Arsenal bucked their trend of struggling to win on the road against the top side when they downed reigning Premier League champions Manchester City in January 2015.
Santi Cazorla and Olivier Giroud scored at the Etihad in a performance that had Arsene Wenger purring as he declared it their best display of the campaign. It would prove to be a flash in the pan rather than something the Gunners could build on, which is why it remains their last success on the blue half of Manchester.
This season the Gunners are made of sterner stuff, winning at the likes of Tottenham and Chelsea, places they would previously struggle. With the final weeks of the campaign now upon us though, there is a do or die feeling about their latest trip to the north west.
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Arsenal need to repeat "performance of the season" to end Man City hoodoo in title decider
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