00:00Well they don't come much bigger than this. The two best teams in the country
00:06meeting with just five weeks left in the season and the biggest prize of them all is still up for
00:14grabs. While this is in itself not a title decider, today's winner will begin to sense that it is their
00:23year.
00:30Oh my goodness, David Rea's touch was hopeless and all of a sudden he hits it straight out of play.
00:37Well if the nerves are in the Arsenal dressing room it has just transferred to the playing surface.
00:44David Rea who's been Arsenal's best performer this season makes a horrendous mistake, almost gifted it
00:50to Haaland and City have the ball. Doku attacking, gets towards the edge of the area, back inside it
00:58goes, the atmosphere is magnificent here, Gehi now, on it goes to Doku, left wing, listen to the City fans,
01:05they're so up for this, on it goes to O'Reilly, O'Reilly into the area, Haaland and then hit
01:11back and it's
01:12going off the inside of the post.
01:16Oh, but we'll just get a look, Ryan Cherky into the ground,
01:20diverts, they're asking for some harms, Gabriel with his shoulder, it darts into the ground.
01:26And you just look, he's at the side of his arm, his hands behind his back,
01:30ricochets off the post, goalkeeper was beaten and it falls right back into his arms.
01:43Arsenal have got the ball back again, maybe even City are nervous,
01:47Cherky wins it back then, Cherky has Semenyo and Semenyo battles down the right-hand side,
01:53now then, he's got people to pick out, Semenyo into the penalty area, hits it, oh it's blocked,
01:59and Arsenal will get there, will they? No they won't, Bernardo Silva gets to the ball,
02:03Bernardo Silva in the right-wing position, on it goes to Cherky, Cherky hits the shot,
02:08but she's blocked, headed away, picked up by Gaye, Gaye urged to shoot,
02:13but I think sensibly plays it out wide to Dogu, can't get a word in, can we, Michael?
02:18This is a relentless game, Rodri now pops it over to Semenyo, headed away by Incafian,
02:24Nunez gets to it, and now Cherky, Cherky into the area, Ryan Cherky!
02:28He's a magician, I'll tell you, that is mesmeric, that is sensational, that is Ryan Cherky!
02:43You can trace that back to a challenge by Declan Rice, a 50-50 loss to Bernardo Silva, tells you
02:52everything!
02:53Well, look at when he gets the ball, straight away he took me off my seat,
02:57and then he danced, he weaved, he had no space, it's a last little touch,
03:03and then you can see Saliba coming over, he just slots it through his legs, into that far corner,
03:09a wonderful goal, sheer talent, sheer class, the City take the lead.
03:22I mean, things like the Bernardo Silva challenge might get forgotten,
03:26oh, has Donnarumma's lost the ball to Havertz, and it's gone in for the equaliser!
03:32Donnarumma's lost the ball to Kai Havertz, and it's slammed in off his leg, and gone in the back of
03:38the net!
03:39A moment of genius, followed by a moment of horror, and it's 1-1 at the Etihad!
03:56Haaland now, forward to Scherke, Scherke attacking down the inside right position, on towards Semenyo, Semenyo, and it's a corner!
04:14Yep, Bernardo Silva ready to float it in, first corner of the second half, under the crossbar, padded away by,
04:24well, straight to Kuzinov, and then Haaland, he's hit the post!
04:28Kuzinov, it came to Kuzinov, he had a shot, it was blocked, and then Haaland hit the post!
04:35Now Gehi, under pressure from Martinelli, and he lost the ball, and Rice gets to it, and then it goes
04:41on to Ezzer, Arsenal on the counter, on towards Odegaard, men over here, Havertz, great save, Donnarumma, and then the
04:49rebound breaks for City!
04:51It was a brilliant save from Donnarumma, I mentioned in the first half that as a goalkeeper, you have contrasting
04:58emotions, and the fact is, he's made a wonderful save there, and already it's forgotten the clearance that went in
05:06off Havertz.
05:10On it goes now to Martinelli, Martinelli inside to Odegaard, Odegaard on the edge of the City area, on to
05:17Ezzer, Ezzer in a good position, hits the inside of the post, and it goes out!
05:27Wonderful strike, Ezzer...
05:32Bowls it into O'Reilly, good throw, and O'Reilly can attack, and Arsenal are out of shape here, O
05:37'Reilly comes scampering down the inside left, wide it goes to Doku, Arsenal back into position, Doku on the inside,
05:45finds O'Reilly, O'Reilly in towards Rodri, Haaland!
05:49City two, Arsenal one, Erling Haaland again, his record against Arsenal is superb, it's the sixth time he scored against
05:59the Gunners.
06:00Big, big players, score big goals, and he is one of those, Erling Haaland, he's not had many opportunities, he's
06:09been waiting, but when it comes across, City finally with a breakthrough.
06:22Now Haaland getting away from Gabriel again, he's down the right-hand side, that's got to be a foul, surely
06:30the assistant's only a metre from it.
06:42Hits it long towards Havertz, Bernardo Silva's chasing, Havertz is with him, Havertz loses it to Bernardo Silva, who says
06:51a handball from Havertz!
06:52Havertz is penalised, but brilliant from the captain, Michael, that is the epitome of Bernardo Silva!
07:06Nunes hurls it forward, up towards Haaland, up into the air it goes, City looking to win it with Bernardo
07:12Silva, oh that's got to be a foul!
07:14And at last the referee gives a free kick, City's way, and Gabriel head-to-head, and then he put
07:21his head in, and that will be the end of his afternoon!
07:24And off will go Gabriel, and down to ten men will go Arsenal, Anthony Taylor saw it, it was a
07:32headbutt, he went straight at Haaland, and it's got to be a red card!
07:36The violent intent was there, he must go, there'll be no other decision for Anthony Taylor surely, oh he's not,
07:45he's not, he's not red carding him, it's a yellow!
07:49Wow, that's a let-off, that is a let-off!
07:55He's given both a yellow, it's the biggest cop-out of the lot!
08:02On it goes now to White, White out wide to Trossard, Trossard's ball in, header, over the net!
08:11On a rumour, did he get a touch? No, goal kick, goal kick!
08:15What a moment, what a ball in! They fall to the ground, the Arsenal players.
08:22Anthony Taylor's whistle goes! Euphoria!
08:28A game City had to win, and like champions that they've been over the years, they have won it!
08:37The question remains, will they be champions again this season?
08:42What a game it's been, it's two on to the Blues!
08:47The news!
08:48The news, the news, the news!
08:51The news, the news!
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