That's a wrap for our coverage of the Premier League encounter between Manchester City and Arsenal. A thrilling game that ebbed and flowed, but City are now well and truly back in the title race.

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2nd in 2022-23, 2nd in 2023-24, 2nd in 2024-25. They've led the table for nearly the entire season but it's falling apart for Arsenal at the crunch stage, once again. 2 defeats in a row. Mikel Arteta's men need to keep their composure and win their remaining 5 games, because surely City won't relent now.

FULL TIME! Victory for Manchester City! Erling Haaland's goal the difference. The Premier League title race is officially wide open. Man City close the gap to Arsenal to just 3 points, and if they win their game in hand, they will take the lead on goal difference.

90+5' Havertz misses it! Lovely cross in from the right flank, Havertz connected with a header but just didn't get it down. Good save by Donnarumma again, but was that the final chance for the Gunners?

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90+1' 7 minutes added on. Arsenal's lead is slipping as it stands, and Manchester City will close the gap down to 3 points. Can the Gunners find a decisive equaliser in the remaining minutes?

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82' Foul by Gabriel on Haaland, and the striker is not happy. Haaland pushes Gabriel in a show of frustration, and then the two have a heated confrontation, even clashing heads. Rodri gets involved and it escalates into a full-blown brawl.

Gabriel and Haaland receive yellow cards.

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66' GOOOOAAAALLLL! Erling Haaland gives Manchester City the lead again! Donnarumma with a throw to Nico O'Reilly who carries the ball up the field. He then combines with Jeremy Doku before cutting it back for Haaland, who gets ahead of the Arsenal defenders and puts in the slide to score!

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61' How have Arsenal not scored!? Eberechi Eze, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli combine on a counter-attack, but Donnarumma makes a superb save from close range. A minute later, Arsenal strike the post with a long-range shot!

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49' Corner for Manchester City and Abdukodir Khusanov has a go. Arsenal defend that, but the ball falls kindly for Haaland in the box. However, the Norwegian fails to even hit the target from close range, instead slamming the ball into the side-netting.

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46' We are underway in the second half! Arsenal now attacking from left to right. A change made by Mikel Arteta, as he brings on Gabriel Martinelli for Noni Madueke. Looks like Martinelli will play on the right wing!

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HALF TIME! A brilliant first half comes to an end, with Manchester City and Arsenal tied 1-1. City took the lead as Rayan Cherki danced through the Arsenal defence to score. Just 2 minutes later, Arsenal got their equaliser through Kai Havertz, after a costly error by Donnarumma.

45 minutes to go. Don't go anywhere!

42' Manchester City come on the counter-attack with Rayan Cherki leading it through the middle. He finds Semenyo on the right, who takes the shot, but Hincapie dives in and puts in a crunching block.

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27' A good chance created by City. Doku is sent through up the left wing, but the Belgian finds Haaland on the edge of the box with a clever pass back. Haaland takes the shot first time, but fails to connect properly, wasting the chance.

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18' GOOOAAALLL! Arsenal strike back! Massive, massive error by Gianluigi Donnarumma, who makes a complete mess with the ball at his feet. Kai Havertz pounces on the mistake and scores into an empty net. What a start to the game!

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16' GOOOOAAAALLLLL! Unbelievable from Rayan Cherki. Absolute magic from the Frenchman, who dances past 2-3 defenders in the box and slots it home coolly past David Raya. Manchester City lead!

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10' Opportunity for Arsenal. Nice build-up down the left, before the ball reaches Martin Odegaard at the edge of the box. Odegaard looks to play Havertz into the box, but City defend well. Havertz may have been offside too.

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4' DRAMA! Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya nearly makes a mess with the ball at his feet, but gets it away just in time. Seconds later, Manchester City attack down the left and a shot comes off the post before landing fortunately in Raya's palms.

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1' We are LIVE! Manchester City attacking from left to right in the first half. City enjoying the early possession, with Erling Haaland already at the centre of action. 

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The players walk out to the field, as the Manchester City fans sing loudly. For all of Pep Guardiola's achievements, not often does he find his team as the chaser heading into a title race 6-pointer.

We are just 10 minutes away from the start of action at the Etihad Stadium, between hosts Manchester City and league leaders Arsenal. The Gunners have been the bridesmaid for three seasons in a row, but a win today and they'll have one hand on the Premier League trophy.

Arsenal are 6 points clear of Manchester City, but the latter have a game-in hand. That makes today's clash massive, as a win for City would reduce the gap to just 3 points, allowing them a chance to go on level terms with the Gunners.

The big news in Arsenal's starting XI - no Viktor Gyokeres. The Swedish striker is on the bench, with Kai Havertz given the nod. No Bukayo Saka either, who misses out due to injury. 

Your Gunners.
Presented by @deel

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 19, 2026

Here's Manchester City's starting XI against Arsenal! Erling Haaland starts up front, with Antoine Semenyo, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki behind him.

Your City side to face Arsenal
XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guéhi, O'Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo (C), Semenyo, Cherki, Doku, Haaland
SUBS | Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Nico, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Foden
@etihad pic.twitter.com/iXWDWLjTWc

— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 19, 2026

A very warm welcome to one and all, for the biggest game of the Premier League 2025-26 season yet. Table-toppers Arsenal take on second-placed Manchester City, in a match that could have huge consequences in the title race.

Stay tuned to NDTV Sports for all the live updates from the match.