Arsenal maintain unbeaten streak, beat Man City for the first time in nearly 8 years

Arsenal enjoyed a memorable match in the Premier League's 8th round when they won 1-0 against Man City at Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal are currently second in the Premier League table. (Source: Sky Sports)

Gabriel Martinelli became the hero with a late goal to "sow sorrow" for the defending champions. In the 86th minute, Gabriel Martinelli fired a shot from outside the box that hit Ake's head and changed direction, scoring against Man City.

This result helped the Gunners have their first victory against Man City in the Premier League after nearly 8 years.

Arsenal's most recent win over Man City came in December 2015 - a 2-1 win also at the Emirates Stadium with goals from Walcott and Giroud.

With this victory, Arsenal maintained their unbeaten streak since the beginning of the season (6 wins, 2 draws), to rise to 2nd place in the Premier League rankings.

Coach Mikel Arteta's team has 20 points like Tottenham but is ranked 2nd due to an inferior goal difference.

Meanwhile, this was the second consecutive defeat for defending champion Man City in the highest arena in England.

In the previous round, Man City had to leave Venue Molineux empty-handed after losing 1-2 to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

This defeat caused coach Pep Guardiola and his team to fall to 3rd place in the Premier League rankings with 18 points.

Two consecutive defeats have made many people doubt the strength of the English champions after they just had a sublime season with a historic "treble".

This defeat was even more disappointing when Man City only had 4 shots during the 90 minutes at Arsenal's home ground Emirates.

According to statistics, this has never happened in the past 273 Premier League matches of the Etihad team under coach Pep Guardiola since 2016 until now.

Also in this series of matches, Liverpool only managed a 2-2 draw in their away match at Brighton.

Only being able to gain 1 point means that coach Juergen Klopp and his team still cannot find joy after losing to Tottenham in the previous round due to refereeing mistakes.

With this result, Liverpool is currently ranked 4th in the Premier League table with 17 points, while Brighton is ranked 6th with 1 point less.

Meanwhile, Newcastle United also only earned 1 point after a 2-2 draw against West Ham United when the opponent scored an equalizer in the 89th minute.

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