Arsenal Vs. Manchester City, 2012 Premier League: Bright Start For Arsenal

Arsenal continue their bright start, cutting Manchester City open down the right, with Bacary Sagna's crosses causing some consternation amongst the visiting centre backs. Eventually, one of those crosses leads to a flicked header to Tomas Rosicky, whose instinctive volley is deflected behind for a corner. Said corner is not defended particularly convincingly, and it's probably safe to say that the hosts are having the better of things at the moment.

Eventually pressure is relieved when Yossi Benayoun is dispossessed at the top of the box and Alex Song fouls Yaya Toure, who doesn't seem to happy with it - that or he's staying down in a cynical attempt to even out the bookings score. It was a knee-on-knee collision, though, so I'll give the Ivorian the benefit of the doubt. Instead of trying to retain possession, Joe Hart kicks it long to Mario Balotelli, who promptly loses the ball, so the pressure's back on. Silly.