Arsenal beat Manchester City 5-1 to keep their Premier League title hopes alive on Sunday, while Manchester United slumped to another meek 2-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace.
In the battle between the top two for the past two seasons, the Gunners prevailed to move within six points of leaders Liverpool, who have a game in hand.
“It is a great day for us, especially with the necessity that we had to win the game,” said Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta.
But the defending champions are a pale shadow of their former selves this season and conceded within 105 seconds of the restart when Thomas Partey’s shot deflected in off John Stones.
“It’s happened all season, we are giving away too many things,” said City manager Pep Guardiola. “You cannot lose the control, it’s 95 minutes. You cannot finish in the way we played.”
Myles Lewis-Skelly would have been suspended if his controversial red card in a 1-0 win at Wolves last weekend had not been overturned.
