Manchester City 3-1 Arsenal : 3 takeaways as City keeps the pressure on Liverpool | Premier League 2018-19

#1 Psychologically devastating for Unai Emery's side

Emery needs to lift the mood of the players before their next fixture

Often, some performances could go a long way in determining the course of the entire season, and this game against City could cause a telling blow to Arsenal's confidence in their pursuit for the top four at the end of the campaign.

After City went ahead early in the game, Unai Emery's side got an unexpected equaliser through Koscielny. However, that was the only notable moment throughout the match for the Gunners as City dominated the proceedings from the word go and never looked to throw their lead away.

Arsenal was a victim of relentless City pressing and the sheer quality of their play. The away side could hardly put together a string of passes and often got pegged back into their half by the guile and movement of the City front players. Even Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looked lost and hardly made any contribution to the game.

Emery's side spent most parts of the game defending which could often be mentally damaging for a team who are in a three-way battle for the fourth place in the league.