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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the fourth round of the Emirates FA Cup where the Gunners of Arsenal face the defending Premier League champions Man City.
- It's been fun doing this with you guys tonight as we draw an end to tonight's matchday live coverage. Be seeing you guys soon and once again Congratulations to City.
- On the other hand, Arsenal fans can't lose their heads over this, they still lead the summit in the Premier League, and this defeat could just be the motivation they need to go all the way in the second half of the season.
- So, in what was the story of the night, league leaders Arsenal fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat at the Etihad against defending Premier League champions Manchester City. A tournament which Arsenal have incredibly thrived in will now see the Gunners crash out in the fourth round this season.
- Following the result tonight, here's how fans on social media have reacted.
- FULL TIME!! ARSENAL HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FA CUP. It's finished Manchester City's way. Nathan Ake's goal proved the winner against two very tactically sound teams. City are through to the next round of the FA Cup. Social media reactions to follow...
- 90' We've passed the 90-minute mark here and are into added time. City wanting to keep possession as there will be only four minutes of added time. #MciArs.
89' As it stands, it looks like City will go through but it's now or never for Arsenal who are creating the chances to be fair. #MciArs
- 75 minutes gone and it's more changes for both teams . We just saw Bukayo Saka come off for Odegaard and Bernardo Silva replace Kevin de Bruyne. City still lead 1-0.
- 66' Oh boy!! Nketiah can certainly do better here. What a chance for Arsenal to get back into the game. #MciArs
- 65' Mikel Arteta responds with two changes as well, Trossard and Tierney are off for Zinchenko and Martinelli. #MciArs
- 64' GOAL!! Nathan Ake fires City into the lead after Alvarez saw his effort come off the post. Man City lead Arsenal 1-0. #MciArs
- 60' Pep Guardiola makes two changes now. Alvarez and Kyle Walker will look to try and help the hosts break down the Gunners defense.
- 60' Man City dominating possession and just looking for the right formula to break down Arsenal's defense. #MciArs
- 54' Man City are coming out guns blazing now. Matt Turner was just forced into making a great save. #MciArs
- Mikel Arteta makes two changes at the start of the second 45 minutes. It's anyone's for the taking now.
- 46' SECOND HALF UNDERWAY!! It's still Man City 0-0 Arsenal. We're all expecting to see the opener in this second period. #MciArs
- Everyone can't stop talking about Haaland's acrobatic effort. Call me a hater but....It wasn't anything spectacular to me though as long as it never ended up in the back of the net.
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- HT' Man City 0-0 Arsenal: Omoooo.....you need to see the odds for Arsenal to win. Abi my eye dey pain me? Check out the odds for Over 1.5 in this match. Hmmmmm. Very..very...very..very..tempting.
- HALF TIME: So, nothing to spearate both sides at the break. It's Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal. Arsenal with th best chances of the first period and City still yet to really trouble Arteta's defense. #MciArs
- 45' Two minutes of added time and the change finally happens with Stones coming off for Laporte. #MciArs
- 45' John Stones is down injured. But the camera flashes on the sidelines as Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte are warming up. It will be Laporte that will be coming on, there's just a slight delay as he tries to kit up fully.
- 42' Yellow Card to Arsenal's Rob Holding for holding Haaland there. That's the first booking of tonight as we approach the closing stages of the first 45 minutes. #MciArs
- 38' CHANCE! City nearly coming close to the opener here but Haaland's touch is wayward and the ball is out for a goal kick. #MciArs
- 37' Well from a neutral standpoint, you fear that Arsenal might rue their missed chances so far although, they've been playing really well tonight.
- 32' Trossard is really cooking here. Eddie Nketiah..... maybe trying to turn off the gas. He just missed another real chance for Arsenal after Trossard's low cross into the box. The visitors have had the best chances so far. #MciArs
- 30' We've reached the half-hour mark and Haaland goes off the pitch to finish his check. He'll be back on shortly. We still await the opener here in the FA Cup crunch clash.
- 28' Erling Haaland is down after a head collision with Rob Holding. City's no.9 has had a quite game so far tonight. But it;s been the story of the season. You never can tell when he will strike.
- 26' Well Leandro Trossard's first start for Arsenal is earning him plaudits on social media. Pretty sure Guardiola knows how much of a threat he can be on his day. He's really been bright in this match so far. Still 0-0 though #MciArs
- 20' still 0-0 between Man City and Arsenal with both teams canceling each other out. Oh wait.... CHANCE ARSENAL! Leandro Trossard comes close to scoring the opener after seeing his shot saved by Stefan Ortega. #MciArs
- 15 minutes gone at the Etihad and it's fair to say it's been an even contest so far. Grealish just went down after a challenge. #MciArs
- 12' City are seeing more possession now as Grealish's cross into the box is easily claimed by Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner. #MciArs
- 11' Arsenal have looked really impressive on the ball with neat passages of play as the hosts haven't really asked questions of the Gunners yet. Still 0-0.
- 9 minutes played so far and it's still goalless as we approach the 10-minute mark. Arsenal have had the first shot on target in the game. #MciArs
- KICK OFF!!! And we're underway at the Etihad. It's the defending Premier League Champions up against the high-flying Premier League leaders.
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