Arsenal secured an impressive 5-1 victory over Manchester City in their Sunday showdown at the Emirates Stadium. This win will be remembered as one of the greatest in Premier League history, with the results marked by numerous records.
Some of the most notable statistical moments from the match:
- Arsenal scored more than four goals in a league match against the reigning champions for the second time, following their 6-0 victory over Everton in December 1963. This is the first time since 1982 that Arsenal has scored four goals against the champions, when they defeated Aston Villa 4-3 in the First Division.
- The 5-1 victory is Arsenal’s biggest win over Manchester City since February 2003, when the score was the same at Maine Road.
- This is only the sixth time in 213 meetings between the two clubs, since their first meeting in 1893, that Arsenal has scored five or more goals against City.
- For City, this is their heaviest away defeat in the Premier League in the past eight years, when they lost 4-0 to Everton in January 2017.
- Arsenal scored five goals from open play, marking the first time City conceded five goals from open play in a Premier League match since May 2008, when they lost 5-2 to Middlesbrough.
Notable individuals from the match:
- 18-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly scored his first senior goal, while 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri capped off the game with a spectacular goal.
- This was the first time two teenagers scored in the same league match for Arsenal since 1986, when Tony Adams and Niall Quinn did so against Sheffield Wednesday.
- Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly became the youngest players to score goals in the Premier League against the reigning champions since 2003, when Wayne Rooney scored for Everton against Arsenal.
- Ethan Nwaneri scored his seventh goal of the season, with only Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen having scored more goals for Premier League clubs before their 18th birthday.
Technical achievements:
- Nwaneri scored the goal as the final strike of the match, after Arsenal executed an incredible 36-pass move lasting 1 minute and 54 seconds, which involved all players off the field. This was the longest pass-back that resulted in a goal in the Premier League since September 2023.
Other highlights:
- Manager Mikel Arteta became a member of the exclusive club of managers who have achieved five unbeaten matches against Pep Guardiola, with two victories, two draws, and a win in the 2023 Community Shield.
- Goalkeeper David Raya remained unbeaten in his last six Premier League matches against City, marking the longest such streak for a goalkeeper against Guardiola in the league.
Statistical anomaly:
- Thomas Partey’s goal, scored just 105 seconds after Erling Haaland equalized, marked a statistical anomaly as it was an immediate response to City’s goal and further highlighted the importance of this victory.
- Arsenal has now extended their unbeaten streak to 14 Premier League matches, the longest under Arteta, and the first time since December 2018 when Unai Emery managed the team with the same number of unbeaten matches.
