close the gap on runaway leaders Liverpool back to 14 points and edge to within four of second-placed Leicester, who they host next weekend.
Arsenal, on the other hand, remain ninth on the back of just one win in their last 12 games in all competitions. City struck in the second minute when Gabriel Jesus’s low cross picked out De Bruyne to fire into the roof of the net.
Pep Guardiola’s men had been ruthlessly cut apart on the counter-attack in losing to Manchester United last weekend.
But the visitors doubled their lead just 15 minutes in with De Bruyne the creator as he carried the ball forward before squaring for Sterling to slot home his 16th goal of the season.
De Bruyne showed his superior quality to any other player on the pitch again five minutes before half-time as this time he curled into the bottom corner from outside the box.
“We made an incredible result but the way we played against Manchester United was better in many, many things,” Guardiola said.
“We sometimes played much better than today and lost. I know we are judged on the result but I have a duty to judge the performance, not just the result.”