Arsenal’s woeful start to the 2021-22 Premier League season continued as the Gunners suffered a 5-0 humbling at the hands of Manchester City at the Etihad on Saturday.It did not take long for the defending champions to assume complete control of the game. Goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres put City 2-0 up with just 12 minutes played. Granit Xhaka’s 35th-minute red card complicated matters further for the Gunners before Gabriel Jesus added a third just before half-time.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - @ManCity #MCIARS pic.twitter.com/n1vzzfeNBD— Premier League (@premierleague) August 28, 2021Any slim hopes of an unlikely Arsenal comeback were extinguished when Rodri curled home a fine strike eight minutes into the second half. City barely got out of second gear in the second half, and rounded off the scoring with Torres bagging his second late on.Arsenal's latest loss leaves Mikel Arteta’s men languishing at the bottom of the table without a win, point or a goal. City, meanwhile, have bounced back emphatically from their opening-day defeat with consecutive 5-0 wins.-9 - Arsenal are only the second team in Premier League history to lose their first three matches in a season and have a goal difference of -9, after Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2003-04, who went on to finish bottom of the table. Demoralised. pic.twitter.com/dTeUawk56M— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 28, 2021On that note, here are the five hits and flops from either team in the game at Etihad Stadium:#5 Hit: Ferran Torres (Manchester City)Ferran Torres led the line for City superbly, and was rewarded with two goals and an assist.Although signed as a winger, most of FerranTorres’ Manchester City career has been spent playing the false 9 role. In fairness to the Spaniard, it is a role he has largely shone in, with his performance on Saturday being another excellent example of that.Torres was rewarded for showing a striker’s instinct early on when he turned home a loose ball to register City’s second. His sense of positioning also played a huge part in City’s fourth goal, for which he claimed a well-deserved assist.Ferran Torres has scored and provided an assist in a single Premier League game for the first time since joining Manchester City.Enjoying himself against Arsenal. pic.twitter.com/BAIZZNRDok— Squawka Football (@Squawka) August 28, 2021Torres proceeded to showcase excellent pace and energy to pull Arsenal’s defenders apart throughout the game. He even found time to complete his brace late on, deftly heading home a Riyad Mahrez cross for City’s fifth of the night.#4 Flop: Granit Xhaka (Arsenal)Granit Xhaka was sent off for a dangerous challenge in the 35th minute.Facing Manchester City with eleven men is one of the toughest tasks in the game. As such, Xhaka did his side no favours when he received a straight red for a dangerous two-footed lunge on Joao Cancelo, which reduced Arsenal to ten men.4 - Since the start of the 2016-17 season, no player has been sent off more often in the Premier League than Granit Xhaka (4, level with Fernandinho and David Luiz). Reckless. pic.twitter.com/oG2sscv9tD— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 28, 2021The Swiss international was already getting overrun in midfield, and the sending off simply brought matters to an unfortunate early conclusion for the Gunners. At a time when Arsenal are looking for stability and leadership, Xhaka’s actions on the pitch did not set the best example of that.To exacerbate matters, Xhaka is now set to miss Arsenal’s next three games as they attempt to bring their campaign back on track.