Heading into Wednesday's clash with Man City, there was no doubt that Arsenal deserved to be where they were in the league table. However, it was always going to be a contest won by fine margins, individual moments of quality, and as it turned out, mistakes too.
It's safe to say that the Gunners started on the front foot, enjoying some nice passages of play and piling the pressure on Pep Guardiola's men which eventually saw Bukayo Saka convert a penalty earned by Eddie Nketiah. The atmosphere was electric and Arsenal looked up for the challenge just as they have on numerous occasions this season, but Man City highlighted a reoccurring weakness which Stan Kroenke must address in the summer.
Considering the two costly errors made by Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel Magalhaes, in addition to the drop-off in intensity during the second half, It would be wrong to say that the result was down to the substitutes bench, but the lack of game changing options was once again evident.
