Ruthless Gunners prove point

FOR once the numbers just did not add up for Manchester City and their resources were found wanting.

Reduced to 10 men after just four minutes, they were dispatched with the kind of ruthlessness that has not been associated with Arsenal for a long, long time.

Cesc Fabregas claimed that if City had 15 men – how many holding midfielders would have played then? – Arsenal’s only thought would have been for a victory but even he would have to admit that breaking teams down in such situations has not always been the strong point of Arsene Wenger’s side.