Guardiola full of praise for ‘clever’ Arteta as Man City edge past Arsenal to extend winning run

Manchester City made it 18 straight wins as Pep Guardiola’s side recorded a 1-0 win against his former assistant, Mikel Arteta.
Man City got themselves off to a rapid start, taking the lead through Raheem Sterling inside two minutes. The England international finding space in between the Arsenal centre-backs, rising highest to get onto the end a Riyad Mahrez cross, before steering his header expertly past Bernd Leno.

In honesty, Sterling could arguably have had a hat-trick inside the opening 20 minutes or so, such was City?s domination, Arsenal only starting to get a foothold as the game approached the interval.
City had virtually strolled through much of the first half, though Arsenal came out with much more aggression in their pressing after the break, with neither side creating too much in terms of chances.

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