Arsenal Vs. Manchester City, 2012 Premier League: Match Underway

We're underway at the Emirates, where Manchester City's title hopes hang on a win away to Arsenal. The Gunners kick us off, shutting the ball back to young goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who promptly boots the ball out of play. City find themselves immediately pressed by the hosts, and Yaya Toure nearly loses the ball in a dangerous position to Robin van Persie - eventually a pair of fouls in the centre gifts possession back to Arsenal, the latter of which, a tug on Tomas Rosicky, earns Toure a yellow card. Bit harsh.

Anyway, Mikel Arteta takes the kick and it's knocked over the bar by Vincent Kompany, so it's an Arsenal corner which eventually ends up leading to another corner which eventually leads to Alex Song banging right into Joe Hart. That looked painful. City eventually get the ball clear, and Mario Balotelli comes within an inch or three of being onside for a lovely through ball only to see the flag go up. Decent start to the match, this.